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- Biodegradable Plastics to Gain, Says Study
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2008, Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic in the US is expected to rise more than 15%/yr to 720 million lbs in 2012, valued at $845 million. This Cleveland, OH | Demand for biodegradable plastic ...
- Winterborne Recognized by Wal-Mart for Sustainable Packaging Success
- (News | New Products)
- September 01, 2008, ... in 2005, features a unique corrugated design with a proprietary seal reportedly allowing it to outperform traditional plastic clamshells and less substantial trapped blister packaging. It is made from ...
- Dirge for a Plastic Bag Part 2
- (Editorial)
- August 31, 2008, There are more PFFC readers with an opinion on banning plastic bags since my last column in August. And there's still more positive news on the subject, There are more PFFC readers with an opinion on banning ...
- Keystone Acquires Ott Packagings
- (News Eclips)
- August 18, 2008, ... folding cartons with windows, and foil stamping as well as thermoformed plastic inserts. Keystone president/CEO John McInerney says, “Through acquisition and a process of continuous production improvement, ...
- US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds
- (News Eclips)
- August 12, 2008, A new Freedonia Group study, titled “Plastic Film,” presents trends projecting US demand to grow 2.6% annually to over 16 billion lb in 2012, valued at $13.4 billion CLEVELAND, OH | A new Freedonia Group ...
- Sustainable Packaging for Specialty Meat
- (Archive)
- June 30, 2008, ... new packaging, produced with EarthClear earth-friendly packaging materials from Clear Lam Packaging, utilizes renewable resources derived from plant-based plastics, providing barrier properties that retain ...
- Chesapeake Plant First in China to Receive PS9000:2001 Certification for Printed Pharmaceutical Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- June 15, 2008, ... foil stamping, and laminating. The 36,000-sq-ft facility complements Chesapeake’s other plant in Kunshan, which manufactures plastic bottles for the pharmaceutical market, by adding the production of paper-based ...
- Tekra Named Authorized Distributor For SABIC Innovative Plastics
- (News | New Products)
- May 11, 2008, Tekra Corp., a worldwide supplier of engineered plastic films, has become an authorized distributor for the polycarbonate film products of SABIC Innovative Plastics in the US and Canada New Berlin, WI ...
- Mondi Debuts Biodegradable Packaging Solutions at Interpack
- (News | New Products)
- March 30, 2008, Sustainability is an absolute necessity for the leading businesses of today. At the 'Bioplastics in Packaging' exhibition Vienna, Austria | Sustainability is an absolute necessity for the leading businesses ...
- February First Glance: Making Plastics Glitter
- (First Glance)
- January 31, 2008, Stacking Up Customers of Mondi Packaging, Vienna, Austria, made their wishes known: They wanted shelf-ready packaging (SRP) that was simple to erect, Making Plastics Glitter Vacumet Corp. announces HoloPRISM ...
- Holographic Plastics
- (Archive)
- December 20, 2007, Vacumet Corp. has launched HoloPRISM holographic plastics, a complimentary extension of HoloPRISM papers, with applications in consumer, cosmetic, personal care, and entertainment packaging; gift wrap; ...
- Chesapeake Corp. Dedicates Pharmaceutical Paperboard Packaging Plant in China
- (Archive)
- November 08, 2007, PRESS RELEASE KUNSHAN, CHINA | Chesapeake Corp., a supplier of value-added specialty paperboard, plastic, and pharmaceutical packaging, had dedicated its new pharmaceutical paperboard packaging in ...
- Eco-Friendly Packaging for an Eco-Friendly Product
- (Archive)
- October 13, 2007, ... corn, not foreign petroleum. This material is produced from plastic that consists of polyactide, a corn-based polymer. Corn plastic is more energy efficient than other plastics and takes 60% less fossil ...
- Diamond Packaging Earns Paperboard Packaging Awards
- (Archive)
- June 12, 2007, ... Diamond Packaging won the first-ever Gold Award in Combination Materials, a new category that recognizes the trend toward combing paperboard with alternative materials such as plastic. The company earned ...
- High Visibility Packaging Study
- (Archive)
- December 13, 2006, ... million pounds of plastic resins. Gains will be driven by favorable advances in consumer spending along with the growing influence of mass market retailers, which tend to favor blister packs, clamshells ...
- Snack Food Packaging Demand to Reach $5.6 Billion in 2010
- (Flexpack)
- November 15, 2006, ... Freedonia Group, Inc. Flexible packaging will face growing competition from smaller rigid containers such as cups, canisters, and other molded containers . Plastic containers will see the fastest growth ...
- Packaging M&As Continue
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2006, ... Prudential Capital Group purchases a majority interest in Ampac Packaging (flexible packaging). Apollo Management purchases Tyco's Plastics, Adhesives, and Coated Products businesses (flex-pack). This ...
- Barrier Packaging Seminar
- (Archive)
- September 19, 2006, ... on permeability concepts in plastics, fabrication systems and troubleshooting (coextrusion, extrusion coating, lamination, metallization, etc.), design of multilayer structures for food packaging, and ...
- Plastic Suppliers Receives Environmental Excellence Award
- (Archive)
- March 01, 2006, Plastic Suppliers has won the Flexographic Technical Assn.'s (FTA) Environmental Excellence Award in the category of Innovative Technology for its EarthFirst PLA film. PRESS RELEASE COLUMBUS, OH—Plastic ...
- COF in Printed Packaging
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2005, ... could be at play. These changes usually take about 24 hrs. If the COF increases, migration of solvent or plasticizer to the ink surface is a possibility. If the COF decreases, the ink could be drying ...