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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 ...

Film Biodegrades

(New Products)

November 30, 2009, Evlon corn-based compostable, biodegradable bio-plastic film is certified by the Biodegradable Products Inst. Product is available in a wide range of Evlon corn-based compostable, biodegradable bio-plastic ...

Renewable Films Offered

(New Products)

November 30, 2009, Company offers OPS and PLA specialty films including EarthFirst PLA Films, based on the NatureWorks LLC Ingeo polymer derived from annually renewable Company offers OPS and PLA specialty films including ...

FPI Says Green Packaging Trend To Grow in Demand

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2009, ... as biopolymers, starches, and non-tree cellulose (such as sugarcane and bamboo), have entered the market proclaiming biodegradable and/or compostable benefits. Likewise the report also contends that changes ...

Italian Producer Goes Nuts for High Barrier Film

(News Eclips)

November 01, 2009, Innovia Films’ high barrier compostable cellulose-based material, NatureFlex NK, has been chosen by an Italian producer, New Factor, to wrap its range of organic nuts and dried fruit – Mister Nut Bio. ...

Prime Promo

(First Glance)

September 30, 2009, ... shrink sleeve for Bumble Bee Foods' gourmet salmon; the four-pack of cans is targeted at the club store sector. The sleeve is printed seven-color gravure on compostable Earthfirst PLA, an alternative to ...

Film Fit For Home Compost Bins

(News Clips Archive)

August 31, 2009, Innovia Films' compostable cellulose-based packaging film, NatureFlex, has been tested for home compostability by the UK's leading consumer body, In the May 2009 issue of the Which? Gardening magazine, ...

Eco Fiction

(Substrates)

August 31, 2009, ... Part of the consumer's reasoning is that terms such as biodegradable and compostable have a technical ring to them. They think: “Those people must have met a scientific standard when they use these words.” ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200

(New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... costs, and greater reliability in controlling the release of contaminants during production runs. Company adds that product is effective in purging new biodegradable and compostable PE resins. ▶Neutrex ...

Lean & Green

(Substrates)

May 31, 2009, ... are designed to meet green initiatives without sacrificing the esthetic beauty that brilliant silver and holographic base stocks offer. Products are biodegradable/compostable and recyclable/repulpable. ...

Green Sleeves Win Gold

(First Glance)

April 30, 2009, ... Ingeo bottle and closure, so the entire container is compostable. Gravure printing on a W.R. Chesnut Engineering press with Sun Chemical ink reproduced the lifelike tangerine images and created distinct ...

Bagging Loose Tea

(First Glance)

April 30, 2009, In a bid to achieve the greenest packaging possible for its Yerba Mate organic tea products, Guayaki, Sebastopol, CA, turned to Innovia Films' NatureFlex biodegradable and compostable material. In a bid ...