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Clear Lam Honored by FPA for Snack Pack

(Flexpack)

March 22, 2015, The PrimaPak package for Kar’s Nuts Second Nature Wholesome Medley is a silver winner in FPA competition   ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL | Clear Lam Packaging has won a Silver Flexible Packaging Achievement ...

Flex Essentials Offers Control Unit for Leak Detector

(Controls)

March 09, 2015, The FlexPak fully automatic control package is retrofittable to FlexPak Leak Detector or others like it   CALEDON EAST, ON, CANADA | Flex Essentials announces the FlexPak control package, the FPFA, ...

Flexible Packaging | Coveris, Cryovac Big Winners at FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2015, ... package entries featuring innovation that integrated technical advancements in materials, graphics, shelf appeal, structure, and sustainability to produce outstanding flexible packaging solutions. Eighteen ...

Spear Introduces P-S Label for PET Bottle Recycling

(Label/Tape)

February 24, 2015, ... water, Farris, in early 2014. Group Manager, Christine Nygaard-Andersen, further explains the new package: “The introduction of a one-way PET bottle (superseding the returnable plastic bottles) was the ...

Amcor Introduces AOF on Child-Resistant Blister Lidding

(Flexpack)

January 14, 2015, ... start of the sustainability benefit of AOF Blister Lidding. Because peel tabs are not required, total package sizes can be reduced up to 40% versus traditional peel-push and peelable blister cards. Even ...

MOCON Changes Name of German Subsidiary

(Controls)

December 16, 2014, ... technical support throughout Europe. Its focus has been on MOCON permeation measurement systems for oxygen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide, and LIPPKE-branded package testing systems. MOCON GmbH will ...

Mondi Retort and Hot Fill Pouches Pass Seal Tests

(Flexpack)

December 08, 2014, ... sauces, and rice products. Mondi’s hot fill spouted pouches are typically used to package more acidic products, such as apple sauce and fruit purees. Successful Testing The hermetic seal integrity ...

Market Research | Emerging Technologies for Packaging Innovation

(Trends/Management)

November 24, 2014, ... is particularly true of labels and packaging. How well the package communicates its intended message can determine the success or failure of a brand. The intersection of consumer marketing, packaging, ...

Wax Coatings on Corrugated Are Declining

(Corrugated)

November 22, 2014, ... profitability. Dennis Colley, executive director of the Corrugated Packaging Alliance, says, “Corrugated is the most reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable package available for transporting most ...

Clear Lam Opens Co-Packing & Innovation Facility

(News | New Products)

November 21, 2014, ... takes a collaborative approach to this process, working closely with customers to ensure the raw materials and finished product will perform as expected in the marketing environment for which the package ...

MOCON, Life Packaging Technology Report Joint Venture

(Controls)

September 21, 2014, ... Packaging Technology, Costa Mesa, CA, a provider of package engineering services for life science products, announce a joint venture called Life Pack Labs. This new packaging testing company has been ...

On Print | Are You Cured? Proper Cure Is Up to You

(On Print)

June 22, 2014, ... coating formulations can pass to food or beverage by three main ways: By migration from the primary package—the inner layer of a plastic pouch or the wall of a plastic bottle By migration from an ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... criteria are set, training operators and providing easy-to-follow operational procedures are required. Recipe development in software packages are a great solution for reduction in operator error. As is ...

Goss Opens New Packaging Technology Center

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2014, The Center features the Vpak web offset press configured for package printing demonstrations and testing   DURHAM, NH | Goss International announces a new Packaging Technology Center in Durham featuring ...

Flint Group Announces Low-Migration Ink

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2014, ... of products that are suitable for low-migration label and package printing with Lithocure ANCORA. This low-migration UV offset ink range, dedicated to narrow web printing, is said to be a robust, reliable, ...

MOCON Reports Oxygen Transmission Test System

(Controls News)

November 24, 2013, ... Model 2/21 10x oxygen transmission rate test instrument, said to measures film and package barriers accurately and repeatably to 5x10-4 cc/(m2 x day), 10x lower than previous levels.  System is reportedly ...

Plastic Technologies Offers PET Recycling Calculator

(Green Converting)

October 19, 2013, Product helps users determine how compatible a specific package is with today’s recycling systems and its impact on recycled PET production   HOLLAND, OH | Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI) has developed ...

Eastman Reports on Full-Wrap Label Consortium

(Green)

September 22, 2013, ... extruders, print converters, and label producers, equipment manufacturers, bottlers and packagers, plastics recyclers, and independent testing firms. The next full-wrap label consortium meeting is in ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... dirt and particulates in paperboard, environmental conditioning, heat and humidity, accelerated aging, gas permeation rates for film and whole package. Mahlo America 575 Simuel Rd., Spartanburg, ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... puncture, seal peel strength, basis weight, dirt and particulates in paperboard, environmental conditioning, heat and humidity, accelerated aging, gas permeation rates for film and whole package. Madico ...