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Service Makes the Sale

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... to mention that Bison also is a very green company. “We recycle as much as we can to reduce our carbon footprint, including solvents, film, corrugated, and so on. We use variable speed air compressors ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... which can be recycled into new coverings to reduce material sent to landfills, is said to provide excellent chemical resistance, superior load-bearing, and better cut and abrasion resistance. Mitsubishi ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... found on converting and packaging machines. The elastomeric covering, which can be recycled into new coverings to reduce material sent to landfills, is said to provide excellent chemical resistance, superior ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... be recycled, incinerated, or buried in a landfill. Functionally, p-s labels can have good graphics, but they are subject to defects on the container, such as flagging, wrinkling, and puckering. Container ...

Checking a Security Breach

(Print)

February 28, 2011, EUCLID, OH | InterGroup Intl., a recycler of post-industrial scrap plastic, reports a recent investigative mission to India had two purposes. InterGroup EUCLID, OH | InterGroup Intl., a recycler of post-industrial ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... making it from recyclable or recycled material; and reducing its environmental impact during the manufacturing process. Even as the most economical approach might be a combination of “green” attitudes, ...

NP&PA Reports Monthly Production Increase of 5.5%

(Carton Box News)

February 27, 2011, According to the American Forest & Paper Assn.'s January 2011 U.S. Paperboard Report released February 22, total boxboard production increased by 8.3% compared to January 2010, and it increased 5.5% from ...

SPR Packaging Reclaims Press Wash Solvent

(Flexography)

January 31, 2011, PEWAUKEE, WI | PPC Technologies & Solutions recently installed an ECOpure SR60V Solvent recycler at SPR Packaging, Rockwell, TX. The unit will be used PEWAUKEE, WI | PPC Technologies & Solutions recently ...

Cushion Multiple Roll Widths

(Materials)

January 31, 2011, ... handles multiple roll widths to 32 in. Can accommodate traditional virgin air cushioning material, reduced gauge structures, recycled content, or materials designed to accelerate microbial biodegradation ...

RockTenn To Acquire Smurfit-Stone Container

(Carton Box News)

January 24, 2011, ... well as one of the world’s largest paper recyclers. Smurfit-Stone has manufacturing mill capacity of 7.0 million tons; when combined, RockTenn will have 9.4 million tons of total production capacity, including ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, Much of the global discussion on sustainability has centered on the concepts of renew, recycle, and reuse. These are important topics, but the discussion Much of the global discussion on sustainability ...

Landfill Alternatives

(Label/Tape)

November 30, 2010, ... recycled content requirements. CRG also has formed a partnership with Greenwood Fuels, a company that pelletizes p-s matrix, the other nonrecyclable byproduct, to create an alternative fuel that replaces ...

Experience Speaks: Randy Nebel

(Trends/Management)

October 31, 2010, ... replaces persistence. What sustainability efforts has your company made? Longview is one of the largest recyclers of old corrugated containers in the Western US. Responsible sourcing has earned us ...

PPC Releases Annual Paperboard Trends Report

(Carton Box News)

October 27, 2010, ... healthy, organic aspects of the products contained within the packaging. Portion-controlling, biodegradable, and recycled packaging have become increasingly popular. Further, the aging Baby Boomer demographic ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... recyclability, compost ability, recycled content, renewable fuel usage, and less reliance on petroleum-based materials. While paper materials generally have a disadvantage in terms of energy and water ...

High & Mighty

(Flexpack)

September 02, 2010, Pine Poly Partners with NextLife Packaging Group To Produce High Molecular Weight HDPE Bags & Film Using 50% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic A line of sustainable, high molecular weight HDPE bags and film ...

Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, ... the company's “Grey is the New Green” bag, with a minimum of 30% recycled material, is an industry standard of success, and the bag itself is an emblem of environmental responsibility that can be carried ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... the Rochester Business Journal. Hammer Packaging's recognition focuses on its commitment to recycle, reuse, and reduce all materials, supplies, waste, and energy and to use renewable resources when economically ...

James Sanfilippo

(Trends/Management)

August 31, 2010, ... use of recycled content whenever possible, and the use of new and innovative lightweighting technologies. What does your company do for your customers that makes them want to come back and do business ...

PPI Offers NextLife Certified HDPE PCR Bags & Film

(Bag Pouch News)

July 28, 2010, ... consumer recycled plastic from reclaimed water, milk. and juice containers BOCA RATON, FL | NextLife Packaging Group (NPG) partner Pine Poly Inc. (PPI), Lynnfield, MA, is introducing a new line of sustainable, ...