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The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... assure better roll formation, larger rolls and lower waste. In the converting plant, large cores at the rewind end of presses, laminators and coaters make good sense. Laminated structures, some of which ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... society.  It protects and keeps food safe throughout every stage of the distribution line and extends the shelf life of food products, which leads to less food waste and lower food cost. Flexible packaging ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... Some presses can even save 50-75% of waste throughout the printing process, reducing heat and air and ink loss. By utilizing technologies like these, printers offer brands a way to decrease the overall ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... easy access and reclosability to minimize food waste. High opacity white inks and surface matte coating and lamination processes work together to mask the haziness and inconsistencies inherent with PCR ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... ink migration, glass can also play a key role in extending shelf life and reducing food waste. Other brand owners turn to converters for flexible packaging to optimize shelf life. Oxygen barrier coatings, ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2020, ... national scale and works with the communities in which it resides to reduce waste. Given the company’s growth in just four years, the ePac is proving to be rapidly evolving. Biofilms and Recycling: ...

Xeikon Introduces New Digital Label Press

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2020, ... a higher volume of sellable output with reduced waste. New generation interfaces The Man-Machine interface has been designed in a way that the operator can assess the status of his press from a ...

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 ...

Digitalize, Automate and Connect: The Backbone of Packaging Production

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

March 30, 2020, ... less ink and generate less waste than conventional flexo processes.  The DigiFlexo presses operate on the basis of a connected automation workflow by having a data exchange from machine to machine.  The ...

Packaging Recognized as Essential: Smart Packaging Enhances Food Safety and Security

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March 25, 2020, ... have induced considerable delays in cargo flows, rendering perishables particularly vulnerable to spoilage and waste. StePac developed advanced Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) solutions which effectively ...

BOBST Joins CEFLEX

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2020, ... better system solutions identified through the collaboration of companies representing the entire value chain. A circular economy is based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution from ...

European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2020, ... will have less material getting in to our plants in the next weeks,” a major French waste collector and reprocessor said. Reduced collection rates typically take several weeks to be felt in the market ...

FPA Addresses Essential Manufacturing in Light of COVID-19 Crisis

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2020, ... and medical waste receptacles use can liners to manage business, institutional, medical, and household waste. Carry-out and take-out food containers and e-commerce delivery, which are increasingly important ...

Discover How to Avoid the Finishing Bottleneck with Domino’s K600i Embellishment Solution

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2020, ... to produce short and medium run, added-value embellished labels quickly, and with significantly reduced man hours and material waste.” Using the company’s recently launched unique UV-curable clear ink, ...

A New Generation of Hybrid Drive Technology

(Digital)

March 05, 2020, ... time, minimum waste & cost-effective cutting technology with maximum lifetime – due to a micrometric die wear compensation adjustment – are additional significant benefits of this converting technology. ...

Safety, Efficiency, Savings

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

March 05, 2020, ... Since 2002, the US-based manufacturer has been refining the WebFlagger, an integrated solution to the inefficiency, waste, and risk associated with hand-flagging.    How the AF3 WebFlagger Works The ...

Faustel Leads the Converting Industry with Our In-House Technology Center

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 05, 2020, ... with fewer delays, miscommunications, and wasted resources. Faustel is well known for our high tolerance, exceptionally reliable converting equipment, but our ability to support the R&D process so completely ...

interplastica,and upakovka 2020 Reflect Stabilizing Russian Market

(News | New Products)

February 25, 2020, ... at the “Circular Economy in the Area of Packaging – Expectations and Reality” session. The Russian government placed this topic on the agenda to especially address the problems of disposing household waste ...

The FPA Launches New Website

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2020, ... packaging industry and advocacy priorities include ensuring that the flexible packaging industry is represented in legislative and NGO discussions on solid waste management, material composition transparency, ...

Pregis Joins CEFLEX to Further European Flexible Packaging Sustainability Efforts

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2020, ...  Pregis also recently announced that it had joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste which has a $1.5 billion investment goal over the next five years to help end plastic waste in the environment. Pregis ...