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Building a Circular Economy for Stretch Film

(Flexpack)

November 10, 2024, ... today can include up to 30 percent PCR without compromising performance. PCR resin has been used in hand stretch film for many years, but it has not been until recently that manufacturers have introduced ...

Merging Innovation and Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

November 03, 2024, ... it into virgin-quality recycled polypropylene resin. 1-5 Source: https://www.towardspackaging.com/insights/flexible-packaging-market About the Author Swapna Gawale is a seasoned research consultant ...

A Deeper Look at UV Inks in Label Production

(Surface Prep)

August 16, 2024, ... a special coating for substrate adhesion. In the past decade, resin and latex encapsulated inks have been developed, and when heated after printing, fuse to even non-top coated films. As remarkable as ...

TIPA and Fresh-Lock Collaborate to Enhance Home Compostable Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2024, ... closures for pouches. These new reclosable solutions for flexible packaging are designed with TIPA's proprietary home compostable resin formulation for various end-use markets including food, nutraceuticals, ...

Mark Andy and Rotometal Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Tooling Innovation

(News | New Products)

June 20, 2024, ... Mark Andy. MA has worked closely with Rotometal to offer a new Composite Print Cylinder Sleeve crafted from the highest quality epoxy resin to offer exceptional thermal resistance and dimensional stability. ...

NOVA Chemicals Receives FDA LNO for Plastic Films Mechanical Recycling Process at Indiana Facility

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2024, ... are committed to building a state-of-the-art mechanical recycling business. We have the product development and engineering skills to produce recycled plastic resins for the most demanding and premium ...

Demand Increasing for PCR Plastics: How Recycled PE supports Sustainable Packaging Solutions

(Flexpack)

June 13, 2024, ... streams that support a reliable supply of PCR material. Recent innovations in PE resin technology have brought recyclability to a variety of flexible packaging formats with mono-material designs and high-performance ...

CJ Biomaterials Expands PHA Offering, Introduces New Semi-Crystalline PHA Biopolymer at NPE 2024

(News | New Products)

May 07, 2024, New PHACT™ S1000P (scPHA) is a biodegradable resin certified for industrial and home composting New PHACT™ S1000P (scPHA) is a biodegradable resin certified for industrial and home composting PHACT ...

Adheso-Graphics joins the Anderson & Vreeland, Family of Flexo Brands

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2024, ... to its portfolio, starting with Matrix materials, then adding Nova Polymers, Custom Flex, AVantage Liquid Photopolymer resins, Provident LLC and now Adheso-Graphics. This latest addition to the A&V Family ...

Creating a Circular Packaging Value Chain: How collaboration with suppliers helps converters meet brand owner demands

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2024, ... account. There is a great deal of opportunity for collaboration across the value chain to accelerate change in the way packaging is produced and recycled. Resin suppliers can help converters meet the demands ...

Innovation in Extrusion Barriers Can Reduce Brand Owners’ Dependence on Plastic

(Coating/Laminating)

April 17, 2024, ... years, with improved process control, multilayer co-extrusions and new coating materials that have resulted in thinner resin layers. Combined with stronger fiber technology, brand owners now have even ...

INX promotes three to Vice President positions

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2024, ... INX’s in-house proprietary resin systems that are unique to the industry, and has earned the reputation as the go-to source to resolve issues and develop new technologies. “I am honored to be recognized ...

Building a Circular Economy for Stretch Film

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2024, ... of products in a fast, secure, and timely manner. Machine stretch films available today can include up to 30 percent PCR without compromising performance. PCR resin has been used in hand stretch film ...

TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Directors from Irving Consumer Products, Valmet and Auburn University

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2024, ... TAPPI, highlight his broad expertise and his dedication to the sector's growth and innovation. Dr. Maria Soledad Peresin has more than 20 years of academic and industrial experience in materials science ...

A New Era in Sustainable Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 26, 2024, ... while meeting common packaging needs. It is made with certified commercially compostable resins and designed for use in standard heat-shrinking applications. Users can shrink wrap small or large components ...

What’s In Your Flexible Packaging?

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 11, 2024, ... on the use of novel additives to improve the performance of polyethylene resins. Discussions will focus on how additives are being used to improve barrier performance in HDPE and the ongoing search for ...

TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Directors from Irving Consumer Products, Valmet and Auburn University

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2024, ... TAPPI, highlight his broad expertise and his dedication to the sector's growth and innovation. Dr. Maria Soledad Peresin has more than 20 years of academic and industrial experience in materials science ...

FPA: The State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry

(Print)

March 10, 2024, ... and resins accounted for the largest spend for converters with the two categories making up over two-thirds of material purchases — films are 47 percent; resins are 23 percent. Within films, polyethylene ...

IPCO Double Belt Presses and Precision Scattering Systems highlighted at JEC

(News | New Products)

January 31, 2024, ... with resin. Resin can also be applied in powder, film or liquid form onto a non-woven or felt material. Complementing the ThermoPress range, IPCO manufacturers a range of high precision scattering systems ...

At Paris Packaging Week, Hoffmann Neopac AG Introduces Range of LowPro Caps Compatible with EcoDesign Tubes

(News | New Products)

January 22, 2024, ... Neopac’s sustainable tube offerings, including: 35-50mm-diameter extruded tubes crafted from sugarcane, recycled resins, and PICEA™ spruce wood materials. 35-50mm-diameter Polyfoil® EcoPro tubes ...