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Berry Plastics Gets First WOW Winder

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September 30, 2009, GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering reports Berry Plastics, Evansville, IN, will install the world's first WOW Winder on a Gloucester 11-layer PE GLOUCESTER, MA | Gloucester Engineering reports Berry ...

Iowa State Developing Bioplastics Software

(News | New Products)

September 16, 2009, ... in finding renewable products that can be substituted for petrochemicals in a myriad of applications. While biobased plastics are seen as more environmentally preferable, it appears they won't be used commercially ...

Clondalkin Acquires Cleveland Plastic

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August 31, 2009, Flex-pack producer Clondalkin Group has acquired Ohio-based Cleveland Plastic Films, a manufacturer of customized films for banner, food, and industrial applications. Norbert McDermott, CEO of Clondalkin ...

Iowa State Develops Bioplastics Software

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August 31, 2009, ... the software's development. “An increased interest in bioplastics…has promoted interest in analysis of their performance from a ‘cradle-to-grave' perspective,” he says. “While standard methods for this ...

Renewable Bioplastic Biodegrades

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August 10, 2009, Telles Mirel performance bioplastic materials, made from renewable resource, plant-derived sugar, are claimed durable in use but will biodegrade at the end of their useful life. LOWELL, MA | Telles Mirel ...

Berry Plastics To Take Delivery of Gloucester Engineering Winder

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July 12, 2009, Berry Plastics, a manufacturer of plastic packaging products, has announced that it will take delivery of the world’s first WOW Winder manufactured by Gloucester Engineering EVANSVILLE, IN | Berry Plastics, ...

German Plastics Packaging Industry Profits 'Tense

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2009, ... the current economic situation as worse than three months ago, according to an IK economic poll for the second quarter of 2009. Against the background of the economic crisis, the position of the plastics ...

ISO Poly Films & Sigma Plastics Announce Strategic Partnership

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March 15, 2009, ISO Poly Films Inc. and Sigma Plastics Group have entered a strategic partnership. GRAY COURT, SC | ISO Poly Films Inc. and Sigma Plastics Group have entered a strategic partnership. This alliance brings ...

Plastic Film Study

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February 28, 2009, A new study from The Freedonia Group concludes that demand for plastic film in the US is projected to grow 2.6% annually to more than 16 billion lbs in 2012 Cleveland, OH | Demand for plastic film in the ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

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February 28, 2009, Manufacturer of custom converted and embossed films that converters, Bloomer Plastics supplies more than 32 million lb of film to customers as far away as Europe and Asia Bloomer, WI — population 3,500 ...

SPE Names Finalists in Clean Plastics Technology Competition

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February 16, 2009, The Plastics Environmental Div. of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) or www.sperecycling.org has announced the finalists for a competition at the Clean Technology Business Forum BROOKFIELD, CT | ...

Biodegradable Plastics to Gain, Says Study

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December 31, 2008, Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic in the US is expected to rise more than 15%/yr to 720 million lbs in 2012, valued at $845 million. This Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic ...

Pira Report: Global Markets for Plastic Card Materials and Technologies to 2013

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December 22, 2008, The number of plastic cards in our wallets is growing every day, and the uses for them are growing every day as well SURREY, UK | The number of plastic cards in our wallets is growing every day, and the ...

Biodegradable Plastics to Gain, Says Study

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November 30, 2008, Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic in the US is expected to rise more than 15%/yr to 720 million lbs in 2012, valued at $845 million. This Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic ...

Biodegradable Plastic Demand to Rise 15% Annually

(News Eclips)

September 08, 2008, A new Freedonia Group study, titled “Biodegradable Plastic,” presents trends projecting US demand to rise more than 15% annually to 720 million lb in 2012, valued at $845 million CLEAVELAND, OH | A new ...

Dirge for a Plastic Bag Part 2

(Editorial)

August 31, 2008, There are more PFFC readers with an opinion on banning plastic bags since my last column in August. And there's still more positive news on the subject, There are more PFFC readers with an opinion on banning ...

US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds

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August 12, 2008, A new Freedonia Group study, titled “Plastic Film,” presents trends projecting US demand to grow 2.6% annually to over 16 billion lb in 2012, valued at $13.4 billion CLEVELAND, OH | A new Freedonia Group ...

Plastic Bag Recycling Efforts Lauded

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July 31, 2008, ... to facilitate plastic bag recycling. Steve Russell, managing director of ACC's Plastics Div., says, “The private sector recognizes the opportunity that plastic bag recycling offers both as a product ...

Dirge for a Plastic Bag?

(Editorial)

July 31, 2008, While the dirge-like proliferating news on the subject of plastic bags isn't exactly a hymn or tune, certainly the negativity surrounding the topic is tending to sound slowly and very solemnly like grief ...

Food Packaging Boosts Demand for Plastic Sheet

(Substrates)

June 30, 2008, CLEVELAND, OH Demand for plastic sheet in the US is projected to grow almost 3%/yr to 7.7 billion lbs in 2011, valued at $7.2 billion (resin content only). CLEVELAND, OH Demand for plastic sheet in the ...