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The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... rigidity and strength for high-quality printing or stiffness for good barrier properties to keep aroma in, but water vapor, oxygen and light out. Ensuring that all these layers ‘stick’ together securely ...

For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now

(Flexpack)

December 4, 2022, ... clearly defined by sound science. For example, a study2 by the Institut für Energieund Umweltforschung Heidelberg (IFEU) shows that substituting rigid packaging materials with lightweight flexible packaging ...

PPC Welcomes Laura Brodie of Burt Rigid Box as Board Chair, Introduces 2023 Strategic Initiatives

(News | New Products)

December 4, 2022, The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) recently welcomed the new Chair of its Board of Directors, Laura Brodie, President of Burt Rigid Box. The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) recently welcomed ...

The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2022, ... low-grade PE film for use as garbage bags or supermarket carrier bags. The PP fraction tends to go into rigid uses, much of it outside the packaging industry. The laminate fraction in most situations goes, ...

3 Pandemic-Driven Trends That Are Changing the Packaging Industry

(News | New Products)

December 6, 2021, ... the same efficiency as rigid containers and efficient timing for customers. The bright, eye-catching gold metallic design boasted by the Reset360 Large Format Protein Pouch gives it a tremendous shelf ...

Castle-Pierce Adds New Packaging Flexo Press and Poucher

(News | New Products)

October 7, 2021, ... packaging solutions, CastlePierce Printing, a leader in flexible packaging print and converted pouches, offset folding carton and rigid set-up base and lid boxes, announced new installations of a central ...

AICC Joins the 2021 Digital Packaging Summit as an Association Partner

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2021, ... Pesko, event director and EVP, NAPCO Media. “AICC serves independent corrugated, folding carton, and rigid box manufacturers and suppliers by providing access to education and information. Our goals are ...

FLEXcon Expands Eco-Friendly Packaging Product Line

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2021, ... rigid, semi-squeeze and full-squeeze HDPE containers without concerns about darting of labels during use. They are cross-platform printable, supporting flexography, rotary letterpress, rotary screen, narrow-format ...

Global Adaptation in Flexible Packaging Machinery

(News | New Products)

June 24, 2021, ... re-closable features from rigid packaging. Mamata is geared to take up this shift and has a variety of configurations to fit customer’s budgets and requirements. With this the pandemic restricting mobility ...

Mondi Celebrates Eight Wins at the 2021 WorldStar Packaging Awards

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2021, ... alongside the positive unboxing experience. EnvelopeMailer The EnvelopeMailer is a hybrid solution. Thanks to its unique rigid construction, it can be shipped either flat or box-shaped and offers full ...

The Myriad Benefits of Metallized Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 28, 2020, ... barrier metallized polyester films. The migration trend from aluminum laminate to metallized films continues globally, following a strong trend of substituting rigid packages for flexible packaging, especially ...

Global Adaptation in Flexible Packaging Machinery

(News | New Products)

October 15, 2020, ... re-closable features from rigid packaging. Mamata is geared to take up this shift and has a variety of configurations to fit customer’s budgets and requirements. With this the pandemic restricting mobility ...

Mondi Shines by Winning Two Awards for Sustainable Food Packaging

(Flexpack)

October 4, 2020, ... REWE worked with Mondi to launch a more sustainable cheese tray for their organic brand Ja! Natürlich. Mondi developed a special kraft paper, Advantage Formable Brown, to replace rigid plastic trays. ...

LLFlex Acquires Hampden Papers, Bolstering Consumer Packaging Offerings

(News | New Products)

October 1, 2020, ... paper-based materials are frequently laminated, coated or embossed including, tags, labels, tickets, cards, rigid boxes, gift wrap, envelopes, book jackets and decorative wallpaper. “Working closely ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... rigid plastics, as shown in the example below: As technologies and plastics have developed, these seven resin code identifiers are sometimes not enough to fully identify what a package is made from; ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... rigid plastics, as shown in the example below: As technologies and plastics have developed, these seven resin code identifiers are sometimes not enough to fully identify what a package is made from; ...

Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane

(News | New Products)

April 6, 2020, ... and after the product’s use. Globally, metallized flexible plastic packaging is replacing traditional aluminum-foil packaging and rigid containers. In both Europe and South America, this trend is ahead ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 1, 2019, ... include cereal and shoes, crackers and toy boxes. Types of containers in flexible packaging are another way to define this industry. The traditional competitor to flexible packages is RIGID packaging ...

PPC Announces Winners of 2019 Paperboard Packaging Competition

(News | New Products)

October 27, 2019, ... These folding cartons and rigid boxes represent some of the best paperboard packaging manufactured by North American converters over the past year. Paperboard Package of the Year Wicked Weed Sours 4-Bottle ...

Xeikon Flexflow for Pouch Production Daily demonstrations in the Flexible Packaging Arena

(News | New Products)

September 18, 2019, ... to rigid packaging, flexible pouches stand out on the shelf and communicate much better with the consumer, as each pouch can be unique with an option of full variability and the highest image quality. ...