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A World of Change…

(News | New Products)

March 29, 2020, ... boxes: Due to the impact of the outbreak, consumers are avoiding going out, shifting offline demand for food, beverages and medical supplies (along with others) to online. This change in consumer purchasing ...

Aptar Launches InvisiShield Active Packaging Solution for Pathogen Mitigation

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2020, ... shelf life, maintain freshness, and improve efficacy in industries such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and food safety. The InvisiShield™ solution is activated within sealed packages to safely ...

FPA Addresses Essential Manufacturing in Light of COVID-19 Crisis

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2020, ... particularly food insecurity and access to pharmaceutical and medical supplies. The letters also highlight the need for clarity with respect to federal, state, and local government proclamations distinguishing ...

Infographics

(Uncategorized)

March 11, 2020, ... Products Company (KAPCO) is a Coater of  adhesive and functional top coatings and a Converter of flexible materials for a multitude of markets ranging from packaging, printing, appliance, medical, electronics, ...

Leader in Anilox Roll and Sleeve Cleaning

(Surface Prep)

March 05, 2020, ... debris. Ultrasonics isn’t a wash or a blasting system. It’s better and safer. Ultrasonics is the same technology used to sterilize medical instruments in hospital operating rooms as well as components ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... $31.8 billion in annual sales for 2018. This $31.8 billion includes packaging for retail and institutional food and non-food (including medical and pharmaceutical), industrial materials, shrink and stretch ...

Tekni-Plex to Display Thermoformable Films, High-Performance Flexible Structures

(Upcoming Conference News)

February 25, 2020, Tekni-Plex announced it will be showing its line of medical device films, high-performance coated Tyvek® Tekni-Plex announced it will be showing its line of medical device films, high-performance coated ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... in medical disposables and in sectors such as flexible packaging, particularly the production of pouches, product sampling merchandise and much more. The sophistication and versatility of many of the narrow ...

Leaders in Rotary Converting Machine Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... and packaging innovation. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Delta ModTech designs and builds manufacturing systems for the most complex demanding jobs in the medical, pharmaceutical, label, RFID, ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... Gains Attention Certain bags and packages call for less well-known materials like PVA and water-soluble materials that are used in medical or niche settings. Containing patient bed linens and dropping ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Equipment Platform at Plast Eurasia

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2019, ... endotracheal and tracheotomy tubing, radio opaque tubing, bubble tube, taper tube, pipette tubing and multi-layer tubing, among others. Medical tubing systems support extruder outputs up to 700 pounds ...

Dukane Announces Acquisition of Aurizon, LLC

(News | New Products)

November 20, 2019, ... and opportunities for Dukane and Aurizon, allowing both companies to share their technical expertise in the hygiene, personal care, medical disposable and packaging industries.  For the packaging industry, ...

The Toray Commons Opens in the University of Rhode Island’s New Engineering Complex

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2019, ... in the following areas: chemical, biomedical, civil and environmental, electrical, computer, mechanical industrial and systems, international, and ocean. Master’s and Ph.D. degrees are also offered in ...

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 ...

K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 02, 2019, ... In medicine, plastics ensure maximum hygiene standards and make medical products safe. Despite its many advantages, this important raw material has come into disrepute for some time now - because of the ...

Coating and Laminating Offer Related and Unique Benefits

(Coating/Laminating)

September 11, 2019, ... or stiff, or “quiet” (not crinkle-annoying) for food or other usage. Barrier to liquids, on one or both sides, seen in various medical products. Absorbency, such as a dental bib’s absorbent front side ...

FPA Publishes 2019 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

(News | New Products)

September 05, 2019, ... U.S. flexible packaging industry is estimated to be $31.8 billion in annual sales for 2018. The flexible packaging industry includes packaging for retail and institutional food and non-food, medical and ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2019, ... the production involved, rather than company size. Medical, automotive and electronic parts, for example, have high quality thresholds, and advanced automation is the price of market entry. Automation ...

FPA 2020 Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge Competition Call for Entries is Now Available

(Flexpack)

July 28, 2019, ... to medical and pharmaceutical products, the packaging possibilities are endless. The only limit is imagination! The “challenge” for students is to develop a flexible package solution that addresses a ...

Roll Diameter Requirements in Converting Processes

(Web Handling)

June 30, 2019, Diameter determination can be accomplished either by direct measurement from an external sensor or calculated from process data in the tension control. By Bill Gilbert, Siemens Corporation Common ...