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PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... at some 20% of total laminate cost, and also reviewed possible improvements in supply chain management — including, of course, the waste management/recycling issues. Central to all discussions were the ...

Raymond Report Sheds Light on Packaging 'Trash Wars' between Michigan and Ontari

(Flexpack)

October 17, 2004, Raymond Communications' new report, "Canadian Recycling Policy: The Complete Guide for Product Makers," says the author, "sheds some light on how many major US-based manufacturers and retailers have come ...

Printing: Italian Style

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ...  With eight extruders, three CI flexo presses, two laminators, seven bag machines, and one recycling extruder, Simplast produces 250 tons of film a month. Sabatino Di Serafino, purchasing manager, ...

Release Liners: Challenges Ahead

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ...  facility in Germany has been offering, on a small scale, a patented solution for recycling silicone-coated papers. Research has shown that in Japan, where the environmental legislation is more restrictiv ...

CSR Must Be a Balancing Act

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... sectors. This will result in potentially using less or alternative materials, a possible advantage for the converting industry. At the same time, growing pressure to promote recycling and reuse poses ...

The Great Debate

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... a circular graphic image with two chasing arrows — one of a US greenback following a stylized image of Old Glory in red and blue. Manufacturers can download and add the recycling dollar's symbol, says the ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... of legislative affairs and a 35-yr veteran in the paperboard and paper recycling industry. Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses, Lincolnshire, IL, names Randy Siver director of marketing and technical sales ...

Several Issues Foretell A Tough 2004

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... recycling targets now proposed in the EU — have never been more prevalent. Overall, our seminar delegates did not expect 2004 to be an easy year — and with alternative technologies to self-adhesive ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, ... factors: the recovery rate of a particular waste in a particular year; the net cost of recycling each material through municipal Blue Box programs in a given year; the “disproportionate contribution” ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... Vacuum Sealed Fresh Chicken package, developed in partnership with Sealed Air using Cryovac T-Series rollstock material. Environmental News Ontario Law to Charge Industry for Recycling COLLEGE ...

DuPont Imaging Technologies Gets TLMI and FTA Kudos for Cyrel FAST Technology

(News | New Products)

December 22, 2003, ... expense of environmental risks of storing, recycling, and safely disposing of chemicals and solvents used in conventional plate production. The prepress technology manufacturer also says Frost noted that ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 3

(Unprinted Rolls)

November 30, 2003, ... excessively large to prevent someone from stealing it. With this exception, packages generally should follow the rule stated earlier. Recycling is another way to practice conservation and is important ...

Bottleneck Breakthrough

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... and packaging, as well as aluminum recycling, with 2002 revenues of US$12.3 billion. With world-class operations in primary aluminum and fabricated aluminum, as well as flexible and speciality packaging, ...

The Power of Three

(Tapes)

November 29, 2003, ... system,” Ashworth adds, “DuPont services the equipment and disposes of all the spent developer rolls. This has reduced our chemical disposal rate to zero and will allow us to dispose of our recycling unit. ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... impacts of packaging waste on manufacturers. This is done by imposing a surcharge or fee on specified products, requiring manufacturers to participate in product recycling or material recovery programs, ...

Division Issues Call for Papers

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... be part of the program. Packaging subjects will include barrier, medical, and microwaveable packaging and recycling and environmentally friendly packaging. The meeting will also include topics relating ...

Brckner Enters Growing Russian Film Market with Novatek Install

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2003, ... range [possible]." In addition the company states it provided: Peripheral equipment such as slitters, metallizers, recycling plants Complete factory planning Planning and realization of utilities: ...

Tag & Label Industry Timeline

(Tapes)

August 27, 2003, ... Recycling Program established to provide label customers with an environmentally sound alternative to landfilling used liner. TLMI Technical Conference re-instituted after a five-year absence. 1994 ...

Weyerhaeuser to Shutdown Oregon Containerboard Mill Lumber Plant

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2003, ... recycled material, according to Weyerhaeuser. Explains senior VP of the company's containerboard packaging and recycling, "There simply is not enough market demand for the product. The talented, skilled ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... reduction, then recycling, and finally, environmentally safe land disposal as the last resort. State approaches to source reduction generally involved banning the use of packaging perceived to occupy too ...