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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, ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 11, 2018, ...  A gearbox An extruder barrel An extruder screw A system for heating and cooling various extruder components A feed system to introduce plastic pellets into the extruder barrel A filtration ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2018

(News | New Products)

September 02, 2018, ... the new plastics economy. In addition, waste matrix collected from the live press demonstrations will be brought here, baled and sent to Convergen Energy who will make the waste into low carbon fuel pellets. ...

SGIA Announces 2018 Product of the Year Winners

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2018, All 255 entries will be displayed in the Golden Image Gallery/Product of the Year Gallery at the 2018 SGIA Expo. : FAIRFAX, VA | After evaluating a record-setting field of 255 submissions, judges of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ...  OVER THE TOP Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, earned a Product Excellence Award for its Torayfan Over-The-Mountain Portfolio of biaxially oriented polypropylene (OPP) films. Available ...

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 ...

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  ...

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 ...

Toray Issues Third Generation of BOPP Film

(Flexpack)

February 04, 2018, Torayfan CB3 is PVdC-free and reportedly offers high barrier properties with transparency and long shelf life NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports the development of its third generation ...

Berry Global Group to Acquire Clopay

(News | New Products)

January 07, 2018, ... reports that Berry Global Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Clopay Plastic Products Company, a subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, for $475 million in cash on a debt-free, cash-free ...