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- Pregis Marks Ten years in Business
- (Flexpack)
- February 24, 2015, ... These advancements are critical for meeting our customers’ evolving needs.” In materials and equipment, Pregis reports it was the first-to-market in 2008 with the first-ever, high-recycled content, air-cushioning ...
- Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1
- (Flexpack)
- February 01, 2015, ... processing conditions. The scrap generated in polyolefin/EVOH coextrusion is commonly recycled as a regrind layer in sheet and bottle applications. Coextruded packages with EVOH can also be recycled post-consumer. ...
- FPI Reports on Trends in Foodservice Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- November 27, 2014, ... This year’s foodservice packaging trends focused on both the environmental attributes as well as the “look” of containers. Demand for products that can be recycled and/or composted continued, with perhaps ...
- Heritage Bag Grows with Support from Gloucester Engineering
- (Bag Pouch)
- November 17, 2014, ... In addition to the physical changes they plan to make to the Texas plant, Heritage also will take on more compostable and recycled bag projects. “Compostable is a popular, high growth area for us,” says ...
- Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market
- (Label/Tape)
- November 16, 2014, ... in terms of waste costs and liner costs. The pressure-sensitive label converter rewinds used liner, but only about 1% is recycled.” Now with about 5% of the label market, linerless labels, while they ...
- PMMI: Secondary Packaging Takes on Dual Role
- (News | New Products)
- November 09, 2014, Changes in primary packaging and the rise in retail-ready packaging cited CHICAGO, IL | US packaging machinery shipments increased by 6%, to $7.9 billion, in 2013; and a rise in retail-ready packaging ...
- Avery Dennison to Showcase New Products
- (Label/Tape)
- August 17, 2014, ... the range of company’s material designed to advance the recycling of PET containers—which addresses supply imbalances of recycled PET (rPET) and improves cost. Portfolio now includes Roll-Fed Sleeve constructions ...
- Rethinking the Ban on EPS
- (News | New Products)
- August 11, 2014, ... to perfection and temperature-sensitive and fragile pharmaceuticals remain viable. The same EPS foam that protects wines, meats, and pharmaceuticals can be commercially recycled. Corporations like Chick-Fil-A, ...
- Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing
- (Label/Tape)
- August 04, 2014, ... is an expansion in the company’s range of material designed to advance the recycling of PET containers, which addresses supply imbalances of recycled PET (rPET) and improves cost. CleanFlake now includes ...
- Cortec Paper Offers Environmental Benefits
- (Flexpack)
- July 21, 2014, ... premium paper made from what company says is the highest quality recycled paper. Described as innovative, safe, and economical packaging, product is coated with a water-based barrier coating and is ...
- Corrugated Study Shows Environmental Gains
- (Corrugated)
- June 07, 2014, ... examined the relative impacts of industry-average corrugated products (which contained 46% recycled fiber) and 100% recycled corrugated products made in 2010. Corrugated products can be made from 100% ...
- Clear Lam Packaging Wins DuPont Award
- (Flexpack)
- May 19, 2014, ... PrimaPak package was produced from a single roll of flexible film incorporating the Prima ExoShell made with recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) and the Peel and ReSeal lid system, eliminating the ...
- FTA Hands Out Awards for Excellence
- (News | New Products)
- April 27, 2014, ... packaging companies adhere to design for recycling guidelines, so that their PET bottles and containers can be easily collected and do not contribute to contamination and yield loss of recycled PET supply.” ...
- Newark Converted Products Re-Opens Plant
- (Carton Box)
- March 29, 2014, ... and community leaders in attendance. NCP is a division of Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions, a supplier of tubes and cores, roll finishing materials, laminated products, cover board, and industrial ...
- Smart Planet Technologies Teams with Newark
- (Carton Box)
- March 18, 2014, The two companies will evaluate Smart Planet’s EarthCoating technology for use in recyclable barrier paperboard solutions NEWPORT BEACH, CA | Smart Planet Technologies and Newark Recycled Paperboard ...
- Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 08, 2014, ... of 100% recycled paperboard with a minimum of 35% post-consumer-recycled content, is credited with generating reorders more quickly than anticipated. Golf Ball Package Has No Handicap Hazen Paper captured ...
- Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge
- (Trends/Management)
- February 12, 2014, ... no plastic and a minimal amount of aluminum—so it can be recycled as easily as printed paper—while striking source reduction means it carries 20 times less metal per square inch than metallic ink and can ...
- Cortec Produces Multimetal Corrosion Protection Paper
- (Paper)
- November 12, 2013, ... moisture barrier properties, and oil and grease resistivity into one step. Cortec's VpCI-144 is simple to use and made from the highest quality recycled neutral/natural kraft paper and is coated with ...
- Clear Lam Announces Freezer-Grade RPET Rollstock
- (Flexpack News)
- November 03, 2013, Rollstock made from Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate is said to perform in tough frozen applications with no compromise in quality ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL | In response to growth in frozen baked ...
- Release Liner | What’s Next?
- (Label/Tape)
- October 24, 2013, ... the company is moving from “collection in recycled industrial waste” to “collection in the plastic waste stream.” But, he underlined, this is not easy. A clear European supply-chain-wide approach is currently ...