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AIMCAL Teams with SPE for Technical Meeting

(Coating/Laminating)

July 25, 2014, ... technical conference organized by AIMCAL and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Newtown, CT. The conference will feature more than 100 sessions with a fourth track devoted to flexible packaging. ...

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ...  Packaging is not just paper, but with the ease of inkjet, it has expanded into films, plastics, metals and other various mediums. This new technology of inkjet (aqueous and UV) and toner can make colo ...

Nampak South Africa Adds Titan Slitter Rewinders

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2014, ... solutions in paper, board and glass packaging, rigid plastics, metal containers, bar coding & labeling solutions, as well as extensive recycling operations and research & development in packaging. The ...

EcoCortec Partners in Marine Clean Project

(Materials)

June 23, 2014, ... ecological problem that is growing rapidly. The great majority of marine litter (more than 90%) consists of plastics, which has become one of the biggest contaminants in the world’s oceans. As most types ...

Ceresana Issues Study on Bags & Sacks in Europe

(Bag Pouch)

June 01, 2014, ... covers the European market for plastic and paper bags and sacks. The report says that, although plastics bags are increasingly attacked by environmental activists and legislators alike, the consumption ...

Clear Lam Packaging Wins DuPont Award

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2014, ... EarthClear initiative to commercialize new packaging technologies that minimize the impact on the environment. These efforts include packaging materials made from renewable plastics, materials that incorporate ...

SGIA Honors Members for Sustainability

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2014, ... Products (Saint Peters, MO) • Kent Pad Printer Canada (Markham, ON, Canada) • Laird Plastics  (Boca Raton, FL) • Marabu GmbH & Co. (Tamm, Germany) • Modernistic (Stillwater, MN) • Visual Impressions ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... in plastics, packaging, and chemicals, his company has a unique, in-depth knowledge of mergers and acquisitions in these industries, and he said that there are now 40 such transactions a year in the label ...

GRAPH EXPO 2014 to Present New Pavilion

(News | New Products)

April 30, 2014, ... the culmination of a collaboration of three industry organizations: The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI), producers of the National Plastics Exposition (NPE), the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC), ...

AIMCAL and SPE Come Together for Tech Conference

(Coating/Laminating)

April 20, 2014, ... Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) and the Society of Plastics Engineers have agreed to bring AIMCAL’s Web Coating & Handling Conference USA together with SPE’s FlexPackCon technical program to make what ...

Toray Lidding Film Can Take High Temps

(Flexpack)

April 20, 2014, LumiLid FDA-compliant, dual-ovenable polyester lidding films are now suited for temperatures to 400 deg F for 30 minutes   NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) recently expanded LumiLid ...

Parkinson Technologies Invites Students to Facility

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2014, ... and manufacturer of large-scale web handling, winding, and plastics processing equipment, invited students from Cumberland High School to tour its facility on two separate days late last year. The goal ...

Toray Pledges $2 Million to University Engineering Project

(Materials)

March 30, 2014, Company pledges money to University of Rhode Island’s Engineering Department to help school produce top engineering prospects NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America), manufacturer of precision-performance ...

Tobias Transmission Densitometers Evaluate Films

(Controls)

March 24, 2014, ... show deviations from a stored reference value for all functions. Optical system allows for repeatable readings of metallized films and many types of plastics. Features include the following: • Soft ...

AWA Release Liner Event Coming Soon

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2014, ... by Thomas Blaige, chairman and CEO of Blaige & Company, investment bankers specializing in the plastics, packaging, and chemical industries • A “label maker’s perspective” from Alan Hazlewood of the ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... paper-based substrates in West Monroe, LA. Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, supplied the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. The two smaller metallized Composipac Z-Flute cartons consist ...

INX and CTI Announce Ink Agreement

(News | New Products)

February 16, 2014, ... closures, plastics, and more, as well as printing in a variety of ways including offset, gravure, and with conventional and ultraviolet printing ink technologies. The two companies will continue to be ...

Chromatic Technologies Salutes "Burn Awareness Week

(Flexpack)

January 29, 2014, ... serves as a reminder for individuals to be especially mindful when holding or consuming piping hot beverages such as coffee. Using its patented technology in thermochromic plastics, Chromatic Technologies ...

Parkinson Technologies Expansion Ahead of Schedule

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2014, ... web handling, winding, and plastics processing equipment, reports its facility expansion will be completed ahead of schedule. The expansion, which was initiated to accommodate continued growth, will double ...

Stafford Flange Mounting Collars Made to Order

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2014, ... aluminum, and thermoplastics in a wide range of flange designs, hole patterns, and sizes. Incorporating the Accu-Clamp non-marring and perfectly square clamping feature, these one-piece collars can be ...