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LLFlex Acquires Hampden Papers, Bolstering Consumer Packaging Offerings

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2020, ... paper and paperboard packaging material solutions Hampden’s wide array of laminating, sheeting, coating & embossing capabilities to be combined with LLFlex’s packaging business to provide customers ...

Filmquest Implements Clean Room Environment

(News | New Products)

September 29, 2020, ... this year. “As we became inundated with COVID requests for material to create masks and face shields, we quickly recognized that a clean room environment would be needed for many pandemic suppliers for ...

Bobst Brings Gravure Printing for Flexible Packaging Into the Digital World With oneECG Extended Color Gamut Gravure Technology

(News | New Products)

September 13, 2020, ... in stock; Reduction of parts to be cleaned, saving operator time and material costs; and Technology retrofittable on installed gravure presses. “The time has come for the gravure printing technology ...

Exploring New Options in More Sustainable Packaging Formulations

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August 30, 2020, ... of approval” for recyclability on food packaging. The demand today includes hazardous material safety as well as renewability beyond single-use materials — such as the ability for a package to be repulped, ...

Avery Dennison First to Certify BOPP Films for HDPE Recycling Under APR Guidance

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July 29, 2020, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials announced that its Clear Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film portfolio has been certified Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials announced ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... resin materials complicates, and in some cases even prohibits, a package from being recycled.  It used to be that when a package was recycled, it could not be used again for an identical purpose, due ...

Rising to the Challenge

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2020, ... bring success to face shield production. They teamed up with a long-time vendor to use available materials and engineer comfortable, economical protection from Coronavirus. When the governor of Ohio ...

A New Phase

(Blog)

May 31, 2020, ... app that could benefit both employees and employers. How does it work, you ask? According to press materials, the employee installs the app on their phone and wears it on an armband while they attend ...

Film Extrusion Manual, Third Edition Now Available from TAPPI Press

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2020, ... expert contributors and focuses on what is new and different in the film extrusion industry. The materials covered were selected from a combination of sources, including subject matter experts from across ...

AICC Releases Understanding the Key Characteristics of Linerboard and Medium

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2020, ... descriptions of key performance attributes and how they impact box performance. The materials are comprehensive in nature and will benefit those in sales, production, design, purchasing, customer service, ...

Wisconsin Converting Manufacturers Run Full-Out to Supply Healthcare Needs During Fight Against COVID 19 Pandemic

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April 25, 2020, ... these materials into finished products. “Converting in Wisconsin is the largest lineup in the nation, particularly in the ‘converting corridor’ from Green Bay to Milwaukee,” said Barb LaMue, president ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... But the story on larger cores is larger than just that. Core of Cores Film suppliers, especially those dealing with very thin, very soft or extensible materials, have already learned that larger cores ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... resin materials complicates, and in some cases even prohibits, a package from being recycled.  It used to be that when a package was recycled, it could not be used again for an identical purpose, due ...

thelmoco, Inc. Experiencing Surging Demand

(News | New Products)

April 22, 2020, Michigan-based thelamco, inc. announced today that it is experiencing surging demand for hook-and-loop fastener materials for securing medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to aid first responders ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... because the nylon enhances the barrier properties and stiffness of the film, but is present at levels so low the material is recyclable in the PE stream. “Wipes are a rapidly growing market,” notes one ...

Sweet Driems From Fresnels Offers New Packaging Visions

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2020, ... and luxury goods manufacturers to enhance product shelf appeal and add value to the retail experience.  The technology is manufactured from sustainable materials for improved levels of recyclability ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Opens New PEF Division Innovation Center

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2020, ... specific solutions for their material systems. Having an in-house lab equipped with a proprietary pilot line allows us to leverage our intellectual property freely. We can now compound, extrude and coextrude, ...

Tiziano Polito: Digital Printing - From Strength to Strength in Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 15, 2020, ... process that reaches 5000 sheets/hr. Although this is not yet a reality, we can easily foresee in the short term the emergence of complete lines where the material — film, paper, complex or corrugated ...

Stronger Together: Davis-Standard and Deacro Converting Systems

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 08, 2020, ... laboratory-size systems for R&D to five-meter-wide systems for industrial materials. Davis-Standard is known for innovation in automatic profile control (APC), deckle and die options, multi-coating solutions, ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, Nothing perhaps defines our consumer-driven society of recent decades better than plastic. The different types of mono-material high barrier pouches exhibited on the BOBST stand at K 2019 By BOBST ...