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Neenah Packaging Releases Swatchbooks

(Materials)

June 02, 2015, ... and in trending colors. Available in more than 15 finishes and in a wide variety of sustainable choices across its product lines including FSC certified and recycled options. Both folding board and box ...

Sleeve Label Competition Makes Debut

(Label/Tape)

May 19, 2015, ... Plastic Recyclers (APR). Overall it's a great environmental entry and a fitting winner in this category.” Full details of the winners in the AWA Sleeve Label Awards 2015 and entry forms for the 2016 competition ...

Paper Cup Is Engineered for Recyclability

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2015, ... are difficult for recyclers to process, the reCUP leverages EarthCoating barrier technology and may be processed through existing paper recycling streams without any need for special handling or additonal ...

Kotkamills Oy to Produce Packaging Board

(Carton Box)

May 04, 2015, ... be recycled without any special measures. Only printing ink, if any, will be removed in recycling. If unprinted, the board can be reused by re-pulping it and using it directly in the paper or board mill' ...

Jadcore Purchases 2nd EREMA Recycling System

(News | New Products)

April 25, 2015, ... Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH, announces Jadcore, a Terre Haute, IN, recycler of commodity plastics, has purchased an EREMA INTAREMA 1714 TVEplus. The INTAREMA technology replaces earlier systems ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... a multi-year, proof-of-concept program to collect and reclaim non-recycled flexible packaging waste and convert it into oil.  This program involved not only the large scale pyrolysis process needed to ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 2

(Flexpack)

March 23, 2015, ... EVOH packaging is microwaveable; can be scanned in metal detectors; is transparent; possesses some superior mechanical properties; and can be recycled. In flexible packaging, other properties, such ...

Virgin Fiber a Necessity in Chocolate Packaging

(Carton Box)

March 05, 2015, ... with both the environmental debate and the discussion about how mineral oils in recycled-fiber-based materials can contaminate packaged foods. “We are following the mineral oil debate with great interest, ...

Pregis Marks Ten years in Business

(Flexpack)

February 24, 2015, ... These advancements are critical for meeting our customers’ evolving needs.” In materials and equipment, Pregis reports it was the first-to-market in 2008 with the first-ever, high-recycled content, air-cushioning ...

Spear Introduces P-S Label for PET Bottle Recycling

(Label/Tape)

February 24, 2015, ... APR (Association of Post-Consumer Plastics Recyclers) to create a recyclable pressure-sensitive label alternative since 2002 and although a solution had been discovered, the material was cost prohibitive ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1

(Flexpack)

February 01, 2015, ... processing conditions. The scrap generated in polyolefin/EVOH coextrusion is commonly recycled as a regrind layer in sheet and bottle applications. Coextruded packages with EVOH can also be recycled post-consumer. ...

Hilex Poly Benefits From ShurTape Sealing System

(Label/Tape)

December 10, 2014, Installs ShurSEAL carton sealers on 8 bag machines HICKORY, NC |  Hilex Poly Co., Hartsville, SC, is a manufacturer and recycler of plastic bags and film products. At the company’s facility in Milesburg, ...

3M Corrugate Tapes Are Super Sticky

(Label/Tape)

December 09, 2014, Designed to seal recycled corrugated cartons ST. PAUL, MN | Today’s packaging engineers know all too well that the recycled content of corrugated boxes varies widely. And while using recycled fibers ...

Elsner Builds Rewinder for Medical Products

(News | New Products)

November 30, 2014, Automated line produces coreless rolls of nonwovens and features a solid winding rod that is recycled and fully automatic   HANOVER, PA | Elsner Engineering Works recently shipped a converting line ...

FPI Reports on Trends in Foodservice Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2014, ... This year’s foodservice packaging trends focused on both the environmental attributes as well as the “look” of containers. Demand for products that can be recycled and/or composted continued, with perhaps ...

Heritage Bag Grows with Support from Gloucester Engineering

(Bag Pouch)

November 17, 2014, ...  In addition to the physical changes they plan to make to the Texas plant, Heritage also will take on more compostable and recycled bag projects. “Compostable is a popular, high growth area for us,” says ...

Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market

(Label/Tape)

November 16, 2014, ... downloadable pdf, “How to Recycle Release Liner”—providing step-by-step advice and listing no less than nine providers of collection services within the USA. Currently involved in developing a pilot recycling ...

PMMI: Secondary Packaging Takes on Dual Role

(News | New Products)

November 09, 2014, Changes in primary packaging and the rise in retail-ready packaging cited CHICAGO, IL | US packaging machinery shipments increased by 6%, to $7.9 billion, in 2013; and a rise in retail-ready packaging ...

Green Bay Packaging Named Environmental Leader

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2014, ... of Sustainability Improvement.’” Discarded material going to the landfill was reduced by 99%, with the Green Team coordinating the effort to define waste streams that could be recycled, either traditionally ...

AkzoNobel Coating Creates Compostable Paper Cup

(Coating/Laminating)

September 24, 2014, EvCote Water Barrier 3000 is made from plant-based oils and recycled PET bottles AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | Akzo Nobel's new pioneering coatings technology EvCote Water Barrier 3000—which itself is made ...