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AMI’S Multilayer Flexible Packaging 2020 Conference

(Upcoming Conference News)

January 22, 2020, ... energy. Media focus on “single use plastics” includes flexible packaging, despite its valuable contribution to food waste prevention. Governments are responding with accelerated regulations. Companies ...

Looking Forward and Back

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2020, Launched just a year ago in January 2019, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) began bringing together organizations that make, use, process, sell, collect and recycle plastics in order to tackle the ...

Kerscher Succeeds Sheppard at AIMCAL

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2020, ... Sheppard, who retired at the end of 2019 after 21 years at the helm of the association. Kerscher has worked with international teams and all stages of the plastics and specialty material value chain ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... include glass, metal cans and rigid plastics touted for strength and safety. According to the Flexible Packaging Association, flexible packaging is any package or part whose shape can be readily changed. ...

Charter NEX Joins the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

(News | New Products)

November 23, 2019, ... said Scott Hammer, Corporate Sustainability Leader for Charter NEX.  Launched in January 2019, AEPW brings together organizations that make, use, process, sell, collect and recycle plastics in order ...

The Toray Commons Opens in the University of Rhode Island’s New Engineering Complex

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2019, ... opened at a ribbon cutting on October 7, 2019. Pictured left to right are: Ken Kurokawa, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Lisa A. Ahart, Vice President ...

AIMCAL Activities

(AIMCAL)

November 11, 2019, ... activities include a TableTop Exhibition, short courses, networking activities and opportunities to speak to industry experts.  AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is a non-profit research association, ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... worth approximately $9 billion to the plastics industry.2 “We need to recover 20 years of engineering” The key challenge for brand owners – particularly in the food industry – is producing new ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... and performance-driven properties, according to Filmquest. With a spotlight on the environment, plastics suppliers are innovating. From a Coke bottle made with “Plastic from the Sea” to a degradable ...

Dow and Mespack industry Collaboration Displayed

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2019, ... stand-up pouches to be designed for recyclability. Jointly developed PE-based prototypes will be on display at Dow’s stand at K 2019, the world’s largest trade fair for plastics and rubber. Starting ...

Dow Presents New ADCOTE™ L76-500 High-Solids Adhesive for High-Speed Metal Lamination

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ...  “Converters operate in an increasingly competitive market, facing material and processing cost pressures,” said Izzat Midani, marketing manager EMEA at Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. “With the ...

K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 02, 2019, K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” is scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf October 16-23 K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” ...

FPA Publishes 2019 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

(News | New Products)

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 ...

Meech to Display its Newest Static Control and Web Cleaning Technology Products at K 2019

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 04, 2019, ... static control bar. Meech will also be displaying its full, long-standing and well-established static control and web cleaning product range at the largest exhibition for the plastics and rubber industry. ...

FPA Partners With Pack Expo Las Vegas

(Upcoming Conference News)

August 29, 2019, ... #LS-6519, in the Lower South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is sponsored by FPA member, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. FPA members can register for free using a special promotional ...

AMI’s Profiles Returns to Europe for the Second Edition

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August 06, 2019, AMI’s Profiles returns to Europe for the second edition - the two-day conference will take place November 12-13. AMI’s Profiles returns to Europe for the second edition - the two-day conference will ...

Agenda set for AIMCAL/SPE Technical Conference

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July 31, 2019, ... between the Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE, Bethel, CT). New this year are three-hour workshops on safety and intellectual ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

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July 30, 2019, A country report in the run-up to K 2019 A country report in the run-up to K 2019 The North American plastics industry, led by the United States, is posting good business results this year. Sales, ...

FPA Announces Speaker Lineup for Upcoming Fall Executive Conference

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July 23, 2019, ... an update on the polypropylene market. Morales is currently the service leader of three market advisory subscription services: The Global Plastics and Polymers Report, the North American PE Report and ...

Alco Seeks Out Vetaphone For New Corona System

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July 16, 2019, When Puerto Rican converter Alco High-Tech Plastics needed a new Corona system for the extrusion side of its business in 2018, it turned to Danish manufacturer Vetaphone.  When Puerto Rican converter ...