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Starlinger: Sustainability and Recycling for Woven Plastic Packaging at interpack 2023

(News | New Products)

April 18, 2023, ... working on solutions to close the loop for woven plastic packaging for a number of years. Our concepts of using recycled PET or polypropylene in the manufacture of big bags and small woven bags are well ...

INX introduces sustainable DuraINX HRC Inks and Ecostage GB-XA Coatings

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2023, ... petro-chemically derived ingredients with clean, renewable, and sustainable ingredients without sacrificing machine, processing and end-use product performance,” remarked Schouten, who has worked at INX ...

INX Reinforces Commitment for Sustainable Solutions and Circular Economy at INFOFLEX 2023

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2023, ... designs for food packaging and a wide range of household, industrial, outdoor, pet food and pet care products. INXFlex Contour flexographic inks for shrink sleeve applications cure both UV and LED. These ...

Ryson Publishes New Cooperative Video, and Features Bucket Elevator at the Powder Bulk & Solids Show April 25-27

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2023, ... based in Ohio. The Mayfran conveyor helps illustrate an ideal solution to feed our Bucket Elevator. Nutram Pet Products from Canada also donated the dogfood to help illustrate how this system could work ...

US-Based Converting and Printing Innovator EDGE Industrial Technologies Expands Platform Offerings, Eyes New Acquisitions

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2023, ... that complement our portfolio. Our goals are simple: to offer top quality and innovation at market competitive prices, with best-in-class lead times. And we will continue to deliver on these goals to our ...

Empire Screen Highlights Eye-Catching Point-of-Purchase Products

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2023, ... manufactures dies, and even builds printing machinery. Creating, improving, and fixing problems as it happens is essential to improving the process and maintaining on-time delivery and competitive pricing ...

Barthel Group Chooses Martin Automatic for Non-stop Operation of Its Narrow Web Presses

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2023, ... more Martin Automatic technology at its production facility in Essen.  The latest Martin machines are an MBS non-stop unwind/splicer and LRD automatic transfer rewinder fitted to a Nilpeter FA5 flexo press.  ...

Understanding Dyne Decay

(Surface Prep)

March 12, 2023, ... accepted as an essential process, the science behind it is less well understood. In today’s competitive marketplace, where production errors can be costly, knowledge is a powerful commercial tool. If ...

Small Pack Color Communication

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2023, ... the family fed. Apart  from saving on petrol the shopper had more free time for doing something more interesting. Buying big was also usually cheaper. Of course, manufacturers, processors and retailers ...

Converting Industry Veteran Mike Wilkinson Retires

(News | New Products)

February 13, 2023, ... food products. As Managing Director of Titan, I was responsible for the development of a small UK engineering company into one that could compete on a worldwide basis. Finally, at Universal I have seen ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... recycle-friendly washable ink technology can be removed without staining the flake or wash water from post-consumer printed PET packaging during the hot caustic wash step of the recycling process. Designed ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... example is moving from a commercial two-ply laminate to a new two-ply laminate plus printable barrier coating. In Figure 1, a coated film, PVdC-coated PET is replaced with a barrier-coated coronatreated ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, ... equipment. The Ultimate Goal: Woven Sacks Made of up to 100 Percent Recycled Material An alternative for woven sack producers is tape fabric made from PET. Besides its high strength and form stability, ...

A Leader in Bag Converting Equipment

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 23, 2023, ... pouches ideal for pet food, lawn and garden, and snack applications. Utilizing roll stock with pre-applied closures creates value by providing higher production rates, no reduction in processing speeds, ...

Folding Carton Market to Enjoy Measured Growth Through 2026

(News | New Products)

January 20, 2023, ... eats into consumer budgets. Economic growth will provide a current for folding carton producers in the coming year, but overseas production will continue to challenge the domestic market as competition ...

Aluminum Foil Trade Actions Threaten the Flexible Packaging Industry

(News | New Products)

January 18, 2023, ... This includes food and beverage applications such as yogurt, spices, juices, pet food, and candy; health applications, such as over the counter drugs, supplements, and COVID-19 testing kits; medical device ...

Three Ways Water-Based Primers are Advancing Extrusion Coating Trends in the Flexible Packaging Industry

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... multilayer packages that are ecommerce-friendly, can withstand the product’s full lifecycle and contribute to a circular economy. Not an easy task, to be sure. But if converters want to stay competitive ...

Rust to Tech: Part 5

(Converting Perspectives)

January 01, 2023, ... and even creating entirely new advancements. Harvard Professor Clayton M. Christensen has also noted that disruptive technologies transform the competitive landscape. What are factors affecting manufacturing? ...

Sustainability Within Bags, Pouches and Emerging Films

(Bag Pouch)

December 21, 2022, ... as those used for packaging pet food, lawn and garden products, and grocery store items. Creating sustainable packaging for these types of products is even more challenging due to their protection throughout ...

For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now

(Flexpack)

December 04, 2022, ... packaging designs often combine different polymers such as PET, PA, EVOH and polyolefins, and complement these polymer films with metal layers like aluminum foil or vacuum metallization. In another study, ...