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- Plastics, Packaging and the Environment
- (Flexography)
- April 22, 2020, ... To help distinguish between different types of plastics, the SPI developed a seven-category coding system based on the different resins in the plastic. This system was designed for mainly to categorize ...
- How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives
- (Flexography)
- April 22, 2020, ... overall energy savings in their processes. Utilize Sustainable Inks Water-based inks are an eco-friendly alternative to solvent-based inks, as they include fewer volatile organic compounds, which ...
- thelmoco, Inc. Experiencing Surging Demand
- (News | New Products)
- April 22, 2020, Michigan-based thelamco, inc. announced today that it is experiencing surging demand for hook-and-loop fastener materials for securing medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to aid first responders ...
- AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony
- (News | New Products)
- April 16, 2020, ... structures to two layers, a gauge reduction of almost 50% and a weight reduction of 40%. Efficiency also improves due to fewer roll changes. Designed for dry products, the plant-based material provides ...
- Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- April 16, 2020, ... inks based on renewable natural resources and new eco-friendly materials can play a key role in the creation of a sustainable package. It is important that claims of bio-renewable materials are verified ...
- PFFC’s Companies to Watch
- (Flexpack)
- April 09, 2020, ... and Carl Joachim, all with different backgrounds, that somehow came together in 2013 and landed on the same vision - to build a disruptive flexible packaging company, based on digital printing. They saw ...
- Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane
- (News | New Products)
- April 06, 2020, ... of the U.S., with leading categories including tomato-based products, powdered milk, soups and coffee, particularly with stand up pouches. “The transition of rigid packages into flexible packaging provides ...
- BOBST Joins CEFLEX
- (News | New Products)
- March 25, 2020, ... better system solutions identified through the collaboration of companies representing the entire value chain. A circular economy is based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution from ...
- Stronger Together: Davis-Standard and Deacro Converting Systems
- (Equipment/Machines - Converting)
- March 08, 2020, ... portfolio of high-performance slitting, rewinding and roll handling equipment for a wide range of web-based applications such as film and flexible packaging. This coupled with Davis-Standard’s extrusion ...
- Synrad Sheds Light on Converting Applications
- (Equipment/Machines - Converting)
- March 05, 2020, ... and design files are digital, and can be saved as a baseline for future projects or materials. For initial installation of laser equipment, laser systems (combined laser and scan head assemblies) minimize ...
- A New Generation of Hybrid Drive Technology
- (Digital)
- March 05, 2020, ... materials. A combination of continuous & vector drive technology – in re-registration mode – allows format independent converting by the use of a single tool circumference. The RSM-DIGI-VARICUT is based ...
- Leaders in Sustainability
- (Equipment/Machines - Converting)
- March 05, 2020, ... The SA-V can run with all laminated or coextruded materials with PP or PE sealing base, both printed and unprinted, granting high performances and high sealing strength; it is available in four sealing ...
- Spinnaker Coating Shows Growth with GripTight™ and SureLock™ Adhesives
- (News | New Products)
- March 02, 2020, ... paper and film products for the printing industry, is reportedly experiencing renewed growth with its GripTight™ and SureLock™ specialty adhesives. GripTight is an aggressive, hot melt rubber-based adhesive ...
- Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?
- (Flexpack)
- March 02, 2020, ... step in the production chain, Brückner Maschinenbau for the production of the biaxial stretched polypropylene and polyolefin-based films, Hosokawa Alpine for the production of MDO linear density polyethylene ...
- State of the Industry Report
- (Nonwovens)
- March 01, 2020, ... Michael M. D’Angelo, president of the AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, who gave his insights on how the corrugated, folding carton, rigid boxes and other paper-based packaging market is thriving ...
- Pregis Joins CEFLEX to Further European Flexible Packaging Sustainability Efforts
- (News | New Products)
- February 24, 2020, ... has also partnered with How2Recycle® to provide consumer-friendly recycling instructions printed onto film-based products to increase adoption. Pregis also teaches customers how to prevent damage through ...
- Multi-Solution Approach Key to Achieving Sustainability Goals
- (Extrusion Coating)
- February 24, 2020, The extrusion coating market is growing as global brand owners continue to choose aseptic cartons, stand-up pouches and paper-based flexible packaging formats over glass, metal and rigid containers. By ...
- Roundtable Q&A: Slitting, Winding & Unwinding
- (Slit)
- February 16, 2020, ... evolving based on customer feedback? Pappas: Today’s control systems are a lot more powerful than they were a decade ago. It is the heart of the machine and allows us to do high-level functions that ...
- NOW Plastics Packaging Solutions Put Environmental Protection First
- (Flexpack)
- February 04, 2020, ... in the following categories: Post-Consumer Recycled content (PCR) films (PET, BOPA, PE, etc.); Film structures for making packaging recyclable; Bio-based/sustainable sources for raw materials/resins; ...
- Primera Announces LX610 Color Label Printer with Built-In Digital Die Cutting™
- (News | New Products)
- February 04, 2020, ... before ordering expensive hard-tooled or flexible dies. Inks and Substrates With LX610, two different types of ink and a wide variety of substrates are available. Dye-based ink prints bright and vibrant ...