North American rigid packaging manufacturer Placon has completed the acquisition of Plastic Packaging, a rigid plastic container producer in the US. The 100,000ft2 location of Plastic Packaging in West Springfield will bring the total ...
Packaging firm Sonoco's rigid plastics facility in the US has secured LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council. Located in the Beauty and Home Care Campus of New ...
FKuR has been on a growth spurt. The company's flagship bioplastic, Bio-Flex, is a blend of blends of co-polyester and PLA with a very high content of natural resource material, and comes in thirteen grades. Each Bio-Flex packaging film ...
From the first quarter of 2014, Plastique will be manufacturing thermoformed pulp products with paper smooth surfaces on both sides. These products will be manufactured under the name ‘Fibrepak’, a sub-brand of Plastique. ...
Tags: Plastique, Fibrepak, Cure-In-The-Mould, Packaging Innovations
The thermoformed 300 g polypropylene packaging has a EVOH oxygen barrier, in line with Nestlé-Purina's requirements for a design to ensure optimum freshness and aroma protection. After the containers are filled in the customer's ...
Part of Kraft’s Gevalia single-serve coffee system, the thermoformed PS cup offers the long shelf-life required by customers. Containing a special filter paper, the hot drink is placed into the filter and the cup is sealed. The ...
Multisorb Technologies has announced it will be exhibiting at the CPhI & P-MEC India exhibition from December 3-5 at the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India. This proven program has helped countless manufacturers ...
EFI, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced that Machesney-based Interstate Graphics (IGI) has become the first customer to install the new EFI VUTEk GS Pro-TF thermoforming system, a UV printer and ink ...
Tags: digital printing, UV printer
Last month, international packaging company Plastic Ingenuity made an impression at Pack Expo 2013 by demonstrating its latest technological innovation. The newly patented process has already made an impact in the industry. A new, ...
Greiner Packaging has developed new six-cornered thermoformed to-go cup packaging for the Austrian snack food Soletti Pretzel Sticks. The Soletti cup (75g / 2.6oz contents) is manufactured using thermoform technology, the product ...
Tags: Soletti, Greiner Packaging
UK-based rigid plastics packaging manufacturer RPC Group has selected clear polypropylene (PP) for sustainable packaging application for some of its products. The company uses PP for majority of its thermoformed, blow molded and thin ...
Tags: rigid plastics, Polypropylene
Perfecseal, a division of Bemis has introduced a new flow wrap material, PerfecPharm P232, which can achieve hermetic seals at maximum speed capabilities. Perfecseal pharmaceutical director Georgia Mohr said the company assessed the ...
Tags: Perfecseal, Flow Wrap Material
Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (THEM) and Multivac have announced the North American launch of Snapsil easy-open portion packs. The Snapsil semi-rigid container has been developed by Australia-based Snapsil and features an ...
Tags: Multivac, Easy-Open Portion Packs
Belgium-based trade body Plastics Recyclers Europe has called for a joint initiative to establish a separate recycling stream for thermoformed PET trays. According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, PET trays are valuable recyclable products ...
Tags: Plastics Recyclers, Packaging, Printing
Flexible packaging supplier Bemis’ division Perfecseal has launched a new high barrier flow wrap specification, which can achieve hermetic seals at the maximum speed capabilities. Perfecseal pharmaceutical director Georgia Mohr said ...
Tags: Flexible packaging, Perfecseal