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- PPC Adds Digital Category for 2018 Awards
- (Carton Box)
- June 12, 2018, ... category, cartons are evaluated on how they replaced less sustainable substrates or how they decreased waste, utilized recycled/recyclable materials, or promoted clean production processes. The competition ...
- Windmoeller & Hoelscher Joins CEFLEX
- (News | New Products)
- June 09, 2018, ... and business models as well as end markets for recycled material. Transforming flexible packaging into a closed material system will represent a major challenge for the flexible packaging industry in ...
- PPC Boot Camp Covers the Industry
- (Carton Box)
- June 03, 2018, ... a valuable asset that needs to be managed and recycled. This process provides value to converters and the marketplace—and ultimately adds to paperboard’s sustainability story, says PPC. Quinn Garber, ...
- TLMI Reviews PROP 65 Changes
- (Label/Tape)
- May 27, 2018, ... and supplier impacts of the proposed standard. The webinar can be viewed anytime on the AMS website beginning June 1. TLMI also reports that CalRecycle has abruptly placed on hold its Packaging Reform ...
- Innovia Films to Focus on High Barrier
- (Flexpack)
- May 23, 2018, ... They will also assist in the production of monolayer materials for different applications that will enable them to be more easily recycled and be included in circular economy packaging design processes.” ...
- Ice Cream Tub Features Orange Peel IML
- (Label/Tape)
- May 23, 2018, ... is incredibly important. After all, in in mold labeling, the packaging and label is made of the same material, which creates a homogenous result that can be fully recycled and we can give the raw materials ...
- Monadnock Offers Guide to Environmental Options
- (Flexpack)
- May 15, 2018, ... are quantifiable: increased use of renewable electricity; CO2 equivalent emission reductions; replacing plastics with renewable, recycled and/or recyclable materials in the supply chain. Company says ...
- Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- May 14, 2018, ... containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. Developed in partnership, Sun Chemical and Eastman extensively ...
- Constantia Flexibles Acquires Creative Polypack
- (Flexpack)
- May 01, 2018, ... home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, high-definition flexo printing press, and laminators that will produce high-barrier laminates that can be fully recycled. The extra capacity will come onstream ...
- Plant-Based Pizza Box is Compostable
- (Carton Box)
- April 26, 2018, ... to minimize their environmental impact. The container’s composability reduces non-compostable packaging at pizza restaurants and supports eco-friendly disposal in areas where recyclers refuse pizza containers ...
- Nestlé Announces Environmental Goal
- (News | New Products)
- April 24, 2018, ... to reduce, re-use, and recycle." The company focuses on three core areas: eliminate non-recyclable plastics; encourage the use of plastics that allow better recycling rates; and eliminate or change complex ...
- Smart Planet Technologies Starts Paper Cup Recycling Program
- (Trends/Management)
- April 18, 2018, ... new markets to process those materials. Smart Planet Technologies’ reCUP is an innovative fiber cup solution made with EarthCoating that Allan Company is proud to recycle.” According to Smart Planet ...
- RDG Media Purchases Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC)
- (Trends/Management)
- April 04, 2018, ... extruders, blow molders, recyclers, fabricators, thermoformers, and compression molders. Food and beverage product manufacturers, contract manufacturers, medical/pharma, personal care manufacturers count ...
- AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2018, ... panels or bubble wrap, the honeycomb paperboard and corrugated box contains 100% recycled fiber content and may be recycled curbside because the metallized film easily separates from the honeycomb paperboard ...
- European Bioplastics Talks About EU Legislation
- (News | New Products)
- March 21, 2018, ... that is supported by this new legislation.” The revised Waste Framework Directive allows biodegradable and compostable packaging to be collected together with the bio-waste and recycled in industrial ...
- Alpesa Pallets Offer Environmental Benefits
- (Web Handling)
- March 05, 2018, Úpalet pallets are both recyclable and made from recycled cardboard, bringing a number of sustainability benefits VALENCIA, SPAIN | Alpesa, manufacturer of cardboard cores and tubes, introduces Úpalet to ...
- MacDermid Announces Launch of Resins
- (News | New Products)
- January 31, 2018, ... to address the challenges of printing on recycled boards and boards with thinner liners. It is commercially available in 5-gal plastic containers and 2,000-lb totes. M Cap 45 is a 45 durometer (Shore ...
- As You Sow Praises McDonald’s Green Policy
- (Flexpack)
- January 23, 2018, The environmental advocacy group issues a statement congratulating the fast food giant for its plan to recycle all post-consumer packaging by 2025 OAKLAND, CA | As You Sow, a nonprofit organization ...
- PaperWorks Invests in Warehouse
- (News | New Products)
- January 09, 2018, The new warehouse will hold large amounts of company’s MasterWorks Ultra 100 coated recycled board BALA CYNWYD, PA | PaperWorks Industries has invested $3 million in a new warehouse for its Wabash, ...
- Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination
- (Trends/Management)
- December 27, 2017, ... to be more environmentally responsible. This will push the converter industry towards developing programs to recycle liner and develop adhesives that are recycle-friendly and eventually, recyclable. ...