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Heat Recovery | Shields Bag Reduces Natural Gas Consumption

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2012, ... (VOC) into carbon dioxide and water.     Seeking Solutions When the utility company delivered its final report to Shields Bag, three options were suggested for the company to improve its efficiency ...

Sun Chemical Issues “Green” Report

(Green)

March 18, 2012, ... we are doing to help customers produce less waste and carbon dioxide, while at the same time improving the efficiency of their operations.” Included in the report is information on Sun Chemical’s role ...

Web Lines | Blocking in Rolls

(Web Handling)

January 12, 2012, ... finely milled calcium carbonate or silicon dioxide slip agents in low percentages to the polymer resin. In extrusion or biaxial orientation, the small mineral particles create an engineered roughness to ...

Laser Levels Playing Field

(Die-Cutting)

May 31, 2011, ... important criterion is that the laser wavelength is one that can be absorbed efficiently by all the common materials used in folding cartons. This need is best met by the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser, a ...

NAPIM Reports on Raw Material Shortages and Ink Price Volatility

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 28, 2011, ... rosin, acrylic acid, carbon black, titanium dioxide, nitrocellulose, crude oil and natural gas, vegetable oils, and colored organic pigments. Ink manufacturers expect feedstock inflation, tight markets, ...

Check for Leaks

(New Products)

April 30, 2010, Solutions for leak detection, using C02 as trace gas, range from the benchtop LeakPointer to the fully automatic in-line LeakMatic. Micro leak detection Solutions for leak detection, using C02 as trace ...

Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2010, ... Belgium. This rating meets the ASTM D6866 standard for determining the renewable/biobased carbon content of products. Dow Chemical Co., Philadelphia, PA, moves its North American Technical Service ...

Mocon-Certified Mumbai Testing Lab Earns Independent Certification

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2010, ... barrier and headspace analysis, leak detection and burst testing for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical/medical packaging. The water vapor, oxygen, and carbon dioxide permeation testing services are also ...

Taghleef Industries Enters Bioplastic Market

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2010, ... completely into carbon dioxide, water, and biomass by microbial digestion. Ingeo biopolymer is also registered by AIB Vincotte under the OK Biobased certification scheme with the highest four-star rating ...

Analyze Cost-Effectively

(New Products)

October 31, 2009, The Pac Check Model 650 EC benchtop dual oxygen and carbon dioxide headspace analyzer is designed as a cost-effective option. Said to be well suited for The Pac Check Model 650 EC benchtop dual oxygen ...

Elopak, Tetra Pak & Partners Cut Emissions by 50 Million Tons

(News Eclips)

March 30, 2009, ... will not be enough to achieve the carbon dioxide reductions needed to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change. A global challenge like this calls for both domestic legislation and a strong ...

How To Become a Green Printer

(Print)

December 31, 2008, ... with a new challenge of proving to their customers they are, in fact, “green” and have programs in place to become greener. The term “carbon footprint” has been suggested as an absolute indicator of greenness. ...

Sweet-Smelling Building

(Green Converting)

May 31, 2008, ... consists of a photocatalytic media “combining a layer of active carbon with a nonwoven, which successfully fixes the titanium dioxide, a natural catalyst,” says an Ahlstrom press release. The carbon stays ...

Cardpak President Named Chairman of PPC

(News Eclips)

May 04, 2008, ... it is made from is renewable. Suppliers to paperboard packaging grow, harvest, and replant trees just like vegetables. Not only that, but trees actually absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to climate ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... it also spent the past two years working with The CarbonNeutral Co. to become one of the first 100% carbon-neutral printing and packaging companies in North America. Oh, by the way, sales have increased ...

Ahlstrom Receives Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2008, Ahlstrom has received the French Trophy of Ecological and Economical Technologies HELSINKI, FINLAND | Ahlstrom, a leader in high-performance fiber-based materials, has received the French Trophy of Ecological ...

Small Oxygen Gas Stream Analyzer

(Archive)

November 08, 2007, ... package machinery's control systems and display. Gas flushing is desired in a variety of food applications where carbon dioxide or nitrogen is flushed into the package to displace oxygen so that shelf ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... systems for non-carbonated fresh and long-life liquid food products, is part of an environmental agreement signed this past summer. Elopak CEO Niels Petter Wright met with SIG Combibloc and Tetra Pak ...

Scoring the Scorecard

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... both recycled and recyclable materials in their packaging and to reduce carbon dioxide emissions when transporting finished goods to Wal-Mart’s nearly 6,500 stores and wholesale clubs in 15 countries. ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... vapor, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and ethylene. The likelihood of development of a single PLA film that could provide a flawless package for all forms of produce while providing a perfect barrier for respiration, ...