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- Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs
- (Flexography)
- April 01, 2019, ... The benefits they provide include improved shelf life, lower transportation costs, reduced material consumption and landfill contribution. This format is cost effective and offers a great marketing opportunity ...
- IPCO Introduces Continuous Film Casting System Combining Precision Slot Die and Compact Venturi Dryer at ICE USA
- (Upcoming Conference News)
- March 31, 2019, Process systems manufacturer IPCO has introduced a high precision continuous casting system that enables the production of membrane and film products to exceptionally narrow tolerances. IPCO’s innovative ...
- FPA Publishes Perspectives on the Meaning of Sustainability in Flexible Packaging Study Report
- (News | New Products)
- March 24, 2019, ... particularly sustainable materials, but many do not think consumers care about sustainable processes. The majority of brand owners believe that consumers care about the sustainability aspects of packaging ...
- FPA 2019 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners Announced
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2019, ... Director, Mintel Group Ltd. Sustainability continues to be a focus, with a number of entries using bio-based and compostable materials. Kimmel notes, “We saw several examples of bio-based and compostable ...
- FPA Launches New Consumer Website
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2019, ... the full life cycle of packaging materials, in most cases, flexible packaging requires less water and energy to manufacture and less gas to transport, reduces product waste, and sends less material to ...
- Web Tension Control Fundamentals
- (News | New Products)
- January 24, 2019, ... and stable tension control ensures the highest product quality and productivity. An optimized web tension control system will ensure that the correct tension is maintained for any type of material, at ...
- Martin Automatic to Premier at ICE-Europe
- (Web Handling)
- January 21, 2019, ... for challenging applications and the company’s solutions for nonstop unwinding and rewinding using a variety of splicing techniques suited to different substrates and materials. These include adhesive ...
- Will it Process?
- (Extrusion Coating)
- December 11, 2018, ... Instruments Ltd Thin flexible substrates are sometimes modified and combined to produce substrates with enhanced layer properties not normally obtainable from any single source material. The benefits ...
- Mondi Offers Next Generation of Bag-in-Box Technical Films
- (News | New Products)
- October 14, 2018, ... in this manner results in the use of about 25 percent less material while also reducing transport weight and hence the overall carbon footprint.” A current customer is already running trials of this ...
- An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 1
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- September 11, 2018, ... of articles will focus on extrusion of polymers through flat or round dies. Extrusion, as we know, is today is more than 100 years old. Early extruders were used to extrude rubber, an elastic material. ...
- Toray Advances Lines of Packaging Films
- (Film)
- August 31, 2018, ... and ultra-thin offerings, transparent high-barrier, metalized to replace foil, a white pigmented appearance, bio-based materials, integrated sealant technology with improved hermeticity and seal strength, ...
- Oklahoma State University Offers Web Handling Seminar
- (News | New Products)
- July 31, 2018, ... flexible material through process machines. Major topics to be presented include measurements, tensioning, speed and tension control, web-roller traction, converting, tracking, wrinkling, and winding. ...
- Pregis Completes Acquisition of FP International
- (News | New Products)
- July 21, 2018, ... materials, equipment systems and surface protection, has completed its acquisition of Free-Flow Packaging International, Inc. (FP International). “Pregis and FP International will now be moving forward ...
- MacDermid Announces Price Increase
- (Print)
- June 27, 2018, ... of 2%-5% on its photopolymer products. This increase will be effective July 9, 2018. Raw material, energy, and transportation costs have risen dramatically over the last two years, says the company, and ...
- Filmquest to Raise Prices
- (Flexpack)
- June 26, 2018, Rising raw materials costs and new trade policies are among the reasons cited by the company for the price increase BOLINGBROOK, IL | John Felinski, president and CEO of Filmquest Group, announces ...
- 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 ...
- Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving
- (Bag Pouch)
- May 10, 2018, ... down. In addition, there’s the sustainability/recyclability factor. These two factors, cost and sustainability, will drive materials innovation for the foreseeable future, and machinery original equipment ...
- Flexo Printing | FTA Honors 2018's Top Print Job
- (Print)
- May 06, 2018, ... materials partners in the U.S. to keep the environmental footprint to a minimum, while supporting the American manufacturing industry. HALL OF FAME FTA inducted its 56th member, Lon Robinson, into ...
- Packaging Trends | Market for Liquid Pouches to Hit $10.5 Billion by 2024
- (Bag Pouch)
- May 06, 2018, ... strong consumption for spout products owing to serving with ease facility. Materials & Markets Polyethylene is the widely used packing material and generated more US $2 billion in revenue ...
- DowDuPont to Invest in Expansion
- (Flexpack)
- April 17, 2018, The company will invest $100 Million to expand manufacturing capacity of specialty materials at Sabine River Works MIDLAND, MI & WILMINGTON, DE | DowDuPont reports a plan to make a series of investments ...