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Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ...  Hybrid Software Showcases Label Management Products Hybrid Software (Booth 6314) will show its range of Order Lifecycle Management (OLM) software solutions developed to provide easy, comprehensive ...

PolyCello Invests in VISTAFLEX Flexographic Press from W&H

(News | New Products)

July 01, 2012, ... used as an alternative to lamination and allows pouches to be recycled as #2 plastic instead of ending up as garbage in landfills. To stay in step with customers' and their own awareness of the impact ...

Flexonomics | Anilox Roll/Ink Selection

(Print)

July 01, 2012, ... Have an anilox roll inspection conducted to see where you stand. You may already have the volumes required. Buying the correct anilox rolls for a standardized inventory will end the vicious cycle of continuous ...

Domino Printing Sciences Ink Aids Pharma Printing

(News | New Products)

June 02, 2012, BK651 water-based black ink from Domino, designed for thermal inkjet applications in pharmaceutical industry, passes tests with top marks   CAMBRIDGE, UK | Domino Printing Sciences reports its water-based ...

DuPont Awards | Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top Prize

(Carton Box)

May 09, 2012, ... and Waste Reduction Ciclo VerdeTaeq is a closed-loop system that brings recycled materials into the production of high-value products instead of being used to make lower value articles and enables societal ...

NPE Follow Up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 30, 2012, ... of PET (polyester) so that the recycled stream has the same physical properties as the virgin material.  The same goes for polyethylene-based waste stream (minus the IV increase step). All in all it ...

Ten Years of Success for FILMtech

(Flexpack)

April 24, 2012, ... effort to recycle, reuse, and reduce. FILMtech has expanded exponentially and is now housed in an 88,000-sq-ft facility and produces more than a million lb of product each month. Current applications ...

Copac Prints High Quality Cartons with HP Indigo

(Carton Box)

April 03, 2012, ... in the end we’re going to print a million cartons using offset,” said McRae. McRae calls this the product life cycle. The advantages of HP Indigo digital technology, especially its exceptional print ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... cores before the next winding cycle starts.       Goss Presses Reshape Debate on Package Printing Methods DURHAM, NH | Goss Intl. (Hall 17/A59) has reinvigorated the debate about printing processes ...

DuPont, Collaborators Save Energy in Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 26, 2012, ... in the skin film process, compared to converting PE, which was the material used in an early development stage. The skin-film itself, and its production residue, can be recycled in the PE waste stream. ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... suppliers, laminators, equipment manufacturers, and recyclers. Opening the proceedings, Corey M. Reardon (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/corey-reardon/0/765/357 ), president and CEO of AWA Alexander Watson ...

Winding Film: How COF Properties Affect TNT

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

October 17, 2011, Your ability to apply tension/nip/torque winding principles to produce the desired roll hardness is affected by the film’s layer-to-layer coefficient of friction properties Your ability to apply tension/nip/torque ...

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 ...

$2 MM Folding Carton Expansion at Menasha Includes Sheeting

(Carton Box News)

August 04, 2011, ... and bale scrap board for shipment to be recycled. Although Menasha says it currently recycles all waste board, the new process is expected to greatly improve efficiencies. Menasha's Folding Carton Group ...

Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans

(Yo's Yarns)

June 21, 2011, ... knowledge of the EU commission is insufficient. Plastic carrier bags commonly consist of high quality, pure polyethylene, a plastic than can be recycled very well. Therefore, the polyethylene bag is not ...

Speaking Out Against Extended Producer Responsibility

(Carton Box News)

June 16, 2011, ... paperboard packaging, which is already recycled at a high rate. “Our voluntary recycling program for paper-based packaging already works incredibly well so [paperboard packaging] should be exempt from ...

Polykar Installs EREMA Plastics Recycling System

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

June 09, 2011, ... and is the first installation in Canada.   The TVEplus, originally launched in 2009 with  40 units sold in 20 countries, recycles heavily inked and additive-laden plastics packaging commonly found today. ...

Silly: Another Bag Ban

(Yo's Yarns)

June 01, 2011, Close to my own home, the city officials of nearby Chicago suburb Evanston, IL, (home to Northwestern Univ. Wildcats) have proposed a ban on disposable shopping bags–both plastic and paper. Don’t know ...

Technical Report: Up & Running

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... for a new cycle between sets (unloading finished rolls and re-loading cores) Setting up the slitter (knife changes) for a new job To speed up loading jumbos rolls, a growing number of converters are ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... making it from recyclable or recycled material; and reducing its environmental impact during the manufacturing process. Even as the most economical approach might be a combination of “green” attitudes, ...