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- Sustainability: A Journey Through Coating and Lamination Technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- June 19, 2024, ... higher rates of recycling such as mono-material structures — Compounds that can be recycled because they are made of a single polymer in a very high percentage. Currently, each member of the value chain ...
- Beontag Publishes 2023 ESG Report Reinforcing Role as Sustainability Enabler
- (News | New Products)
- June 17, 2024, ... Materials (GLM) sales in 2023 were from sustainable products, up from 71% in 2022. ‘Sustainable products’ are defined by four criteria: material reduction, responsible sourcing, recycled content and enable ...
- NOVA Chemicals Receives FDA LNO for Plastic Films Mechanical Recycling Process at Indiana Facility
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- June 17, 2024, ... the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirming the capability of its mechanical recycling process in Connersville, Ind., to produce post-consumer recycled linear, low-density polyethylene (rLLDPE) ...
- Flexible Packaging — In a Constant Cycle of Evolution
- (Flexpack)
- June 16, 2024, ... and global pressures continue to dictate the future of packaging formats. A common driver behind flexible packaging films is the proportions of recycled content. Both consumers and brand owners are influencing ...
- Printing Industry Banks on Sustainability
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- May 22, 2024, ... 80% of graphic paper in Germany is recycled to a high standard. In paper production, 90% of the water is reused. All print products account for less than 1% of the CO₂ footprint per person in Germany. ...
- Creating a Circular Packaging Value Chain: How collaboration with suppliers helps converters meet brand owner demands
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- April 28, 2024, ... account. There is a great deal of opportunity for collaboration across the value chain to accelerate change in the way packaging is produced and recycled. Resin suppliers can help converters meet the demands ...
- Innovation in Extrusion Barriers Can Reduce Brand Owners’ Dependence on Plastic
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 17, 2024, ... to landfill. While recyclability has often been the promise of plastic packaging, the reality is that limited infrastructure, recycling education, lower demand for recycled plastic and inconsistent regulations ...
- Recyclability & Circularity Consumers Support Sustainable Brand Packaging
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- April 08, 2024, ... of products and the packaging they are supplied in. This gives financial incentives for reducing the volume of packaging waste entering landfills, encouraging greater use of recycled materials in new packaging ...
- Building a Circular Economy for Stretch Film
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- April 05, 2024, ... who have already taken steps in downgauging additional sustainable opportunities. Beyond its sustainable attributes, post-consumer recycled (PCR) films are versatile films that allow machine wrapping ...
- Research Reveals Biggest Testing and Inspection Challenges Faced by Food and Beverage Packaging Professionals
- (Flexpack)
- March 31, 2024, ... meaning that current testing methods may not be applicable to them, or they may be harder to test and require certain expertise. For instance, recycled materials may have previously undergone multiple ...
- TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Directors from Irving Consumer Products, Valmet and Auburn University
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- March 28, 2024, ... her career and a member since 2012. Wendy was also a member of the Operations Board of the RPTA (Recycled Paperboard Technical Association) and helped plan the RPTA stream at annual TAPPI conferences. ...
- UPM Specialty Papers and Fazer Develop Recyclable Packaging Solution Without Plastic Lining
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- March 22, 2024, ... recyclable within a widely established fibre recycling infrastructure. Today, more than 80 percent of the fibre-based packaging material used in Europe is recycled. Our product development is always based ...
- TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Directors from Irving Consumer Products, Valmet and Auburn University
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2024, ... her career and a member since 2012. Wendy was also a member of the Operations Board of the RPTA (Recycled Paperboard Technical Association) and helped plan the RPTA stream at annual TAPPI conferences. ...
- FPA: The State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry
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- March 10, 2024, ... the ability to handle and provide unique materials that include post-consumer recycled content, bio-based or paper-based substrates, will further allow converters to differentiate themselves. In looking ...
- Aptar - Food Protection Enters Exclusive Partnership with Halopack to Launch Recyclable, Fiber-based Tray System in North America
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- February 27, 2024, ... for a wide variety of fresh, frozen, reheatable, grab-and-go and oven-able food applications. Called Aptar Halopack, the patented solution is produced with recycled* cardboard and a minimal amount of easily ...
- ABB Delivers Microwave Consistency Meters to Greenfield Pulp and Paper Mill in Greece
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- February 27, 2024, ... results. The KPM KC7 solution is suitable for blend/mixing chest, machine chest, recycled pulps and pulps with changing quality (freeness, kappa, ash). “By choosing to install ABB’s microwave consistency ...
- ECKART Metallic Effect Inks: Championing Sustainability in the Printing Industry
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- February 21, 2024, ... used on can be sorted and recycled efficiently. Tests conducted according to INGEDE Method 11 have demonstrated that prints with ECKART metallic pigments are perfectly suited for de-inking, scoring 100 ...
- BOBST’s innovations for flexible packaging
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 06, 2024, ... free, and FibreCycle solutions – fibre/paper-based mono-material structures coated with functional layers that can be recycled in the existing paper stream. Both are viable replacements for metallized ...
- HERMA InNo-Liner System Receives WorldStar Award
- (News | New Products)
- January 22, 2024, ... still has to be disposed of or recycled in a complex process. With the elimination of the backing material, freight costs and the required storage space for the label material are also significantly reduced. ...
- At Paris Packaging Week, Hoffmann Neopac AG Introduces Range of LowPro Caps Compatible with EcoDesign Tubes
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- January 22, 2024, ... Neopac’s sustainable tube offerings, including: 35-50mm-diameter extruded tubes crafted from sugarcane, recycled resins, and PICEA™ spruce wood materials. 35-50mm-diameter Polyfoil® EcoPro tubes ...