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Quick Roller Alignment Check

(News | New Products)

August 20, 2020, ... be part of a larger alignment strategy.  Before these two steps, your plan should include: Ensuring your foundation is reliable (solid earth, sufficient concrete); Select reference roller or establish ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... solutions. For example, in the 1980s the plastic packaging industry created the Council for Solid Waste Solutions (CSWS), which eventually become the American Plastics Council (APC), later known as the ...

Beyond the Roll: Dry Ice Blasting for Maintenance and Cleaning

(Web Handling)

June 24, 2020, ... the dry ice instantly goes from a solid state to a vapor state. This resulting increase in volume creates an “explosive” effect that lifts the coating off of the surface. I’ve heard dry ice blasting ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... For example, in the 1980s the plastic packaging industry created the Council for Solid Waste Solutions (CSWS), which eventually become the American Plastics Council (APC), later known as the Society of ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... three Product Excellence Awards. The second award winner for Hazen Paper involved a setup carton for a gift box for Woman by Ralph Lauren. The gift box consists of two weights of solid bleached sulfate ...

The FPA Launches New Website

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2020, ... packaging industry and advocacy priorities include ensuring that the flexible packaging industry is represented in legislative and NGO discussions on solid waste management, material composition transparency, ...

Roundtable Q&A: Slitting, Winding & Unwinding

(Slit)

February 16, 2020, ... in order to achieve a secure last wrap as well as a solid first wrap with either self-wound tape products or by adding a tabber or gluing system. The ability to turn the process into a machine paced cut ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... at the same time realising a healthy profit. Easier said than done. Overcapacity in traditional markets, customer consolidation, fluctuating currencies, trade wars and political uncertainties, high operating ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2019, ... data-transfer rate in AVs is 15,000 per microsecond. These and other requirements mean that plastics and composites will play major roles in weight reduction, part consolidation, heat dissipation, high-tech ...

FPA Announces Speaker Lineup for Upcoming Fall Executive Conference

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2019, ... global trends in flexible packaging; managing incentives; and an overview of the University of Florida research on the feasibility of high temperature steam gasification of municipal solid waste. The conference ...

Corona and Plasma – The Different worlds of Surface Treatment

(Surface Prep)

July 03, 2019, ... to one another.  Adhesive forces between a liquid and a solid cause the liquid droplet to spread across the surface - cohesive forces within the liquid cause the drop to ‘ball-up’ and avoid actual contact ...

Liepajas Papirs Utilizes Hybrid MPS EF SYMJET

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2019, ... digital press combined with several post-press processes. In addition, ink costs are controlled by replacing large solid areas with less expensive flexo UV inks. For more competitive label runs, Liepajas ...

Colbert Packaging Celebrates 60th Anniversary Milestone

(News | New Products)

June 10, 2019, ... Colbert has invested in renewable energy credits in the form of wind energy and has initiated a zero manufacturing waste to landfill program. With extensive R&D capabilities and a solid reputation for ...

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

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... pouch with zipper, and the package weight is 6X heavier. When taking current recycling rates into consideration, the rigid PET container results in nearly 4X more material ending up in municipal solid ...

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

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... of packaging that ends up as municipal solid waste based on current recycling rates, the glass bottle results in more material ending up in municipal solid waste than the flexible drink pouch (1,213%). ...

INX International to Feature Natural-Based and Flexo Ink Products for Packaging at InfoFlex 2019

(Upcoming Conference News)

April 24, 2019, ... the Ernest N. Morial Center in New Orleans. “Our INXhrc natural-based flexographic inks are a solid choice for brand owners and food packaging providers,” said Renee Schouten, INX International’s director ...

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 ...

Avery Dennison Recognized on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies List

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2019, ... greenhouse gas emissions and human rights, workplace diversity and labor relations. “We continue to make solid progress toward our 2025 sustainability goals, with increased urgency to address plastic ...

BOBST to Exhibit at EXPOGRÁFICA 2019

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2019, ... has a presence in more than 50 countries, runs 14 production facilities in 8 countries and employs close to 5 400 people around the world. The firm recorded a consolidated turnover of CHF 1 529 million ...

Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... that is going to be heat-sealed or for a packaging product that is going to be filled with a hot solid or liquid. Good housekeeping, that is cleaning cylinders and laminator after each run and routinely ...