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Avery Dennison Matrix Recycling Tool Is Online

(Green Converting)

May 20, 2013, ... into clean, renewable energy sources. One such method is fuel pellets, which can be a direct substitute for coal but with a lower carbon and overall emissions footprint. The tool is based on Avery Dennison’s ...

Monadnock Paper Mills Continues Green Commitment

(Paper)

May 07, 2013, ... clean renewable electricity. “We have a longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability,” says Richard Verney, chairman and CEO of Monadnock Paper Mills. “We produce up to 50 percent of our electricity ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, Susceptor technology expands applications to microwave cooking of crisp bacon. FLEXPET film with renewable content receives Sustainability award; EnerLogic window film honored with Technology of the Year. ...

PPC Puts Public Policy on the Agenda

(Carton Box News)

February 20, 2013, ... works on clean air regulation, renewable energy, product stewardship, sustainability, and regulatory reform. At the conference Paul will not only describe California’s Proposition 65, an initiative requiring ...

Chocolate Wrapped in Compostable Packaging Film

(Film)

January 02, 2013, ... The wood-pulp is sourced from managed plantations. The renewable bio-based content of NatureFlex films is typically 95% by weight of material according to ASTM D6866. Offering advantages for packing ...

McCullagh Coffee Launches Compostable Packs Using Natureflex Film

(Flexpack)

November 28, 2012, ... American ASTM D6400, European EN13432, and Australian AS4736 standards for compostable packaging. The wood pulp is sourced from managed plantations. The renewable bio-based content of NatureFlex films ...

Diamond Packaging a Big Winner at PPC

(Carton Box)

November 26, 2012, ... All components are manufactured using 100% renewable wind energy. The “Four Seasons” folding carton series demonstrates these technologies in packaging representing each of the four seasons. All of the ...

Flint Raises Prices on Photopolymer Plates

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2012, ... are expected due to the move to renewable energies. Transportation and logistic costs have constantly gone up during recent years, and future increases are already becoming evident. Photopolymer printing ...

Consumers Buy with Their Eyes | Designing to Differentiate

(Print)

September 19, 2012, ... and non-renewable resources, the biopolymer polylactic acid is manufactured from raw plant materials such as corn or potatoes, a natural origin that gives it the advantage of being compostable. Container ...

Flint Group Offers EkoCure UV LED Inks

(Curing)

September 16, 2012, ... costs. In addition, UV LED lamps are ozone and mercury free (improved worker and environmental safety, and EkoCure is formulated on bio-renewable resources. “We have partnered with Phoseon Technology ...

Solar Farm Is Latest Green Initiative from Toray Plastics (America)

(Substrates)

December 11, 2011, ... Corp.’s Renewable Energy fund, and state and federal grants made possible by the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. At the inauguration ceremony, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln D. ...

Diamond Packaging a Big Winner in PPC Competition

(Carton Box Products)

December 06, 2011, ... Green Chic packaging model in the Fusion ProGlide packaging with the in-line application of MiraFoil metallic coating and Cast and Cure holographic effects, as well as the use of 100% renewable wind energy. ...

Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

(Flexpack)

August 18, 2011, ... and weight reduction compared to paper-based multiwall bags, lower total energy to produce, and smaller carbon footprint. Rigorous life cycle analysis comparing nonrenewable energy content and including ...

Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles

(Flexpack News)

May 18, 2011, Consumer demands for preserving the environment is a trend leading converters like Hood Packaging are seriously confronting head on. The biggest challenge is simultaneously keeping upcharges for more sustainable ...

Toray Turns to Solar Power

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

February 28, 2011, ... the solar field will come from Toray, grants and loans from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp.'s Renewable Energy fund, and state and federal grants made possible by the Federal American Recovery ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, Although sustainability means different things to different people, it generally includes minimizing use of energy and non-renewable resources as well Although sustainability means different things to ...

Toray Plastics (America) To Build $2 million Solar Field

(Flexpack News)

January 04, 2011, ... Development Corp.’s Renewable Energy fund, and state and federal grants made possible by the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Construction is expected to be completed by the third ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... transported, and recycled using renewable energy Optimizes the use of renewable or recycled source materials Is manufactured using clean production techniques and best practices Is made of materials ...

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 ...

Bag Making: Strength in Numbers

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... Sustainable Green Printing Partnership. One of only 23 printers in the world to receive the certification, it solidifies CEI's commitment to employing, whenever possible, materials derived from renewable ...