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Plastic Technologies Offers PET Recycling Calculator

(Green Converting)

October 19, 2013, Product helps users determine how compatible a specific package is with today’s recycling systems and its impact on recycled PET production   HOLLAND, OH | Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI) has developed ...

Multi Packaging Solutions Adds KBA Press

(Carton Box News)

October 01, 2013, Specially configured Rapida press will be used for board packaging and plastic printing DALLAS, TX | KBA North America announces that Multi Packaging Solutions Inc. (MPS), which serves the multimedia, ...

Toray Plastics (America) Broadens LumiLid Film Platform

(Flexpack News)

September 18, 2013, Reportedly responding to customer demands for specialty lidding, company offers film platform for barrier, economy, and varying widths   NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) has installed ...

Alpha Poly Packaging Expands with New Capital Equipment

(Flexpack News)

July 15, 2013, ... plastic bags. The jump to running complex, high-end process print jobs, offering in-house design capabilities along with converting and laminating was a natural progression for this dynamic, high-energy ...

Flexible Packaging | LPS Industries Invests To Serve IVD Test Markets

(Flexpack)

July 10, 2013, ... thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roof was installed which reflects sunlight to reduce cooling costs. Ardman elaborates, "We've also established four warehouses located strategically throughout the country ...

Saudi Arabia Welcomes Big Packaging Show

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2013, ... more than 4,400 net sq m of floor space.  On display will be packaging materials, equipment, and services showcasing plastic films and foils, paper, cartons, cardboard, textiles and wovens, cases, capsules, ...

Sunshine Plastics Wins Big with Sun Inks

(Flexpack News)

June 24, 2013, Sun Chemical was a key part of Sunshine Plastics’ flexible packaging Best of Show winner at the recent INFO*FLEX   PARSIPPANY, NJ | Sun Chemical reports its inks were used on packaging created by ...

Flexible Packaging | Precision Color Graphics Breaks Course

(Bag Pouch)

June 18, 2013, ... Ingeo, which is free of petrochemicals commonly found in other plastics. Because there are no petrochemicals, Ecoterah packaging is safe for recycling, composting, and landfills. Ecoterah bags are FDA ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... to landfills. Close the Loop recovers the plastic and remainder ink from used cartridges. BCM Inks uses the recovered ink to develop a new water-based flexographic ink called ‘PCR (Post-Consumer Recycled) ...

Toray Plastics (America) Adds Coating Equipment

(Coating/Laminating News)

May 07, 2013, Company says new technology will meet demands from customers requesting value-added films with advanced specialty layers   NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports it has installed ...

Plastic Connections Expands with Titan Compact Slitter

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2013, ... at Plastic Connections Inc. (PCi), based in Santa Fe Springs, CA, approx. 30 miles (48 km) south of Los Angeles. Investment in the 65 in. (1650-mm) wide Titan slitter has been made by the company in order ...

Foodservice Packaging Institute Redesigns Site

(Bag Pouch News)

March 24, 2013, ... component on the activities of FPI’s Paper Recovery Alliance and Plastics Recovery Group, which are developing economically viable and sustainable solutions to foodservice packaging recovery challenges. ...

Flexible Packaging | Exopack Wins FPA’s Top Award for Kraft’s YES Pack

(Flexpack)

January 21, 2013, ... less plastic material. This package also wins a Gold Award for Packaging Excellence and a Silver Award for Environmental & Sustainability Achievement. Lani Craddock, vice president of marketing, innovation, ...

Intl. Paper Exploring Green Packaging Options

(Carton Box News)

January 13, 2013, ... products within their Everest and Fortress grade lines that would improve yield and reduce plastic use while offering the same barrier properties available today. Trial work and pilot testing are scheduled ...

Multi-Plastics Introduces EZTear Pouch

(Bag Pouch News)

January 07, 2013, Laminated structure is designed for use in easy open stick packs LEWIS CENTER, OH | Multi-Plastics Inc. introduces EZTear, a laminated pouch structure for use in easy open stick packs or similar flexible ...

Chocolate Wrapped in Compostable Packaging Film

(Film)

January 02, 2013, ... around the world, not just Italy, is promoted by Alce Nero. “We decided to move from standard plastic to a biodegradable and compostable alternative to wrap our chocolate bars. Metallized NatureFlex ...

New Recyclable Package from Colbert Packaging

(Carton Box)

November 10, 2012, ... alternative to plastic clamshells. VetGuard Plus, a new flea, tick, and mosquito treatment for dogs, is offered in eight fully recyclable versions of EnviroGuard. All eight variations comprise a fully ...

Sustainable Packaging | Use Newspaper & Water

(Carton Box)

August 20, 2012, ... as well as most vacuum-formed plastic, expanded polystyrene (EPS), and corrugated designs. Not only is molded fiber packaging often less costly than EPS or other foam products, it also requires less space ...

On Print | Electrophotography for Packaging

(On Print)

August 06, 2012, ... limit initial capital outlay while building sales. Dry toner requires direct heat to fuse the powder to the substrate. As the temperature is above the softening point of film plastics, those popular for ...

PACK EXPO Links Packaging, Printing & Converting

(Print)

July 24, 2012, ... including digital, flexographic, and other technologies, labeling, coding and marking equipment, as well as inks and advances in substrates like paperboard, rigid plastic, and flexible packaging. In ...