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Dow Wash-off Label Adhesive Recognized for Sustainable Package Design

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2023, ... filmic labels and closures. APR’s Critical Guidance Recognition is a widely accepted recyclability assessment for plastics packaging and is granted to companies whose products solve challenges in sustainable ...

CJ Biomaterials Launches New Website to Showcase Revolutionary PHA Technology

(Sustainability Forum)

August 01, 2023, ... to create a more sustainable future by offering circular solutions that replace many non-recyclable, non-reusable and fossil fuel-based plastics and chemicals.               CJ Biomaterials is a global ...

What’s Special About Films and Synthetics?

(Converting Perspectives)

July 09, 2023, ... among consumers for luxury goods toward green packaging techniques that use bioplastics as raw material across various sectors, including personal body care and pharmaceuticals has driven the market growth. ...

Starlinger: Sustainability and Recycling for Woven Plastic Packaging at interpack 2023

(News | New Products)

April 18, 2023, ... percent recycled PET. Starlinger not only offers production equipment for woven plastic packaging, but also systems for the recycling and refining of plastics, which are also used in the closed-loop ...

US-Based Converting and Printing Innovator EDGE Industrial Technologies Expands Platform Offerings, Eyes New Acquisitions

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2023, ... Inc. Together, these three companies serve the packaging, food processing, converting, plastics and printing industries. In 2021, EDGE acquired Leverwood Knife Works of Red Lion, PA, and with an eye ...

Coating Futures in Medical and Wound Management

(Coating/Laminating)

March 19, 2023, ... many converters, converting is much more. Complex plastics, planar films, non-woven goods, synthetic papers, foils and other materials are manufactured and are subject to a variety of processes prior to ...

Brett Martin Announces Partnership with Keencut

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2023, ... with top quality.” Brett Martin and Keencut’s collaboration is part of Brett Martin’s Approved Partner programme. The Northern Ireland based plastics manufacturer works closely with cutting, printing ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, ... by organizations such as the Global Plastics Pact by the Ellen McArthur Foundation, all target the plastic packaging industry. The goals of such legislative measures are to provide an economic incentive ...

Rust to Tech: Part 4

(News | New Products)

September 05, 2022, ... a final production run. Canisters are prototyped for customers to test market new products, brands and designs. Sustainability & Environment Some say plastics will never be biodegradable. Responding ...

Third-Party Certifications Can Validate Sustainability Claims

(Bag Pouch)

July 10, 2022, ... has already been written about the lack of recycling processing infrastructure in the U.S., but recent investments show that the plastics industry is willing to step up and contribute to the complicated ...

3D Neopac Announces Technology Investments in EcoDesign Tubes, Decoration and Capacity Extension

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2022, ... items include reducing packaging weight (light-weighing), increasing recyclability (mono-material/PE), using recyclates, and replacing certain plastics with paper. 3D Neopac will market various eco-design ...

AIMCAL Activities

(Coating/Laminating)

April 03, 2022, ...  AIMPLAS hosts the AIMCAL R2R Europe Conference The AIMCAL R2R (roll-to-roll) Europe Conference will be held June 6–9, 2022, at the AIMPLAS Plastics Technology Centre in Valencia, Spain. The agenda ...

Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems Acquires MultiCam

(News | New Products)

August 23, 2021, ... to plastics fabrication. “At MultiCam, we have worked for over 30 years to diligently build a world class organization in the focused cutting arenas of routing, fabrication and digital finishing. The ...

Siemens Introduces New Servo Drive System Simplifying Motion Control for Machine Builders

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2021, ... tuning. Typical uses for this new drive system include packaging machines, handling applications such as pick-and-place, wood and plastics processing, as well as life sciences and digital printing.  ...

PolyQuest to Expand Darlington, South Carolina Facility for the Eighth Time

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2021, ... recycled PET and other thermoplastics. PolyQuest is adding 15 new jobs at the Darlington site with plans to increase. Construction has already begun at the site with an anticipated completion date of ...

Davis-Standard to Promote Total Solutions at Chinaplas 2021

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2021, ... the team looks forward to reconnecting with customers and the greater plastics community. Global aftermarket services and equipment technology for sheet, foam, blown film, thermoforming, pipe, profile ...

AIMCAL ACTIVITIES

(AIMCAL)

July 12, 2020, ... once again be a joint effort with the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and include its FlexPackCon event. An FAQ page (https://www.aimcal.org/r2r-faq.html) answers questions about the meeting and ...

Rising to the Challenge

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2020, ... processes. Whether static is needed in the process, such as in non-woven mask manufacturing, or static neutralization is required for thermoforming or converting plastics for medical devices and packaging, ...

Film Extrusion Manual, Third Edition Now Available from TAPPI Press

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2020, A new stand-alone training resource is now available for professionals and operations personnel at all levels in the plastics film industry A new stand-alone training resource is now available for ...

AIMCAL ACTIVITIES

(AIMCAL)

April 02, 2020, 2020 AIMCAL R2R Europe Conference Visits Spain 2020 AIMCAL R2R Europe Conference Visits Spain The AIMCAL R2R (roll-to-roll) Europe Conference will be held in 2022, at the AIMPLAS Plastics Technology ...