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SÜDPACK Announces its Multi SV Skin is Cyclos-Certified

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2020, ... help food and drink producers satisfy relevant legal requirements. SÜDPACK Verpackungen GmbH & Co. KG announced it has now received a certificate of recyclability from the Institute cyclos-HTP for its ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... in the food and drink sectors have widely embraced the concept of lean manufacturing. These organisations want to control inventory costs. For wider web width printing and converting this translates into ...

AMI’S Multilayer Flexible Packaging 2020 Conference

(Upcoming Conference News)

January 22, 2020, ... energy. Media focus on “single use plastics” includes flexible packaging, despite its valuable contribution to food waste prevention. Governments are responding with accelerated regulations. Companies ...

InForm Etiketten Gets Future-Ready with Xeikon CX3

(News | New Products)

December 16, 2019, ... labels for the food industry, which represents a large part of InForm’s customer base. The ever-decreasing lot sizes in label printing were a further reason for strengthening the company’s digital capabilities. ...

What’s Next in Inkjet and the Many Reasons to Adopt it

(Digital)

December 16, 2019, ... corrugated printing is making major claims about the sustainability of their inks especially for food packaging. Others will follow with water-based inks, as recently shown for example at Labelexpo 2020 ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... collaborated with its customer JUSTIN’S. Utilizing a food-contact FDA-compliant structure, this snack pouch reduces its reliance on virgin resin by using 40 percent recycled plastic content in the sealant ...

Sun Chemical Releases 2018 Sustainability Report

(News | New Products)

December 02, 2019, ... practices (GMP) that focuses on contamination control and hygiene management for products such as inks for food packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, cosmetics, and hygiene applications. The GMP policies ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... food packages are others. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and dairy in the presence of oxygen. Flexible packaging can offer the ...

Clemson University Seeking Applicants for Department Chair

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November 20, 2019, The Department of Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences (FNPS) at Clemson University announced it is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Department Chair The Department of Food, Nutrition, ...

AR Metallizing Announced Acquisition of Eurofoil Paper Coating GmbH

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November 12, 2019, ... an increased number of products for direct food contact.” “Nissha continues to encourage the growth of our subsidiary, AR Metallizing. The acquisition of Eurofoil marks a new chapter for AR Metallizing, ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... worth approximately $9 billion to the plastics industry.2 “We need to recover 20 years of engineering” The key challenge for brand owners – particularly in the food industry – is producing new ...

Driving Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

November 07, 2019, ... packaging. Food waste - An excessive 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is reportedly being wasted. That's 133 billion lbs of food wasted per year, $161 billion of uneaten food at retailers, restaurants ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... films may be: Polyester (PET) is able to withstand heat, such as in the microwave oven; popularity for food packaging products; known for its clarity, rigidity and barrier properties. PET is able ...

United Soft Plastics Opens New TPE Manufacturing Plant in Houston

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2019, ... growth for its engineered TPE materials which serve the automotive, food packaging, consumer, medical, and industrial markets in more than 20 countries. “This investment reaffirms our continued commitment ...

PPC Announces Winners of 2019 Paperboard Packaging Competition

(News | New Products)

October 27, 2019, ...  Innovation Award of the Year Guarantab Submitted by Southern Champion Tray In an online poll, 31.3 percent of food delivery drivers fessed up to eating customers’ food. Guarantab offers a solution ...

In the Spotlight: Sun Centre Machinery Co.

(Bag Pouch)

October 27, 2019, ... packaging with perfect front-to-back registration. The XL-DR can still run all PE/PE webs up to 57 inches for some of the largest pouch products such as pet food, softener salt, fertilizer and other ...

Innovia and Wildcorn Develop a Fully Recyclable and Sustainable Pack

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... oils and oxygen even at high relative humidity levels ensuring increased shelf life and reduced food waste. It is glossy, is food contact compliant and chlorine free.  The film is suitable for use in a ...

The New Generation of Comexi Offset CI8 Introduces New Solutions for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... economy. Having been the most efficient and safe food packaging technology, there is important work to be done in regard to appropriately educating the society on waste disposal. On the other hand, once ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... like these from Norkol, Inc., are one flexible packaging option for fresh foods. Lack of air helps preserve food for longer periods of time. The trend of on-the-go eating has shifted packaging away ...

Dow and Mespack industry Collaboration Displayed

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2019, ... stand-up pouches for baby food, condiments and detergents, to personal care applications such as shampoos, shower gels, or body lotions. For packaging applications that cannot compromise on content preservation, ...