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Freedonia Issues Study on Protective Packaging

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2014, ... air pillows, and bubble packaging. Air pillows will be among the fastest growing protective packaging products, with gains benefiting from advantages over other void-fill materials in terms of cost-effectiveness ...

RKW Danafilms Touts Film Ratio

(Flexpack)

April 18, 2014, ... says this sourcing of materials leads to a reduced polymer usage, reduced energy consumption, and the potential to downgauge or reduce film thickness compared to comparable conventional filmstocks, adding ...

Sustainability in Packaging Subject of Conference

(Green Converting)

December 09, 2013, Presentations will focus on efforts by major companies to achieve packaging that is good for the environment as well as the bottom line   LEATHERHEAD, SURREY, UK | The Sustainability in Packaging ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... Group, examined the global trends impacting release liner, their implications for the business and its technology, and product and sustainability issues and innovations. The scarcity of some raw materials, ...

Amcor Flexibles Launches Packpyrus Packaging

(Flexpack News)

June 10, 2013, ... assessment for two of the Amcor Packpyrus formats. As such, packaging made from these Amcor Packpyrus materials is allowed to feature the "Info Tri Point Vert" (Waste sorting Green Dot) pictogram, which ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... was plenty of that on display, and I wish the show had an extra day just so I could have gathered the material to report on it, too. Even so, LabelExpo was a terrific showcase of digital technology, and ...

Sustainability | Q&A with Kyla Fisher

(Carton Box)

October 11, 2012, PaperWorks’ corporate sustainability director reports on the innovative materials and processes driving the paperboard packaging market Over the past decade, the paperboard industry has seen sustainable ...

Spinnaker Expands Line of EFI Jetrion Facestocks

(Substrates)

August 17, 2012, With more than 75 EFI Jetrion-approved constructions now in its stable of materials, Spinnaker Coating expands its line of films and papers   TROY, OH | Spinnaker Coating, a manufacturer of adhesive-coated ...

IPS Testing Is ISO Certified

(Testing/Measuring)

June 20, 2012, ... materials to finished goods. Shafer adds, “The testing of vendors’ or raw materials has become a significant part of our business as we have watched our clients move to global sourcing.” CONTACT COMPANY ...

Carton/Box | Heavyweight SBS Is Ready to Print

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2012, ... traditional method has been to print on thinner SBS material (such as 18- or 24-point sheets), then send the sheets along with the unprinted sheets to a mounter or finisher. But this adds the cost of mounting ...

DuPont Awards: Sustainability, Waste Reduction Drive Winners

(Trends/Management News)

July 04, 2011, ... “We see how sustainability takes many shapes – ranging from use of organic or renewably sourced materials to the relentless drive to reduce waste and weight.” These trends bear out in the results of ...

MPI Release Projects 20% Sales Increase

(Label/Tape)

June 07, 2011, ... production facility, releasable materials have become the company’s entire focus. The new coater at the Indiana plant is a Polytype 87-in. wide thermal coater that complements its ultra violet (UV) curing ...

Eco Fiction

(Substrates)

August 31, 2009, ... biodegrading. Nothing actually will happen for a long time in most of today's landfills. It doesn't matter which definition of biodegradability you reference — whether the product or material has to break ...

Narrow Web & Label

(Narrow Web)

June 30, 2009, ... handling system is suited for all types of production waste, including adhesive materials. Chopped material is transported via ducting system into a baler, a briquetting press, or a stationary container ...

Golf Balls by the Dozen

(News Eclips)

June 23, 2009, ... an “excellent example of source reduction; with a 50% reduction in material costs.” The design team, led by Caraustar’s Steve Mahler, conceptualized and redesigned the Callaway Dozen Pak from a two-piece ...

Spartanics Laser Cutting Technical Guide Is Multi-Lingual

(News | New Products)

May 25, 2009, ...  Spartanics manufactures both tool-free (laser-based), steel rule die, and male/female hard tool cutting systems, among other equipment for finishing products made from flat stock materials. Its worldwide ...

Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems

(Archive)

May 13, 2009, ... system consists of two thin layers of semiconductor materials, typically silicon-based. One is boron-"doped" so that it functions as the positive layer, and the other is phosphorus-doped to make it the ...

Toray Industries Wins UN Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2009, ... for the company, whose material and technology advancements help save energy and resources. Also in attendance were Richard Schloesser, President and COO of Toray Plastics (America), Inc.; Mitch Adamek, ...

DuPont Awards Recognize Packaging Innovation

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... that uses only renewable and biodegradable materials in support of responsible sourcing, clean production and effective recovery. Redesigning a familiar food container for nearly 20 percent weight reduction, ...

Advocating Free Trade

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2008, ... Trade Commission (ITC) to lift duties on coated free paper. The ITC found the US industry was neither materially injured nor threatened by imports of coated free sheet paper from Asia. The US imports ...