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Alpesa Pallets Offer Environmental Benefits

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2018, ... sustainable product made from recycled material, its light weight lowers transport costs, and because it is 100% recyclable, there is no need for back and forth shipment. This reduces fossil fuel usage ...

Flexo Concepts Refines Doctor Blades

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2018, ... blade edge at a technical seminar offered this week in Barcelona, Spain, by FINAT. Enhancements to the tip reportedly further improve metering precision and reduce waste that occurs during press startup. ...

Tetra Pak's Fully Renewable Package on Display at Museu

(Carton Box)

March 05, 2018, Tetra Rex Bio-based beverage carton featured at the Museum of Brands in London LUND, SWEDEN | Tetra Pak has now delivered more than half a billion packs of Tetra Rex Bio-based, the world’s first beverage ...

Metsä Board Ensures Sustainability

(Carton Box)

February 26, 2018, ... have been able to reduce our CO2 emissions by 45 percent since 2009. Metsä Board has worked systematically to reduce the weight of its paperboards, which helps reduce carbon footprint in the entire value ...

Highcon Launches Updated Cutter/Creaser

(Carton Box)

February 24, 2018, ... stronger than those produced on conventional machines. This creates an opportunity to attain the same strength with reduced material usage and as a result, reduced costs. The potential of adding lamination ...

HP Indigo Details Largest Sale Ever

(Print)

February 20, 2018, ... virtually any sized flexible packaging application with unlimited variation and support demand for growing SKUs, alongside benefits of reduced waste from minimal setup and production of only the quantities ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... transport, refrigeration, and cooking of the product is far more onerous than the lightweight, micron-thin carton or plastic tray its packed in. To put this in perspective, if every family reduced its ...

Hyde Increases Commitment to Clean Energy

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2018, The company has added a second field of solar panels to further reduce its carbon footprint SOUTHBRIDGE, MA | Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions (IBS) has almost doubled its commitment to clean energy ...

Lombardi Opens Doors to Show Machinery

(Label/Tape)

February 18, 2018, ... varnishing at register, and an inline Toro unit for hot foil, equipped with the ‘foil saver’ system to reduce the consumption of the foil. The register and print quality controls have been used in the ...

Verstraete Converts In-Mold Label for Mayo Tub

(Label/Tape)

February 13, 2018, ... barrier IML label reduces the oxygen permeability of IML packaging by making use of an EVOH layer in the IML film. The OTR value (Oxygen Transmission Rate) of packaging with an oxygen barrier IML label ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, ... of cross-linking must be carefully controlled as too much cross-linking will severely reduce the adhesion of the polymer and thus the adhesive. Cross-linking also helps to build the size of the polymer ...

Anderson & Vreeland Offers Processing System

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2018, The nyloflex Xpress Thermal Processing System is said to offer simplicity, flexibility, and reduced energy use BRYAN, OH | Anderson & Vreeland, part of the Flint Group, announces the nyloflex Xpress ...

Maxson Announces Dust Collector

(Carton Box)

February 07, 2018, The PEN MAM Dust Collector is said to reduce dust-related hickies in sheeting operations WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Company offers the PEN MAM Dust Collector, a sheet-cleaning system ...

Metsä Board Offers Eco-Barrier Paperboard

(Carton Box)

February 05, 2018, ... Oy, has been using the new paperboard for a baguette pack used by a Finnish artisan bakery, Huovisen Leipomo. Kimmo Jokinen, managing director, OffsetKolmio Oy, says, “We were able to reduce the print ...

Material Science | The Future of Packaging

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, ... identification (RFID) tags, which contain chips that store unique item data about the products to which they are attached, are helping to reduce food waste by improving efficiency in food delivery and ...

Riyadh Orders BOBST Press

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2018, ... repeat of 1200 mm, it reportedly meets the customer’s demands for a wide range of applications. Among the technical highlights of the presses is the smartGPS off-press set-up system said to not only reduce ...

MacDermid Announces Launch of Resins

(News | New Products)

January 31, 2018, ... the tonal range of the finished plate and reduces fluting to an extent said to rival or surpass that of the leading flat top dot technologies in the industry. “We are thrilled to be launching these additions ...

Troika Systems Celebrates 21 Years in Business

(Print)

January 30, 2018, ... be printed, reportedly helping to save press set-up time, reduce waste, and increase profits. The company reports more than 900 AniCAMs and 1000 Plate-II-Print units have been sold to date to the label, ...

Davis-Standard Introduces Winder

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2018, Ironing roll winder is said to modernize high-speed winding of large-diameter master rolls and reduce defects FULTON, NY | Davis-Standard announces the introduction of a new ironing roll winder that ...

BOBST Metallizer Handles Many Films

(Coating/Laminating)

January 24, 2018, The K5 VISION vacuum metallizer is said to be compact, to provide high performance, and to reduce energy MEX, SWITZERLAND | BOBST says the new K5 VISION vacuum metallizer is compact and designed to ...