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Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... the actual breaking-down process. Degradable: Degradable plastics are oil-based and break down through chemical reactions, so they can degrade in an anaerobic (non-oxygenated) environment into water, ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... the actual breaking-down process. Degradable: Degradable plastics are oil-based and break down through chemical reactions, so they can degrade in an anaerobic (non-oxygenated) environment into water, ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... ink migration, glass can also play a key role in extending shelf life and reducing food waste. Other brand owners turn to converters for flexible packaging to optimize shelf life. Oxygen barrier coatings, ...

Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2020, ...  “Metallized polyester films provide excellent barrier to moisture and oxygen. All Terphane metallized polyester films are thoroughly tested on the line, and these tests verify that our films meet stringent ...

Competitive Advantages in Cold Seal Application with ISRA Technology

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2020, ... impermeable to high moisture levels, oxygen and aromas. The films are also printed according to customer needs.  High demands on inspection The company has been using various print inspection systems ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, ... to plastic is difficult, particularly for food packaging, for which high barrier protection against oxygen and water is an absolute must. Any alternative needs to have similar properties in terms of preservation ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... has excellent moisture and oxygen barrier that can go through the store drop-off PE recycle stream. The film can be surface printed or used as a component in a lamination, according to PMMI’s winner profiles. ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... food packages are others. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and dairy in the presence of oxygen. Flexible packaging can offer the ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... polypropylene, polyethylene). Multi polymer materials used in flexible packaging are sophisticated formulas, adept at protecting food (for example) from oxygen, water and so on. But mixing polymers makes ...

Innovia and Wildcorn Develop a Fully Recyclable and Sustainable Pack

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... oils and oxygen even at high relative humidity levels ensuring increased shelf life and reduced food waste. It is glossy, is food contact compliant and chlorine free.  The film is suitable for use in a ...

Tekni-Films to Present Paper on Pharma Films

(Flexpack)

June 15, 2018, ... these delivery systems. Stability and environmental considerations and challenges include: time, temperature, moisture loss/ingress, oxygen ingress, light (photostability), sterility, and extractables/leachables/sorption. ...

Sun Chemical Has Big Plans for LatinPack

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2018, ... package sterilization or boiling. Converters can also use a SunLam lamination adhesive with oxygen barrier properties to lightweight packaging by removing a film layer while still maintaining the protective ...

Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2018, ... soften the adhesive mass and improve surface tack. Antioxidants All of the formulation components discussed are subject to degradation from atmospheric oxygen. This severely limits the applications ...

Verstraete Converts In-Mold Label for Mayo Tub

(Label/Tape)

February 13, 2018, ... — or more specifically, oxygen barrier IML, because mayonnaise should have a shelf life of at least six months as standard. “We wanted to entice customers to make repeat purchases, so we created a range ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... outstanding oxygen and moisture barrier protection; PA1HB clear-barrier PET is said to deliver outstanding oxygen barrier. Toray Lumirror barrier-coated PET films reportedly offer superior aroma protection. The ...

Constantia Flexibles Invests in German Plant

(Flexpack)

September 11, 2017, ... oxygen, while the consumer is able to see the product inside the packaging due to its transparency. “These investments mean we are now fully integrated into the film value chain at the Hueck Folien plant ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1

(Flexpack)

May 03, 2017, ... scope of this article. However, if we focus only on barrier properties, the benefits that 7/9/11-layer coextrusion offers become obvious. While ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) is a very effective oxygen ...

GEW Set to Display UV Systems

(Coating/Laminating)

March 03, 2017, ... inert atmosphere curing solution can be supplied as a complete new system or as a retrofit and comes with an embedded precision oxygen level analyzer to ensure process consistency and production efficiency. ...

Uflex Film Said to Offer High Barrier

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2017, FLEXPET F-PGB-12 BOPET film reportedly has good optical properties and machinability as well as very high barrier NOIDA, INDIA | Uflex, a flexible packaging materials and solutions company, has launched ...

Printpack's New Pouch Complies with How2Recycle Strea

(Bag Pouch)

January 03, 2017, ... stream. In addition to providing easy recyclability, the package can also be equipped with customizable options for moisture barriers, oxygen barriers, and closures to better preserve contents and combat ...