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Charter Next Generation Showcases Advanced Materials at Pack Expo 2024, Driving Sustainability and Operational Excellence

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2024, ... sustainable packaging solutions. This groundbreaking mailer utilizes a biomaterial derived from greenhouse gases (GHG), significantly reducing the carbon footprint of packaging while maintaining exceptional ...

Converter Requirements Toward Inks and Printability

(Bag Pouch)

September 22, 2024, ... carton board, flexible pouches and mono bio-based or laminate constructs. They'd like to be able to use inks that run at varying speeds without losing color strength; they may require inks that are water ...

TIPA and Fresh-Lock Collaborate to Enhance Home Compostable Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2024, ... a compost bin with other organic material, they disintegrate and biodegrade into nutrient-rich soil, within months. TIPA's packaging is also seamlessly compatible with existing machinery throughout the ...

Mondi and traceless Develop Ground-breaking Coating Solution

(Sustainability Forum)

June 20, 2024, Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is partnering with advanced biomaterial engineers traceless to develop a new coating solution based on by-products from the agricultural industry. ...

Recyclability & Circularity Consumers Support Sustainable Brand Packaging

(Print)

April 08, 2024, ... inks that use responsibly sourced biomaterials over synthetic ingredients and coatings designed to increase the yield of recyclate in the label recycling industry. Of particular interest for pressure-sensitive ...

A New Era in Sustainable Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 26, 2024, ... Dangers of plastic have become widely known. Conventional plastics cannot compost or biodegrade. This enables plastic features such as stretchability and strength, but it also makes it impossible to naturally ...

Pressure on Paper Packaging Converters

(Flexpack)

March 24, 2024, ... and labels as a sustainable option because they are recyclable or biodegradable, they use a lot of energy and water to produce. Consumers, brand owners and packaging converters are prioritizing the need ...

FPA: The State of the U.S. Flexible Packaging Industry

(Print)

March 10, 2024, ... the ability to handle and provide unique materials that include post-consumer recycled content, bio-based or paper-based substrates, will further allow converters to differentiate themselves. In looking ...

A leader in bag converting equipment

(Bag Pouch)

February 12, 2024, ... machine designed for short to medium production runs. And to help customers meet sustainability goals and mandates, it runs recycle-ready PE, paper, and biofilms, in addition to laminated films, with ease ...

BOBST’s innovations for flexible packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 06, 2024, ... research institute of the paper industry, 4evergreen, Aticelca and Western Michigan University. BOBST is working on other types of sustainable packaging, including compostable/bio-degradable solutions. ...

Toray Carbon Fiber Recycled from Boeing 787 Wing Production Process Applied in Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12

(News | New Products)

December 14, 2023, ... a carbon fiber “materials ecosystem” (recycling and using bio-based raw materials)3. A key advantage of carbon fiber is the ability to retain its primary mechanical properties even after the recycling ...

VTT Finds Unprecedented Extensible Limits for Formable Cellulose-based Food Packaging to Replace Single-use Plastic

(News | New Products)

November 06, 2023, ... to plastic packages can be a real game-changer,” said Kristian Salminen, Lead, Bio-based Products at VTT. The development work has been conducted as a part of a research program, where VTT in co-operation ...

Addressing Plastic Waste with Mono-web Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

October 25, 2023, ... to avoid single-use plastics designations while also enhancing recyclability, reuse or biorenewability. The transition from lamination to mono-web structures can save on the use of adhesive, film, processing ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Receives International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2023, ... is the world’s largest certifications system with more than 50,000 valid certificates and 250 members in 130 countries. It aims for zero deforestation; protection of land with high biodiversity and high ...

Brett Martin Collaborates with Multiple Approved Partners at Printing United 2023

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 16, 2023, ... stand B2506, Fujifilm will print to Brett Martin’s Foamalux Light Bio, and Foamalux Eco using some of the latest additions to its wide format range: the Acuity Prime Hybrid and the Acuity Ultra Hybrid.  ...

Ashland Introduces the Easy-Wet™ Substrate Wetting Agent Portfolio

(News | New Products)

October 03, 2023, ... to achieve desired cost and performance targets.  All grades are silicone-free, meet biodegradability+ requirements, and are more sustainable than silicone and fluorocarbon-based agents, along with having ...

Sabic and Partners Introduce First In-Mold Labeling Solution With Certified Polymers for Food Packaging Containers

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2023, ... beverages, home, beauty and personal care packaging. Taghleef offers transparent, white and metalized PP label films, which can all be produced using polymers with bio-based feedstock. Furthermore, they ...

Emerging Trends Steering Label Making Towards Sustainability

(News | New Products)

September 24, 2023, ... for reuse as various plastic items. Zero waste release liners are also gaining attention in the industry. These alternatives are made of biodegradable and compostable materials, like plant fiber, and ...

INX prepares for PRINTING United with Complete Inkjet solutions and sustainable Packaging inks

(News | New Products)

September 06, 2023, ... bio-renewable ink for flexographic, offset, and gravure use that reduces the carbon footprint of packaging materials and contributes to a circular economy. Genesis makes it easier to recycle plastic films ...

How Brands Can Appeal to Generation Z with Sustainable Packaging Solutions

(Bag Pouch)

August 30, 2023, ... is initially opened and reclosed. A quality closure is ideal because it can go a long way in providing a strong barrier against moisture and oxygen when reclosed properly, helping slow microbiological ...