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Ten Years of Success for FILMtech

(Flexpack)

April 24, 2012, ... effort to recycle, reuse, and reduce. FILMtech has expanded exponentially and is now housed in an 88,000-sq-ft facility and produces more than a million lb of product each month. Current applications ...

Landa Corp. Unveils Nanographic Printing Process

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2012, ... coated and uncoated paper stocks to recycled carton; from newsprint to plastic packaging films - all without requiring any kind of pre-treatment or special coating—and no post-drying. Adding to this cost ...

ITW Foils Issues Guide to Metallic Effects

(Metallizing)

March 26, 2012, ... impact of metallic effects, dedicating a section to sustainability concerns, complete with a product-by-product grading system. Each application can be used in conjunction with recycled paper and paperboards, ...

Carton/Box | Heavyweight SBS Is Ready to Print

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2012, ... does its own laminating and converting of paperboard products, it stocks and supplies a full range of boards from fine virgin grades to economical recycled grades, to films and foils for the printing and ...

LPS Industries Adds Equipment, Continues Green Ways

(Coating/Laminating)

March 13, 2012, ... associated with fulfillment, and using 100% solventless lamination. We recently executed contracts with two local companies to recycle 100 percent of our poly and paper waste and are exploring an expansion ...

Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2012, ... substrate, the material also is easily recycled because metal content is extremely low and there’s no film layer. Sustainability Award Taghleef Industries LLC, Charleston, SC, deserved the coveted ...

DuPont, Collaborators Save Energy in Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 26, 2012, ... in the skin film process, compared to converting PE, which was the material used in an early development stage. The skin-film itself, and its production residue, can be recycled in the PE waste stream. ...

Erema Sells Recycling System to Jadcore

(Green)

February 04, 2012, ... Ctr., Orlando, FL. Jadcore is a plastics recycler with a monthly production capacity of 6 million lbs. Rob Doti, Jadcore’s VP of manufacturing, expects the Erema TVEplus to open new recycling markets ...

Pureology Relaunched in Bottles with No-Label Look

(Label/Tape)

January 26, 2012, ... innovative set of bottle designs (one sits on its cap the other on its base), which are manufactured from a single mold and appear to embrace on shelf. The bottles are made with 50% post consumer recycled ...

Cardboard Bottle from Ecologic Brands Wins Green Award

(Green Converting)

December 05, 2011, A molded fiber bottle with a re-sealable “smart fitment” is honored for efforts to reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover materials OAKLAND, CA | The International Green Awards recently recognized Ecologic ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... suppliers, laminators, equipment manufacturers, and recyclers. Opening the proceedings, Corey M. Reardon (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/corey-reardon/0/765/357 ), president and CEO of AWA Alexander Watson ...

ASPAPEL Report Looks at Sustainability in the Spanish Paper Sector

(Flexpack News)

November 09, 2011, ... bio-composit…in green mills that generate green employment in rural areas, and to produce recycled paper in urban areas in mills that incorporate waste management facilities, deriving the maximum use of ...

PTI Calculator for PET Blends Is Offered as Free App

(Controls)

November 08, 2011, ... explains that virgin and recycled PET (rPET) have different IVs. As the use of rPET for packaging containers grows, the need for a quick way to calculate the blend’s IV increases. Reportedly, this hand-held ...

Facestock Is APR-Approved for Recycling Thermoform Containers

(News | New Products)

November 02, 2011, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials reports Fasson Direct-Thermal 200HD label facestock with S490 adhesive has been approved by the Assn. Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) for the recycling ...

Double H Plastics’ Cores Available in Reprocessed and Virgin HDPE

(News | New Products)

October 31, 2011, ... and recycled. Cores are moisture-resistant, reportedly making them dimensionally stable and able to be sterilized. Due to their minimal dusting, they’re suitable for clean room applications and can be ...

Green Converting: Landfill Diversion

(Green Converting)

August 16, 2011, ... packaging technology have put more pressure on companies and communities to answer this question. On the consumer side, municipal programs have started making it easier to recycle and compost in an effort ...

$2 MM Folding Carton Expansion at Menasha Includes Sheeting

(Carton Box News)

August 04, 2011, ... and bale scrap board for shipment to be recycled. Although Menasha says it currently recycles all waste board, the new process is expected to greatly improve efficiencies. Menasha's Folding Carton Group ...

Package Design: Make an Impact

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... recycled, sustainable, biodegradable, unbleached board, die-cut on a Heidelberg KSBA. It is printed at Lithozone Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, on a Komori Sprint 425BP press using vegetable-based inks ...

EPR Rule Is Voted Down

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2011, ... the basic tenets of EPR, Shinners and other local business people opposed the resolution because it did not exempt paperboard packaging, which is already recycled at a high rate. “…the potentially expensive ...

Experience Speaks: Jim Streicher

(Bag Pouch)

July 31, 2011, ... it made sense. What sustainability efforts have you made? We recycle all scrap films, cardboard, anything that can be reused. Some products we make use bio- and photo-degradable films and zippers. ...