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Polymer Packaging Partners With W&H to Offer the Latest in Co-Extruded Film and Bag Technology

(News | New Products)

November 30, 2019, ... Lanham. The multi-layer films to be produced by Polymer Film & Bag will be stronger than conventional film, yet thinner as a result of both resin technology and superior gauge profile, which significantly ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... papers and “board” become grocery bags, boxes and cartons, mailers, folders that are printed, laminated, coated…. Papers transform into everything from roofing shingle and rolled graphite backings, to ...

Afinia Label and Sihl Unveil New Flexible Packaging Solution

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... on things like reducing waste, smaller production runs, and personalization; the need for an on-demand flexible packaging solution has grown significantly in the past few years,” said Joe Collins, technical ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... eating fewer meals and more snacks. Everything from banking to business meetings have gone mobile, and consumers expect their food to be mobile too. Busier lifestyles leave consumers with less time to ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc. Launches a New Website

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2019, ... leadership insights, facts about the company background, news of career opportunities, and more. “We think that even colleagues who know us well will learn something new about us, and we hope that first-time ...

Alco Seeks Out Vetaphone For New Corona System

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2019, ... system, that was fitted to a Carnevalli line in December 2018. “The commissioning went really smoothly – everything arrived in the one box and assembly was straightforward, since which time it’s been ...

Innovia Improves Tolerances and Achieves Faster Startups with Autoflex™ VI-RE Die

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2019, ... expand or contract to adjust the lip gap in areas of the film that are thicker or thinner than the target dimension. “The upper lip of the Autoflex die is more flexible in that the adjustments to the lip ...

LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... job within 5 working days, and a shrink sleeve job within 7 working days. PakMarkas began working with GEW UV curing in 2002, with the installation of a UV system on an Arsoma press and this same system ...

First Certified Biodegradable Anticorrosion Film powered by Nano VpCI®

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2019, ... fully disintegrate within 2-3 months.  The film is extremely elastic and can be used as a complete replacement for non-degradable and inferior blend films. The exact time for films to biodegrade is dependent ...

Trends Driving Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 02, 2019, ... better graphics that gain the consumers' attention.  And for something a little different than our readers are used to, in this issue we take a look at the marketing journey and offer a path suppliers ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

May 23, 2019, ... offers more options for take-along and specialty products. Indeed, recyclable multi-layer substrates for flexible packages really seem to be the big new thing for converters and materials suppliers. ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

(Label/Tape)

April 21, 2019, ... industries. But this reliance comes with a cost. The current approach to plastic is not sustainable. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, if nothing about our consumption changes, new plastics ...

Emerging Technologies Turn Converters’ Heads

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2019, ... layer or “skin” you would expect to form on something drying or curing in a state of excitation, allowing water vapor to more readily pass through this layer making it easier to incorporate water-based ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Converting Platform at ICE USA

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 31, 2019, ... to address basic applications all the way up to high-speed, complex requirements. Systems are engineered for everything from high-quality flexible packaging, thermal lamination and stand-up pouches, ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Equipment Platform with Bernal Industrial and Grupo Janfrex at Plastimagen Mexico® 2019

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2019, ... engineered for producing thin films from 7.8µ to 13µ (31-to 51-gauge) at high speeds. Davis-Standard’s side-by-side DS S3 overlapping winder is essential to this capability. The DS S3 winder enables ...

AIMCAL Awards

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March 10, 2019, ... (Noida, India). The F-TBF-M metallized, ultra-thin and ultra-high-yield biaxially oriented polyethylene therephthalate film offers a high barrier to oxygen and water vapor transmission and potential for ...

FPA 2019 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners Announced

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Packaging Achievement Awards within one or more categories including Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging; Packaging Excellence; Printing and Shelf Impact; Technical Innovation; and Sustainability Achievement. ...

Toray Plastics (America) Joins the Sustainable Packaging Coalition

(News | New Products)

March 05, 2019, ... a leader in the manufacture of ultra-thin, bio-based, solvent-free, and PVdC-free films. Research continues on other sustainability programs and the development of 100 percent biodegradable films. In addition, ...

NDC Technologies to Showcase Unique Augmented Reality Experience of Complete Measurement System at ICE USA

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2019, ...  SR710S – accurately measures thin coatings on metallic foils, metalized paper and plastics during the process. ConvertIR – offers fast, fixed-point, on-line measurement of paper moisture or coat ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Converting Platform at ICE Europe

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2019, ... from a single source supplier to address basic applications all the way up to high-speed, complex requirements. Systems are engineered for everything from high-quality flexible packaging, thermal lamination ...