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How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2020, ...  Automated printing helps create efficiencies and reduce waste. With increased concerns about the environment, consumers are now pushing brands to use sustainable practices more than ever. In fact, ...

Labeling Productivity: Overcoming Common Obstacles

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May 13, 2020, ... at the point of application. This type of conversion reduces SKU count, handling and inventory costs in addition to increasing the amount of valuable data on the labels. It also allows for barcoding, QR ...

Flair Flexible Packaging Announces Enhanced PLATINUM+ Thermoforming Films

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May 12, 2020, ... both deep and shallow drawing. Also featuring non-forming films with reduced curling and improved lay-flat characteristics, PLATINUM+ thermoforming films are an enhanced experience both for processors ...

Addressing Adhesive Build-up on Blades

(Slit)

May 06, 2020, ... we are able to provide in order to reduce adhesive build-up for both shear cut and crush cut. Shear Cut Different Bevel and Profile - By switching to a double-hollowed bevel blade, you lessen the ...

Coating on Trial

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May 05, 2020, ... layer of air created by a fast-moving web, contact web cleaners can be effective. One way to reduce the problem of contaminants is to practice good housekeeping, for instance by keeping rolls wrapped until ...

Sappi Casting and Release Announces New Line of Textured Casting Papers for Solvent-Free Systems: Ultracast Viva

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April 28, 2020, ... European Union to reduce chemical waste and pollution. As a result, many of the world’s leading textile and fashion brands have formed the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Program to implement ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... can are PET, LLDPE and OPP. Source Reduction While PCR may not be viable for a given application, another way to reduce overall waste is to reduce the overall amount of packaging that a product requires; ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... offer high-quality printing capabilities on these materials. New presses can achieve near CI-quality on polyethylene and low gauge films, which means printers can offer brands the opportunity to reduce ...

Greycon Provides Scandstick with New MES Solution

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April 20, 2020, ... traceability; and Labor cost reduced through increased automation. “It has always been a pleasure to work together with the fantastic team at Scandstick,” said Esa Orola, global consultancy manager ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

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April 16, 2020, ... shrinks the carbon footprint of the packaging but also reduces its cost,” noted one judge. “Even though most U.S. consumers don’t have access to industrial composting facilities, consumers view compostability ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... carbon footprint by decreasing the number of truckloads of product that need to be delivered. This reduces fuel costs and lowers emissions as well. Sustainable Focus As the world continues to focus ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2020, ... ozone, consume less electricity, and use less water,” said Joachim. “A very important point is that our customers order to demand which reduces inventory and obsolescence, so in other words, if only as ...

Polymer Film & Bag Commences Production of Multilayered Films on Second Extrusion Line

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April 08, 2020, ... than conventional film, which significantly reduces the consumption of raw materials during production. Customers can expect a source reduction up to 50 percent, which means less material going into the ...

Xeikon Introduces New Digital Label Press

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April 01, 2020, ... a higher volume of sellable output with reduced waste. New generation interfaces The Man-Machine interface has been designed in a way that the operator can assess the status of his press from a ...

Competitive Advantages in Cold Seal Application with ISRA Technology

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March 31, 2020, ... need to be reduced to a minimum. A medium-sized producer of cold-sealed flexible packaging films for the food and cosmetics industry faces a challenge here. The packaging it produces has to be completely ...

A World of Change…

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March 29, 2020, ... prospects, the outbreak of coronavirus/COVID-19 has indeed impacted the paper packaging industry (along with many others) in terms of reduced inventory and supply of paper board, logistics interruptions, ...

Packaging Recognized as Essential: Smart Packaging Enhances Food Safety and Security

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March 25, 2020, ... instrumental in helping growers, packers and distributors extend seasonality, ship by sea instead of by air and reduce waste along the supply chain in order to supply fresh produce safely and in intact ...

European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus

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March 22, 2020, ... over plastic. A similar trend of reduced collection rates is expected in other key recycled polymer sectors such as recycled polyethylene (R-PE) and recycled polypropylene (R-PP). “We plan that we ...

Aptar Launches InvisiShield Active Packaging Solution for Pathogen Mitigation

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March 21, 2020, ... within 24-48 hours of activation. This mechanism significantly reduces pathogens that may have been introduced during the supply chain without coming into contact with the product itself. The result is ...

Tiziano Polito: Digital Printing - From Strength to Strength in Packaging

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March 15, 2020, ... own multipack, featuring only the flavors they like. Thousands of other products could one day be produced and sold in this way too, a method already used frequently in the automotive industry to reduce ...