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- Innovia Films Launches Encore Sustainable BOPP Films
- (Flexpack)
- June 01, 2020, ... and one for pressure sensitive labelling applications. “This represents the first step in our journey to produce more sustainable films, with the next step being products that contain recycled post-consumer ...
- Be Part of the Circular Economy by Opting for Cortec® Recyclable Moisture-Barrier Paper and Linerboard
- (News | New Products)
- April 28, 2020, ... be recycled through normal channels. Due to its strong emphasis on developing non-hazardous, environmentally friendly options for packaging and/or corrosion protection, Cortec® Corporation has been able ...
- Plastics, Packaging and the Environment
- (Flexography)
- April 22, 2020, ... and the combination of multiple substrates have solved many complex issues, the combination itself often negatively impacts the package’s ability to be recycled. In other words, combining two different ...
- AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony
- (News | New Products)
- April 16, 2020, ... CT)/Plastic Suppliers Inc. (Columbus, OH). ProAmpac has developed a high-barrier pouch with 25% post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content. It’s used for Justin’s nut butter covered nuts. A zipper provides ...
- PFFC’s Companies to Watch
- (Flexpack)
- April 09, 2020, ... reduce their carbon footprint by returning used VpCI films to Cortec for recycling. Cortec reprocesses it into new VpCI film products at up to 20 percent recycled content, a level at which Cortec can ensure ...
- European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus
- (News | New Products)
- March 22, 2020, ... on virgin prices - with which recycled material competes - and individual customer relationships in countries such as Italy. The coronavirus has had a major impact on petrochemicals, hindering global ...
- Leaders in Sustainability
- (Equipment/Machines - Converting)
- March 05, 2020, ... the highest level, not only thanks to its sustainability. New Total Recycled PE Pouches Nowadays, thanks to ELBA’s SA-V machine technology, it is possible to produce totally recyclable PE stand-up ...
- State of the Industry Report
- (Nonwovens)
- March 01, 2020, ... is nearly 70 percent. A box-maker’s product is the most recycled item on the planet.” According to the AICC, 80 percent of paper mills are utilizing recovered fibers to some degree. Any virgin fibers ...
- Pregis Joins CEFLEX to Further European Flexible Packaging Sustainability Efforts
- (News | New Products)
- February 24, 2020, ... and sorting of flexible packaging materials, as well as the identification of sustainable end markets for their downstream use. The initiatives also include a business case component which calls for recycled ...
- Multi-Solution Approach Key to Achieving Sustainability Goals
- (Extrusion Coating)
- February 24, 2020, ... initiatives that reduce their impact on the environment, increase the recyclability of their packaging, and incorporate more postconsumer recycled content into packaging where possible while ensuring optimal ...
- NOW Plastics Packaging Solutions Put Environmental Protection First
- (Flexpack)
- February 04, 2020, ... in the following categories: Post-Consumer Recycled content (PCR) films (PET, BOPA, PE, etc.); Film structures for making packaging recyclable; Bio-based/sustainable sources for raw materials/resins; ...
- New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling
- (News | New Products)
- December 29, 2019, ... pellets that meet the statutory requirements governing direct food contact.” Above all, PET can be recycled not only once, but in principle an infinite number of times, which is a point the authors of ...
- Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019
- (Flexpack)
- December 11, 2019, ... that its production of a high-barrier pouch made with 25 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials for JUSTIN’S® newest product innovation, Nut Butter Covered Nuts. To produce the new pouch, ProAmpac ...
- 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 ...