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Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... and the combination of multiple substrates have solved many complex issues, the combination itself often negatively impacts the package’s ability to be recycled. In other words, combining two different ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... and the combination of multiple substrates have solved many complex issues, the combination itself often negatively impacts the package’s ability to be recycled. In other words, combining two different ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... CT)/Plastic Suppliers Inc. (Columbus, OH). ProAmpac has developed a high-barrier pouch with 25% post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content. It’s used for Justin’s nut butter covered nuts. A zipper provides ...

Multi-Solution Approach Key to Achieving Sustainability Goals

(Extrusion Coating)

February 24, 2020, ... initiatives that reduce their impact on the environment, increase the recyclability of their packaging, and incorporate more postconsumer recycled content into packaging where possible while ensuring optimal ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... tolerant, costing less than some other substrates. Its specialty characteristics include having a low coefficient of friction and good chemical resistance. It’s not widely recycled, but the recycling rate ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Award The winner was a 90 percent post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) barrier film from Flex Films (USA) Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY), a subsidiary of Uflex Limited’s ...

PPC Adds Digital Category for 2018 Awards

(Carton Box)

June 12, 2018, ... category, cartons are evaluated on how they replaced less sustainable substrates or how they decreased waste, utilized recycled/recyclable materials, or promoted clean production processes. The competition ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. Developed in partnership, Sun Chemical and Eastman extensively ...

Green Bay Packaging Adds Containerboard Machine

(Carton Box)

December 11, 2017, The machine is expected to be operational in 2020 and to increase recycled containerboard capacity by more than 70% GREEN BAY, WI | Green Bay Packaging (GBP) has announced that it is in the first phase ...

FPI Grant Aids Foam Recycling

(Flexpack)

October 15, 2017, ... to expand on the program’s success. The densifier compacted the collected materials into condensed polystyrene bricks, which were then shipped to end markets and recycled into new products. The new grant ...

PaperWorks Adds Folding Carton Options

(Carton Box)

May 31, 2017, The company adds three coated recycled board kraftback folding carton options to the MasterWorks Ultra 100 line BALA CYNWYD, PA | PaperWorks has added three new coated recycled board (CRB) kraftback ...

Beverage Cups | Taking a Deep Dive into Embossing

(Carton Box)

April 17, 2017, ... cannot be recycled or composted, and they are made almost entirely from non-renewable, oil based plastics. Further, the end-of-life disposal of these flexible laminates are contributing to a growing global ...

Green Bay Packaging Honored for Green Practices

(Carton Box)

January 17, 2017, ... stewardship in the production of corrugated shipping containers, 100% post-consumer recycled paper, pressure-sensitive label stock, and folding cartons as part of its Wisconsin operations. "GBP is committed ...

Constantia Sells Folding Carton Business in Mexico

(Carton Box)

June 06, 2016, ... founded in 1954. It is composed of 13 companies and more than 6,800 employees, offering integral packing and packaging solutions in the form of recycled paper, corrugated boxes, preprinted corrugated and ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... uncoated fine paper branded products are part of company’s Green Range, meaning that they are FSC or PEFC certified, 100% recycled, or totally chlorine free bleached (TCF).      Nordmeccanica (Hall ...

ULS Report Issues Study on Packaging Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2016, ... given amount of product. Study methodology gave credit for source reduction, recyclability, and use of recycled materials. The methodology, findings, and conclusions were reviewed by the Laboratory of ...

PaperWorks Consolidates Canadian Folding Carton Production

(Flexpack)

November 14, 2015, ... facility. The plant was one of the manufacturing locations acquired from CanAmPac in July. Coated recycled board producer Strathcona Paper, also part of that acquisition, continues to be part of PaperWorks’ ...

Colbert Packaging Achieves G7 Master Qualification

(News | New Products)

July 06, 2015, ... press, a CPS flexographic press, and various Mitsubishi, Mark Andy, and Manroland presses. We use different types of paperboard, including SBS and recycled, as well as conventional, ultraviolet, and soy-based ...

PaperWorks Industries Acquires CanAmPac

(Carton Box)

June 06, 2015, ... agreed to acquire CanAmPac, Napanee, ON, Canada. The acquisition includes coated recycled board (CRB) producer Strathcona Paper, folding carton manufacturer Boehmer Box, and LYFT Visual graphic services. ...

3M Corrugate Tapes Are Super Sticky

(Label/Tape)

December 09, 2014, Designed to seal recycled corrugated cartons ST. PAUL, MN | Today’s packaging engineers know all too well that the recycled content of corrugated boxes varies widely. And while using recycled fibers ...