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Pearl’s Lightning Technology Helps Century Tech to Produce Up to 350 Bags Per Minute

(News | New Products)

August 10, 2023, New York-based plastic bag machine maker Century Tech has partnered with Pearl Technologies on incorporating the company’s lightning-fast punches innovation.  New York-based plastic bag machine maker ...

No More Rolling in Plastic – Megaflex Schaumstoff Switches to Mondi’s Paper Solution for Rollpacking Mattresses

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2023, ... in sustainable packaging and paper, has created Protector Bag ExpandForm, a paperbag solution with an expandable feature to safely rollpack mattresses. Protector Bag ExpandForm replaces the current plastic ...

Starlinger: Sustainability and Recycling for Woven Plastic Packaging at interpack 2023

(News | New Products)

April 18, 2023, Austrian machinery supplier shows solutions for sustainable use of plastic packaging at Hall 8A, booth B66. Austrian machinery supplier shows solutions for sustainable use of plastic packaging at ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, The circular economy for plastic packaging is on its way By Sigrid Eder-Ince, Starlinger & Co GmbH The circular economy for plastic packaging is on its way: Countries worldwide are adopting measures ...

Bomplastic Will Offer More Diversified and Innovative Products After Acquiring a Comexi F2 MB

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2022, Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, and Bomplastic Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, ...

Mondi Helps to Reduce Plastic Use and CO2 Footprint With New Paper-based Diaper Packaging for Drylock

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2020, ... alternative to its existing plastic diaper packaging that would travel well, have strong shelf-appeal, and protect the product - while also using renewable resources and significantly reducing its CO2 ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Launches Lumirror STM Soft-Touch Matte PET Film

(News | New Products)

May 24, 2020, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., introduces new Lumirror® STM Soft-Touch Matte film, a unique, matte-coated polyester film technology that simplifies processing and enables the manufacture of a robust, ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, Nothing perhaps defines our consumer-driven society of recent decades better than plastic. The different types of mono-material high barrier pouches exhibited on the BOBST stand at K 2019 By BOBST ...

Flexible Stand-up Bags for Cat Litter: Discovering the Sustainability Benefits

(Bag Pouch)

August 31, 2018, ... molds used in the production of the plastic pails. Water is flushed into the molds to quickly cool the molten plastic and increase production speeds. Thus, the flexible stand-up bag has a significant ...

Dow Collaborates on Recycled Trash Bags

(Flexpack)

October 30, 2017, Dow, as a partner with Trash Free Seas Alliance, works with Bemis and Polykar to develop trash bags from recycled plastic scrap MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of ...

Ceresana Issues Study of European Bags/Sacks

(Bag Pouch)

July 25, 2017, ... has published its second analysis of the European market for bags and sacks. In the case of the environmental issue of lightweight plastic carrier bags, the first consequences of the corresponding EU directive ...

Toray Plastics (America) Film Takes the High Road

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2016, Torayfan Over-the-Mountain BOPP films are said to allow the transport of foods in high-altitude, low-atmospheric-pressure conditions NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America), manufacturer of ...

Ceresana Issues Study on Bags and Sacks

(Bag Pouch)

January 26, 2016, ... sacks, predicting that worldwide demand for bags and sacks made of polyethylene foil, of other plastic foil, of woven plastic strips, as well as of paper, will grow until 2022 to about 37.9 million tons. ...

Malaysian Plastics Industry Update–Pt. 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 07, 2015, What accounts for why Asian costs compared to US & Europe are so much less for extruded plastic film, sheet, profiles, and injection molded parts? I am sure that converters in Europe are aware that ...

Freedonia Study Predicts Future of Plastic Films

(News | New Products)

January 31, 2015, New report says US plastic film demand will reach 15.4 billion pounds, and price stabilization is expected   CLEVELAND, OH | The Freedonia Group says US demand for plastic film is expected to grow ...

Plastics Recycling and Sustainability

(Trends/Management)

June 24, 2014, ... of a "Zero Waste Zone" to bring life to the plastics industry's mission to advance recycling and sustainability. NPE2015 will take place March 23-27, 2015, at the Orange County Convention Ctr. in Orlando, ...

Ceresana Issues Study on Bags & Sacks in Europe

(Bag Pouch)

June 01, 2014, ... covers the European market for plastic and paper bags and sacks. The report says that, although plastics bags are increasingly attacked by environmental activists and legislators alike, the consumption ...

Freedonia Group Issues Study of Bioplastics

(Substrates)

December 10, 2013, Growth is expected in almost all geographic markets, but the success of bioplastics will ultimately depend on price and performance, study says   CLEVELAND, OH | The Freedonia Group has released ...

Minigrip Offers Wide Range of Specialty Medical Bags

(Bag Pouch News)

March 17, 2013, Inteplast transfers Speci-Gard and Speci-Zip specialty medical bag business to recently acquired Minigrip Commercial, reportedly improving efficiencies   LIVINGSTON, NJ | Plastics manufacturer Inteplast ...

Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans

(Yo's Yarns)

June 21, 2011, My last blog entry focused on the introduction of both plastic and paper bag bans in Evanston, IL, a nearby suburb of Chicago where I live. My headline then was: “Silly–Another Bag Ban.” Well, today I ...