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Beverage Cups | Taking a Deep Dive into Embossing

(Carton Box)

April 17, 2017, ... cannot be recycled or composted, and they are made almost entirely from non-renewable, oil based plastics. Further, the end-of-life disposal of these flexible laminates are contributing to a growing global ...

PaperWorks Board Called Alternative to SBS

(Carton Box)

January 21, 2017, MasterWorks Ultra 100 Whiteback CRB reportedly offers converters a 100% recycled alternative to SBS as well as performance and esthetic attributes BALA CYNWYD, PA | PaperWorks offers MasterWorks Ultra ...

Smithers Pira Issues Study of Sack & Kraft Paper

(Bag Pouch)

January 09, 2017, ... from sustainably managed forests, some kraft paper producers have also made attempts to increase the amount of recycled material used in the manufacture of their products.” According to the study, operating ...

Kotkamills Starts Production on New Board Machine

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2016, ... to have the capability to produce dispersion barrier coatings directly on the machine, producing barrier boards that can be recycled with normal paper waste due to having zero plastic content. “The interest ...

IoPP Reports AmeriStar Winners

(Carton Box)

June 01, 2016, ... The package is 100% polypropylene and contains 60% post-consumer recycled resin. A package like this is categorically unusual, but this brand continues to think boldly and proved sustainable does not have ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... uncoated fine paper branded products are part of company’s Green Range, meaning that they are FSC or PEFC certified, 100% recycled, or totally chlorine free bleached (TCF).      Nordmeccanica (Hall ...

AIMCAL Awards | Toothpaste Carton Is 'Touching' Winne

(Coating/Laminating)

March 16, 2016, ... of a design by Colgate Palmolive that utilizes 0.016-inch coated recycled board from Paperworks Industries, Philadelphia, PA, and 0.5-mil metallized polyester (MPET) with custom-registered Fresnel Lenses ...

TLMI Honors Companies for Green Leadership

(Label/Tape)

November 14, 2015, ... with recycled content, renewable energy, and green technologies. The company has also reduced water and energy consumption with documented and measurable tracking, in addition to waste and plate spoilage. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Avery Dennison to Showcase New Products

(Label/Tape)

August 17, 2014, ... the range of company’s material designed to advance the recycling of PET containers—which addresses supply imbalances of recycled PET (rPET) and improves cost. Portfolio now includes Roll-Fed Sleeve constructions ...