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New York High School Senior Wins Local Business Competition

(News | New Products)

January 28, 2024, ... PACT offers American-made solutions to safely transport and recycle lithium batteries that are used to power EVs, e-bikes, scooters and hand-held electronics. For more information about PACT® and its ...

Takes on Tapes, Labels & Liners

(Converting Perspectives)

January 14, 2024, ... could find more workers.” Considerations when sourcing these technical products include having food-grade or medical-grade qualified papers and films, recycled substrates and luxury aesthetics. Layflat ...

Productivity Gains Hiding in Plain Sight

(Flexpack)

January 07, 2024, ... wide variety of packaging materials, including those with a high percentage of recycled content. These PSAs offer a range of hot melt rubber adhesives suitable for low surface energy foams and films ...

Takes on Tapes, Labels & Liners

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2023, ... could find more workers.” Considerations when sourcing these technical products include having food-grade or medical-grade qualified papers and films, recycled substrates and luxury aesthetics. Layflat ...

Fujifilm launches new LED UV curing system: LuXtreme

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2023, ... of replacement parts required over its lifecycle, and lower associated labor costs. The working environment for operators is also improved, with many undesirable factors eliminated or reduced, including ...

Labelexpo: New Labelstock for Flagship Products

(News | New Products)

August 21, 2023, ... HERMA is presenting a new labelstock at Labelexpo 2023. Its three main components – A PE film label material made of post-consumer recycled material, an adhesive without a carbon footprint and a new type ...

Safety First, Quality Always

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

July 16, 2023, ... operational improvement, compliance, and education, PennPac effortlessly provides reliable cycle times to feed the packaging supply chain, while concurrently honing on sustainability efforts. As a ...

Planning, Labs and Trials

(Coating/Laminating)

May 30, 2023, ...  Choosing materials for performance and delivery of features; Selecting materials that can be recycled, reused or offer other environmental benefits; Considering design of packaging life cycle for ...

Planning, Labs and Trials

(Converting Perspectives)

May 15, 2023, ...  Choosing materials for performance and delivery of features; Selecting materials that can be recycled, reused or offer other environmental benefits; Considering design of packaging life cycle for ...

WestRock Plant Saves $100,000+ in First Year by Going Green

(News | New Products)

May 10, 2023, ... and time-consuming manual blanket cleaning after each ABC cycle. WestRock’s $13,000 in wash savings in the first year alone resulted from eliminating the need for pressmen to “hand-squirt” solvent onto ...

Extinguishing the Threat of Dangerous Battery Fires

(News | New Products)

May 09, 2023, ... fire hazards are electric bikes, scooters, hoverboards, unicycles and electric cars. “Leaving any lithium-ion battery to charge unattended is a major safety hazard, but can become a crime scene especially ...

A New Slitter

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 23, 2023, ... settings, and automatic laser core guiding offers precise and very quick settings on new jobs. Some systems deliver precise unwind and rewind tension control during the entire operating cycle. Thus, ...

New ‘Value’ Zero Clearance Punching Units Give Pouch Manufacturers an Edge

(News | New Products)

April 18, 2023, ... and bag industries.  They are designed as non-sharpenable, single use units. In initial testing, these units have run over 4 million cycles and counting and have kept on punching (material and speed can ...

How Flexographic Printing Can Unlock New Packaging Potential

(Bag Pouch)

April 09, 2023, ... of new industry regulations are forcing brands to transition away from traditional plastics towards thin polyethylenes (PE) that are more easily recycled. In this kind of application, gravure and offset ...

Innovative Biovate Hygienics Launches One of the First Plastic-free Paper Bottles for Commercial Cleaning Products

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2023, ... is infused with natural seaweed extract for added water resistance and helping to break down the paper fibres quicker, if composted.   Nick added: “Paper is more easily recycled than plastic and breaks ...

Achieving Sustainability: Q&A with Sun Chemical’s Dr. Nikola Juhasz

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... packaging designs that align with these eco-trends. How does Sun Chemical support customers’ efforts to improve recyclability? Sun Chemical's sustainability approach is a full value-chain and life cycle-oriented ...

Automatic Inline Inspection Maximizes Sustainability of Silicone Release Liners

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2023, ... of waste every day. To create a sustainable and resource-efficient alternative, Techlan recycles siliconized release papers and films from numerous industries so that they can be used once again. In doing ...

Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... and advance circularity by increasing the availability of recycled plastic. During PET recycling, the adhesive deactivates to allow both the label and adhesive to separate cleanly, leaving the plastic ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... for arriving at this circular economy is the well-known mantra of the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and while this is an excellent place to start, there are two more ‘Rs’ that are no less important: ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... to the concerns that items, such as mineral oils, can migrate from recycled paperboard into the packaged food product during storage. Other chemical migrations have led to various recalls that have cost ...