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PPC Announces Winners of 2019 Paperboard Packaging Competition

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October 27, 2019, ... blister card yielded a noticeable 61% reduction in plastic and a 48% decrease in packaging weight. Additionally, the redesign led to a significant SKU optimization, consolidating 161 SKUs into three common ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

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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 ...

FPA Publishes 2019 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

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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 ...

TC Transcontinental Packaging Steals the Show for Sustainable Packaging at the 2019 PAC Canadian Leadership Awards

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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

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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

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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 ...

Mike Brandmeier, President and CEO of Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Receives Strategic Leadership Award

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April 03, 2019, Mike Brandmeier, president and CEO of Toray Plastics (America), Inc., has received the Providence Business News’s 2019 Manufacturing Award in the Strategic Leadership category. Mike Brandmeier, president ...

Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs

(Flexography)

April 01, 2019, ...  The flexible packaging segment is the second largest packaging segment (19 percent) in the U.S. behind corrugated paper (24 percent) but ahead of rigid plastics (15 percent)1. The major end-use application ...

Newest APR Recycling Demand Champion Companies Announced at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference

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March 14, 2019, Fourteen new companies have committed to an ongoing campaign that expands market demand for recycled resins and improves plastic recycling in North America. Fourteen new companies have committed to ...

FPA 2019 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners Announced

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March 10, 2019, ... Excellence Silver — Technical Innovation Manufacturer: TC Transcontinental Packaging www.tc.tc/packaging     Nutro Ultra Grain Free Gold — Printing & Shelf Impact Manufacturer: Plastic Packaging ...

Toray Plastics (America) Announces Plans to Expand OPP Film Manufacturing

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February 10, 2019, Toray Plastics (America), Inc. recently announced that it is investing in a new, state-of-the-art 8.7 meter polypropylene film line. Toray Plastics (America), located in North Kingstown, R.I., is ...

INDUSTRIAL PACK 2019 - Pack Testing LIVE - a unique opportunity to see packaging put to the test

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February 06, 2019, ... a global manufacturer of steel and plastic strapping, stretch film and the application equipment. Their products are used in a broad range of industries throughout the world with a focus on innovation, ...

McCarty Printing Expands Into Packaging with Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 75 and Easymatrix 106 CS

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February 03, 2019, ... minutes. McCarty Printing added UV capabilities to its Speedmaster CX 75, which allows the company to deliver special effects on a variety of possible substrates including paper, plastic, or foils. “UV ...

Call for Entries Open for the 2019 Packaging Innovation Awards by Dow

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January 23, 2019, ... problem-solving packaging innovations from around the world,” said Diego Donoso, business president for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. “We’re excited to see what this year’s judges deem the best ...

Davis-Standard to Host Plastic Extrusion Seminar in April

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January 19, 2019, Davis-Standard will be offering its popular extrusion seminar, “The Basics of Plastics Extrusion,” on April 9 – 10, 2019 (PAWCATUCK, CONN.) – Davis-Standard will be offering its popular extrusion seminar, ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

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November 25, 2018, ... Reflecting the Rise of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in The Flexible Packaging Market. In the past few years, a number of new product launches involving bio-based plastic packaging have ...

U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion

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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 ...

New Challenge Launched to Identify Recovery Solutions for Multi-Material Flexible Packaging

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November 13, 2018, Challenge invites entrepreneurs and early-stage technology innovators to showcase recovery technologies for hard-to-recycle plastic packaging. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA and NEW YORK, NY | The Center for ...

Now Plastics Introduces 60 to 90 Percent PCR PET Films

(New Products)

November 07, 2018, New post-consumer recycled PET film offers reduced environmental impact and lower costs. EAST LONGMEADOW, MA | Now Plastics, one of the largest suppliers of films and aluminum foil, is now offering ...

FPA Publishes 2018 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

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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, ...