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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 ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, The circular economy for plastic packaging is on its way By Sigrid Eder-Ince, Starlinger & Co GmbH The circular economy for plastic packaging is on its way: Countries worldwide are adopting measures ...

Next Generation Flexible Packaging Solutions from Mamata

(Bag Pouch)

January 23, 2023, Mamata serves the plastics and packaging industry for over 31 years offering equipment for film extrusion, converting, and packaging. Mamata serves the plastics and packaging industry for over ...

Three Ways Water-Based Primers are Advancing Extrusion Coating Trends in the Flexible Packaging Industry

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... or polypropylene it is considered recycle-ready, and can, at least in theory, be recycled with other single-use plastics, such as grocery bags, at a store drop-off location. In addition, these mono-material ...

Aurora Plastics Announces New COO

(News | New Products)

January 03, 2023, Aurora Plastics  announces the appointment of Tim Huskey as chief operations officer.  Aurora Plastics announces the appointment of Tim Huskey as chief operations officer.  Huskey will report directly ...

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 ...

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, ...

Cromex Presents New Act Green® Masterbatches Range with Sustainable Solutions for Plastics at K 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 23, 2022, ... and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Cromex is associated with Think Plastic Brazil, Portfolio of Solutions for Exporting and Internationalization of Brazilian Processed Plastics Industries, created ...

The “5R” Framework: An Approach Designed to Reduce Packaging Waste

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2022, ... tons of packaging waste was produced in 2018 with 30.4 million tons of that going to landfills. Of special concern is plastic waste which only has recycling rates in 2021 of five to six percent — or about ...

Saperatec to Showcase Breakthrough Delamination Approach to Composite Packaging Recycling At K Fair in Düsseldorf

(Upcoming Conference News)

August 14, 2022, ... strives to find solutions to a mounting problem: of the more than 140 million tons of plastics packaging waste incinerated, landfilled or even leaking into our environment each year globally, a significant ...

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 ...

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 ...

Charter Next Generation Invests in Marine Plastic Pollution Clean-Up Efforts

(News | New Products)

May 24, 2022, Sustainability Leader and North America's Largest Independent Plastic Film Producer, Charter Next Generation (CNG), announces investment in the Plastic Flamingo (PLAF) Sustainability Leader and North ...

Bomplastic Will Offer More Diversified and Innovative Products After Acquiring a Comexi F2 MB

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2022, Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, and Bomplastic Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, ...

Comexi Will Expand Its Presence in the Middle East with a Showroom at Madayn Plastic Company

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2022, Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging, printing and converting industry, will set up a showroom in the Middle East as a result of an agreement reached with Madayn Plastic Company. ...

Food packaging company Intraplás partners with GS1 Portugal to boost decarbonization

(News | New Products)

February 15, 2022, ... by reducing their carbon footprint. In addition to their solutions of packaging and extrusion, thermoforming or printing mechanisms, Intraplás' activity comprises techniques of mixed plastics reusage, ...

Neopac’s Polyfoil MMB® Tube Approved by USA’s Association of Plastic Recyclers

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2022, ... granted approval for its Polyfoil® MMB mono-material barrier tube by the US-based Association of Plastic Recyclers. Offering a groundbreaking combination of product protection, user friendliness and appealing ...

Celebration Packaging Adds a Natural, Sustainable Foodservice Dining Option

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2022, ... and moisture resistance. The plates have no plastic film or wax coating, so they can be repulped and recycled easily. The Fibre Box Association and the Corrugated Packaging Alliance have tested and certified ...