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Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Laundry Detergent Pods — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... of the two primary packaging types, the flexible stand-up pouch has a significant advantage largely due to using much less material and a less energy intensive laminating process. Injection molding for ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Drink Pouch — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... results for fossil fuel consumption. The glass bottle requires more material to hold the same amount of product and has a more energy-intensive material production process. When considering the amount ...

Bison Bag Adds 10 color MIRAFLEX II AM Press

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2019, ... on the new press is the TURBOCLEAN ADVANCED E inking and wash-up system with electric pulsation-free pumps, which reduce both ink and energy consumption. “The integrated inspection and viscosity control ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... ends up as municipal solid waste in landfills compared to the stand-up pouch, leading to a larger end-of-life impact. A lighter package with a manufacturing process that is less energy intensive will ...

Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs

(Flexography)

April 01, 2019, ... emissions and don’t require energy to dry unlike solvent-based adhesive laminations. However, the chemistry of the solventless adhesives introduces the challenge of smearing the print. PURs that provide ...

Dana Industries Invests in Koenig & Bauer Rapida 75 LED Press

(News | New Products)

November 15, 2018, ... Ricci. “Not only does it bring tangible economic benefits, such as reduced energy consumption and significant material savings, but we’re able to print our shelf signage using plastic substrates and it ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 11, 2018, ... barrel. There is a tremendous energy transfer from the screw to the pellets in the compression zone, and pressure within that zone can easily reach 400 bar (~6,000 psi).  The energy to pump and melt ...

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

(Bag Pouch)

August 31, 2018, ... bag (682g versus 60g). The higher fossil fuel consumption for the carton is largely due to the energy needed in the papermaking process and higher material by weight (557g versus 60g). Thus, largely through ...

SP Thermoforming Launches Carousel Design

(Flexpack)

June 26, 2018, ... approximately 30% less expensive on average. Operating costs for the SP Series are also reportedly kept at a minimum, with factors including single-phase, low-energy consumption, and easy repositioning. ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ... challenges, minimizes energy consumption during converting, distribution, and storage and supports recyclability. Best Injection Molded (IML) Package, Silver Award  Similac Infant Formula Package ...

W&H Posts Strong Press Sales

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2018, ... pumps, said to significantly reduce ink and energy consumption at low noise levels. The VISION package combines systems for web monitoring, bar code check, printing impression, and register setting in ...

Packaging Trends | Market for Liquid Pouches to Hit $10.5 Billion by 2024

(Bag Pouch)

May 06, 2018, ... penetration. Increase in consumer spending on energy drinks and prevalent health awareness trends will drive growth. Global energy drink spending was more than US $40 billion in 2016. A Variety of ...

MEGTEC Coating Line Producing Batteries

(Coating/Laminating)

April 03, 2018, ... pleased to be working with Magnis and C4V, leaders in materials and manufacturing process innovation, for the future production of batteries for the Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Systems markets.” ...

ebeam Technologies Announces Finishing System

(News | New Products)

February 28, 2018, ... from our proven and reliable ebeam Core series. It has an integrated shield roll for web support and, thanks to electron beam technology’s considerably lower energy consumption, is cost-effective to operate. ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... playing out in the media at the moment is distorted. “The reality is that depending on whether we look through the lens of overall carbon footprint, water footprint, energy use, recyclability, compostability, ...

BOBST Metallizer Handles Many Films

(Coating/Laminating)

January 24, 2018, The K5 VISION vacuum metallizer is said to be compact, to provide high performance, and to reduce energy MEX, SWITZERLAND | BOBST says the new K5 VISION vacuum metallizer is compact and designed to ...

Smithers Pira Releases Study of Fluff Pulp

(Flexpack)

October 22, 2017, ... North America, while Europe has concentrated on modifying pure fluff-producing mills to biorefineries. A biorefinery uses biomass as the input and produces a wide variety of products and energy. In the ...

Flexible Packaging | Fighting Food Waste

(Flexpack)

September 25, 2017, ... impacts on food security, resource conservation, and climate change. The land, water, labor, energy, and other inputs used in producing, processing, transporting, preparing, storing, and disposing of discarded ...

Davis-Standard Adds Extruder for Trials

(Flexpack)

September 10, 2017, ... extruder technology for preventative maintenance monitoring of vibration, oil composition, motor parameters, heater status, screw wear algorithm, and energy consumption. Other advantages include a high ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2017 is its Largest Exhibition To-Date

(Trade Shows)

September 08, 2017, ... solutions that ensure food safety and quality, and reduce environmental impact and energy consumption. Unilux (Booth #4C68) will unveil new controls for their popular LED2000 series strobes. The new ...