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Sustainability and Flex Pack: a Study

(News Clips Archive)

September 30, 2008, ... the smaller environmental footprint of flexible resealable packaging as compared to rigid alternatives. The study included eight packaging systems: Six deli meat packages, one featuring a resealable ...

String Is Clean

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2008, ...  Non-Contact String Provides Solution The test results showed that alternative passive ionizer methods can provide better static control than tinsel. In fact, one product, Static String from StopStatic.com, ...

Adchem Uses Static Control String to Eliminate Contamination

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2008, ... no longer function as a release system in the area affected by the discharge. The adhesive will “split” between two sides of release liner. Alternatively, the liner can fail to release where it is damaged, ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... the white ink, the colored imaged area is printed. With an alternative structure (Figure 2), the image is reverse printed and backed with a white ink. Both laminate structures are widely seen. The color ...

Weight Reduction

(Archive)

August 31, 2008, ...  For example, in marked contrast to many flexible packaging converters, CEI never has used solvent-based inks, coatings, or adhesives in any facet of its converting operation. The use of water-based alternatives ...

August 2008 PFFC What's New Products: Part tw

(New Products)

July 31, 2008, ... For Flexo Company now offers a flexographic version of its metallic printing technology. Especially recommended for label and package printers, process is said to offer a lower cost alternative to foil ...

Dirge for a Plastic Bag?

(Editorial)

July 31, 2008, ... insane knee-jerk reactions as Michael Fisher of Fisher Container, Buffalo Grove, IL, describes these bans. While the plastic bag has become the “urban tumbleweed of our nation,” says Fisher, the alternative ...

New 'Field Guide' For Sustainable Print and Packaging Desig

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2008, ... a single resource that objectively details alternative design decisions that impact sustainability without sacrificing style or effectiveness, the company reports. The guide presents information from ...

Materials/Substrates: Custom Fit

(Substrates)

May 31, 2008, ... sheet (no white edges). Features a matte pigment coating for deep color saturation. Available in 17- and 23-pt thicknesses. Said to provide a strong, stylish, refined alternative to white SBS. FiberMark ...

DuPont Awards Recognize Packaging Innovation

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... process by more than 50 percent via new process technology that enables a one-step process to replace a four-part approach. Providing social benefit through an energy-saving alternative approach to ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... setup and job data storage. Foil Alternative The company also has developed its own eco-friendly packaging, CurtCHROME, a 100% biodegradable and recyclable boardstock that replaces foil and metallized ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ... for added security. Hardy Instruments | 800-821-5831 | www.hardyinstruments.com PFFC-ASAP 420 Unwind Upgrade Offered Dual-pedestal unwind upgrade is said to provide an inexpensive alternative to ...

Metal Is in the Mix

(Metallizing)

February 29, 2008, ... less expensive and source-reduced alternative to a foil/paperboard structure that would have been prone to cracking at the scores. Fan Fares Sweeping yet another category, Unifoil Corp. took both ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... alternative to steel and aluminum rolls. NimCor | 888-464-6267 | www.nimcor.com PFFC-ASAP 410 Proof Plates Efficiently The Control Station CtP PRO inspection and correction stations are functionally ...

The Market Matures

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... However, there is strong growth in alternative materials such as PET-G and polypropylene, as well as bio-films such as polylactic acid. Heat shrink sleeve conversion by the ultraviolet (UV) flexographic ...

Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2007, ... switch to a safe position quickly, allowing for certain types of maintenance. Series is intended for use as an alternative control method while performing tasks that are routine, repetitive, or integral ...

Over Exposed: Protect packaged products from light

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... on xenon arc light sources or, alternatively, instruments based on UV-producing fluorescent lamps. Methods are available to use the light from xenon arc lamps to duplicate, with appropriate filters, ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... are called an economical alternative solution when core shafts do not match a roll’s core size. Company says adapters are inserted easily and removed without damaging cores, and air valves are changed ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... renewable wind-generated electricity. Mohawk says its fleet of five trucks has been converted over to a biodiesel fuel mix, a clean-burning alternative fuel made from natural, renewable sources such as ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... used as an alternative to virgin wood pulp. Plant-fiber papers (especially kenaf and hemp) tend to be more durable than virgin wood fiber papers. Kenaf in particular, which contains less lignin than trees, ...