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News Clips - July 2009

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... utilizing up to ten colors. NatureWorks, Minnetonka, MN, invested $1 million to transform its former pilot plant in Savage, MN, into an Ingeo bioresin applications lab designed to enable converters ...

Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... SureGrip delivers same-day lamination of digital prints using PET, nylon, and PP films. Another proprietary film is BioLam, a thermal laminating film enhanced with a patent-pending antimicrobial compound ...

Crime Stoppers

(Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... fibers for authentication purposes. Atla Secure uncoated opaque paper contains three UV-reactive fibers and reacts to oxidants such as bleach. Applied DNA Sciences uses its Biomaterial Genotyping platform ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200

(New Products)

June 30, 2009, ... and coatings effectively. Product is biodegradable, solvent-free, and contains no VOCs. A buffering solution is added for safety and performance, enabling it to outperform caustic cleaners yet remain safe ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200

(New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... costs, and greater reliability in controlling the release of contaminants during production runs. Company adds that product is effective in purging new biodegradable and compostable PE resins. ▶Neutrex ...

Lean & Green

(Substrates)

May 31, 2009, ... are designed to meet green initiatives without sacrificing the esthetic beauty that brilliant silver and holographic base stocks offer. Products are biodegradable/compostable and recyclable/repulpable. ...

ILS Adds Newest HP Digital Press

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... rPET packaging employing recycled materials, and the use of biopolymers. While folding cartons and corrugated containers—which, he said, are tied to the market—are experiencing greater decline, more traditional ...

Bagging Loose Tea

(First Glance)

April 30, 2009, In a bid to achieve the greenest packaging possible for its Yerba Mate organic tea products, Guayaki, Sebastopol, CA, turned to Innovia Films' NatureFlex biodegradable and compostable material. In a bid ...

H.B. Fuller Acquires Nordic Adhesives Technology

(News Eclips)

April 12, 2009, H.B. Fuller Co. has acquired Nordic Adhesives Technology, Buxtehude, Germany, a developer and manufacturer of high quality polyurethane flexible packaging laminating adhesives. ST. PAUL, MN | H.B. Fuller ...

Static Specified

(Archive)

March 31, 2009, ... Biologically active coatings for clinical diagnostic products and for a new generation of sensors require excellent static control. Static performance should be specified and designed into new equipment, ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200

(New Products)

March 31, 2009, ... is 100% compatible with all inkjet proofing systems and is recyclable and bio-degradable. ▶Chromaticity | 616-361-7773 | www.chromaticity.com Circle 400 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Test ...

Sustainable Packaging Demo Scheduled for Earth Day

(News Eclips)

March 15, 2009, ... printing films; Rohm and Haas, supplier of adhesive solutions including Mor-Free solventless adhesives for laminating; and EarthFirst, producer of bio-polymer PLA (polylactic acid) films. Also attending ...

Rohm & Haas, Nordmeccanica Host Sustainable Packaging Demo

(News | New Products)

March 09, 2009, ... specialists from Innovia, global provider of bio-based NatureFlex printing films; Rohm and Haas, supplier of advanced adhesive solutions including Mor-Free solventless adhesives for laminating; and EarthFirst, ...

Sustainability in Today's Econom

(Packaging Converting)

February 28, 2009, ... for their product. Biopolymers — hailed as the green alternative to fossil-based polymers — has decreased in industrial interest. Problems in application, cost, and performance have raised questions to ...

Reader Reaction: Top Ten Products for Converters

(New Products)

February 28, 2009, ... bonds with the polymers in plastics. Tiny loadings of additive, ranging from 0.1%-1.0%, reportedly are sufficient to keep product surfaces clean and protected from damaging microorganisms. Biosafe ...

Flexible Packaging Association 2009 Award Winners

(Flexpack Main)

February 28, 2009, ... retain its premium effect to grab consumers' attention. Back To Nature Robbie Mfg. Inc., Lenexa, KS, has created a Hot N Handy Bio-Pouch, made from renewable wood pulp, that provides consumers with ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... larger core diameters. NimCor | 888-464-6267 | www.nimcor.com PFFC-ASAP 404 Film Biodegrades, Heat Seals & More NatureFlex NK offers biodegradability and compostability as well as a moisture ...

Flex-Pack Summit

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... nanotechnologies, the impact of active packaging, integrating intelligent packaging nanotechnologies with biodegradable films and food packages, as well as issues, challenges, and the future of nanomaterials ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... for sleeves by type. Bio-Films We should not forget the recent innovation: bio-films. Biodegradable and compostable wood pulp-based films and maize-based, annually renewable films (PLA) initially were ...

2009 TAPPI PLACE Flexible Packaging Summit Is Set

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2009, ... the latest developments in nano barrier enhancement, the impact of anti-microbial nanotechnologies, the impact of active packaging, integrating intelligent packaging nanotechnologies with biodegradable ...