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AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... Taghleef for a flower bouquet sleeve (11) comprising heat-sealable Nativia NZSS biaxially oriented polylactic acid (PLA) film. It’s derived from corn and is compostable, so both flowers and sleeve are ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... or green packaging materials. New technologies are being developed for both paper and plastic cups. There are several directions leading to a sustainable disposable cup: making it biodegradable or compostable; ...

Teaming Up For Sustainability

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

December 31, 2010, RICHMOND, CA | Biomass Packaging has teamed up with Natural Value to make its compostable, sustainable products available directly to consumers. BioMass RICHMOND, CA | Biomass Packaging has teamed up with ...

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 ...

Biomass Packaging Goes Retail

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 09, 2010, Biomass Packaging, a div. of Excellent Packaging & Supply, has teamed up with Natural Value to make its most popular compostable, sustainable products available directly to consumers RICHMOND, CA | Biomass ...

New BoPLA Is Available

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... (Ti)started production of the new NATIVIA film at its plant in San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy. Based on NatureWorks PLA biopolymers, the biodegradable and compostable film complies with the European standard ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... after usage since the packaging is completely compostable. Leading producers of packaging for the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and technical markets are using SiOx with complete confidence based ...

US Demand For Biodegradable Plastics To Grow 16% Annually Through 2014

(Flexpack)

September 09, 2010, ... with other biopolymers and an increasing number of suppliers. Opportunities are expected in compostable yard and kitchen bags, foodservice disposables and various types of packaging.   Degradable Plastics ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... energy usage in transportation and pack material manufacture. The resulting new package design is more attractive to consumers, the company reports. Next Page: World’s First Fully Compostable Snack ...

Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

May 31, 2010, ... to develop an environmentally friendly compostable barrier-sealant PLA packaging film that delivers the performance of conventional films. Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Tokyo, Japan, establishes São Paulo-based ...

PLA Films Coming

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... new compostable films can be used in packaging applications such as fresh produce, bakery, dairy, or confectionery and will complement the existing bioplastics used in packaging already.” What's happening ...

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... three tracks and more than 95 papers. Sustainability was at the forefront of conference topics. Keynote presenter, Tony Knoerzer, VP, packaging and sustainability compostable food packaging for Frito-Lay/PepsiCo, ...

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2010, ... VP, Packaging and Sustainability Compostable Food Packaging for Frito-Lay/PepsiCo, discussed how his company is taking a leadership role in creating environmentally friendly packaging for its products. ...

Frito-Lay names Toray its Supplier of the Year

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2010, ... compostable barrier-sealant PLA film that delivers the performance of conventional films." Toray Plastics (America) is a leader in the development and manufacture of high-performance sustainable films, ...

Taghleef Industries Enters Bioplastic Market

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2010, ... made from 100% renewable resources. The PLA film can be disposed in an industrial composting facility as it is biodegradable and compostable, according to European standard EN13432, and is said to convert ...

Foodservice Disposables Study

(News Clips Archive)

March 31, 2010, ... Western Europe, advances should be below average, though still favorable, with market value supported by the increasing use of biodegradable and compostable disposables, which tend to be more expensive. ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... step toward a fully compostable package. Bryce adjusted printing inks along with web tensions, process temperatures, and bonding processes to deliver a lamination that would provide adequate snack food ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... step toward a fully compostable package. Bryce adjusted printing inks along with web tensions, process temperatures, and bonding processes to deliver a lamination that would provide adequate snack food ...

FIRST GLANCE

(Magazine)

February 28, 2010, ... has introduced a line of gourmet pasta made from the company's free-range eggs (produced from hens fed an all-natural vegetarian diet). The company is packaging the pasta in NatureFlex, a sustainable, compostable ...

Nature's Noodle

(First Glance)

February 28, 2010, Innovia Films Nature Flex Compostable Film Used for Bags of Nature's Farm Gourmet Pasta Nature's Farm, Steinbach, MB, Canada, has introduced a line of gourmet pasta made from the company's free-range eggs ...