Thermoformed packaging products designer and manufacturer Placon has unveiled its new corporate rebranding effort for its medical division at Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago. Placon claims that the decision to place the medical division under ...
Faerch Plast has launched the new MAPET II mono packaging, produced from MONO amorphous polyethylene terephthalate or MAPET, which offers better sealability compared to its predecessor MAPET I. Developed primarily for manufacturing trays ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 3:45:13 AM U.S. demand for post-consumer recycled plastic is forecast to rise 6.5 percent per year to 3.5 billion pounds in 2016. Gains will be driven by a ...
Tags: plastic recycling, PET, HDPE, beverage bottles, thermoformed containers
Irish paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has won the PPI award for the Eco Tray, a corrugated tray offering a green alternative to conventional polystyrene and plastic trays. According to the company, the 100% recyclable Eco Tray ...
Kl ckner Pentaplast has announced the extension of its PentaformSmartCycle film product line to include Pentaform SmartCycle PET films comprising 100% post-consumerrecycled (PCR) content. According to the German packaging films producer, ...
Supermarket chain in the US, Weis Markets has partnered with custom thermoformed packaging solutions supplier Clearly Clean Products to develop new meat trays that are 100% recyclable. The new modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) trays are ...
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Thermoformed packaging products designer and manufacturer in the US, Placon has announced the launch of its new divided containers, which contain up to 100%, food-safe, post-consumer recycled materials. According to the company, the Fresh ...
Tags: Recyclable Food Containers, Food Containers, divided containers
Grupo Phoenix's subsidiary Phoenix Packaging Operations, which manufactures thermoformed rigid plastic packaging, has announced plans to expand its operations in Pulaski County, Virginia, US with an investment of $20m. Phoenix Packaging ...
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US-based Universal Protective Packaging (UPPI) and Belgium-based ANL Plastics have completed an agreement for the production, sales and marketing of custom, thermoformed HDPE fragility packaging solutions. As per the agreement, ANL ...
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Aseptic form fill seal machinery supplier BencoPack has installed a new fully aseptic line furnished with an Integrated Sleeve Applicator (ISA) for the packaging of Italian beverage company Fonti di Vinadio’s new ice-tea range of ...
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Plastic Ingenuity, a US-based custom thermoformer has teamed up with the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) to fund a grant program to collect and process PET thermoformed ...
Tags: Pet Recycling Program, PET thermoformed packaging, recycling facilities
US-based private equity firm Mason Wells has closed the acquisition of Mullinix Packages, a sustainable packaging solutions provider in the US. Mason Wells senior managing director Tom Smith said post acquisition, Mullinix is now owned by ...
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In conjunction with America Recycles Day on Nov.15,Weis Markets has announced a store-wide commitment to use 100 percent recyclable modified atmosphere packaging(MAP)meat trays for its fresh meat products.Weis has partnered exclusively with ...
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The process of plastic thermoforming is one of versatility,accuracy,simplicity and ease.It is among the fastest manufacturing techniques available.The procedure has permeated every business type such as ...
Plastics and the production of such materials are not going to go away anytime soon.Many industries now utilize plastics in a variety of their operations.The gaming and electronics industry,for example,apply plastics in their products using ...
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