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- Amcor Joins U.S. Plastics Pact to Advance Circular Economy Goals in the United States
- (News | New Products)
- August 30, 2020, ... functionality while minimizing waste in the environment. A responsible packaging system will require innovative packaging design, improvements to waste management infrastructure and increased consumer ...
- H.B. Fuller Shares the Newest Adhesive Technology for High-Impact Sustainable Packaging Solutions
- (News | New Products)
- July 08, 2020, ... reuse, minimize waste, help recycle materials at the end of their lives and more. Global associations, consumer demand and regulatory changes are significantly impacting industry trends and have set ...
- Static Control for Flexographic Printing
- (Flexography)
- July 05, 2020, ... practices should stop sparks. About the Author Kelly Robinson, PE, Ph.D., is the owner of Electrostatic Answer, an engineering consulting company dedicated to eliminating injury and waste from static ...
- Plastics, Packaging and the Environment
- (Flexpack)
- June 29, 2020, ... modern 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 ...
- Beyond the Roll: Dry Ice Blasting for Maintenance and Cleaning
- (Web Handling)
- June 24, 2020, ... no wastewater, spent media, or any type of secondary waste gets generated. However, you still must ensure any sensitive areas near the location to be cleaned are protected. The goal is to keep any debris ...
- Smurfit Kappa Replaces EPS Frozen Food Packaging With Sustainable Paper-Based Alternative
- (News | New Products)
- June 22, 2020, ... Antilles Islands in the Caribbean using EPS boxes. However, a rise in the amount of litter that was washing up on the idyllic beaches in the region had led to a future ban on plastic waste so the company ...
- Gutfried Organic Chicken Meat Sausage in Innovative Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- June 17, 2020, ... The collaboration partners want to make a contribution to reducing waste volumes and conserving valuable resources. The bottom film and top film of the packaging each consist of several layers of ...
- Fastest Single Head Flexo Plate Imager from Esko Brings More Productivity to Corrugated Converters
- (News | New Products)
- May 26, 2020, ... it is necessary to use as much of the offcut material as possible to minimize waste. “Traditionally it has taken 15 or more minutes to image a partial plate to avoid machine imbalance, but now with Optics ...
- How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives
- (News | New Products)
- May 21, 2020, ... Automated printing helps create efficiencies and reduce waste. With increased concerns about the environment, consumers are now pushing brands to use sustainable practices more than ever. In fact, ...
- Coating on Trial
- (News | New Products)
- May 05, 2020, ... resolved or controlled through experience some, such as airborne contamination or particulate contamination on the base film can be a major source of product waste, machine downtime and a finished product ...
- The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years
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- 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: ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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, ...