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Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... post-consumer recycled fiber (PCF). At the end of November 2010, International Paper (IP) and Starbucks issued a press release regarding a six-week pilot project completed at Mississippi River Pulp ...

Optimism Returns

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2010, ... that the trend will continue through all of 2011. — Craig Sheppard, Executive Director, AIMCAL-The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators Pulp & Paper I remain optimistic for 2011 with ...

Teaming Up For Sustainability

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

December 31, 2010, ... a patented zero pollution pulping process; cups made of vegetable plastic from feed corn grown in the US, providing consumers with sustainable alternatives to petroleum plastics; and cutlery made from ...

Biomass Packaging Goes Retail

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 09, 2010, ... and made from wheat straw using a patented zero pollution pulping process. They are leak proof and work with either hot or cold foods. There are cups made of vegetable plastic from feed corn grown in the ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... collaboration in liner recycling.” Last year, Frost and Petri Tani joined forces to launch Cycle4Green — a “cradle to cradle” solution for paper release liner, based not so much on reuse but on repulping. ...

Paper Report Issued

(Carton Box)

October 31, 2010, ... and paperboard production rebounded 8.6% versus a year ago during the first six months of 2010.” The report, “2009 Statistical Summary of Paper, Paperboard and Wood Pulp,” shows US exports of paper ...

New Study Shows EPA's Proposed Boiler MACT Rule Would Cost Job

(Carton Box)

September 06, 2010, A new study conducted by Fisher Intl., a market leader in pulp and paper mill data, concludes almost 17,000 jobs would be lost at pulp and paper mills due to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ...

Deinking Study Is Shared

(Digital)

July 31, 2010, ... successfully deinked when hydrosulphite bleach was added after the repulping process. In one case, ink colorants were successfully deinked using peroxide only, which is a typical chemical used in the repulping ...

US Demand for Protective Packaging to Reach $5.2 Billion in 2014

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2010, ... Packaging." Through 2014, the fastest growth is expected for air pillows, foamed plastics and bubble packaging, with rapid advances also anticipated in the smaller molded pulp segment. Demand for air ...

Flex-Pack = Opportunity

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2010, ...  However, as in all industrial sectors, the global financial crisis has impacted growth, and energy and raw material costs — for natural gas, crude oil, wood pulp, and maize, for example — continue to ...

People

(News Clips Archive)

October 31, 2009, ... wire-forming innovator, founder of Appleton Wire Works; John Hinman, former CEO of International Paper; Karl F. Landegger, president of Parsons & Whittemore, producer of market pulp; Johan Richter, pulping ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2009, Splicing Agent Can Be Recycled Multipurpose splicing agent 64437 for common repulpable adhesive tape applications includes attaching substrates to cores Splicing Agent Can Be Recycled Multipurpose splicing ...

Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2009, ... for outstanding safety achievement at the Pulp & Paper Safety Assn.'s 66th annual Safety and Health Conference. Caraustar Industries, Atlanta, GA, receives a Noteworthy Accomplishment Award from DuPont ...

People News - July 2009

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2009, ...  Tridak, Torrington, CT, adds Ken Morton to its Engineering Dept. TAPPI, Norcross, GA, names the following Fellows for their contributions to the pulp, paper, and packaging industries: Joseph ...

Lean & Green

(Substrates)

May 31, 2009, ... are designed to meet green initiatives without sacrificing the esthetic beauty that brilliant silver and holographic base stocks offer. Products are biodegradable/compostable and recyclable/repulpable. ...

Specialty Paper Industry Conference 2009 Sets Agenda

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2009, ... paper industry: pulp producers, paper producers, chemical suppliers, equipment suppliers, converters/users, distributors, consultants, and others. Attendees will acquire a better understanding of the dynamics ...

Flexible Packaging Association 2009 Award Winners

(Flexpack Main)

February 28, 2009, ... retain its premium effect to grab consumers' attention. Back To Nature Robbie Mfg. Inc., Lenexa, KS, has created a Hot N Handy Bio-Pouch, made from renewable wood pulp, that provides consumers with ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... (FSC and PEFC) is driving up the prices for pulp-based materials in “ethical” buying situations. However, only about 7% of the world's forests are certified, just one-third of all commercial forests, so ...

What's Ne

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2009, ... Gloss Aqualene 3212 repulpable aqueous coating is designed as a superior release coating for a wide range of paper packaging applications. Said to deliver a smooth, glossy, and durable surface on paper ...

Enviro-Friendly Paperboard

(News Eclips)

January 07, 2009, AMAGIC Holographics introduces an Eco-Paperboard product that is repulpable and fully recyclable GARDEN GROVE, CA | AMAGIC Holographics introduces an Eco-Paperboard product that is repulpable and fully ...