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- The Path to Sustainable Growth
- (News | New Products)
- February 07, 2023, ... have become a much higher priority in recent years and there is broad consensus that the pace of change needs to accelerate. Concerns about climate change and pollution – particularly ocean plastics – ...
- How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 07, 2023, ... Today, we can make a plastic package look and feel like paper, and we can make a paper package look and feel like plastic. But coatings have evolved well beyond look and feel. Today’s coatings provide ...
- A Leader in Bag Converting Equipment
- (Equipment/Machines - Converting)
- January 23, 2023, Hudson-Sharp, part of BW Converting Solutions, is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and service of plastic bag-making equipment Hudson-Sharp, part of BW Converting Solutions, is a global ...
- Toray Celebrates With The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp at 31st Annual Big Apple Bash
- (News | New Products)
- December 06, 2022, ... a grateful attitude every day. It’s a privilege to be a friend and supporter of The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.” Toray Plastics (America), Inc., is a leading manufacturer of polyester, polypropylene, ...
- For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now
- (Flexpack)
- December 04, 2022, ... plastics). Conversely, replacing existing flexible packaging with rigid packaging materials would increase global warming potential as much as 31.1 percent - a figure that is, simply, unacceptable given ...
- Pregis Introduces the Performance Flexibles Renew Series Film Solutions
- (News | New Products)
- November 27, 2022, ... whether that’s a general-purpose film produced with 30 percent of recycled content or a barrier film that meets the Association of Plastics Recyclers and How2Recycle recyclable film guidance,” said Jonathan ...
- Recycling is Broken
- (News | New Products)
- November 25, 2022, How Compostable Packaging can Help Solve the Plastic Crisis How Compostable Packaging can Help Solve the Plastic Crisis By Daphna Nissenbaum, co-founder and CEO, TIPA Plastic waste is a growing ...
- Toray Supports Amenity Aid and Helps Provide Hygiene Supplies to Rhode Islanders
- (News | New Products)
- November 13, 2022, ... To help address the problem, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., recently made a financial contribution to Amenity Aid Rhode Island, which serves vulnerable populations by improving access to essential hygiene ...
- Microhardness Testing Explained: Vickers & Knoop Testing
- (Coating/Laminating)
- November 06, 2022, ... tin plating, solder and weld lines, automotive and marine paints and coatings, glass, ceramics and even plastics. The MicroVT has a modular automated turret design to support an indenter and microscope ...
- Toray’s Commitment to Innovation Helps Forge the Future of Flexible Packaging
- (Upcoming Conference News)
- October 10, 2022, Attendees at Pack Expo International 2022, October 23-26, who are seeking information about leading-edge advancements in OPP and PET packaging and label films are invited to meet with the Toray Plastics ...
- Mamata unveils new packaging machines at Pack Expo
- (News | New Products)
- October 03, 2022, ... in Chicago, including three machines that have never been exhibited at a trade show. Mamata, a technology-based global plastic bag and packaging machinery manufacturing company, produces the industry’s ...
- Sun Chemical to Highlight the “Power of Sustainable Packaging” at PACK EXPO International 2022
- (Upcoming Conference News)
- September 26, 2022, ... show, Dr. Nikola Juhasz, Global Technical Director for Sustainability, Sun Chemical, will present a session about SunSpectro Solvawash titled Recycle-Friendly Washable Inks for Plastic Packaging on Monday, ...
- Atlapac and TIPA Partner to Produce Fully Compostable Packaging for Retail
- (News | New Products)
- August 08, 2022, ... and retail customers. While brands shifting to recycled and recyclable plastic packaging is a step in the right direction to becoming more eco-friendly, these materials do not live up to expectations ...
- Third-Party Certifications Can Validate Sustainability Claims
- (Bag Pouch)
- July 10, 2022, ... has already been written about the lack of recycling processing infrastructure in the U.S., but recent investments show that the plastics industry is willing to step up and contribute to the complicated ...
- Sustainability Beyond Recyclability
- (Flexpack)
- July 04, 2022, ... reduce fossil-fuel-based plastics while often reducing their carbon footprint. The reduced reliance on virgin polymers helps support sustainability goals without sacrificing product protection. If a customer ...
- The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging
- (Bag Pouch)
- June 26, 2022, ... around 70 percent of the material is either Polyethylene (PE) or Polypropylene (PP) and that 20 percent is mixed plastic and aluminium foil plastic laminates. Currently the PE fraction is down-cycled to ...
- SEI Laser Converting Chooses Vetaphone for Surface Treatment
- (News | New Products)
- May 30, 2022, ... substrates from paper and carton to plastic films and foils. Renowned as the inventors of what is known globally as corona treatment, Vetaphone has a unique knowledge bank relating to all types of polymer-based ...
- Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 1
- (Converting Expert)
- May 11, 2022, ... that predict MD stress that results in permanent plastic deformation. Do you know your ZD modulus? Poor lay flat is associated with viscoelastic creep. Have you measured your MD and ZD viscoelastic ...
- World’s First Dedicated Production Line for Sustainable and Floatable Shrink Sleeve Film Opened in Poland
- (News | New Products)
- May 05, 2022, Innovia Films (Innovia), a major producer of highly differentiated speciality films announces the opening of a new 6.2 meter multi-layer co-extrusion line at its site in Płock, Poland. Innovia Films ...
- Leveraging the Supply Chain Organization in Times of Crisis
- (Foil)
- May 04, 2022, Recent global challenges have touched every product imaginable, including the staple of the packaging world – converter-grade alu-foil. By Larry Silverstein, Now Plastics CEO Recent global challenges ...