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- RKW Adds Flexo Press with Many Benefits
- (Bag Pouch)
- October 04, 2016, ... high quality printing images—especially for the self-venting ProVent plastic bag and other industrial bag solutions. The ProVent plastic bag, described as a polymer-based alternative to paper packaging ...
- Show Preview | Pack Expo Intl. 2016 Largest Show To-Date
- (Trends/Management)
- October 02, 2016, ... laminating films and innovative plastic and paper-based barriers. Applications include food, pet food, beverages, motor oil, detergent, building materials, pellets and fertilizer. NOVEXX Solutions (Booth ...
- Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action
- (Label/Tape)
- August 08, 2016, ... Plastics Recyclers. Films are engineered to offer high performing shrink percentages for optimal design freedom and to impact the visual presentation of the product due to clarity. Its digital print receptive ...
- Toray Selected for HP Indigo Pack Ready Program
- (Flexpack)
- August 07, 2016, The film manufacturer joins the program that enables digital converters and printers to print, laminate, and pack on demand NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America), manufacturer of polypropylene, ...
- Common Laminating Techniques & Associated Adhesives
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- July 10, 2016, ... US $170 billion North American packaging market and is the third largest packaging segment after paperboard packaging and rigid plastic (source: Smithers Pira 2012). The fundamental processes used to make ...
- EcoCortec Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
- (Trends/Management)
- July 06, 2016, Bioplastics manufacturer in Croatia continues its sales growth and participation in European projects ST. PAUL, MN | Cortec reports that bioplastics manufacturer EcoCortec is celebrating its tenth ...
- Elif Big Winner in WorldStar Competition
- (Flexpack)
- June 27, 2016, ... and tear-resistance by combining the moisture and gas tightness of plastic films with the natural texture of paper. Also said to enhance recycling opportunities with its light structure of mineral fill ...
- Common Barrier Packaging Polymers—Their Functions & Applications
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- June 05, 2016, Plastics for use in barrier packaging is commonplace today. A list of common barrier polymers identifies their functions and aplications in an easy-to-read table. Plastics for use in barrier packaging ...
- IoPP Reports AmeriStar Winners
- (Carton Box)
- June 01, 2016, ... Medical Device Amara View Bubble Plastic Ingenuity The Amara View Full Face CPAP Mask with Headgear by Philips Respironics is a full face mask design featuring lightweight materials and core full-face ...
- Toray BOPP Used for PVdC-Free Lamination
- (Flexpack)
- May 01, 2016, Torayfan CBS2 BOPP film is said to provide a high-performance, environmentally friendly alternative to traditional transparent barrier film NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) and Packaging ...
- Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016
- (Print)
- April 28, 2016, ... alternative to print on a range of substrates such as flossy and coated paper, plastics, foils, pharmaceutical applications, and packaging. Also launching inkjet systems. The Amica LR54 is a new roll-to-roll ...
- Innovia Sells Cellophane Business to Futamura
- (News | New Products)
- April 10, 2016, ... Futamura is a manufacturer of plastic and cellulose films, principally servicing the food packaging industry Innovia says that, following the sale, it will continue to deepen its focus on its fast-growing ...
- Landa Press Prints on Many Substrates
- (News | New Products)
- April 05, 2016, ... flexible packaging at drupa 2016, May 31–June 10, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The m-wide (41-in.), high-speed web press prints up to eight colors at 200 mpm (656 fpm) on plastic packaging films, paper, carton ...
- Bobst Enters Negotiations with WIFAG-Polytype
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 03, 2016, ... owned international engineering and manufacturing company with its headquarters in Fribourg, Switzerland. The group is a producer printing machines for plastic containers and tubes and metal packaging ...
- KAMPF to Deliver Slitters to New Plant in India
- (Slit)
- March 18, 2016, ... textiles, fluorine chemicals, specialty chemicals, and engineering plastics, is setting up a new BOPET plant in India. The plant will produce up to 30,000 tons of BOPET film per year. The capacity for ...
- AIMCAL Awards | Toothpaste Carton Is 'Touching' Winne
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 16, 2016, ... recycling. This year it was earned by Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, in recognition of the bio-based content in its LumiLid polyester lidding films. Along with the Product of the Year Competition, ...
- Constantia Flexibles Introduces Quality Tests
- (News | New Products)
- March 13, 2016, ... the punched edge, because the base foil’s aluminum creates a 100% barrier against water and oxygen). Such cross-permeation can be controlled using laminates whose plastic layers provide a higher barrier ...
- Klöckner Pentaplast Offers New Shrink Label Film
- (Label/Tape)
- February 28, 2016, ... Guidelines as set by the Assn. of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR), providing a higher yield of PET container recycling. Reportedly, it is engineered to offer high shrink percentages for optimal design ...
- Brückner to Show In-Line Coating System
- (Coating/Laminating)
- February 22, 2016, ... 2016, presenting what it says is a variety of innovations for the efficient manufacture of innovative oriented plastics films. Among the products on display will be a new coating system for the chemical ...
- Toray's New Bio-Based PET Film Is for Window Film Application
- (Materials)
- February 17, 2016, BioView PET energy-saving, solar protection film for commercial and residential is made with sustainable feedstock NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America), manufacturer of polypropylene, polyester, ...
- UPM Raflatac Offers Results of Shrink Sleeve Label Recycling Study
- (Label/Tape)
- February 07, 2016, ... the company's new RafShrink PO MDO 40 HS product, at the recent Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Technical Forum in New Orleans, LA. The study, conducted with Plastic Forming Enterprises, reportedly demonstrated ...
- ULS Report Issues Study on Packaging Efficiency
- (News | New Products)
- January 23, 2016, ... and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Plastics, especially in the form of films and flexible pouches, play important roles in significantly reducing discards per unit of product delivered. • Recovery ...
- API Foils Offers Enhanced Hot-Stamping Product Line
- (Flexpack)
- January 17, 2016, ... adhesion over a wide range of substrates, wide-ranging area capability on coated stock, and over-printability when used in conjunction with ink systems designed for plastic adhesion. "With roots going ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015
- (Flexpack)
- December 01, 2015, ... rely on a variety of high tech films to produce the labels and packaging that protect their customers’ products and the consumers who use them. This year Toray Plastics (America), Innovia Films, Jindal ...
- Sleeve Labels | Technology Developments Drive Innovation and Sustainability
- (Label/Tape)
- November 17, 2015, ... in this aspect of the label market as elsewhere. Recoup CEO Stuart Foster, a director of EPRO (the European Assn. of Plastic Recycling and Recovery Organisations) updated delegates on current thinking. ...
- AIMCAL/SPE Recognize 10 Outstanding Technical Papers
- (Coating/Laminating)
- November 04, 2015, ... (AIMCAL) held its annual Web Coating & Handling Conference USA on October 25-28 in conjunction with the Society of Plastics Engineers' (SPE) FlexPackCon at the Naples Grande Beach Resort, giving recognition ...
- Argotec Is Being Acquired by SWM
- (Materials)
- October 24, 2015, The TPU supplier moves from the portfolio of Wind Point Partners to that of SWM, who says Argotec’s business aligns well with its core competencies GREENFIELD, MA | Argotec, a global producer of thermoplastic ...
- API Foils Launches Hot-Stamping Metallic Foil
- (Materials)
- October 17, 2015, ... good adhesion over a wide range of substrates, wide-ranging area capability on coated stock, and over-printability when used in conjunction with ink systems designed for plastic adhesion. Products are ...
- Foil Substrates: Handling, Web Control & Substrate Interaction
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 21, 2015, What makes coating foils different than coating plastic or paper substrates? Handling and web control are definitely different for foils than films or paper, but the fluid substrate interaction is also ...
- Atlas Converting Equipment Installs Slitter in Portugal
- (News | New Products)
- September 18, 2015, ... provides a full range of plastic films for flexible packaging, labels, and lamination for consumer products and a variety of other industrial applications. The new CW5400 slitter/rewinder now in production ...