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Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, With the world becoming more environmentally conscientious, consumers are focusing more than ever on the products they’re purchasing By Robert O’Boyle, Senior Key Account Manager of Sustainable Products, ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2020, ... order from overseas, and/or use blank bags with stickers.” The company’s digital platform is reportedly more energy-efficient and sustainable than conventional printing technologies. “We produce less ...

Competitive Advantages in Cold Seal Application with ISRA Technology

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2020, ... packaging industry is increasingly focused on sustainability – protecting the environment, using energy and resources sparingly and recycling. Sustainable production also means that defect rates and waste ...

Multi-Solution Approach Key to Achieving Sustainability Goals

(Extrusion Coating)

February 24, 2020, ... and paper-based flexible packaging formats over glass, metal and rigid containers. As society and consumers drive towards more sustainable packaging solutions, regulators and value chain industry players ...

NOW Plastics Packaging Solutions Put Environmental Protection First

(Flexpack)

February 04, 2020, ... in the following categories: Post-Consumer Recycled content (PCR) films (PET, BOPA, PE, etc.); Film structures for making packaging recyclable; Bio-based/sustainable sources for raw materials/resins; ...

SÜDPACK Announces its Multi SV Skin is Cyclos-Certified

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2020, ... our portfolio with a new and particularly sustainable packaging solution,” said Carolin Grimbacher, managing partner and head of research and development at SÜDPACK. “At the same time, it represents a ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... and processes across the entire packaging value chain. Flexible packages placing in the winner’s circle as Diamond finalist included: Werner & Mertz GmbH and Mondi Group, Sustainable, 100% Recyclable ...

Charter NEX Joins the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

(News | New Products)

November 23, 2019, ... in our products, and as a partner to customers looking to develop more sustainable packaging. By joining the Alliance, we’ll take that commitment to the next level and collaborate with others in the value ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... find sustainable, creative solutions to the packaging industry. Norkol is proud to be one of the largest independently owned converters of commercial printing and packaging papers companies in the U.S. ...

Dow and Mespack industry Collaboration Displayed

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2019, ... key machinability and multilayer film structure parameters to enhance productivity, optimize machine settings and enable next generation sustainable packaging. Applications to be assessed range from ...

Dow Presents New ADCOTE™ L76-500 High-Solids Adhesive for High-Speed Metal Lamination

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2019, ... new ADCOTE high-solids adhesive we are providing our customers the opportunity to boost their competitiveness in the market with an efficient yet sustainable solution.” ADCOTE L76-500 high-solids adhesive ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Launches a New Website

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2019, ... Toray’s comprehensive, positive role in the manufacture of sustainable, technologically advanced polyester and polypropylene films and electron-beam crosslinked foams, and it underscores the company’s ...

LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... UV & EB inks do not dry naturally, so they can simply be left in the machine for the next job.”Sustainability is also of paramount importance to the management team at PakMarkas. The sustainable development ...

First Certified Biodegradable Anticorrosion Film powered by Nano VpCI®

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2019, EcoCorr® Film is biodegradable, compostable packaging film that provides contact, barrier and vapor corrosion inhibition. EcoCorr® Film is biodegradable, compostable packaging film that provides contact, ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

May 23, 2019, ... sell them. Getting consumers to return them to the retailer for recycling will be a challenge. Sustainable, end-of-life issues in packaging will continue to be in the spotlight for value-added converted ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

(Label/Tape)

April 21, 2019, ... industries. But this reliance comes with a cost. The current approach to plastic is not sustainable. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, if nothing about our consumption changes, new plastics ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Year Award went to PacAcel™ adhesive, a solventless, food-grade, sustainable adhesive family from The Dow Chemical Co. (Lake Jackson, TX). Benefits of the patented and patent-pending polyurethane-based, ...

FPA 2019 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners Announced

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... PrimaPak® Package, Sonoco Flexible Packaging JBS-Swift Printed Ovenable Meat Packaging (OvenRite®), Bemis Company, Inc. A Sensational Pouch, St. Johns Packaging Ltd. Sustainable Pouch with Easy-Lock ...

FPA Launches New Consumer Website

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... end-of-life management/recyclability, marine debris, and climate impacts. It also includes the new information gleaned from the A Holistic View of the Role of Flexible Packaging in a Sustainable World ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... products, among other items. The green path less traveled towards sustainable food packaging has become increasingly crowded. Israeli-based Polysack has manufactured flexible packaging since 1974, though ...