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- Agenda set for AIMCAL/SPE Technical Conference
- (News | New Products)
- July 31, 2019, ... between the Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE, Bethel, CT). New this year are three-hour workshops on safety and intellectual ...
- Alco Seeks Out Vetaphone For New Corona System
- (News | New Products)
- July 16, 2019, When Puerto Rican converter Alco High-Tech Plastics needed a new Corona system for the extrusion side of its business in 2018, it turned to Danish manufacturer Vetaphone. When Puerto Rican converter ...
- Corona and Plasma – The Different worlds of Surface Treatment
- (Surface Prep)
- July 03, 2019, ... Vice President of Sales at Vetaphone When Verner Eisby invented a technique for surface treatment back in the 1950s, it was in response to growing demand for printing on the plastic packaging material ...
- TC Transcontinental Packaging Steals the Show for Sustainable Packaging at the 2019 PAC Canadian Leadership Awards
- (News | New Products)
- June 19, 2019, ... collaborate with partners from across the plastic value chain and make sure to use a circular approach in every step of our product design, from sourcing to end-of-life. We are poised to continue developing ...
- Trends Driving Flexible Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- June 02, 2019, ... launches involving bio-based plastic packaging have taken place. The rise of bio-based plastic films continues with polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoates and poly-trimethylene terephthalate showing the ...
- Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry
- (Label/Tape)
- April 21, 2019, Let’s talk materials. To start, let’s focus on plastic. A workhorse material, yes. But at what cost? Adding value through sustainability By Sarah Sanzo, Compliance and Sustainability Manager at Avery ...
- Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study
- (News | New Products)
- April 16, 2019, ... more water than the stand-up pouch. Both package formats contain plastic, but the flexible stand-up pouch has a reduced carbon impact because it uses much less material than the rigid HDPE bottle. The ...
- Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs
- (Flexography)
- April 01, 2019, ... The flexible packaging segment is the second largest packaging segment (19 percent) in the U.S. behind corrugated paper (24 percent) but ahead of rigid plastics (15 percent)1. The major end-use application ...
- FPA Announces 2019 Board of Directors
- (Flexpack)
- March 20, 2019, ... Begle, president of the health, hygiene and specialties division of Berry Global is the new chairperson of the FPA board of directors. Curt succeeds David Staker, president and CEO, Plastic Packaging Technologies, ...
- FPA 2019 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners Announced
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- March 10, 2019, ... Excellence Silver — Technical Innovation Manufacturer: TC Transcontinental Packaging www.tc.tc/packaging Nutro Ultra Grain Free Gold — Printing & Shelf Impact Manufacturer: Plastic Packaging ...
- FPA Launches New Consumer Website
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2019, ... the misinformation that is being reported about packaging, particularly plastic packaging. The flexible packaging industry leads important packaging trends by extending shelf life and increasing safety, ...
- NDC Technologies to Showcase Unique Augmented Reality Experience of Complete Measurement System at ICE USA
- (News | New Products)
- February 20, 2019, ... SR710S – accurately measures thin coatings on metallic foils, metalized paper and plastics during the process. ConvertIR – offers fast, fixed-point, on-line measurement of paper moisture or coat ...
- INDUSTRIAL PACK 2019 - Pack Testing LIVE - a unique opportunity to see packaging put to the test
- (News | New Products)
- February 06, 2019, ... a global manufacturer of steel and plastic strapping, stretch film and the application equipment. Their products are used in a broad range of industries throughout the world with a focus on innovation, ...
- Will it Process?
- (Extrusion Coating)
- December 11, 2018, ... for a wider range of products to be developed to meet the increasingly complex needs of sectors such as flexible packaging. In essence two or more plastic film or non-filmic materials such as aluminium ...
- Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market
- (Flexpack)
- November 25, 2018, ... Reflecting the Rise of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in The Flexible Packaging Market. In the past few years, a number of new product launches involving bio-based plastic packaging have ...
- U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion
- (Flexpack)
- November 25, 2018, ... plastics packaging. Flexible packaging’s solid long-term strength, coupled with flexible packaging replacing other packaging formats, resulted in the growth of flexibles from 17 percent in 2000 to the ...
- Color and its Role in Defining Embossed Product Surfaces
- (Embossing)
- November 04, 2018, ... of business for the majority of converters, but there can be more to converting than packaging. For example, complex plastics, specialized planar films, non-woven textiles, synthetic papers/boards, foils ...
- FPA Publishes 2018 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report
- (News | New Products)
- September 19, 2018, ... corrugated paper and just ahead of bottles and miscellaneous rigid plastics packaging. Flexible packaging’s solid long-term strength, coupled with flexible packaging replacing other packaging formats, ...
- Roll-2-Roll Technologies LLC New Partnership with Rod Ambrose Industrial Sales
- (News | New Products)
- September 19, 2018, ... control, airshafts and engineered integrated systems. The association will allow Roll-2-Roll Technologies to reach the converting, paper, plastic film and web printing industries in Western states ...
- FPA Partners with PACK EXPO International
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- September 12, 2018, ... billion in annual sales in the U.S. and is the second largest and one of the fastest growing segments of the packaging industry. Flexible packaging is produced from paper, plastic, film, aluminum foil, ...