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Nordson Adapts Extrusion Die Technology

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2018, The Uniflow extrusion die, now offered under EDI brand, is said to be an alternative to Contour dies CHIPPEWA FALLS | Nordson Corporation has adapted an extrusion die technology that has been in global ...

W&H Announces Sales to Sigma Companies

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2018, Three members of the Sigma Plastics Group have ordered equipment from Windmoeller & Hoelscher, including OPTIMEX FFS & VAREX II lines LINCOLN, RI | Windmoeller & Hoelscher reports the Sigma Plastics ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... dramatically. Sanjay Amin AMIN: Mamata has introduced two new converting machines for converting industry. With changing market needs and restrictions on plastic bag usage for grocery and day today ...

Flexo Printing | FTA Honors 2018's Top Print Job

(Print)

May 06, 2018, ...    Transcontinental Robbie for the Post Fruity Pebbles/Cocoa Pebbles Wrappers in the wide web category   Industrias de Plásticos SA de CV for the Cappy Infladitos Queso y Mantequilla Justice ...

Maxcess to Debut Rolls Group at NPE

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2018, ... umbrella to the plastics industry.  “NPE is a great opportunity for our precision roll brands of Webex, Valley Roller, Menges Roller and Componex to connect with our plastics processing customers, including ...

Shrink Packaging for Beer Brand Provides Multiple Benefits

(News | New Products)

April 30, 2018, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is collaborating with craft beer brewer Oskar Blues along with plastics converter Berry Global and Ampacet to produce ...

Toray Aiding CPG Companies in Mexico

(Flexpack)

April 25, 2018, The company says its line of films and type of customer service are suited to Mexico’s specific flexible packaging needs NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) says its films and services are ...

AMI Issues Study of Polymer Demand in NAFTA

(Flexpack)

April 23, 2018, The report includes detailed statistical data for all major thermoplastic materials in the US, Canada, and Mexico with forecasts until 2022 BRISTOL, UK | Applied Market Information (AMI) announces ...

Compostable Pack Launches for Cereal Brand

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2018, ... celebrated Ekoplaza plastic free aisle, along with a number of other solutions from Bio4Pack using NatureFlex films. Ekoplaza states that to qualify for their plastic free aisle flexible packaging must ...

Cortec Celebrates Expansion of Facility

(Flexpack)

April 10, 2018, ... waste by recycling VpCI film scrap and used VpCI film from its customers and adding it back into new film at a rate that ensures the corrosion inhibiting quality of the product. The new plastic recycling ...

Transcontinental Acquires Coveris Americas

(Flexpack)

April 01, 2018, ... Chicago, IL, Coveris manufactures a variety of flexible plastic and paper products, including rollstock, bags and pouches, coextruded films, shrink films, coated substrates, and labels. As of December ...

Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2018, ... formula, migrating to the surface. In end use, this results in oil blotches referred to as staining. In some instances, low molecular weight plasticizers like butyl benzyl phthalate also can be used to ...

Poly Ploys | Why Wine 'Cries

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 26, 2018, ... library. It is a work that will never be outdone. I'll never look at a glass of wine the same. Tom Bezigian holds a B.S. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts–Lowell. He has been ...

AIMCAL Calls for R2R Papers

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). The deadline for papers is May 18. Some suggested topics of interest are listed below.  Web Coating and Laminating Web coating technology related to coating ...

AFA Systems Forms AFA Cooper Division

(Bag Pouch)

March 18, 2018, The new division, a result of AFA System’s acquisition of Cooper Machine & Tool, will focus mainly on plastic bag and film converting BRAMPTON, ON, CANADA | AFA Systems, a manufacturer of automation ...

Bio4Pack, Futamura Collaborate on Compostable Snack Package

(Bag Pouch)

March 13, 2018, Susainable pack consists of NatureFlex film CUMBRIA, UK | Futamura has collaborated with packaging manufacturer, Bio4Pack, Rheine, Germany, to create a plastic-free compostable crisp pack for German ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... attributes in all award categories, and contributing most to the advancement of the industry. Wells Frozen "Bunny Snacks" Box Pouch, 6-Treats Manufacturer: Plastic Packaging Technologies LLC  ...

Roll-2-Roll Technologies Partners with ESPICE

(News | New Products)

March 03, 2018, ... Roll-2-Roll Technologies to reach the converting, paper, plastic film, and web printing industries in the Mexico and Central America market through the ESPICE sales and technical support team. It also ...

Dow Launches Solvent-Borne Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2018, ADCOTE HP laminating adhesive is said to offer sustainability, food safety benefits, and high performance MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics a business unit of DowDuPont Material Science, ...

Riyadh Orders BOBST Press

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2018, ... press from BOBST It was the first BOBST 20SIX press in the UAE and also the first 20SIX press in the GCC that used smartGPS technology in the flexible packaging industry. Recently, Riyadh Plastic Factory ...