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Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2020, ... showed that pouches have a smaller carbon footprint than traditional packaging. For example, the production of a pouch for beverages consumes less energy compared to a rigid package - glass or can - of ...

Competitive Advantages in Cold Seal Application with ISRA Technology

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2020, ... packaging industry is increasingly focused on sustainability – protecting the environment, using energy and resources sparingly and recycling. Sustainable production also means that defect rates and waste ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... of energy are important operating factors for nonwovens production and investment.  The availability of low cost capital and confidence in the legal protection of intellectual property, are also strengths. ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... with inks and coatings. Corona treaters are designed to ionize air in a gap between an electrode and ground roll. Films passing through this air gap are exposed to the corona which increases surface energy ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, ... Corona treatment raises the surface energy of these materials in a way that is uniform and not discernible to the eye. A corona treater station for treating polymer films consists of a high voltage and ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Ifeu) of Heidelberg, “PET is the only plastic which, even as a post-consumer material, can be converted by appropriate recycling methods into recovered ...

Flexible Packaging: Buying Into Sustainability

(News | New Products)

December 22, 2019, ... packaging has a sustainable lifecycle (33 percent); is manufactured with less energy (33 percent); and has been transported efficiently (32 percent). According to survey responses, 36 percent of millennials ...

Flexible Packaging: Buying Into Sustainability

(Flexpack)

December 02, 2019, ... packaging has a sustainable lifecycle (33 percent); is manufactured with less energy (33 percent); and has been transported efficiently (32 percent). According to survey responses, 36 percent of millennials ...

Dow Presents New ADCOTE™ L76-500 High-Solids Adhesive for High-Speed Metal Lamination

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ... the innovative adhesive offers up to 55 percent high solids content in application, enabling converters to improve production efficiency and lamination speed while reducing energy costs and emissions. ...

Roll Diameter Requirements in Converting Processes

(Web Handling)

June 30, 2019, ... areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world's largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation ...

LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... really very good. The energy levels are easily controlled and we can work within a very narrow band width. We have found that the combination of electron beam and LED UV curing is working very, very well ...

Perspectives on the Meaning of Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

May 21, 2019, ... likely to say terms like "renewable" (59 percent), "recyclable" (56 percent) and "energy efficiency" (51 percent) best describe sustainability than words like "lightweight" (9 percent), "circular economy" (13 ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Drink Pouch — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... results for fossil fuel consumption. The glass bottle requires more material to hold the same amount of product and has a more energy-intensive material production process. When considering the amount ...

Diversified Plastics Inc. Adds Rotational Molding Oven

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... uptime, energy efficiency and cost savings. “We are eager to introduce this new, cutting-edge rotational molding technology to our facility. The new rotational molding  oven will help us to manufacture ...

Emerging Technologies Turn Converters’ Heads

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2019, ... increasingly seen as a vital path to efficiency and resulting growth. When competitive advantages and energy savings combine, converters maximize their offerings. After all, converting is, by definition, ...

Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs

(Flexography)

April 01, 2019, ... emissions and don’t require energy to dry unlike solvent-based adhesive laminations. However, the chemistry of the solventless adhesives introduces the challenge of smearing the print. PURs that provide ...

IPCO Introduces Continuous Film Casting System Combining Precision Slot Die and Compact Venturi Dryer at ICE USA

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 31, 2019, Process systems manufacturer IPCO has introduced a high precision continuous casting system that enables the production of membrane and film products to exceptionally narrow tolerances. IPCO’s innovative ...

FTA and Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Partner for “We Have the Cure” Seminar

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2019, ... the environmental issues caused by them How to bypass the energy costs and heat-related hazards of heatset drying Which value-added coatings can be used efficiently and effectively High-end printing ...

Web Tension Control Fundamentals

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2019, ... greater tension control accuracy. Additionally, AC drive systems have the ability to return regenerative energy back to the AC line, returning the tension energy back to the line that the brake produced ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2018

(News | New Products)

September 02, 2018, ... at the TLMI Ecovillage, sponsored by Convergen Energy, Channeled Resources Group and Avery Dennison, where the latest sustainable products will be displayed, and a daily speaker will cover topics including ...