Global Green USA’s Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) has collaborated with the New Orleans Fish House to test recyclable coated corrugated boxes as methods of transporting locally caught seafood. Manufactured by CoRR members ...
IFCO Systems, a global leader in reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh products, recently released a study confirming RPCs as a sustainable packaging option. The report shows the IFCO solution generates 82% less solid waste, consumes ...
Tags: Reusable Plastic Containers, Containers, Industrial Equipment, Components
In 2012, 91 percent (29 million tons) of the corrugated packaging used in the U.S. was successfully recovered for recycling, maintaining its top position as the most-recycled packaging material. Recovery for recycling has increased ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, corrugated packaging, recycled packaging
Demand for meat, poultry, and seafood packaging is forecast to increase 3.2 percent annually to $9.7 billion in 2017. Gains will be driven by increased meat, poultry, and seafood production along with accelerated foodservice revenue ...
Tags: Packaging, Protein Foods, 2017
Scotch recycled corrugate tape 3072 is uniquely formulated for sealing boxes including more demanding packaging applications. It has a consistent pressure sensitive, high performance, hot melt synthetic rubber adhesive system and meets FDA ...
Adhesive technologies provider 3M has announced the expansion of its Scotch Recycled Corrugate Tape line with the addition of an industrial packaging tape, 3072. 3M US marketing manager Brian Kenady said companies are looking for new ways ...
Tags: 3M, Packaging Tape
Heavy investment in digital technology over the last year has allowed Belmont to print digitally directly onto corrugated boxes, allowing the Wigan firm to produce ultra-short run transit and shelf-ready packaging. The service is being ...
The National Wooden Pallet & Container Association introduced the Pallet Design System, or PDS, nearly 30 years ago. A first of its kind, PDS was conceived as a software tool that allowed pallet manufacturers who license the program to ...
Tags: NWPCA, Pallet Design System, PDS
Engineered specifically to eliminate the void created by using standard corrugated boxes to pack products destined for individual consumers, Packsize International’s (Booth 2344) compact iQ FUSION corrugated converting machine ...
Tags: packaging, pack line, shipping container
When Buddeez/American Plastics Group (APG) opened its doors, it was hard for the staff to imagine that less than 20 years later they would begin to outgrow their warehouses. However, the space crunch quickly turned around when APG found a ...
Tags: warehouses, Container System, assembly components, wooden pallets
Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) and Temple-Inland in the US have reached an agreement with Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to IP’s acquisition of Temple-Inland for ...
Tags: paper and packaging, corrugated packaging, building products
Canadian packaging company Cascades’ Norampac division has acquired Bird Packaging's converting and storage facilities in Guelph, Kitchener and Windsor in Ontario. The latest investment is part of Norampac's development strategy ...
Irish paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has designed optimized corrugated board shelf boxes for Germany-based integrated solutions provider Hermes Fulfilment’s storage purposes. Hermes Fulfilment project manager for logistics ...
Tags: Corrugated Boxes, Hermes Fulfilment, integrated solutions
Canadian manufacturer of carton sealing tapes, Intertape Polymer Group has unveiled a new 1100 hot melt carton sealing tape, which has been designed specifically for optimal closure of recycled corrugate, including 100% recycled box. ...
Tags: Carton Sealing Tape, Recycled Corrugate, adhesive technology
Canadian manufacturer of carton sealing tapes Intertape Polymer Group has launched a new 1100 premium hot melt carton sealing tape for optimal closure of highly recycled corrugate, including 100% recycled box. The proprietary Corru-Grip ...
Tags: carton sealing, carton, manufacturer, seal boxes