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- Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo
- (Converting Perspectives)
- December 01, 2019, ... tolerant, costing less than some other substrates. Its specialty characteristics include having a low coefficient of friction and good chemical resistance. It’s not widely recycled, but the recycling rate ...
- Charter NEX Joins the Alliance to End Plastic Waste
- (News | New Products)
- November 23, 2019, ... flexible packaging that is recyclable, uses higher volumes of recycled content (PCR), and/or incorporates materials made from renewable resources. In 2019, the company ranked in the top 11 percent of businesses ...
- K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future
- (Upcoming Conference News)
- October 02, 2019, ... reduces waste and also protects the resource of crude oil, because wherever new products are made from recycled plastic, there is no need to use raw, i.e. previously unused, materials. About seventy ...
- RKW Launches Sustainable Product Line for Packaging Industry
- (Flexpack)
- September 10, 2019, ... on sustainable materials and recyclability. This line encompasses films, which can be used to produce fully recyclable stand-up pouches as well as others, which contain various degrees of recycled post-consumer ...
- Agenda set for AIMCAL/SPE Technical Conference
- (News | New Products)
- July 31, 2019, ... and advances related to coating process technology, oriented films, barrier, R2R vacuum technology, system developments, safety and regulatory issues, circularity and post-consumer-recycled content, advanced ...
- Smartbatch™ Frost Collection: PolyOne
- (News | New Products)
- July 22, 2019, PolyOne launched its new Smartbatch™ Frost Collection for use in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) bottles. PolyOne launched its new Smartbatch™ Frost ...
- Ecophane Sustainable Films: Terphane
- (News | New Products)
- May 30, 2019, ... new PET films address a growing demand for films that guarantee the production of recyclable packaging with recycled content. “The Ecophane line is the result of extensive research and development and ...
- Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry
- (Label/Tape)
- April 21, 2019, ... to employ more recycled, re-used or compostable materials in the next decade. Avery Dennison is committed to helping converters and brand owners deliver products that are more sustainable – products ...
- Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study
- (News | New Products)
- April 16, 2019, ... rigid HDPE bottle has a greenhouse gas emission about 1.5X that of the flexible stand-up pouch with fitment. Even though rigid HDPE bottles are recycled at a rate of 34.4 percent, 2X as much material still ...
- FPA Launches New Consumer Website
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2019, ... landfills. In the U.S., approximately 50% of flexible packaging can easily be recycled through in-store drop-off programs. Single layer polyethylene (PE) films can be recycled, but often must be dropped ...
- TLMI Launches PET Release Liner Recycling Program
- (Uncategorized)
- November 29, 2018, ... Circular Polymers has approved PET release liner as a material that the company can fully recycle. The recycled liner becomes PET pellets that can be used in multiple industries. For TLMI converter ...
- Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market
- (Flexpack)
- November 25, 2018, ... of polyethylene and is designed to be recycled through existing How2Recycle store drop-offs. This technology offers benefits of low haze, good stiffness and high gloss. The film is currently available ...
- Now Plastics Introduces 60 to 90 Percent PCR PET Films
- (New Products)
- November 07, 2018, New post-consumer recycled PET film offers reduced environmental impact and lower costs. EAST LONGMEADOW, MA | Now Plastics, one of the largest suppliers of films and aluminum foil, is now offering ...
- Flexible Stand-up Bags for Cat Litter: Discovering the Sustainability Benefits
- (Bag Pouch)
- August 31, 2018, ... because as a composite structure (paperboard with a film layer on top), it is assumed that the entire package will end up as municipal solid waste. Paperboard without the film layer is typically recycled ...
- L’Oréal and Avery Dennison Collaborate to Eliminate Label Waste
- (News | New Products)
- August 05, 2018, ... glassine paper liner (waste from label application process) from landfills into recycled products. Through this program, L’Oréal Australia will divert over six tons of glassine paper liner in Australia ...
- IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way
- (IML/IMD)
- June 13, 2018, ... interior car parts. The panel agreed, "We'd love to see how it looks in the car." The panel also appreciated the fact that the film trim is recycled. Best Blow Molded Part/Package, Gold Award Kunlun ...
- PPC Adds Digital Category for 2018 Awards
- (Carton Box)
- June 12, 2018, ... category, cartons are evaluated on how they replaced less sustainable substrates or how they decreased waste, utilized recycled/recyclable materials, or promoted clean production processes. The competition ...
- Windmoeller & Hoelscher Joins CEFLEX
- (News | New Products)
- June 09, 2018, ... and business models as well as end markets for recycled material. Transforming flexible packaging into a closed material system will represent a major challenge for the flexible packaging industry in ...
- Innovia Films to Focus on High Barrier
- (Flexpack)
- May 23, 2018, ... They will also assist in the production of monolayer materials for different applications that will enable them to be more easily recycled and be included in circular economy packaging design processes.” ...
- Ice Cream Tub Features Orange Peel IML
- (Label/Tape)
- May 23, 2018, ... is incredibly important. After all, in in mold labeling, the packaging and label is made of the same material, which creates a homogenous result that can be fully recycled and we can give the raw materials ...