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Cortec®: A Continuing Leader in Sustainable Corrosion Control

(News | New Products)

December 28, 2024, ...  EcoLine® ELP (extreme lubricant penetrant) EcoLine® 4320/4330 (industrial paint removers without methylene chloride or NMP) Construction MCI®-2005 (corrosion inhibiting concrete admixture) ...

Path to Sustainability According to Nordmeccanica

(Coating/Laminating)

December 04, 2024, ... is in fact the solution. Through the extrusion process, the PE-based film achieves new properties that help a structure made exclusively by polyethylene better address product protection targets. That ...

Meeting the Demands of Medical Grade Labels

(Bag Pouch)

November 24, 2024, ... because of their non-rigid shapes and their exposure to a variety of harsh environments. Labels may face demanding processes such as ethylene oxide or gamma sterilization, cryogenic storage at below-freezing ...

ARC Honors Award Winners at R2R Conference USA

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2024, ... multilayer materials based on metallized polyethylene terephthalate substrates. The mono-material, paper-based flexible packaging offers an oxygen transmission rate of < 1 cm³/(m² d) and a water vapor ...

NBi Technologies Receives Child Resistant Certification for PCR Stand Up Pouch Test Results Meet Requirements for Poison Prevention Packaging MUKWONAGO

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2024, ... comes to life. The green sustainable packaging is constructed of a 114-micron film of post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PCR PE); the zipper is polyethylene (PE). The CR PCR Stand Up Pouch submitted ...

Shurtape® Expands Line of Sustainable Packaging Tapes with Launch of rPET Recycled Packaging Tapes

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2024, ... in Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles and rigid containers, and are designed to significantly reduce the use of virgin plastic in end-of-line packaging while continuing to provide the durability ...

Innovating Safety Child-Resistant Stand-Up Pouches that Meet Sustainability Goals

(Bag Pouch)

July 07, 2024, ... the polyethylene slide closure, which incorporates PCR material for sustainability and necessitates a precise sequence of actions to un- lock. Sliders combined with attractive film properties can provide ...

NOVA Chemicals Receives FDA LNO for Plastic Films Mechanical Recycling Process at Indiana Facility

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2024, ... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirming the capability of its mechanical recycling process in Connersville, Ind., to produce post-consumer recycled linear, low-density polyethylene (rLLDPE) ...

Flexible Packaging — In a Constant Cycle of Evolution

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2024, ... (PET), Metallized Polypropylene (MPP) Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol (EVOH), Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene (PE) and Nylon (PA) are the most common materials creating many of the laminate structures used in ...

Demand Increasing for PCR Plastics: How Recycled PE supports Sustainable Packaging Solutions

(Flexpack)

June 13, 2024, ... for PCR plastic will triple by 2030 to about 90 million tons.2 As one of the most common and versatile plastics in packaging, polyethylene (PE) represents a significant opportunity for building recycling ...

Obtaining Barriers When Coating and Printing Flexible Materials

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2024, ... easier to decide upon. Film manufacturers and formulators produce modified structures from polymers such as polyethylene, polyester and poly-propylene. Polyethylene for example, when modified and in ...

FPA Announces 2024 Board of Directors

(News | New Products)

April 30, 2024, ... Corporation; Mark Lewis, CEO, Wikoff Color Corporation; Sarah Marshall, Vice President of Polyethylene Marketing, NOVA Chemicals, Inc.; Apurva Shah, Vice President of Strategy & Customer Development, Charter ...

Creating a Circular Packaging Value Chain: How collaboration with suppliers helps converters meet brand owner demands

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2024, ... between resin suppliers, converters, and brand owners, we can learn from our trials and work together to create tangible changes for a better world. ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Avolio is the polyethylene ...

Principles of Narrow Web Slitting

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2024, ... tissue to dual-sided rolls; films ranging from stiffer polyester to thin-stretchy polyethylene; and stability presented by machine-direction (MD) and cross-direction (CD) strength issues. When I worked ...

Principles of Narrow Web Slitting

(Converting Perspectives)

April 08, 2024, ... dual-sided rolls; films ranging from stiffer polyester to thin-stretchy polyethylene; and stability presented by machine-direction (MD) and cross-direction(CD) strength issues. When I worked at a nonwovens ...

UFlex Begins Commercial Production of Poly-Condensed Polyester Chips in Panipat, India, and a CPP Packaging Film production in Russia

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2024, ... the existing capacity of one 8.7-meter-wide Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene Terephthalate (BOPET) Film Line with a capacity of 30,000 TPA and one 2.85-meter-wide plasma enhanced avant-garde metallizer ...

What’s In Your Flexible Packaging?

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 11, 2024, ... plastic use, as well as the effect of polyethylene seals and additives on how food is experienced through the senses. The conversation on additives will continue during Session 7 on April 16 with a focus ...

FPA: The State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry

(Print)

March 10, 2024, ... and resins accounted for the largest spend for converters with the two categories making up over two-thirds of material purchases — films are 47 percent; resins are 23 percent. Within films, polyethylene ...

Clariant to Showcase Sustainably-evolved Coatings at American Coatings Show 2024

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2024, ... to sustainability, we have also developed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-free and renewable-based solutions for the printing industry,” commented Ray Gonzales, Head of Marketing Coatings & Adhesives, Business ...

A leader in bag converting equipment

(Bag Pouch)

February 12, 2024, ...  ARES 400-SUP Hudson-Sharp has been leading the way on polybag machines and polyethylene (PE) pouches for years and continues to do so with our innovative Ares 400-SUP pouch machine. It was created ...