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Partnership for Eco Packaging Launched

(News Clips Archive)

August 31, 2009, ... solutions for the foodservice industry. LBP Mfg. specializes in designing and converting a wide range of paper-based food and beverage packaging. Matthew Cook, president, says “The combined vision and ...

Portuguese Pulp & Paper Manufacturer Adds Cut-Size Line

(News | New Products)

August 03, 2009, The Portuguese pulp and paper manufacturer Portucel Soporcel Group has ordered a second 16-pocket cut-size line from E.C.H. Will and Pemco for its new paper mill in Setúbal, Portugal. HAMBURG, SETUBAL ...

Century Packaging Adds Mitsubishi Diamond

(News Eclips)

July 07, 2009, ... has purchased a new 40-in. Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX press to serve the cosmetics industry. The Diamond 3000LX prints on paper, board, and plastic ranging from 0.0016 to 0.040 in. in thickness. The ...

Green Packaging Demand To Reach $43 Billion in 2013

(Flexpack Main)

May 31, 2009, ... packaging has a large existing presence in paperboard and metal packaging. The fastest gains are anticipated for biodegradable plastic packaging and plastic recycled content packaging. Biodegradable ...

Recycled Kraft Papers Meet Sustainability Requirements

(News Eclips)

May 27, 2009, Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc. (LFPPI) introduces two versions of FibreGreen, a recycled kraft paper made with post-consumer and post-industrial waste to meet industry and consumer sustainability ...

Water-Based Barrier Coatings for Corrugated Meat Packaging

(News Eclips)

May 27, 2009, Michelman can help meat packaging customers convert from waxed boxes to coated boxes with a variety of repulpable coatings CINCINNATI, OH | Michelman can help meat packaging customers convert from waxed ...

Heidelberg Hosts Packaging Open House

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2009, ... the paperboard packagi ng industry, we take seriously our obligation to educate and provide the converting community with access to the best technological know-how in the business.” Also on display ...

OMET Forms Partnership with Clemson's Sonoco Packaging Inst

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2009, ... ink systems. The press platform can handle polymer substrates as thin as 12 microns, or paperboard materials as heavy as 600 microns, while achieving high-end registration through a complete servo controlled ...

Nordmeccanica Hosts Flexible Packaging Tech Conference

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2009, ... It is a high level team, where more than 20 employees are engaged in R&D. We have been investing up to 3% of our sales in R&D over the last years.” The conference featured papers delivered by representatives ...

Packaging Shrinks

(First Glance)

March 31, 2009, ... that allows the band to be released from the cap while the label remains on the container. Prior to the combination shrink label, Harvest Time used a paper label and an inner seal, thus eliminating two ...

Study Documents Opportunities in European Medical Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 09, 2009, ... such as blood bags), it reviews the broad range of materials used. Paper remains the leading choice, but films, both flexible and rigid, are growing at a faster rate, with 39% of the market in 2007.  ...

Study Documents Opportunities in European Medical Packaging

(News Syndicate)

March 02, 2009, ...  Focused largely on primary packaging (and therefore excluding “direct” packaging such as blood bags), it reviews the broad range of materials used. Paper remains the leading choice, but films, both ...

Paper Promotes Peace

(First Glance)

February 28, 2009, Paper Promotes Peace Co-op America's 2008 Green Business Leader Award goes to a Brooklyn, NY, company, Mr. Ellie Pooh, which sells gift boxes, journals, Co-op America's 2008 Green Business Leader Award goes ...

Locking in Paper Supply

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, Mondi has entered into a long-term supply contract for sack paper with the Semen Gresik Group, said to be the largest cement producer in Indonesia. Atlanta, GA | Mondi has entered into a long-term supply ...

IPACK-IMA 2009 Supports Growth of Pet Food Packaging

(News | New Products)

February 18, 2009, ... aluminium and steel cans, aluminium trays, flexible polylaminate bags, paper bags, paperboard boxes, and polylaminate cellulose containers; snacks and treats also employ processing and packaging techniques ...

Colbert Packaging Celebrates 50 Years

(News Eclips)

February 16, 2009, Colbert Packaging Corp. is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In 1959, Charles “Bud” Colbert purchased Kroeck Paper Box CHICAGO, IL | Colbert Packaging Corp. is celebrating its 50th anniversary ...

Studies to Examine Flexo, Packaging Trends

(News Eclips)

February 04, 2009, ... flexible film and foil, and newspapers. Data will include the number of presses in use by width and market segment, run lengths by application, makeready, number of colors/coatings, and benchmark related ...

Flexible Packaging Wipes Out Waste

(First Glance)

January 31, 2009, ... ten-unit Schiavi press and ink supplied by Sun Chemical, Mundet Tennessee, located in Surgoinsville, printed a paper label for Bush's Grillin' Beans that was named Best of the Best in the Gravure Assn. ...

2009 TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Summit Is Set

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2009, ...  TAPPI is an association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging, and converting industries and co-publisher of Paper360°. Through information exchange, trusted content, and networking opportunities, ...

Packaging M&A Activity Slows

(News Eclips)

January 07, 2009, ... was affected by challenging market conditions in 2008. The credit crisis and a difficult economic environment combined with unprecedented spikes in resin, oil, and paperboard prices resulted in a significant ...