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CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... explains, “…Ecoclean is made of nonhazardous materials such as soy and other renewable resources developed in the United States. We are hopeful that more printers and suppliers will begin demanding environmentally ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... by more expensive and environmentally friendly biocides. Growth in North America has slowed down, says the study, though total market value is up. Competition for market share among leaders has accelerated, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... classification as packaging waste, the self-adhesive label value chain as a whole will have a problem on its hands. There is still little evidence that the industry is developing environmentally responsible ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... problems: As I have highlighted before in this column, it is proving difficult enough to set up environmentally responsible waste management for release liners across the EU. With raw material prices rising, ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 5

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... solvent-based systems before cross-linking with UV, for example, can offer unique properties. With ever-increasing regulatory issues concerning the safe and environmentally friendly disposal of hazardous ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... water vapor. Maintain Nonwoven Integrity E-Beam Services, Cranbury, NJ, USA,; 877/413-2326; e-beamservices.com Company offers what is described as an environmentally responsible, nonchemical process ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 3

(Unprinted Rolls)

November 30, 2003, The columns appearing in this space for the past two months presented instances in which people were not being environmentally responsible in their jobs. The columns appearing in this space for the past ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 1

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... to make any attempt to keep information from customers that is necessary for them to use a product in a concerned and educated fashion. In other words, such action is not an environmentally friendly ...

Materials

(Materials)

August 31, 2003, ... Called an environmentally responsible alternative to traditional solvent-borne adhesives, the adhesives resist removal of labels from foods during handling yet permit clear removal when peeled by a customer. ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... prepared in a laboratory scale dry surface treatment unit. The authors concluded from their work that DST may be a promising technique for producing coated structures. “Environmentally Benign Packaging ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, New from: ADM Tronics Unlimited Inc.; Engelhard; Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp.; KNF Flexpak Corp.; MACtac; National Adhesives; Northwest Coatings; Rohm and Haas Co.; and Syfan USA Corp. Substrates, ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report: Release LinersPackaging Waste?

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... would be twofold. First, it would be environmentally responsible to put in place a Europe-wide waste management infrastructure that would optimize the reuse and recycling of release liners. Second, such ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... pressure in North America to move industry toward environmentally responsible disposal.   Conversely, in Europe the EU Packaging Waste Directive has led to an increasing focus on driving down the overall ...

The Amcor Story Continues

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... press. A new 2,200-sq-m production hall was built for the press, which is designed to manufacture laminates in an environmentally responsible way. The press is more than 50 m long and can print materials ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2000, ... BEACH, CA, USA—In an effort to ensure that the 2000 Summer Olympics would be the most environmentally responsible games ever, the Sydney (Australia) Olympic Committee selected Biocorp Inc. to supply its ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... in North America. Continued growth is anticipated at a rate of about 13% for each of the next five years, as the motivators for the use of these highly productive, environmentally friendly products will ...

Voluntary environmental standards are on the way

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August 31, 1995, ... offer that evaluating existing compliance, documenting findings and actively attempting to manage the environmental impact of one's operation is a challenge for even the most environmentally responsible ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ...  environmental issues. We're trying to do the right thing environmentally and economically too." William A. Glasgow, business manager, BN products, Advanced Ceramics Corp., a manufacturer of evaporatio ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... and the restriction of discardable packaging. * New Jersey A 563, carry-over legislation for 1995, seeks to require that all packaging be environmentally acceptable, which is defined as reusable, recycled ...