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How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2020, ... reducing waste and energy consumption. Use Less Water and Fewer Chemicals Flexo printers can also support sustainability initiatives by using water- and solvent-saving printing and cleaning processes, ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... into carbon dioxide and water; it also needs to “look” like compost, should not produce any toxic material, and should be able to support plant life. Compostable items are made from plant materials such ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... waste produced during the packaging of their products. Use Less Water and Fewer Chemicals Flexo printers can also support sustainability initiatives by using water- and solvent-saving printing and ...

European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2020, ... habits, and more importantly, recycling habits. “People are buying [bottled] water and they don't bring it back, they store it,” a German recycler said. Demand for virgin PET has already increased significantly ...

StePac’s Advanced Packaging Cuts Fresh Green Bean Waste

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2020, ... packaging films inbuilt with ideal water vapor transmission rates (WVTR) that eliminate the excess moisture from fresh green bean packaging, mitigating risk of decay and reducing sensitivity to russeting. ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... polypropylene, polyethylene). Multi polymer materials used in flexible packaging are sophisticated formulas, adept at protecting food (for example) from oxygen, water and so on. But mixing polymers makes ...

SOMA and Vetaphone Strengthen Working Partnership

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... 620 to 1450mm and in eight or 10 colors depending on the model, the Optima presses use sleeve technology to print solvent, water-based, or UV/LED cured inks on a variety of substrates including LDPE, HDPE/PP, ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Laundry Detergent Pods — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... formats. The results from the case studies show that flexible packaging has more favorable environmental attributes for carbon impact, fossil fuel usage, water usage, product-to-package ratio, as well ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Drink Pouch — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... formats. The results from the case studies show that flexible packaging has more favorable environmental attributes for carbon impact, fossil fuel usage, water usage, product-to-package ratio, as well ...

INX International to Feature Natural-Based and Flexo Ink Products for Packaging at InfoFlex 2019

(Upcoming Conference News)

April 24, 2019, ... properties. The INX flexographic product line features an array of ink choices to use for packaging purposes. These range from water, solvent and UV/EB flexo inks to Low Migration and Specialty inks ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... usage, water usage, product-to-package ratio, as well as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. Motor oil has traditionally ...

Zangrass Grass Paper for Sustainable Packaging

(Flexpack)

October 03, 2018, ... CO₂ emissions can be saved in the process chain for the production of the grass paper in comparison to pure fibre-based papers and and also the water consumption is lower. Furthermore, Zangrass is completely ...

Flexible Stand-up Bags for Cat Litter: Discovering the Sustainability Benefits

(Bag Pouch)

August 31, 2018, ... juice-flavored beverages. The results from the case studies show that flexible packaging has preferable environmental attributes for carbon impact, fossil fuel usage, water usage, product-to-package ratio, ...

SP Thermoforming Launches Carousel Design

(Flexpack)

June 26, 2018, ... No water cooling is necessary. Simple tooling design helps lead to quick changeover, while simplified loading geometry allows for efficient and cost-effective automation. Other important SP Series benefits ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... playing out in the media at the moment is distorted. “The reality is that depending on whether we look through the lens of overall carbon footprint, water footprint, energy use, recyclability, compostability, ...

BOBST Metallizer Handles Many Films

(Coating/Laminating)

January 24, 2018, ... the company’s ECO Mode, said to reduce energy consumption by up to 50% during stand-by, only delivering energy and cooling water when needed. This results in a reduced carbon footprint and significant ...

AMI Issues Report on Agricultural Films

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2017, ... conditions of cold as well as hot weather or water scarcity. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development formulated during the 2015 United Nations Summit has made a commitment, among others, to eradicate ...

Flexible Packaging | Fighting Food Waste

(Flexpack)

September 25, 2017, ... bars, wet pet foods, and organic foods. Studies indicate that they work best with products with high water activity or high moisture content, and which are subject to heat treating processes like retort ...

Davis-Standard Adds Extruder for Trials

(Flexpack)

September 10, 2017, ... of the new Thermatic include 400 HP water-cooled motor technology, a screw speed range to 375 rpm, advanced and conventional vent diverter geometry, an improved barrel cooling system, and next-generation ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2017 is its Largest Exhibition To-Date

(Trade Shows)

September 08, 2017, ... machine and will present a pattern hotmelt coater.  Flexo Concepts (Booth #7B20) has collaborated with Esko, Flexo Concepts, Harper, MacDermid, Siegwerk, Raflatac, Dirty Water Distillery and Clemson’s ...