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Heritage Bag Grows with Support from Gloucester Engineering

(Bag Pouch)

November 17, 2014, ...  In addition to the physical changes they plan to make to the Texas plant, Heritage also will take on more compostable and recycled bag projects. “Compostable is a popular, high growth area for us,” says ...

Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market

(Label/Tape)

November 16, 2014, ... downloadable pdf, “How to Recycle Release Liner”—providing step-by-step advice and listing no less than nine providers of collection services within the USA. Currently involved in developing a pilot recycling ...

Green Bay Packaging Named Environmental Leader

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2014, ... of Sustainability Improvement.’” Discarded material going to the landfill was reduced by 99%, with the Green Team coordinating the effort to define waste streams that could be recycled, either traditionally ...

Sercos Offering Technical Webinars

(Controls)

November 05, 2014, ... answers to the question as to why the point of synchronization is identical even though no data is exchanged as well as a guideline on how to synchronize different cycle times. All English webinars will ...

AkzoNobel Coating Creates Compostable Paper Cup

(Coating/Laminating)

September 24, 2014, EvCote Water Barrier 3000 is made from plant-based oils and recycled PET bottles AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | Akzo Nobel's new pioneering coatings technology EvCote Water Barrier 3000—which itself is made ...

Avery Dennison to Showcase New Products

(Label/Tape)

August 17, 2014, ... the range of company’s material designed to advance the recycling of PET containers—which addresses supply imbalances of recycled PET (rPET) and improves cost. Portfolio now includes Roll-Fed Sleeve constructions ...

Rethinking the Ban on EPS

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2014, ... “Impact of Plastics Packaging on Life Cycle Energy Consumption & Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US & Canada Substitution Analysis” proves otherwise. Data from the report, which was compiled by Franklin ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ... is an expansion in the company’s range of material designed to advance the recycling of PET containers, which addresses supply imbalances of recycled PET (rPET) and improves cost. CleanFlake now includes ...

Pouch Converting | New Venture Relies on Long-Time Supplier

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2014, ... unique features we can run side gusset and quad seal pouches along with stand-up zipper pouches.” The new machine has a 450-mm web width with one web/one film configuration and runs at 225 cycles/min, ...

HP and Comexi Join for Lamination Solution

(Coating/Laminating)

May 07, 2014, ... to help flexible packaging converters shorten time to market, as well as help reduce waste and environmental impact. “Shorter product life cycles and customized packaging are driving growth in short-run ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... director, Polyolefins, for Europe and Africa at IHS Chemical, specialists in chemical market analysis and forecasting. As global economic growth gradually picks up, Koster showed "the commodities supercycle ...

Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge

(Trends/Management)

February 12, 2014, ... no plastic and a minimal amount of aluminum—so it can be recycled as easily as printed paper—while striking source reduction means it carries 20 times less metal per square inch than metallic ink and can ...

PECO Introduces New Bag Machine

(Bag Pouch News)

October 02, 2013, ... of 1100 mm Bag lengths possible range from 24* – 66 in. (*minimum bag length can be reduced to 12 in. by adding a second set of seal bars) Line speeds are possible up to 600 ft/min Cycle speeds of ...

Eastman Reports on Full-Wrap Label Consortium

(Green)

September 22, 2013, ... extruders, print converters, and label producers, equipment manufacturers, bottlers and packagers, plastics recyclers, and independent testing firms. The next full-wrap label consortium meeting is in ...

Show Preview | CPP EXPO and PRINT 13 Share a Stage

(Print)

August 07, 2013, ... (natural feel), 100% recycled NAUTILUS high-speed inkjet, BIO TOP3 high-speed inkjet and DNS enhanced color inkjet, which is Mondi's first high-speed inkjet paper with a pigment-coated inkjet surface. As ...

Show Preview | What’s Behind the Curtain at Labelexpo Europe 2013

(Label/Tape)

July 29, 2013, ... and JUPITER models. Due to its double shaft, production outputs are increased by 50%. This automation cuts down the time required to remove the finished rolls and prepare the new operating cycle. It's being ...

Eliminating Boundary Layer Air During Winding

(Web Handling)

July 15, 2013, ... as an auxiliary nip roller used during the turret indexing cycle. (On this point, I prefer not to see two nips used at once on any roller or winding roll. When the auxiliary nip contacts, take the other ...

Flexible Packaging | LPS Industries Invests To Serve IVD Test Markets

(Flexpack)

July 10, 2013, ... incorporating best practices, LPS Industries is able to provide peace of mind.” Full Development Cycle Experience & Services LPS Industries has served the IVD Test market for decades. Because of its ...

Roll Handling | API Foils Finds Custom Roll Cradle Solution

(Foil)

June 11, 2013, ... company that made roll protectors out of recycled material, and it seemed like a great idea,” said Jeff Pendleton, finishing and distribution manager for API Foils. “We could lay two rolls side by side ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... to landfills. Close the Loop recovers the plastic and remainder ink from used cartridges. BCM Inks uses the recovered ink to develop a new water-based flexographic ink called ‘PCR (Post-Consumer Recycled) ...