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

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ... package with an IML oxygen-barrier label from Verstraete, which extends the products’ shelf life without requiring refrigeration. Verstraete IML utilized a combination of specific inks, a special lacquer, ...

Significans Automation Offers Workflow Services

(News | New Products)

June 03, 2018, ... can expect an entirely integrated “lights out,” prepress operation that automates labor-intensive jobs, identifies and eliminates barriers to enhanced productivity, and facilitates robotics and robotic ...

IoPP Names Winners of 2018 AmeriStar Awards

(Flexpack)

May 29, 2018, ... channel directly above the metallized layer. Carbon dioxide lasers are applied within a 2-micron tolerance, a significant development that allows for preservation of the barrier properties. Pattern-applied ...

Sun Chemical Has Big Plans for LatinPack

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2018, ... package sterilization or boiling. Converters can also use a SunLam lamination adhesive with oxygen barrier properties to lightweight packaging by removing a film layer while still maintaining the protective ...

Static Beat | Use Static Splices with Metallized Films

(Static-Beat)

May 21, 2018, ... traces when splices pass over metal rollers. Films with metallized layers and conductive traces are important because metallized layers provide excellent barrier properties and conductive traces enable ...

Mitsubishi Announces Price Increase

(Flexpack)

May 13, 2018, The company is increasing thermal paper prices beginning July 1, 2018, due to the rise of raw material costs BIELEFELD, GERMANY | Mitsubishi announces that due to continuing rises in costs for pulp ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... push packages that are more eco-friendly. This growth has been supported by improvements in films with alternative barriers, allowing the pouches to be used in various industries. These eco-friendly pouches ...

ExxonMobil Announces Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

May 06, 2018, ... used in laminated sacks, freezer films, barrier packaging, and sachets. “Converters are looking for easier processing and higher output, while brand owners seek higher packaging speeds and a reduction ...

Constantia Flexibles Acquires Creative Polypack

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2018, ... home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, high-definition flexo printing press, and laminators that will produce high-barrier laminates that can be fully recycled. The extra capacity will come onstream ...

DuPont & ADM Partner on Biobased Pilot Facility

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2018, ... sustainable, and better performing. According to DuPont and ADM, research shows that PTF has up to 10–15 times the CO2 barrier performance of traditional PET plastic, which results in a longer shelf ...

Toray Aiding CPG Companies in Mexico

(Flexpack)

April 25, 2018, ... are critical factors when customers are specifying packaging films. Structures must be barrier-stable and exhibit little or no barrier degradation as the temperature and humidity rise. Packaging also requires ...

Two-Sided Pouch Offers Corrosion Protection & Desiccant Action

(Bag Pouch)

April 25, 2018, ... the enclosed package to provide a protective molecular barrier against corrosive elements that may enter the package. This synergistic action between desiccant and VpCI provides unparalleled corrosion ...

Flint Announces New-Generation Sleeves

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2018, ... a 25% weight reduction and provides easier and safer handling of sleeves. The High Performance Sleeve has an additional barrier layer that provides superior dimensional stability. Both sleeves employ the ...

Klöckner Pentaplast Reports Expansion

(Flexpack)

April 15, 2018, ... used, as well as increased demand for barrier performance to protect the sensitivity of new drugs. We are excited to make this first and significant step into China to support these trends in our marketplace.” ...

Compostable Pack Launches for Cereal Brand

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2018, ... certified industrial compostable according to the European standard EN13432 and TÜV Austria’s OK Compost Home standard for home composting. NatureFlex offers outstanding barrier properties to moisture, ...

Label PRomotion | Use Your Labels to Generate, See Reviews Rapidly

(Label PRomotion)

April 04, 2018, ... eliminate a “barrier” to entry. Often, the folks taking the time to write a review are either very disgruntled or extremely happy. A big group in the middle may have intentions to go there, but it gets ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... in transparent, metallized or white and a variety of barrier levels, the film is designed to prevent packages from bursting when transported in changing altitude. A proprietary, modified PP core layer ...

AIMCAL Calls for R2R Papers

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... and papers New coating processes, tools, and equipment Advances in barrier performance, process, and measurement Specialty Web Coating Novel or developing web coating technologies Nano coating ...

Innovation Roadmaps

(Innovation Station)

March 21, 2018, ... Capabilities/Barriers—It is essential to realistically evaluate your current capabilities to meet the innovation as well as honestly evaluate what would be needed to get any missing capabilities. Do you ...

Bio4Pack, Futamura Collaborate on Compostable Snack Package

(Bag Pouch)

March 13, 2018, ... PLA. The bio-based, compostable and plastic-free pack is an environmentally responsible packaging choice with outstanding barrier properties. Futamura sales and marketing manager, Andy Sweetman, said: ...