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- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... consumers would be attracted to the canister's extraordinary appearance to rationalize their purchase. No need to hide this Kleenex box under another decorative cover! Waste Not, Want Not Snagging ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... their purchase. No need to hide this Kleenex box under another decorative holiday cover! Waste Not, Want Not Snagging yet another award, this time for Technical merit in the Food Packaging category, ...
- Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... the weight of solid waste being introduced into landfills. This package also wins a gold award for Technical Innovation. Packaging Excellence/Environmental & Sustainability Achievement Nordenia ...
- Green Trends Prevail
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... “Green Dot” packaging laws connecting suppliers of the goods with package disposal — urban dwellers face four to five different waste bins representing metal, glass, and plastics of different colors. ...
- Place Parts Precisely
- (Label/Tape)
- February 28, 2011, Mod-Tech converting system is custom-designed and engineered to meet specific application requirements, including medical, pharmaceutical, label, security, Mod-Tech converting system is custom-designed ...
- Inks Earn Green Certification
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- January 31, 2011, ... Tests have shown they reduce waste and washups because they can remain in the fountain overnight, the company adds. What's happening at your company? Send your news to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ...
- Static Beat: Charge Control Antistatic Layers
- (Static Elimination)
- January 31, 2011, ... products with good static performance to avoid sheet sticking, jams, and contamination issues. High levels of static can be the root cause of production downtime and material waste. Many product formulations ...
- Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit
- (Controls)
- January 31, 2011, ... slitter/rewinder station: Eliminated product give-away by 2%, representing $40,000/yr in savings (2% of $2 million) Realized a return on investment on the LS4000 encoder in 3 months Minimized waste, ...
- Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings
- (Web Handling)
- November 30, 2010, ... mention how good it feels to be adding to the sustainability movement by eliminating and delaying the amount of material ending up in landfills. Putting the waste in landfills costs money, too. Currently, ...
- Call for Entries for DuPont Packaging Innovation Awards
- (Print News)
- November 01, 2010, ... Awards will be headed by John Bernardo, president, Sustainable Innovations LLC, USA. Entries will be evaluated for excellence in packaging innovation, sustainability and cost/waste reduction. Entry forms ...
- Eliminate Label Backing Material
- (Narrow Web)
- October 31, 2010, UVPSA001 for the linerless label market is intended to eliminate label backing materials often discarded as waste, with associated cost and environmental UVPSA001 for the linerless label market is intended ...
- Looking South
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... of continuous pressure and change. Pressure has come in various forms: lower market growth rates, raw material price inflation, and waste creation and management issues. As a result, there has been considerable ...
- Process Troubleshooting
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 31, 2010, ... effects needs to be balanced against the overall cost of waste. Curing: In curing operations, equipment variables to monitor include energy into the web, drying, and stability. Issues include temperature ...
- Montalvo Website Features Tension Upgrade
- (Tension)
- October 12, 2010, ... and reduced down time and waste. The emphasis is on obtaining and controlling minimal tension on extensible materials from the full roll mode down to the core using the Mark Andy 4120 presses. The ...
- Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2010, ... Since materials are a significant part of total manufacturing costs, the real payoff is the lower waste associated with the newer technology. All of Selig's products contain expensive aluminum foil. Not ...
- ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 19, 2010, ... reduced waste or environmental needs. Recipient Benjamin Schmidt-Hansberg earned this award for the paper “In-situ monitoring the film formation of solution cast polymer-fullerene blends for organic solar ...
- Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy
- (Flexpack)
- August 31, 2010, ... major increases in versatility, shorter changeover times, short run capability, and top quality two-sided graphics. Sustainability benefits reportedly will be achieved by reducing startup waste to near ...
- Green Converting: Leading the Pack
- (Flexography)
- August 31, 2010, ... the Rochester Business Journal. Hammer Packaging's recognition focuses on its commitment to recycle, reuse, and reduce all materials, supplies, waste, and energy and to use renewable resources when economically ...
- Show Preview: Heroes Welcome-Labelexpo Americas 2010
- (Label/Tape)
- July 31, 2010, ... when they represent myriad technological advances designed to save converters from inefficient or wasteful processes. Coming to the rescue September 14-16 is Labelexpo Americas, which will provide access ...
- Pressure-Sensitive Coating: Ready & Able
- (Label/Tape)
- July 31, 2010, ... to say that those companies probably generated more waste than Spinnaker did finished product. At the time, Spinnaker Industries was highly leveraged, in good part due to its 1998 purchase of S.D. Warren' ...