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tna Presents Innovations at interpack 2023 to Help Food Producers Achieve Sustainability Goals

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2023, ... when not in use. Reducing Material Waste tna will showcase single-serration jaws that help to reduce the consumption of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), a recyclable but non-biodegradable ...

Achieving Sustainability: Q&A with Sun Chemical’s Dr. Nikola Juhasz

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... naturally-derived materials such as plants, rather than with fossil fuel-sourced materials such as conventional polymers, contributes to the sustainability and carbon footprint reduction of the printed ...

Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... waste give brands a compelling story and consumers another reason to feel good about their favorite beverage. To take it a step further, recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) is also a valuable ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... them recycle-ready. One of the most notable outcomes of these recyclability initiatives has been a drive towards mono-polyolefin structures and a reduction in the use of complex multi-material structures. ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... are composed of multiple layers of various polymers, which provide superior performance as barriers to oxygen and other gases, as well as moisture that could otherwise cause spoilage and reduce freshness ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, ...  Recycled Polypropylene in Woven Sacks and Big Bags With billions of woven sacks and big bags being produced worldwide every year, the potential to save resources through the use of recycled material ...

Three Ways Water-Based Primers are Advancing Extrusion Coating Trends in the Flexible Packaging Industry

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... consumers’ demands. Primers and Coatings can Promote Adhesion and Increase Barrier Properties in Multilayer Recycle-Ready Packaging If a package is made from a mono-material such as polyethylene ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... energy. A reaction of this nature creates strong bonds between molecules and drives the creation of long polymer chains. To the observer, UV curing instantly transforms liquid-like materials that are wet-to-the ...

Flint Group Supports Global CEFLEX Packaging Project

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... Recycling Project (CEFLEX QRP), co-developing and trialing duplex laminated flexible packaging comprising Polypropylene (PP) recyclate (rPP). The main goal of the QRP is to create a PP recyclate structure ...

For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now

(Flexpack)

December 04, 2022, ... packaging designs often combine different polymers such as PET, PA, EVOH and polyolefins, and complement these polymer films with metal layers like aluminum foil or vacuum metallization. In another study, ...

Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... polymers can considerably improve barrier resistance. The drawback, seldom mentioned, is that the positive environmental credentials associated with paper and paperboard could be regarded as being compromised. ...

Baldwin Technology Partners With Fi-Tech to Represent Textile and Nonwoven Finishing Technologies in North America

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... polymer, textiles, converting, perforated products and tobacco processing. Fi-Tech also maintains a spare parts inventory for many of the companies it represents. “With the increasing demand of Baldwin’s ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 3

(Converting Expert)

September 26, 2022, ... equations. For example, Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has a yield stress of 8,700 psi with a modulus of 300 ksi. If you elect to run at 25 percent of the elastic limit, set your tension to 218# for ...

Saperatec to Showcase Breakthrough Delamination Approach to Composite Packaging Recycling At K Fair in Düsseldorf

(Upcoming Conference News)

August 14, 2022, ... composite packaging, as well as other materials combining plastics with metal, glass and paper. Outside the packaging realm, possibilities include vastly improved recycling for glass-polymer composites ...

Sustainable Machinery Performance and Smart Factory Solutions Brought To You By Davis-Standard at K2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

July 24, 2022, ... and needed flexibility for processing various polymers at changing web widths. The motorized deckling adjustment promotes safe operation, and an optional way-encoder reduces waste during product changeover. ...

Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 3

(Coating/Laminating)

July 17, 2022, ...  For example, Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has a yield stress of 8,700 psi with a modulus of 300 ksi. If you elect to run at 25 percent of the elastic limit, set your tension to 218# for a 10” wide ...

Sustainability Beyond Recyclability

(Flexpack)

July 04, 2022, ... paper/poly/foil/poly structures offer good stiffness, barrier and filing on high-speed machines, but are challenging to make recyclable. Also, high residue products or products that require a barrier such ...

H.B. Fuller Joins 4evergreen Alliance

(News | New Products)

March 07, 2022, ... dematerializing the pallet packaging used throughout the supply chain, such as trays, slip sheets and stretch wraparound pallets that use polyethylene plastic, a material that is not recyclable in some ...

Comexi Will Expand Its Presence in the Middle East with a Showroom at Madayn Plastic Company

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2022, ... The Comexi F2 ML printing machine is the ideal response to market demands, in reference to large format jobs, such as those of the polyethylene market for wrap around, hygiene, as well as the majority ...

New At K 2022: START-UP ZONE

(News | New Products)

February 28, 2022, ... quality circular polymers for the global production supply chain. Also on board are HAGE 3D from Austria, which produces large format industrial 3D printers, and the developers of ENLYZE from Germany, ...