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Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension.  Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension.  Inks, coatings, and adhesives do not readily wet out or adhere.  ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Ifeu) of Heidelberg, “PET is the only plastic which, even as a post-consumer material, can be converted by appropriate recycling methods into recovered ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... collaborated with its customer JUSTIN’S. Utilizing a food-contact FDA-compliant structure, this snack pouch reduces its reliance on virgin resin by using 40 percent recycled plastic content in the sealant ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... include glass, metal cans and rigid plastics touted for strength and safety. According to the Flexible Packaging Association, flexible packaging is any package or part whose shape can be readily changed. ...

AIMCAL Activities

(AIMCAL)

November 11, 2019, ... activities include a TableTop Exhibition, short courses, networking activities and opportunities to speak to industry experts.  AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is a non-profit research association, ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... have publicly declared very ambitious sustainability targets as a result, promising entirely recyclable materials in their packaging production and alternatives to plastic. “What we have seen in the ...

Comexi Expands its Presence in the U.S. with the Sale of an F2 MP to New Wave Converting

(Flexography)

November 08, 2019, ... with flexographic presses in this area.” For over 30 years, New Wave Converting, a family-owned American company, has been printing and laminating plastic film for the snack food and food industries ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... and performance-driven properties, according to Filmquest. With a spotlight on the environment, plastics suppliers are innovating. From a Coke bottle made with “Plastic from the Sea” to a degradable ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... as well. Healthy snack bars, nuts, jerkies and pre-cut produce packaged in foils, plastic films and coated paper are fueling the $33 billion snack food industry. According to a 2017 Nielson report, individual ...

Dow and Mespack industry Collaboration Displayed

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2019, ... stand-up pouches to be designed for recyclability. Jointly developed PE-based prototypes will be on display at Dow’s stand at K 2019, the world’s largest trade fair for plastics and rubber. Starting ...

Dow Presents New ADCOTE™ L76-500 High-Solids Adhesive for High-Speed Metal Lamination

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ...  “Converters operate in an increasingly competitive market, facing material and processing cost pressures,” said Izzat Midani, marketing manager EMEA at Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. “With the ...

Coating and Laminating Offer Related and Unique Benefits

(Coating/Laminating)

September 11, 2019, ... other packages combining paper or plastic and foil as a barrier-to-moisture have had disposal challenges. Products with barrier properties meeting food-grade, EPA or FDA acceptance. Level of barrier ...

FPA Publishes 2019 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

(News | New Products)

September 05, 2019, ... U.S. packaging industry and is the second largest packaging segment behind corrugated paper, and just ahead of bottles and miscellaneous rigid plastics packaging. Flexible packaging’s solid long-term strength ...

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 ...