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AIMCAL Awards | Film's Sharkskin-Like Properties Control Bacteri

(Coating/Laminating)

April 06, 2017, ... brewery filling lines while simultaneously reducing package cost and weight. Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, is the metallizer. Cashmere Elegance Sweeping the Packaging: Healthcare, ...

GPA Releases Dry Toner Swatchbook

(Flexpack)

March 28, 2017, The book includes polyesters, synthetics, luxury papers, as well as a range of specialty plastics guaranteed to perform on dry toner presses CHICAGO, IL | GPA, supplier of substrate solutions for digital, ...

IMDA Symposium Registration Is Open

(Label/Tape)

March 13, 2017, ... and post-mold decorating and assembly of plastic automotive parts. Organizers have doubled the number of workshops by adding concurrent TopCon workshops on plastics decorating and assembly topics to the ...

Filmquest Announces Price Increase

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2017, ... increase for all grades of JBF BOPET films effective March 1, 2017, or as contracts permit. The action has been necessitated by the significant rise in the cost of the raw materials. Toray Plastics (America) ...

Asahi Plates Are Winners in FTA Competition

(News | New Products)

February 27, 2017, ... Asahi customer award winners included the following: Taurus Packaging Constantia Afripack DCB Plastics ITB Manufacturing Flexible Packaging Converters Amcor Flexibles Asahi’s solvent-washable ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your Pressure-Sensitive Tape

(Coating/Laminating)

February 13, 2017, ... select a rubber-based adhesive known for its strong affinity for plastics for the nameplate side and a solvent-borne acrylic with its strong affinity to metals for adhering to the metal door. Shear performance ...

Flexible Packaging | Biodegradables Are From Mars

(Flexpack)

February 06, 2017, ... of bioplastics that was just not available in the market at the time,” explained Rodenburg, “The focus was to use a packaging material that is sustainable and uses second-generation feedstock – one that ...

Mergers & Acquisitions | 2016 Year-End Review

(Trends/Management)

January 24, 2017, ... Bemis, Transcontinental, Packaging Corp. of America, Berry Plastics, Graphic Packaging, Multi Packaging Solutions, and RPC Group, among others. Chart 1 also highlights several risk factors that exist ...

UPM Raflatac Recognized for Recycling

(Label/Tape)

December 13, 2016, ... HS shrink sleeve films are compatible with recycling and meet or exceed requirements stated in APR's Critical Guidance Document established for improving the quality of post-consumer plastics entering recycling.  ...

ASACLEAN Introduces Purging Compound

(Flexpack)

December 10, 2016, ... downtime, resulting in increased productivity and greater cost savings for plastics manufacturers.  In order to increase efficiency and productivity, plastics processors look to accomplish several goals, ...

Recycling Forum Set for 2017

(Trends/Management)

December 03, 2016, The second International Recycling Forum on agricultural plastics will be held in Germany next spring WIESBADEN, GERMANY | The second International Recycling Forum on "Agricultural Plastics—Potential ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2016

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2016, ... overwrap, bags, and pouches.     Multi-Plastics MULTI-LID LIDDING FILMS The MULTI-Lid line of lidding films is engineered to achieve strong peels with various substrates. The line contains five ...

IHS Markit Announces Free Webcast

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2016, ... last approximately 30 minutes, is offered by Robin Waters, director, Plastics Planning & Analysis, HIS Markit, and includes the following topics: Global capacity and demand growth for polyethylene ...

MOCON Testing System Cuts Time to Market

(Controls)

November 27, 2016, The OX-TRAN Model 2/22 10X system is said to be well suited for products requiring ultra-high oxygen barrier MINNEAPOLIS, MN | MOCON announces the OX-TRAN Model 2/22 10X system, said to help companies ...

CTI Color-Changing Process Meets Many Regs

(News | New Products)

November 26, 2016, POWERCAPSULES offer color-changing technology for many plastics applications, including the food industry COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | Chromatic Technologies Inc. (CTI) reports that its POWERCAPSULES, a ...

Toray Announces New Metal-Transfer Film

(Coating/Laminating)

November 21, 2016, New Lumirror MR20 is called an eco-friendly, super-bright, cost-effective metal-transfer PET film for decorative packaging and printing applications NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) exhibited ...

Constantia Wins TLMI Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

November 14, 2016, ... Plastics Recycling (APR) and the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) to be fully compatible with the PET recycling process. This is the second time that Constantia Flexibles had been awarded the TLMI’s ...

CTC Splicer Offers Nonstop Production

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2016, ... changes during the process, company says. Splicer is said to be suited for a wide range of materials used in the packaging, plastics, and converting industries and can be application engineered for a ...

Dow Resins Suited for Many Uses

(Flexpack)

November 06, 2016, INNATE Precision Packaging Resins are said to provide toughness and stiffness for a number of flexible packaging applications MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics will showcase INNATE Precision ...

DuPont Technology Aids Recycling

(Flexpack)

November 02, 2016, ... that are said to be able to boost the performance of recycled polyolefins to a similar level as virgin resins. Company says this is a solution to the problem of recycling waste streams based on mixed plastics ...