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K 2019 on Track to Success

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2018, Messe Düsseldorf North America expects 3,000 exhibitors to show the newest equipment, materials, and technologies in plastics and rubber CHICAGO, IL | Messe Düsseldorf North America says it expects ...

Roll-2-Roll Technologies Touts Retrofits

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2018, ... technology adjusts automatically to the physical characteristics of the material, such as opacity and porosity. The benefits, company says, include the following: Save money and keep the old web guide ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... down. In addition, there’s the sustainability/recyclability factor. These two factors, cost and sustainability, will drive materials innovation for the foreseeable future, and machinery original equipment ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 2

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... character of the polymer. If fillers are added to produce a lower cost adhesive, the coating thickness achievable will rise. It is a balance between raw material costs and processability. For most adhesives, ...

Pouch Making | Ensuring Quality Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

May 07, 2018, ... decreases material waste and improves efficiency.” Once the seals are properly set, the wait time is removed, and high-speed quality production begins. The strength of a zipper seal relies on the same ...

Flexo Printing | FTA Honors 2018's Top Print Job

(Print)

May 06, 2018, ... materials partners in the U.S. to keep the environmental footprint to a minimum, while supporting the American manufacturing industry.   HALL OF FAME FTA inducted its 56th member, Lon Robinson, into ...

Plant-Based Pizza Box is Compostable

(Carton Box)

April 26, 2018, ... By innovating in plant-based materials and design, World Centric has developed over 250 foodservice and retail products across tableware, cutlery and food packaging. All of World Centric’s products are ...

FINAT Technical Seminar Ranges Widely

(Label/Tape)

April 25, 2018, From the Internet of Things through the mechanics and materials of self-adhesive label production, seminar had a broad agenda THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS | FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive ...

Nestlé Announces Environmental Goal

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2018, ... combinations of packaging materials. Recognizing the need for developing a circular economy, Nestlé says it is committed to the following: Playing an active role in the development of well-functioning ...

Avery Dennison Offers Thermal Print Technology

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2018, ... applications requiring the best of two worlds: DT and TT technologies,” says Agata Kowalska, associate product manager, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials - North America. “It’s ideal for applications ...

BillerudKorsnas Launches Climate-Positive Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

April 22, 2018, ... materials, disintegrates in a conventional mixer and the bio-based carbon in the paper is captured in the construction itself. The award-winning D-Sack, co-developed in a close cooperation between BillerudKorsnas ...

Smart Planet Technologies Starts Paper Cup Recycling Program

(Trends/Management)

April 18, 2018, ... a materials engineering company with environmental composite materials for the packaging industry, has launched the reCUP Recycling Initiative with support from Southern California-based recycling partners ...

Compostable Pack Launches for Cereal Brand

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2018, ... be made from; “innovative compostable biomaterials”; NatureFlex™ cellulose films are therefore the natural and easy choice. They are made from renewable and responsibly sourced wood pulp and are independently ...

Cortec Celebrates Expansion of Facility

(Flexpack)

April 10, 2018, ... to the end manufacturer. Tour participants learned how the film is extruded and how raw and finished materials undergo stringent quality control to ensure what company says is a defect rate nearing zero. ...

Provident Offers Scanning Microscope

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2018, ... make savings by reducing press set-up time and waste. Its design allows the camera to be placed on flat material and/or ceramic, chrome, or steel cylinders. The internal high-tech motors can be stepped ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... reduces waste versus existing temperature-control shippers,” commented one judge. “It’s a breakthrough replacement for other materials that are less sustainable,” noted another. “It’s a product everyone ...

European Bioplastics Talks About EU Legislation

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2018, ... help to minimize the environmental impacts of plastic packaging and to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported raw materials. Bio-based and recycled materials are equally viable solutions to make packaging ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... a number of entries reducing layers and downgrading thickness to reduce overall material volume. Several entries addressed how flexible packaging can help reduce food waste. There was an increase in ...

Greycon Trim System Working at Isovolta

(News | New Products)

February 27, 2018, The X-Trim optimization system is working with various materials and is said to the aiding waste reduction and reducing knife changes LONDON, UK | Greycon has been selected by Isovolta Group to improve ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... is escalating at a pace few anticipated.”  EFIA says it understands both sides of what is a contentious argument, and its position as a board is that all materials have their merits and detractions when ...