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- Innovia Films Launches Encore Sustainable BOPP Films
- (Flexpack)
- June 01, 2020, ... the use of fossil based virgin raw materials. The Encore packaging and labelling film range will have exactly the same properties as equivalent fossil based BOPP film - high clarity and gloss, high stiffness, ...
- Peregrine Machine Launches Next-Generation Modular Hybrid CI Stack Press
- (News | New Products)
- April 05, 2020, Peregrine Machine, a Virginia based flexographic printing and converting equipment manufacturer, recently launched the HyFlex Hybrid CI Stack Press Peregrine Machine, a Virginia based flexographic ...
- 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 ...
- Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Opens New PEF Division Innovation Center
- (News | New Products)
- March 16, 2020, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announced that it has opened the PEF Division Innovation Center at its operations in Front Royal, Virginia. Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announced that it has opened ...
- 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 ...
- Kerscher Succeeds Sheppard at AIMCAL
- (News | New Products)
- January 11, 2020, ... GA) and bachelor of science in chemical engineering with a minor in chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA). Sheppard was appointed executive director of AIMCAL ...
- Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019
- (Flexpack)
- December 11, 2019, ... collaborated with its customer JUSTIN’S. Utilizing a food-contact FDA-compliant structure, this snack pouch reduces its reliance on virgin resin by using 40 percent recycled plastic content in the sealant ...
- PPC Announces Winners of 2019 Paperboard Packaging Competition
- (News | New Products)
- October 27, 2019, ... sustainability than ever before. These redesigned smoke detector cartons from WestRock address that concern—and then some. The switch from a fully enclosed, virgin PET blistered clamshell to the NatraLock® ...
- K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future
- (Upcoming Conference News)
- October 02, 2019, ... far, no one who uses recycled materials knows what quality they will receive. This makes the processes less reliable, because production cannot be influenced as much as when standardized virgin material ...
- LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution
- (Case Studies)
- June 05, 2019, ... young graduate, Virginijus Gumbaragis, who decided to move into the packaging and printing business. He saw the opportunity and began to sell packaging materials, packaging equipment and printed self-adhesive ...
- Now Plastics Introduces 60 to 90 Percent PCR PET Films
- (New Products)
- November 07, 2018, ... packaged goods (CPG) industry, businesses can deliver on corporate sustainability goals. Moreover, as governments announce new tariffs on packaging made with solely virgin resins, these PCR films will ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017
- (Flexpack)
- November 29, 2017, ... films with Paper 2.0 additive but can also be used to increase tear properties in LLDPE and LDPE virgin films, in addition to creating a dramatically quieter-sounding tear in LLDPE and LDPE films. Contact ...
- Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2
- (Flexpack)
- June 05, 2017, ... or post-industrial waste in the middle layer to reduce cost, or to bury a pigmented layer between two layers of virgin polymer to reduce cost, increase gloss, or meet regulatory requirements. It has ...
- Kotkamills Offers Uncoated Folding Boxboard
- (Carton Box)
- May 23, 2017, ... where a natural look is as important as excellent printability and conversion properties. The grade is made from the same strong, virgin Nordic fiber that AEGLE Pro and AEGLE White are made from and reportedly ...
- DuPont Technology Aids Recycling
- (Flexpack)
- November 02, 2016, ... that are said to be able to boost the performance of recycled polyolefins to a similar level as virgin resins. Company says this is a solution to the problem of recycling waste streams based on mixed plastics ...
- TLMI Looks to the Future
- (Label/Tape)
- September 27, 2016, ... to the government, as well as the headquarters for many of the other trade associations in the Northern Virginia and DC area. TLMI will also focus on environmental goals, setting waste reduction and recyclability ...
- Label Industry Global Awards Winners Revealed
- (Label/Tape)
- October 01, 2015, ... highest percentage (80%) of recycled PET pellets. The new face material, said to have physical features equivalent to virgin PET films and has a lower production cost than other recycled materials, is ...
- Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- May 08, 2014, ... on a hot plate at 310°C and observe how long it takes to degrade, then you will understand why this is so critical. See Below for illustration. These are virgin pellets (transparent) alongside a stabilizer ...
- Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs
- (Label/Tape)
- May 07, 2014, ... packaging industry value chain—and is committed to lowering its environmental footprint. Managing Director Virginia Janssens looked at the ways the 2014 EU Waste Legislation Review is moving the packaging ...
- Clear Lam Announces Freezer-Grade RPET Rollstock
- (Flexpack News)
- November 03, 2013, ... designed for industrial thermoforming lines and for packaging produced on f/f/s equipment. Blending the compounded additives with the virgin PET resin and RPET flake, which is made primarily from recycled ...