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Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... heat, the correct organic compounds, and the ability to disappear completely into the earth within 140 days. Right now, most packaging can only be composted at certified industrial composting facilities ...

Rising to the Challenge

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2020, ... of the businesses within our industry are providing essential services and shining during this pandemic by increasing production rates, creating new partnerships, producing personal protection equipment ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Launches Lumirror STM Soft-Touch Matte PET Film

(News | New Products)

May 24, 2020, ... than ordinary offline-coated films.” He also notes that Toray’s proprietary thin coating enables the manufacture of a thinner base film, which offers yield advantages. Toray’s Lumirror polyester films ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2020, ... they are thin and difficult to print on. Now, some flexo printing presses offer high-quality printing capabilities on these materials. New presses can achieve near CI-quality on polyethylene and low ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... But the story on larger cores is larger than just that. Core of Cores Film suppliers, especially those dealing with very thin, very soft or extensible materials, have already learned that larger cores ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... heat, the correct organic compounds, and the ability to disappear completely into the earth within 140 days. Right now, most packaging can only be composted at certified industrial composting facilities ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... and requires less plastic to produce. Previously, polyethylene and low gauge films could be barriers to quality printing, as they are thin and difficult to print on. Now, some flexo printing presses ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... Dr. Cohen’s expertise encompasses coating and drying of thin films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms, defect characterization techniques, litigation ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... an effort to decrease their carbon footprint and return nutrients to the soil. Compostability refers to the ability of materials to biodegrade naturally within a specified timeframe under controlled conditions. ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2020, ... and saw that we provided a service that had never been available before, so we started thinking about ePac as a national and even global business,” said Carl Joachim, co-founder and chief marketing officer ...

Stronger Together: Davis-Standard and Deacro Converting Systems

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 08, 2020, ... and distribution of extrusion and converting technology. Davis-Standard systems encompass over 10 product lines to support manufacturing applications and customers within every major industry. This includes ...

Synrad Sheds Light on Converting Applications

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 05, 2020, ... paperboard Cardboard Plastics Polymers Thin films Foils Textiles Leather Labels The benefits high performance CO2 lasers offer converters and material processors are many: Multiple ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, Nothing perhaps defines our consumer-driven society of recent decades better than plastic. The different types of mono-material high barrier pouches exhibited on the BOBST stand at K 2019 By BOBST ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... but due to “light weighting” of modern product designs, the move to thinner diapers and fewer diaper changes due to improved diaper performance, the tons of nonwoven material going to this area is slightly ...

SÜDPACK Announces its Multi SV Skin is Cyclos-Certified

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2020, ... in-house packaging development in a sustainability-centred scenario. One focus area in the company’s activities is on downgauging, i.e., on creating films that are as thin as possible; others include the ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... standard machines. Thinner gauge flexible substrates are highly extensible and demand different approaches to processing and settings. If a move over to flexible packaging is embarked upon it essential ...

StePac’s Advanced Packaging Cuts Fresh Green Bean Waste

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2020, ... packing. This lets the packaging of green beans and other vegetables meet the demands of high turnover facilities and is already gaining momentum within facilities in regions of the U.S., especially Florida. ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... writing about dyne testing? Because in over 34 years of working in this industry, it’s caused more confusion than any other topic. There are two things to remember after reading this article: Train ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, ... roll treater.   The dielectric covering is moved to the electrode and the grounded metal roller is bare metal.  A thin layer of an electrically conductive ceramic can be used to prevent oxidation of the ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Equipment Platform at Plast Eurasia

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2019, ... and an intuitive control package. The system is engineered for producing thin films from 7.8μ to 13μ (31-to 51-gauge) at high speeds. Extrusion Coating – Davis-Standard offers a comprehensive equipment ...