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- New England Paper Cluster Hears from Mohawk CEO
- (Flexpack)
- July 29, 2015, ... programs on the supply of recycled fiber. In addition, Paul Bitters, product development manager at Paperlogic, offered an update on the firm’s work on nanocellulose, said to be an innovative type of paper ...
- FINAT Announces Recycling Awards Winners
- (Label/Tape)
- July 25, 2015, ... liners recycled. The goal is to raise awareness for the growing number of sustainable and economically viable recycling programs. These offer companies site-specific solutions for the collection and recycling ...
- Colbert Packaging Achieves G7 Master Qualification
- (News | New Products)
- July 06, 2015, ... press, a CPS flexographic press, and various Mitsubishi, Mark Andy, and Manroland presses. We use different types of paperboard, including SBS and recycled, as well as conventional, ultraviolet, and soy-based ...
- SPI Announces Refocus Recycling Summit & Expo
- (News | New Products)
- July 04, 2015, The event, scheduled for 2016, reportedly will offer new solutions to manage recycled content and drive sustainability in manufacturing WASHINGTON, DC | SPI the plastics industry trade association ...
- PaperWorks Industries Acquires CanAmPac
- (Carton Box)
- June 06, 2015, ... agreed to acquire CanAmPac, Napanee, ON, Canada. The acquisition includes coated recycled board (CRB) producer Strathcona Paper, folding carton manufacturer Boehmer Box, and LYFT Visual graphic services. ...
- Cortec Offers Auto Industry Nitrite Free VCI Paper
- (Flexpack)
- June 03, 2015, ... VpCI-146 is fully recyclable/repulpable and can be recycled into other types of paper products such as boxes, cardboard, and other corrugated materials. The paper does not contain any nitrites, phosphates, ...
- 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 ...
- Paper Cup Is Engineered for Recyclability
- (Flexpack)
- May 19, 2015, ... equipment. The reCUP is a recyclable paper cup that can be reclaimed and turned into recycled paperboard. Industry adoption of the reCUP has the potential to avoid sending more than 50 billion paper ...
- 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' ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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, ... in terms of waste costs and liner costs. The pressure-sensitive label converter rewinds used liner, but only about 1% is recycled.” Now with about 5% of the label market, linerless labels, while they ...
- 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 ...