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PPC Looks Back on the Year

(Carton Box)

December 18, 2016, ... organization focused on building community within the industry, providing leadership skills and technical education, and promoting paperboard as the premiere sustainable packaging substrate.  The industry ...

UPM Raflatac Recognized for Recycling

(Label/Tape)

December 13, 2016, ... sleeve films, brand owners now have new sustainable and recycling-compatible choices when it comes to branding and packaging their products. In a letter to UPM Raflatac, APR thanked the company for its ...

Recycling Forum Set for 2017

(Trends/Management)

December 03, 2016, ... to develop and deliver efficient solutions for the sustainable management of plastics waste EPRO members are working to optimize national effectiveness through international cooperation by studying successful ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2016

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2016, ... SealTOUGH contribute to a sustainable solution through source reduction and recycling. SealTOUGH is available in four gauges: 18, 23, 30, and 40 μm. Featuring a treated skin on one side, SealTOUGH is ...

Carton of the Year Made of Metsa Paperboard

(Carton Box)

November 21, 2016, ... in design, convenience, brand communication, and the major role paperboard plays as a sustainable packaging material. Pro Carton ECMA Awards 2016 achieved a new record in terms of entries. The Award ...

RKW Adds Flexo Press with Many Benefits

(Bag Pouch)

October 04, 2016, The new press offers sustainable operation for company’s industrial bag solutions, including the ProVent self-venting bag FRANKENTHAL, GERMANY | RKW has put a new ten-color flexographic printing machine ...

Goss Reports Partnership with Elettra

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2016, ... at the core of its approach, Elettra has built up a portfolio of VOC-free automatic blanket washer systems featuring cloth technology that reportedly offer a pathway to more sustainable production across ...

Jindal Launches Coextruded Family of Films

(Flexpack)

October 01, 2016, ... to achieve enhanced performance benchmarks for clarity and strength, adding that packaging designs utilizing SealTOUGH contribute to the objectives for source reduction and recycling of the Sustainable ...

TLMI Looks to the Future

(Label/Tape)

September 27, 2016, ... and more than 60 dedicated volunteers focused on its purpose. “We drive a sustainable future through environmental stewardship in the label and package printing industry,” said Crosby. The committee is ...

Label Industry Announces Global Awards

(Label/Tape)

September 19, 2016, ... to a more sustainable world. Mike Fairley, chair of the judging panel, says, “It is the 13th anniversary of the Label Industry Global Awards and again, our entrants have demonstrated that the sector ...

Avery Dennison Adds Narrow Web Solutions

(Label/Tape)

September 18, 2016, Company announces a ChemControl Portfolio for hard-to-hold applications and an expansion of the Stickpak Portfolio MENTOR, OH | Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials (LPM) has added two innovations ...

SUN Automation Partners with CleanPrint

(Carton Box)

September 08, 2016, ... SUN Automation. “With CleanPrint systems in our portfolio, we are excited about maintaining that commitment by being able to offer customers a sustainable competitive advantage that improves our customer’s ...

UPM Raflatac & Baumgarten Collaborate on LCA

(Label/Tape)

September 07, 2016, The two companies have produced a life-cycle assessment of label material release liners in order to determine effect on the environment MILLS RIVER, NC | UPM Raflatac has collaborated with Brazilian ...

UPM Raflatac to Feature Wide-Ranging Display at Labelexpo Americas

(Label/Tape)

August 27, 2016, ... labels with every shipment. The company reports it offers sustainable products and manages waste responsibly. The Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has recently recognized 2.6-mil PP Pearlescent TC as ...

Ampac Wins AmeriStar Award for Mayo Pouch

(Bag Pouch)

August 22, 2016, ... brand with its unique shape. Its shape and usage of the flexible billboard makes it stand out on the shelf in this primarily rigid format category. The flexible pouch provides a sustainable improvement ...

Sun Chemical Partners with ACPO

(Coating/Laminating)

August 21, 2016, ... properties without needing to make capital investments in a coating unit. SunBar oxygen barrier coatings reportedly offer converters cost-effective, durable, sustainable films that support lighter weight ...

Bosch, BillerudKorsnas Launch Sealed Paper Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

August 18, 2016, ... Instead of using polymer film, a new solution enables production of dust-tight packaging for dry products such as sugar, grains, flour, or powders using sustainable mono-material paper, which contains ...

Kotkamills Starts Production on New Board Machine

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2016, ... in our new sustainable products has been massive,” says Kotkamills CEO Markku Hämäläinen. “The new machine offers a wide range of interesting possibilities for converters, brand owners, and designers ...

Constantia Brings Blister Eco Lidding to U.S.

(Flexpack)

July 26, 2016, ... share of aluminum in the product is 40%—far less than standard foil’s approximately 90%—and it also uses renewable raw material paper and less lacquer coating, making it more sustainable. CONSTANTIA Blister ...

Experience Speaks | Q&A with Charlie Eitel

(Trends/Management)

July 19, 2016, ... renewable resources; provide the documentation on sustainable raw materials to meet "chain of custody" requirements or restriction of hazardous chemicals compliance; lean manufacturing initiatives that ...