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- Degradable Plastics Trending Positive
- (Trends/Management)
- November 30, 2010, ... and US reliance on petroleum products, and consumer demand for sustainable, environmentally friendly packaging and manufactured goods. Polylactic acid (PLA) and starch-based plastics dominate the market, ...
- US Demand For Biodegradable Plastics To Grow 16% Annually Through 2014
- (Flexpack)
- September 09, 2010, ... capacity growth, efforts to reduce pollution and US reliance on petroleum products, and consumer demand for sustainable, environmentally friendly packaging and manufactured goods. Polylactic acid ...
- Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, Consumer-driven innovations named as winners in packaging competition DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers recently announced winners of its 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The awards program ...
- Chuck Larsen
- (Experience Speaks)
- April 30, 2010, ... results of hard work. What is the biggest threat to the converting industry right now? There are a lot of perceived threats, depending on who you talk to, from global competition, environmental regulation, ...
- Narrow Web's Leverag
- (Label/Tape)
- March 31, 2010, ... variety, speed to market, and increased demand for short runs are the key drivers behind narrow web opportunities. Narrow web printers can produce smaller quantities of flexible packages at very competitive ...
- NEWS CLIPS
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2010, ... for easy access to the company's line of self-wound overlaminate PP and PET film. Sensor Products (SPI), Madison, NJ, announces an agreement with Flexpoint Sensor Systems, Draper, UT, for the development ...
- Multipack Juices It Up
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2010, ... Intl. (GPI), Marietta, GA, has walked away with the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators' AIMCAL Metallized Product of the Year Award, named in honor of PFFC's former publisher, Peter Rigney. ...
- AIMCAL Awards
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2010, Graphic Packaging Intl. juices up AIMCAL’s metallized competition by winning the Peter Rigney Product of the Year award for its 10-count multipack carton for Disney juice pouches For two consecutive years ...
- Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag
- (Flexpack)
- March 21, 2010, ... variety, speed to market, and increased demand for short runs are the key drivers behind narrow web opportunities. Narrow web printers can produce smaller quantities of flexible packages at very competitive ...
- Bagmaking: Cleaning Up on F/F/S
- (Substrates)
- January 31, 2010, ... granular products, pet food, and all other items that are packaged using form, fill, and seal (F/F/S) machinery. The F/F/S packaging is water and moisture resistant, and can be made with vapor- and ...
- Packaging Conference Features Brand Owners, Tech Leaders
- (News | New Products)
- December 08, 2009, ... sugar cane and molasses, a byproduct of sugar production, into a key component for PET. Unlike other plant-based plastics, the PlantBottle can be processed through existing manufacturing and recycling ...
- Films 101: Back to Basics
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2009, ... biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and polystyrene (PS). One of the fastest growing and most economical films, BOPP ...
- Engineer's Playgroun
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- October 31, 2009, ... evaluate web-produced products. Peter Sherer, manager of Optimation's Mechanical and Process Systems group, says the facility has been utilized by small and large converters of finished films. More than ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... filtration efficiency and ease of service, in a compact and competitively priced unit. Farr Air Pollution Control | 800-479-6801 | www.farrapc.com Circle 437 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe
- (Narrow Web)
- September 30, 2009, ... printing now include gold laser, silver laser, high-gloss laser, matte clear laser, white PET laser, and high-gloss inkjet. New options feature a coated, 50# liner for high layflat performance. Both lines ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- August 31, 2009, ... of petroleum-based resins, biobased bioplastic is biodegradable when disposed in natural soil and water environments, home composting systems, and industrial composting facilities but will not biodegrade ...
- Renewable Bioplastic Biodegrades
- (News Eclips)
- August 10, 2009, ... of petroleum-based resins, biobased bioplastic is biodegradable when disposed in natural soil and water environments, home composting systems, and industrial composting facilities but will not biodegrade ...
- The Bag Cycle
- (Bag Pouch)
- July 31, 2009, On a recent visit to the neighborhood Target, I spotted something I hadn't seen before. Archer Farms, Target's private label, packages its potato chips On a recent visit to the neighborhood Target, I spotted ...
- PTI To Produce Small Quantity Prototypes
- (News Clips Archive)
- June 30, 2009, ... include PET, PP, barrier polymers, and PLA. “We believe we are one of the first companies to offer film and sheet prototyping capability from small resin quantities — 10 to 40 pounds,” says Jason Haslow, ...
- ISO Poly Films Adds Two W&H Blown Film Lines
- (News | New Products)
- June 22, 2009, ... and converting markets, ISO Poly Films plans for the equipment editions to expand its involvement in markets that include food, medical, pet food, as well as other new markets. The first W&H line is ...