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Bringing the Power of Dow Innovation to Labelexpo Europe 2023

(News | New Products)

September 06, 2023, ... polyethylene (PE) packaging to be mechanically recycled together in one stream, offering better recyclability than standard hotmelts without skimping on performance. It is based on AFFINITY™ GA Polymers ...

ExxonMobil Introduces Novel HDPE Grade to Help Converters Create Mono-Material Machine Direction Oriented (MDO) Flexible Films

(News | New Products)

August 16, 2023, ExxonMobil has developed a novel high density polyethylene (HDPE) grade, ExxonMobil™ HD7165L, for Machine Direction Oriented (MDO) PE film applications.  ExxonMobil has developed a novel high density ...

How Barrier Properties Impact Your Barbecue and Beyond

(Flexpack)

August 06, 2023, ... (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 ...

Walnut Packaging Inc. Invests in an Often-ignored Way to Improve Packaging Productivity: A New SOMA Pluto Slitter

(Flexography)

August 03, 2023, ... different substrates, including polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, shrink films, metalized films, and various co-extrusions. Walnut Packaging Inc. wanted to invest in a faster, high quality slitter ...

Learning Center: Sustainable Wipes Packaging 101

(News | New Products)

August 02, 2023, ... all layers of the package have to be made from the same material. An example of this is recyclable wipes packages made from multiple layers of polyethylene (PE). Recyclable wipes packages can be recycled ...

New Release Liner: Sol BCK Helps Reduce Carbon Footprint by More than 50 Percent

(News | New Products)

July 13, 2023, ... liner promises an improved carbon footprint by eliminating plastic coating, better recyclability by saving plastic material and cost savings – compared with the PCK-based (Polyethylene Coated Kraft) release ...

What’s Special About Films and Synthetics?

(Converting Perspectives)

July 09, 2023, ...  Technical Packaging Systems of Kalamazoo, MI, covers a wide range of representative end use products featuring various films including OPP (oriented polypropylene); polyethylene films; bags and shrink ...

Corona Treatment for Extrusion Coating and Laminating Production Lines

(Surface Prep)

June 18, 2023, ... to generate ozone and nitrogen oxide. When the electrons come into contact with polyethylene for instance, they have so much energy that they can break the bond between carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Invests $10 Million in Closed Loop Partners’ Circular Plastics Fund, Accelerating More Capital Toward Innovation and Infrastructure for Plastics Recovery and Recycl

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2023, ... Corporation (SMBC). The investment partnership aims to advance the recovery and recycling of rigid and flexible polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plastics in the United States and Canada. The ...

FASTEN Wins Top Honor at German Innovation Awards

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2023, ... recycled polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and features a transparent outer jar with a curved inner portion for a sleek appearance. By not mixing or gluing material, this makes it ...

TekniPlex Healthcare Presents “Tubing Solutions for Drug Delivery, IV Therapy and Interventional Catheters”

(Upcoming Conference News)

May 30, 2023, ... (PEBA) outer layers with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) inner layers. The small-diameter, thin-wall, tight-tolerance, high-precision configurations are required for use in interventional vascular apparatuses ...

Glenroy® Receives Silver Achievement Award in Sustainability

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2023, ... packaging.” These all-polyethylene pouches meet the requirements of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition® How2Recycle® Store Drop-off label program, which clearly communicates recycling instructions to ...

Neopac Debuts Mono-Material Double Barrier Tubes with High-Percentage PCR

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2023, ... and eco-friendliness. It is fully recyclable in the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) stream and has received product approval from the EU’s discerning RecyClass sustainability verification organization, ...

Tosaf Launches Additive for Halogen-free Flame Retardancy (HFFR) of PE Foams

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2023, Tosaf’s FR9185PE is an innovative, halogen-free flame retardant (HFFR) for crosslinked and non-crosslinked polyethylene foams. ©Tosaf Tosaf’s FR9185PE is an innovative, halogen-free flame retardant ...

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 ...

Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... waste give brands a compelling story and consumers another reason to feel good about their favorite beverage. To take it a step further, recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) is also a valuable ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... They are highly cost competitive with polyethylene-containing structures and processes. RENEW Sun Chemical is actively developing its solutions to include higher bio renewable content, including more ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... PET. The film is then laminated in the usual way to a sealant web of polyethylene. The benefits of this new structure are oxygen-barrier performance up to 10 times better than the previous structure, without ...

Dinpe Chooses Vetaphone for Better Quality Extrusion

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2023, ... Dinpe has built up a diverse customer portfolio over the past 35 years.  Its blown film extruders produce a range of shrinkable polyethylene films, classifying each type of film according to customer needs ...

Flint Group revolutionises food label and packaging printing with launch of sustainable UV LED Dual Cure ink

(News | New Products)

February 01, 2023, ... papers, PE (polyethylene), top-coated PE, PP, BOPP, and other films. Importantly, EkoCure ANCORA F2 offers reduced energy consumption, reducing the total cost to print — a clear value proposition for narrow ...