UK-based converter and supplier of flexible packaging materials, FFP Packaging Solutions will install a new Titan SR9-DT Dual Turret slitter rewinder from Atlas Converting Equipment in June 2012. It will feature an electronic slit reel ...
Ashland Performance Materials, a commercial unit of Ashland has installed a Nordmeccanica Super Combi 3000 laminator at its research and development center in Dublin, Ohio, US. Ashland Performance Materials packaging and converting ...
Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer, Stora Enso has launched the new Stora Enso Gallop powered by Xerox, with the new, larger sheet size Xerox iGen4 EXP press and an improved coating unit. The new Gallop edition has an integrated inline ...
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Oman's Octal Petrochemicals is still offering polyethylene terephthalate in Europe despite a force majeure, contrary to suggestions by some market sources, the company's managing director said Thursday. A European PET converter said ...
A heavy storm, like a tornado has devastated Ilva Steel Mill in Taranto, As per unconfirmed reports, one worker is missing and other 38 have been injured. ANSA reported that rescue divers have stopped searching for a 29 year old ...
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Plastics converters, recyclers and collectors in Europe have announced the launch of a new European wide certification and audit scheme, EuCertPlast which implements existing CEN standard 15343 on post-consumer plastics recycling. ...
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Austrian chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis has announced the launch of the new transparent polypropylene (PP) grade, Borpact SH950MO for the frozen food packaging sector. Borpact SH950MO, which is based on Borealis ...
Finland-based provider of polypropylene based film solutions KWH Plast has launched a new generation of polypropylene-based lidding film, SecurityPeel for meat and ready-meal packages. The new secure and peelable film's properties are ...
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Chemical and plastics solutions provider in Austria, Borealis has launched new polypropylene (PP) grade BorPure RF490MO for transparent and non-opaque colored closures. The grade offers a stiffness/impact balance with transparency and ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/1/2012 9:34:36 AM The Foodservice Packaging Institute's fourth annual Trends Report reveals three key trends: "Green" isn't a trend, it's standards operating ...
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H.B. Fuller, a global adhesives provider will launch its new Flextra laminating adhesive for Large Stand Up Pouches (SUPs), an addition to the company’s Flextra family of flexible packaging adhesives. The new solvent-free adhesive ...
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Global manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, Avery Dennison has unveiled a new technology, TurnLock Laminating System that allows converters to produce protected graphics with 30% less material and ...
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Sun Chemical’s global inkjet division SunJet and its parent company DIC are set to introduce the new low migration UV curing ink range, EtiJetTM LM UV for the digital label market. According to SunJet, the inks meet the highest ...
US-based Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has unveiled the new Jetrion 4900M UV digital inkjet printing system, which combines the performance of EFI's existing category of Jetrion UV digital presses with the flexibility of industrial inline ...
US-based Sealed Air has introduced a new multilayer shrink sleeve film. The new film enables converters to make up to 20% more shrink sleeves labels per pound of film compared to 50-micron monolayer films, normally used to make shrink ...