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- Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 08, 2012, ... Gesellschaft fur Selbstklebebander Gmbh & Co. KG, Harrislee, Germany, employs a bio-based, compostable material based on Ingeo PLA resin from NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, MN, that relies on a proprietary ...
- Flexible Packaging | Clear Lam Develops Renewable Package for Snack Cheese
- (Flexpack)
- February 20, 2012, ... reducing our energy consumption and environmental impact—a long-term goal to which we are fully committed.” Clear Lam produces the proprietary bio-based layer used in the film from pellets and additives, ...
- Plastics Will Star at NPE 2012
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 18, 2012, ... polymer modifiers, and the bio-based ingredients business resulting from the recent acquisition of Danisco. (Visit booth 35013) Messe Düsseldorf will participate to promote its worldwide program of ...
- Mutoh America Inc. Launches Recycling Program
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- April 12, 2011, ... cartridge. The bigger bag size is said easier to recycle and produces less waste. Mutoh recently announced its new MP Ink, which is composed of 60% bio-based materials and contains no hazardous air pollutants ...
- Ink for Outdoor Use
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- March 31, 2011, Ink made of 60% bio-based material and containing no hazardous air pollutants or heavy metals is said to enhance the value of company's ValueJet 1608HS-Hybrid Ink made of 60% bio-based material and containing ...
- Inks Earn Green Certification
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- January 31, 2011, ... the EcoTech TC process color inks are rich in bio-based, renewable raw materials (above 61%) and low in VOCs (less than 3%). They conform to ISO 2846-1 standards and are suitable for GRACoL G7 certification. ...
- Toray Plastics (America) To Build $2 million Solar Field
- (Flexpack News)
- January 04, 2011, Toray Plastics (America), a US manufacturer of precision-performance polypropylene, polyester, and bio-based films for packaging and industrial applications, has announced plans to begin construction in ...
- Materials Substrates: Building Blocks
- (Flexpack)
- November 30, 2010, ... 319 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Ecodear compostable bio-based films are manufactured with PLA resin. Thin, biaxially oriented films include a metallized heat sealable grade that delivers ...
- 2010 Greener Package Award Winners Announced
- (Trends/Management)
- September 01, 2010, ... include: Ball Horticultural Co. | SoilWrap bio-based plant container BWAY Corp. | 5-gallon Eco-Pail Cryopak, a TCP company | TimeSaver72 insulated shipper GlaxoSmithKline | Aquafresh White & ...
- Business Formed To Buy Post-Consumer PLA
- (News Clips Archive)
- March 31, 2010, ... PLA, which is 100 percent bio-based, offer a means to achieve these goals. I believe the economics of selling recycled PLA to a variety of lactic acid end markets are compelling. The BIOCOR business will ...
- Multipack Juices It Up
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2010, ... energy usage or wastes, and/or increase recycling. Bryce Corp., Memphis, TN, received honors for a lamination with 33% bio-based content for Frito-Lay North America's (Plano, TX) 10.5-oz packs of five ...
- AIMCAL Awards
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2010, ... energy usage or wastes, and/or increase recycling. Bryce Corp., Memphis, TN, received honors for a lamination with 33% bio-based content for Frito-Lay North America’s (Plano, TX) 10.5-oz packs of five ...
- Tobacco Crop Produces Bio-Plastic
- (News Clips Archive)
- November 30, 2009, CAMBRIDGE, MA | Metabolix Inc. has completed a field trial of tobacco, genetically engineered to express polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bio-based polymers. CAMBRIDGE, MA | Metabolix Inc. has completed a field ...
- Iowa State Develops Bioplastics Software
- (News Clips Archive)
- August 31, 2009, Iowa State Univ. researchers have begun development of a software program that can help determine the economic viability of a proposed bio-based product AMES, IA Iowa State Univ. researchers have begun ...
- Eco Fiction
- (Substrates)
- August 31, 2009, ... promoting their “earth-friendly” products. Worse yet, consumers increasingly are confused and even skeptical about those claims. The claims range from “green,” to “eco-friendly,” to “bio-based,” and ...
- News Clips Aug 2009
- (News Clips Archive)
- July 31, 2009, NatureWorks, Minnetonka, MN, partners with Netherlands-based Avantium to conduct in-house testing of Avantium's bio-based Furanics polymers, which would NatureWorks, Minnetonka, MN, partners with Netherlands-based ...
- Rohm & Haas, Nordmeccanica Host Sustainable Packaging Demo
- (News | New Products)
- March 09, 2009, ... specialists from Innovia, global provider of bio-based NatureFlex printing films; Rohm and Haas, supplier of advanced adhesive solutions including Mor-Free solventless adhesives for laminating; and EarthFirst, ...
- A Golden Opportunity
- (Trends/Management)
- June 30, 2008, ... came from Martin Spatz, Sun Chemical North American Packaging, who said the focus should be on a cradle-to-cradle cycle. Are the inks bio-based or petroleum-based? Are they derived from a renewable source? ...
- Emerging Nations
- (Flexpack)
- April 30, 2008, ... Short Supply — Although the European Bioplastics Conference is fully attended, there is a definitive shortage of bio-based polymers. Germany and Italy are leaders in utilizing these materials for both ...
- FTC Plans Green Packaging Workshop
- (News | New Products)
- April 01, 2008, ... what extent the Green Guides should provide more specificity regarding the time frame for composting; • Issues related to bio-based packaging, including what consumers understand the term "bio-based" ...
