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ARC Honors Award Winners at R2R Conference USA

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2024, ... multilayer materials based on metallized polyethylene terephthalate substrates. The mono-material, paper-based flexible packaging offers an oxygen transmission rate of < 1 cm³/(m² d) and a water vapor ...

Shurtape® Expands Line of Sustainable Packaging Tapes with Launch of rPET Recycled Packaging Tapes

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2024, ... in Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles and rigid containers, and are designed to significantly reduce the use of virgin plastic in end-of-line packaging while continuing to provide the durability ...

Obtaining Barriers When Coating and Printing Flexible Materials

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2024, ... easier to decide upon. Film manufacturers and formulators produce modified structures from polymers such as polyethylene, polyester and poly-propylene. Polyethylene for example, when modified and in ...

UFlex Begins Commercial Production of Poly-Condensed Polyester Chips in Panipat, India, and a CPP Packaging Film production in Russia

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2024, ... the existing capacity of one 8.7-meter-wide Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate (BOPET) Film Line with a capacity of 30,000 TPA and one 2.85-meter-wide plasma enhanced avant-garde metallizer ...

Emerging Trends Steering Label Making Towards Sustainability

(News | New Products)

September 24, 2023, ... from the facesheet. Options promoted as fully recyclable by many in the label industry are film liners. One example of this is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), mostly due to it being the closest alternative ...

Learning Center: Sustainable Wipes Packaging 101

(News | New Products)

August 02, 2023, ... all layers of the package have to be made from the same material. An example of this is recyclable wipes packages made from multiple layers of polyethylene (PE). Recyclable wipes packages can be recycled ...

FASTEN Wins Top Honor at German Innovation Awards

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2023, ... recycled polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and features a transparent outer jar with a curved inner portion for a sleek appearance. By not mixing or gluing material, this makes it ...

Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... waste give brands a compelling story and consumers another reason to feel good about their favorite beverage. To take it a step further, recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) is also a valuable ...

Static Measurements Guide Problem Solving

(Surface Prep)

May 15, 2022, ... typically crosses organizational boundaries. When the material is polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or another electrically insulating material, static charges on ...

PPG white paper compares static generation and dissipation of three popular label materials

(News | New Products)

February 16, 2022, ... results of head-to-head tests between PPG TESLINⓇ substrate, vinyl and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) labels. “Static electricity is an ever-present issue for label printers and converters. As many ...

Innovative Recycling Solutions for Thermoset Plastics

(News | New Products)

February 14, 2022, ... types of plastic are easy to process. As explained in the brief, plastic materials are generally classified according to their chemical compositions as either thermoplastics, such as polyethylene terephthalate ...

TOPAS Advanced Polymers’ Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) Earns Certification as Recyclable Material in Europe

(News | New Products)

November 01, 2020, ...  TOPAS materials are the first cyclic olefin resins in the industry to be deemed recyclable with polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) for film and injection molding uses. TOPAS® COC has reportedly ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... (Noida, India), earned the Sustainability Award with its completely recyclable asymmetric nylon – polyethylene (5-micron nylon in 20-micron PE)/ reverse-printed/adhesive/60-micron special PE structure. ...

European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2020, ... to shift. Sources in the recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET) market - the most widely recycled plastic across Europe - are already seeing a change in consumer behavior, particularly around buying ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, ... packaging is a combination of them,” said Pavone. “When we talk about replacing plastic, we are actually talking about replacing a wide range of laminate materials, including PET (polyethylene terephthalate), ...

Smartbatch™ Frost Collection: PolyOne

(News | New Products)

July 22, 2019, PolyOne launched its new Smartbatch™ Frost Collection for use in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) bottles. PolyOne launched its new Smartbatch™ Frost ...

Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... etc., or for the degree of functionality that they offer, for instance, sealability, barrier resistance, etc. Film manufacturers and formulators produce modified structures from polymers such as polyethylene, ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... of polyethylene and is designed to be recycled through existing How2Recycle store drop-offs. This technology offers benefits of low haze, good stiffness and high gloss. The film is currently available ...

Hazen Paper Wins AIMCAL Honors

(Coating/Laminating)

May 23, 2018, ... lab, producing the hologram with its “Single-Write” high-speed, large-format laser system; grew the nickel shim in the galvanics department; and then embossed 48-ga polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. Developed in partnership, Sun Chemical and Eastman extensively ...