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Dow Europe Adds New Polymers

(Coating/Laminating)

September 03, 2012, ... in Paris, France. AFFINITY GA 1000R is an MAH-grafted polymer said to offer excellent bond strength for hard-to-bond substrates such as coated papers and boards or recycled paper. Also said to offer ...

Spear a Clear Leader in PET Bottle/Label Compatibility

(Facestocks)

August 22, 2012, ... of these materials are particularly welcome. Spear’s materials are said to show acceptable PET haze and “b” clarity values up to a 50% recycled content load and include the blowing of new PET bottles from ...

Spear P-S Materials Aid PET Recycling

(Green)

August 21, 2012, ... the base materials. Spear’s materials show acceptable PET haze and “b” clarity values up to a 50% recycled content load and include the blowing of new PET bottles from the recycled flake with acceptable ...

Sustainable Packaging | Use Newspaper & Water

(Carton Box)

August 20, 2012, ... of recycled content. Fortunately, with sustainability as their mantra, packaging developers are expanding the possibilities available with advanced, economical molded fiber packaging applications. As ...

Managing Creatively Inspires Enthusiasm AND New Business

(Trends/Management News)

July 22, 2012, ... Group is doing. The Newark Group is a leader in the collection of secondary fibers and the manufacturing and converting of 100% recycled paperboard, and it took the party concept a step further, for ...

Biobased Label Uses Building Block from DuPont Tate & Lyle

(Adhesives)

June 06, 2012, ... The issue of contamination by the label adhesive was a recurring problem, and [solving it] would provide a significant quality improvement for the users of recycled PET. Our objective of providing world-class ...

DuPont Awards | Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top Prize

(Carton Box)

May 09, 2012, ... and Waste Reduction Ciclo VerdeTaeq is a closed-loop system that brings recycled materials into the production of high-value products instead of being used to make lower value articles and enables societal ...

NPE Follow Up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 30, 2012, ... of PET (polyester) so that the recycled stream has the same physical properties as the virgin material.  The same goes for polyethylene-based waste stream (minus the IV increase step). All in all it ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hot Melt Adhesive Grabs & Holds

(Adhesives)

June 30, 2011, Advantra Encore hot melt adhesive is designed for exceptional bonding on a broad range of challenging substrates, including coated stocks and high-recycled-content Advantra Encore hot melt adhesive is ...

Industry Associations

(Uncategorized)

June 01, 2011, ... Recycled Paperboard Alliance (RPA) Washington, DC; 202-347-8000; www.rpa100.com Adhesive & Sealant Council (ASC) Bethesda, MD; 301-986-9700; www.ascouncil.org AICC—The Independent Packaging Assn. ...

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... metallizer, GPI supplied the 100% recycled paperboard substrates for the reverse-printed, metallized Composipac Z-Flute folding carton. DuPont Teijin Films, Hopewell, VA, supplies the 48-ga polyethylene ...