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- Toray Plastics (America) Is Certified by FDA for Dairy Shipping
- (Carton Box)
- May 27, 2012, ... polyester, PP, and bio-based films, reports the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has granted the company Interstate Milk Shippers (IMS) certification for single-service ...
- NPE2012 Has Exciting Opening
- (Substrates)
- April 01, 2012, ... Along with the “return of the machines,” one of the main themes of NPE2012 is advances in technology for bioplastics. Dozens of exhibitors are involved, ranging from manufacturers of new bio-based resins, ...
- 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? ...
