Materials Handling

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 ...

PPG appoints Amy Mercante General Manager of Specialty Products

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2024, ... manager of specialty products, a role in the Company’s Specialty Coatings and Materials (SCM) strategic business unit. In this newly created role, Mercante will provide strategic and operational leadership ...

Driving Flexibility and Cost Savings With Modular Cutting Assemblies Exploring Alternatives to Inflexible Purpose-built Production Equipment

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

July 21, 2024, ... tasks, you can mix and match these modules, which are designed for various materials — from foils to nonwovens. The end result is a flexible and competitively priced cutting assembly, perfectly tailored ...

The Past, Present and Future of Corrugated Die Cutting

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

July 14, 2024, ... transforming manufacturing, shoe companies needed a more efficient way to cut leather. This led to the invention of the first die, a metal tool with sharp edges designed to cut or shape materials into ...

Winpak's Zero-error Approach Reshapes Packaging ...

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2024, With a 47-year history of success, Winpak recognized the intricate nature of packaging printing, particularly when handling dense information for product labeling. With a 47-year history of success, ...

Innovating Safety Child-Resistant Stand-Up Pouches that Meet Sustainability Goals

(Bag Pouch)

July 07, 2024, ... mind, so they typically originally lacked child safety feature capabilities. Therefore, many rigid package types employed multi-material structures to meet tamper-resistance and safety goals. New technology ...

OXO Packaging is Focusing on Improvements in Sustainable Food Packaging With Kraft

(News | New Products)

June 27, 2024, ... packaging which represents the power of kraft. Food packaging materials like biodegradable or edible packaging which have minimal environmental impact become a major global concern nowadays. Kraft material ...

Update on Paperboard Packaging Sustainability Trends

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2024, ... petroleum-based materials. Unlike such materials, paperboard is manufactured with renewable wood pulp from sustainable and certified1 forests — which are planted and replanted over and over again. Additionally, ...

Enhancing Battery Production with Advanced Cleaning and Static Control

(News | New Products)

June 24, 2024, ... rollers to pick up and remove fine particles from sensitive materials like anode and cathode films. This ensures that the films remain clean and free from contaminants, which is crucial for optimal battery ...

Faustel – Battery Energy and Fuel Cell Market Q&A

(News | New Products)

June 24, 2024, ... products does Faustel manufacture equipment for?  We have a strong presence in many different market segments such as roofing materials, tapes and labels, packaging laminations, filtration membranes, ...

Measuring the Coating Window: Simplify the Concept with Mapping

(Coating/Laminating)

June 23, 2024, ... But most coating windows are wider at low speed than at high speed - and we waste less material at low speed. So, we start slow (25 fpm) with a moderate vacuum (1"WC). Unfortunately, slide coating often ...

The Griff Network Invests in Upgrades to Adhesive Toll Coating, Private Label Division

(News | New Products)

June 20, 2024, ... coated materials. In addition to the investments, the plants have hired several new key technical assets to support growth targets. Combining the upgrades and resources in production will help deliver ...

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. ...

Sustainability: A Journey Through Coating and Lamination Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

June 19, 2024, ... higher rates of recycling such as mono-material structures — Compounds that can be recycled because they are made of a single polymer in a very high percentage. Currently, each member of the value chain ...

Beontag Publishes 2023 ESG Report Reinforcing Role as Sustainability Enabler

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2024, ... Materials (GLM) sales in 2023 were from sustainable products, up from 71% in 2022. ‘Sustainable products’ are defined by four criteria: material reduction, responsible sourcing, recycled content and enable ...

NOVA Chemicals Receives FDA LNO for Plastic Films Mechanical Recycling Process at Indiana Facility

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2024, ... material that is suitable for broad food-contact applications. The rLLDPE will be sold under the brand name SYNDIGO™ and will become NOVA’s second food-compliant recycled polyethylene (rPE). rPE enables ...

Flexible Packaging — In a Constant Cycle of Evolution

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2024, ... material comingled into the product package itself, or simply placing an active component into a package film lamination structure. For instance, if you open a bag of your favorite beef jerky, you'll ...

Demand Increasing for PCR Plastics: How Recycled PE supports Sustainable Packaging Solutions

(Flexpack)

June 13, 2024, ... streams that support a reliable supply of PCR material. Recent innovations in PE resin technology have brought recyclability to a variety of flexible packaging formats with mono-material designs and high-performance ...

Flint Group’s 2030 carbon reduction targets approved by SBTi

(News | New Products)

June 10, 2024, ... impact, ‘Product, Planet and People’. “The real work begins now, and it is time to put our plans into action. Our connected initiatives will include greater use of low-carbon materials, which currently ...

Strong Interest in K 2025

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2024, ... participate in K 2025 and present the global trade visitors their ranges from the areas of Raw materials, auxiliaries; Semi-finished products, technical components and reinforced plastic parts; and ...

Paper Mills Forge Ahead with Speedy Delivery of High-Quality Parts

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2024, ... flats, hexes, rounds, plates and custom shapes. Carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel, nickel, titanium and aluminum are among the materials used for forging. These forgings meet rigorous industry ...

New Era Converting Machinery President Bob Pasquale Elected President of the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2024, ... engineering and new product development. Pasquale is a graduate of the Stevens Institute of Technology with a degree in Materials Engineering.  "I am honored to be elected President of ARC, and look forward ...

ARC Elects Officers, Directors

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2024, ... written and presented technical papers and has been involved with the Fall Technical Conference (now R2R USA). Martha Sloboda is the vice president, chief commercial officer at Duraco Specialty Materials. ...

ROTOCON assists TubePac International establish globally competitive tube manufacturing facility

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2024, ROTOCON has assisted TubePac International with sourcing and implementing printing and finishing technologies to establish a globally competitive multi-layer and HDPE mono-material tube manufacturing facility ...

Static Charges: Production Mishaps and Product Misbehavior

(Surface Prep)

May 26, 2024, ... and a variety of lightweight materials being processed, it's important to understand why this phenomenon happens, and how to prevent it from impacting on business operations. In many cases static charges ...

Surface Treatment: The Importance of Getting it Right

(Surface Prep)

May 19, 2024, ... optimum productivity. Surface treatment, usually referred to as Corona, is all about adhesion and the issues associated with non-absorbent materials, where matching the surface energy of the ink or lacquer ...

HOW TO: Do in Register Coating

(HOW TO Guide)

May 02, 2024, ... upgrades, definitely differentiating the offer to converted materials buyers. The selection of functional coatings is large and covers an extended array of needs. Primers, release lacquers, barrier boosters, ...

HOW TO: Add Web Cleaning on a Budget With Jemmco, LLC

(HOW TO Guide)

May 02, 2024, ... the cleanliness of a substrate is crucial to achieving high-quality results and customer satisfaction. Every imperfection, no matter how small, can lead to defects, wasted materials, and compromised product ...

Surface Tension and Wettability

(Surface Prep)

May 01, 2024, ... or flame treatment to increase the surface tension of substrates, or they can opt for pre-treated materials to improve adhesion. Understanding materials and the fundamentals of surface tension and wettability ...

Adheso-Graphics joins the Anderson & Vreeland, Family of Flexo Brands

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2024, ... to its portfolio, starting with Matrix materials, then adding Nova Polymers, Custom Flex, AVantage Liquid Photopolymer resins, Provident LLC and now Adheso-Graphics. This latest addition to the A&V Family ...