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Label Industry Global Awards Winners Revealed

(Label/Tape)

October 01, 2015, ... highest percentage (80%) of recycled PET pellets. The new face material, said to have physical features equivalent to virgin PET films and has a lower production cost than other recycled materials, is ...

AWA Reports on Release Liner Markets in South America

(Label/Tape)

September 10, 2015, Study details the release liner supply chain, including profiles and projections of materials, end-use markets, and more AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS | AWA Alexander Watson Associates reports the release ...

Mark Andy Works to Reduce Carbon Footprint

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2015, Company is now transforming its waste disposal with the help of Materials Lifecycle Management Company’s ENVIRO-Fuelcubes ST. LOUIS, MO | Mark Andy, manufacturer of globally distributed label and package ...

Shanghai World of Packaging Coming This Fall

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2015, ... show will include four professional exhibitions, including PacPro Asia 2015, which will showcase machinery and process technologies for all kinds of packaging solutions, including materials such as paper, ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls

(Trends/Management)

August 18, 2015, ... package print production offers. More than 600 exhibitors will display the latest label and package printing equipment and materials when Labelexpo Europe convenes September 29 to October 2 at the Brussels ...

Pregis Opens Facility in Mexico

(Flexpack)

August 04, 2015, New protective packaging manufacturing plant will produce Astro-Foam and PolyPlank foam for many industries DEERFIELD, IL | Pregis, a supplier of protective packaging solutions, has expanded operations ...

AIMCAL and SPE Join to Present Tech Conference

(Coating/Laminating)

July 21, 2015, ... Sessions cover a range of topics including supply chain traceability, troubleshooting converting problems, food safety, sustainability, coating and laminating advances, adhesives technology, barrier materials, ...

Flexo Printing | Mid-Web Press Answers Shift to More SKUs, Short Runs

(Print)

July 14, 2015, ... in the packaging industry with consolidation among converters, and increased material costs, has significantly added pressure on prices and margins. The cost of capital equipment and financing is an important ...

Green Bay Packaging Division Certified for Food Packaging Safety

(Carton Box)

July 13, 2015, ... of quality management systems. The BRC guides safety development and legal packaging materials that meet or exceed quality levels. “The BRC certification is validation of our long-term commitment to ...

Clear Lam Packaging Adds to Product Line

(Flexpack)

July 05, 2015, New PrimaPak structures, metallized rollstock, and PET lidding films are among the offerings ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL | Clear Lam Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid and flexible packaging materials for ...

SPI Announces Refocus Recycling Summit & Expo

(News | New Products)

July 04, 2015, ... that only 9% of plastic was recycled from the municipal solid waste stream in 2012 (latest figures available). SPI believes it is time to create strategies that will help drive demand for recycled materials, ...

Specialty Papers Conference Coming in September

(Materials)

June 28, 2015, ... year’s program will include discussions on the following: • Investments in specialty papers form around the world • The commercial development around nanoscale materials (a new session) • How new ...

Menasha Acquires Portable Packaging Systems

(News | New Products)

June 24, 2015, ... not disclosed. Like Menasha Packaging, Portable Packaging designs promotional packaging and displays for retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, and provides material sourcing, assembly, ...

PCI Films Issues Study of BOPP Film Market

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2015, ... disposable incomes • Growth in convenience foods packaged in BOPP films such as fruit and vegetables, salads, snacks, and confectionery • The substitution of other flexible packaging materials such ...

DuPont Awards | Salsa Container Blends Rigid and Flexible To Earn 2015 Highest Honor

(Flexpack)

May 26, 2015, ... highest honor, for SkinnyPack Technology. This mono-material package marries flexible and rigid packaging to create a thin, light, strong structure that uses less material, enables recycling, and allows ...

Enterprise Labeling | Top 5 Trends in 2015

(Technical Reports)

May 20, 2015, ... which continues to impact business in chemical and related industries internationally, is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labeling of chemicals. From raw materials to ...

On Print | UV/EB Inkjet for Food Packaging

(On Print)

May 11, 2015, ... INK The monomers and other reactive compounds used to formulate inks for UV and electron beam (EB) cure are, like many materials used to manufacture packaging, not wanted in food. Packaging companies ...

PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL Coming in August

(News | New Products)

April 25, 2015, ... to represent over 40% of the worldwide demand for packaging. In line with these projections, Chaivudhi Pungthong, president of the Thai Packaging Assn., says, “Exports of packaging materials—primarily ...

Study Shows Benefits of Corrugated Shippers

(Corrugated)

April 14, 2015, ... grower confirmed that using RPCs instead of corrugated containers increased their annual shipping costs by 10.4% system-wide.  “Corrugated, the proven and preferred single-use transport packaging material, ...

AIMCAL and SPE to Present Fall Conference

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2015, ... to Web Coating and Laminating, Vacuum Web Coating, Extrusion Web Coating, Web Handling, Roll-to-Roll Markets, and Flexible Packaging. Potential topics include developments in machinery, materials, packaging ...