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People & Places

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... August 14. The company will continue to manufacture specialty recycled paperboard and solid fiber book and binder products at the facility. WS Packaging Group, Algoma, WI, names John LeCloux VP operations ...

Flex-Pack & Recycling in Japan

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... and industrial waste, implement 3R from the design phase and throughout a product's lifecycle. The Resources Law also requires manufacturers to reuse recycled paper and glass packaging and containers ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... for the composite can, tube, and core industry, as well as for the volume of recycled paperboard for these manufacturers. These projections are based on sales dollars, trends, and tonnage as compared to ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... The Freedonia Group at 440/684-9600 or visit freedoniagroup.com. Praise for Recycled Paperboard NEW YORK, NY, USA — Independent research firm Priority Metrics conducted a study on behalf of the 100% ...

Gussets Lead to Growth

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... wrapper.” Expand-A-Mailers are available in relatively small orders; unprinted mailers are available in white 0.020-in. recycled boxboard from Rock-Tenn in stock sizes of 12 × 9 in. and 10 × 7 in.  ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, ... mainly focused on bottle deposit laws, recycled content requirements, or mandatory “take-back” programs. The impact of new costs and fees imposed on consumer product companies will have repercussions up ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... with the juices retained by the tray. A ribbed and slotted trivet beneath the sausages allows fat and juices to separate cleanly, without spattering. Both tray and trivet are pure aluminum and can be recycled ...

Northwest Converter Trojan Litho Installs Korber PaperLink's SHM 1450 Sheete

(Archive)

March 08, 2004, ... consists of about 80% SPS with a caliper range of 10 point to 30 point - “which the SHM 1450 exceeds on both ends of the scale - and 18% recycled stock," he explains. According to Körber, the remaining ...

6 Sigma Success

(Tapes)

December 30, 2003, ... the plant is totally “green”; all toxic chemicals are recycled, and all recycled byproducts are environmentally safe. Because of the complexity of the manufacturing system and the resulting products, ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 3

(Unprinted Rolls)

November 30, 2003, ... for recycling. Other items such as unused, two-component thermosetting adhesive cannot be recycled. Post-consumer recycling is an area that does not seem to receive sufficient consideration by people ...

Coming to America

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2003, ... on the BCAM is lighter and stronger than the traditional one-piece carrier, and using solid unbleached sulfate (SUS) board for the body and recycled board for the inner divider also provides significant ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... development process. Environmental News Goods Packaged in 100% Recycled Paperboard HonoredWASHINGTON, DC, USA—Thirteen winners in the 60th Annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition featured ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... by June 2001, recovered between 50% and 65% of packaging waste and recycled between 25% and 45%. Plastic and other individual material recycling rates must meet or exceed 15%. National legislation and ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... temperature, hot melt adhesive reportedly sets in 2-3 sec and bonds well to difficult board stocks, including recycled and high-performance liners. Said to form strong bonds with some coated substrates, ...

Weyerhaeuser to Shutdown Oregon Containerboard Mill Lumber Plant

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2003, ... recycled material, according to Weyerhaeuser. Explains senior VP of the company's containerboard packaging and recycling, "There simply is not enough market demand for the product. The talented, skilled ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, ... recycled paperboard. It may be normal to replace the knife blades on a monthly basis, if not more frequently. Blade replacement usually takes 8 hr. Dual rotary knives typically last 9-12 mo or longer before ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... from paying the tax if the bag is made of at least 40% recycled content, can be reused at least 1,000x, or is used to contain a product with no other packaging. The bill also levies a 2-cent tax on ...

Economic/Marketing Trends in the Global Converting Industry at CMM

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2003, ... American paper packaging markets as well as single- and multi-client studies. These projects include detailed analysis of the international containerboard markets, economic analysis of recycled containerboard ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... papers of comparable weights. Initially it will be offered in 70# and 80# text weights, with variations to follow. This recycled paper meets the US government standard for 30% post-consumer waste equivalency, ...

What's Ahead for Bagmakers

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... quality, high advertising appeal of boutique-style bags and carriers with central impression flexo printing can be seen as well as the simplest one- or two-color stack-type prints on recycled polyethylene ...