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Ceresana Issues Study on Bags and Sacks

(Bag Pouch)

January 26, 2016, ... ignore this norm. Bioplastics are usually exempt from bans and special taxes that are directed to bags made of PE. Plastics made of renewable raw materials (e.g. cornstarch) and/or are biodegradable ...

ULS Report Issues Study on Packaging Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2016, ... and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Plastics, especially in the form of films and flexible pouches, play important roles in significantly reducing discards per unit of product delivered. • Recovery ...

DuPont Joins ADM to Offer Bio-Based Material

(Materials)

January 19, 2016, ... the technology has applications in packaging, textiles, engineering plastics, and many other industries. The companies have developed a method for producing furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) from ...

Menges Roller Celebrates 50 Years of Business in 2016

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2016, ... I am proud to continue what he started and to keep the company in the family. I see a bright future ahead.” In the last 50 years, Menges has served the converting, packaging, plastics, steel processing, ...

DuPont, Dow To Merge as Equals

(Flexpack)

December 14, 2015, ... $19 billion. Material Science Company: A pure-play industrial leader, consisting of DuPont’s Performance Materials segment, as well as Dow’s Performance Plastics, Performance Materials and Chemicals, ...

FTA 2016 Forum Open for Registration

(News | New Products)

December 13, 2015, ... crowds,” says forum chair Jennye Scott of Berry Plastics Corporation. “Topics were well presented, clear, and relevant to the everyday challenges facing printers/converters and the entire package printing ...

Sun Chemical Forms Advanced Materials Division

(News | New Products)

December 02, 2015, ... inkjet, electronics, architectural and industrial coatings, aerospace, printed circuits, photovoltaics, printed electronics, plastic cards, water degassing, and plastics. “By expanding Sun Chemical’s ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2015, ... rely on a variety of high tech films to produce the labels and packaging that protect their customers’ products and the consumers who use them. This year Toray Plastics (America), Innovia Films, Jindal ...

PPC Report Sees Growth in Folding Cartons

(Carton Box)

November 28, 2015, ... to fare well. This year, the report also forecasts solid growth for the folding carton market. Even with pressures from plastics and other alternative substrates, the folding carton market is expected ...

Sun Chemical Inducted into New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame

(Coating/Laminating)

November 15, 2015, ... opacity for applications in plastics, automotive and architectural coatings, ink compositions, and cosmetics. Recipients of the Corporate Award are considered based on a corporation’s patent portfolio, ...

AIMCAL Planning Next Year’s Events

(Coating/Laminating)

November 08, 2015, ... October 25–28, 2015, in Naples, FL, the organization is issuing a call for papers for the 2016 edition. Next year’s event, again jointly sponsored by AIMCAL and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), ...

In-Mold Labels | IMDA Symposium Covers Range of Topics

(Label/Tape)

November 05, 2015, ... presented. PFFC's Editorial Director Yolanda Simonsis helped judge the awards with Clare Goldsberry, Plastics Today, and Rob Neilley, RN Marketing. For a complete list of winners, click here. Peter ...

AIMCAL/SPE Recognize 10 Outstanding Technical Papers

(Coating/Laminating)

November 04, 2015, ... (AIMCAL) held its annual Web Coating & Handling Conference USA on October 25-28 in conjunction with the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) FlexPackCon at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, giving recognition ...

Toray OPP Films Suited for Non-Retort Pouches

(Materials)

October 08, 2015, TreaTear LT Series is said to offer many benefits, including a low SIT, high heat-seal strength, precise linear tear, and production efficiencies NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) announces ...

Nordson Expands Service in Mexico

(Coating/Laminating)

October 05, 2015, ... Processing Systems (PPS) brands and has increased access to direct support from Nordson for Mexican plastics processors. Bernal will represent the Nordson EDI range of flat dies for film, sheet, and ...

Dow Is Honored for Sustainability

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2015, ...  “We are honored and proud for the industry recognition that this award represents,” says Fabrice Digonnet, new business development leader EMEA, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. “In creating PacXpert, ...

Pearl and RIT Sponsor Program to Interest Girls in STEM

(Flexpack)

September 20, 2015, ... coordinator at Pearl and a 2013 alum of the college, in explaining how math and science apply to the plastics industry and manufacturing and showing the girls various punch profiles and slitting angles. ...

Folding Carton Printer Adds KBA Press

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2015, TPC Printing & Packaging has a new Rapida 105 press with full UV capabilities among its many features DALLAS, TX | KBA recently installed a new Rapida 105 41-in, eight-color press at TPC Printing and ...

Sun Chemical Launches On-Line Customer Platform

(News | New Products)

September 16, 2015, ... for our customers.” Sun is a producer of printing inks and pigments and a leading provider of materials to packaging, publication, coatings, plastics, cosmetics, and other industrial markets. With annual ...

Kolcor Is Awarded Patent for Screen Changers

(Flexpack)

September 08, 2015, The patented sealing device on hydraulic and manual screen changers is said to provide leak-free processing AGAWAM, MA | Kolcor Technologies, a supplier of screen changers for the plastics industry, ...