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Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... reduce carbon footprint. Products include direct and indirect FDA food approval. Application methods include flexo and gravure for pouches, retort packaging, and high COF end-use applications. Acceptable ...

Bodine Adds Power to Gearmotors

(Controls)

November 13, 2012, Additions to the INTEGRAmotor gearmotor line at Bodine Electric Co. are suited to printing lines and more   NORTHFIELD, IL | Bodine Electric Co. has added more power to its INTEGRAmotor gearmotor ...

American Cutting Edge Offers Variety of Blades

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2012, ... as custom blades. Materials include carbon steel, stainless steel, tungsten carbide, zirconia ceramic, and several types of coatings (including ceramic, titanium carbide, and titanium nitride). Blades ...

Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2012, ... this PLA tape is said to offer a lower carbon footprint and is reported compatible with some paper recycling processes where the PLA dissolves into nontoxic lactide. Holding the Gavel Judges for the ...

Overlaminate Film from Argotec is Protective

(Substrates)

February 29, 2012, ... compatibility/anchorage; and resistance to hydrocarbons, ozone, bugs, road chemicals, bacteria, and fungus. Uncoated, 1-mil-thick product is available in roll widths to 62 in. and lengths to 1,000 non-spliced ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... credentials are superior to those of film. Competition for land (sustainably managed forests represent an excellent carbon sink but also make strong demands on land availability) and the need to reduce ...

PCR Milked for Flex-Pack

(Flexpack)

August 21, 2011, ... that would reduce carbon emissions. Reduced landfill waste, cuts in energy use, less greenhouse gas emissions—it was a green trifecta, if we could do it.” A number of challenges presented themselves—all ...

Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

(Flexpack)

August 18, 2011, ... and weight reduction compared to paper-based multiwall bags, lower total energy to produce, and smaller carbon footprint. Rigorous life cycle analysis comparing nonrenewable energy content and including ...

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 ...

Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles

(Flexpack News)

May 18, 2011, ... in the waste stream. “Next, since reprocessing resin uses a lot less energy than creating virgin resin, Harji explains, “we would cut fossil fuel energy consumption. Finally, that would reduce carbon ...

Stone & Interactive Media-Enhanced Labels on Display at Interpack

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... and converted into label material by Wausau–will be a hit at the show.  Marketed under the TerraSkin trademark, the face stock is a blend of 80% calcium carbonate–primarily processed from limestone, marble, ...

Service Makes the Sale

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... to mention that Bison also is a very green company. “We recycle as much as we can to reduce our carbon footprint, including solvents, film, corrugated, and so on. We use variable speed air compressors ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... analysis shows the Cumulative Energy Demand for production of 1 kg of PET chip from recovered spent liner is 92% less than for the production of 1 kg of virgin chip. Carbon footprint is also 74% less. ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... for the production of 1 kg of virgin chip. Carbon footprint is also 74% less. Mitsubishi projects recovering several million pounds of spent liner in year one. A final Sustainability award goes to ...

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, ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ...  Metallized OPP is widely used in the region in flexible packaging applications, such as snack packaging laminates that use adhesive lamination technologies and in metallized wraparound labels for carbonated ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... carbon emissions from interbuilding trucking by consolidating three locations into one in 2008. “Sustainability is one of four pillars that support Hammer's strategic business planning. It's also an attitude ...

Mother Nature on the Run

(Carton Box)

August 31, 2010, ... Bennington, NH, met the requirements. It is manufactured carbon neutral with 100% renewable Green-e certified electrical energy. The box features newspaper articles that chronicle Young's ascent to fame. ...

Business Formed To Buy Post-Consumer PLA

(News Clips Archive)

March 31, 2010, ... on decreasing the carbon footprint of the plastics used and on recapturing and reusing a greater percentage of post-consumer packaging,” says Centers. “Plastics made from renewable plant sources such as ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... | www.pferolls.com Circle 319 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Prevent Vibration Stripes on CI Presses The rotec Atlas Adapter offers a high quality carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) structure ...