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PaperWorks Launches ClubStak Packaging

(Carton Box)

October 08, 2015, ... from 100% coated recycled paperboard and an internal liner made with custom-selected, paper-based material to address specific application needs. The liner material is applied in a strategic orientation ...

Label Industry Global Awards Winners Revealed

(Label/Tape)

October 01, 2015, ... highest percentage (80%) of recycled PET pellets. The new face material, said to have physical features equivalent to virgin PET films and has a lower production cost than other recycled materials, is ...

ACTEGA Kelstar Adds Blister Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2015, ... demonstrating excellent performance on sustainable materials such as recycled paperboard and plastics.” Product is said to offer the following benefits: • Excellent adhesion • Quick cleanup • Excellent ...

Caparol Sweden Launches Enamel Paints with IML Packaging

(Label/Tape)

August 25, 2015, ... offers more look-and-feel options. IML packaging is also better for the environment: the packaging and the label are of the same material and can therefore be fully recycled. Choosing IML therefore offers ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rethinking the Ban on EPS

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2014, ... to perfection and temperature-sensitive and fragile pharmaceuticals remain viable. The same EPS foam that protects wines, meats, and pharmaceuticals can be commercially recycled. Corporations like Chick-Fil-A, ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ... is an expansion in the company’s range of material designed to advance the recycling of PET containers, which addresses supply imbalances of recycled PET (rPET) and improves cost. CleanFlake now includes ...