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Davis-Standard Launches Extrusion Coating Line

(Coating)

March 22, 2013, The dsX flex-pack line includes many standard features and is said to allow converters to compete in fast-growing flexible packaging markets   PAWCATUCK, CT | Davis-Standard is offering the new dsX ...

Future Pack Acquires Two Omet Presses

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2013, ... press offering short set-up times, reduced waste, and top-level register controls to renovate its current equipment. Emirates National Factory for Plastic Industries (ENPI) was founded in 1995 by ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... intelligent control, and superior precision to increase productivity while reducing material waste and operating cost. Options on the machine being displayed include a digital read out, auto-indexing knife, ...

TLMI Hands Out Environmental Awards

(Green Converting)

January 09, 2013, ... environmental practices across a range of areas including solid waste reduction, recycling, waste, or energy recovery, the implementation of new “clean” technology and/or processes, and the implementation ...

WS Packaging Introduces LinerLESS Labels

(Label/Tape News)

December 26, 2012, ... the labeling line. “Doing away with the liner for pressure-sensitive film labels eliminates a waste stream and reduces the total applied cost of labeling,” said Dan Fulwiler, chief innovations officer, ...

Martin Automatic Joins Two Overseas Events

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2012, ... printers and converters. The conference, entitled “Reduce Waste and Improve Productivity,” was cosponsored by XOL Automation, a diversified engineering company serving the Middle East and North Africa ...

Ampac Pouch Is Honored by IFT

(Bag Pouch)

November 07, 2012, ... with a clear, opaque, or matte finish. This is Ampac’s first recyclable stand-up pouch, and the company says it was created to be more compatible with existing post-consumer waste streams. When clean ...

Coating Matters | The ROI of IP

(Coating/Laminating)

November 06, 2012, ... of the manufacturer. As a certified Six Sigma Black Belt for 3M, Mark has been integral to new developments and technology that minimize product waste and improve process scalability in web coating applications. ...

Show Preview | Pack Expo Intl. 2012

(Print)

October 17, 2012, ... and waste. Ideally suited for high-mix, low-volume applications that require a large number of label varieties. ExxonMobil (Booth E-8114) will exhibit Metallyte high barrier film with significant reductions ...

Sustainability | Q&A with Kyla Fisher

(Carton Box)

October 11, 2012, ... the industry is still exploring the limits of biodegradable materials, looking to see how these materials will be handled in the recycling stream, and if our current collection and waste systems are adequately ...

Sustainability | BASF, Mariners Debut Compostable Snack Bags

(Bag Pouch)

October 03, 2012, ... and communities everywhere get closer to their goal of zero waste. BASF partnered with one of the greenest teams in Major League Baseball, the Seattle Mariners, and used the iconic snack of the American ...

Printing, Converting, and Material Innovations at PACK EXPO International 2012

(Print)

September 19, 2012, ... # 800) will feature the new Stanford AccraSeam shrink sleeve seamer, capable of speeds up to 600 meters per minute. The AccraSeam increases profitability by reducing waste and downtime with features such ...

On Print | Inkjet at drupa

(Carton Box)

September 03, 2012, ... concern about inkjet presses running for long hours, with little waste and high uptime for mainstream printing. Inkjet still has limitations with speed and substrate, so there still needs to be care to ...

Web Lines | Measure Tension Wherever Possible

(Web Handling)

August 13, 2012, ... of web tension is the best diagnostic sensor for web conveyance performance. I strongly recommend this as the top improvement project to reduce all web handling related waste. Improved tension sensing ...

HP Video Shows Digital Going Green

(Green)

July 27, 2012, The last video in the HP/Mike Ferrari series points out sustainable benefits of digital presses, including waste reduction and elimination of overruns   CINCINNATI, OH | Sustainability is the subject ...

Erema Opens Center for Reclaimed Plastic Trials

(Flexpack)

July 25, 2012, Customers of Erema can run reclaim in a new center in Austria, helping them evaluate performance of the plastic scrap for specific applications   IPSWICH, MA | Erema, specializing in the development, ...

Badger Plug Adds Locale for Recycling

(Green)

July 23, 2012, ... could be recycled, but we found the industry was more than interested in getting these products out of their local waste stream and back into a recycle or reuse venue." Duffy points out that many packaging ...

TLMI Paper Covers PET Thermoform Recycling

(Green)

July 21, 2012, ... to the thermoform recycling process is that small amounts of label and adhesive components are unable to be removed, thereby contaminating the waste stream. This issue is currently being addressed in the ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ... Fuels and Channeled Resources, the waste matrix and finished rolls being generated during various live demonstrations on the show floor will be collected for conversion to fuel pellets. Visit the Ecovillage ...

Experience Speaks | Rex Lane

(Experience Speaks)

May 16, 2012, ... entry, running presses, changeover times, material waste, product quality, inventory. We’re seeing enormous success with this. 14. Do you have a personal hero? Definitely Peyton Manning. I’m from Knoxville, ...