Whether it is wine or spirits, liquors or premium beers, brands looking for new ways to set their products apart are finding that embossed or debossed metal containers increase attractiveness and help packaging stand out on store shelves by creating a premium aura.
PLAPACK project has finished successfully after three years of development. AIMPLAS collaborated in this project, funded by Direct Innovation Line CDTI, along with two research centres and six companies. The result is a new generation of biodegradable plastics of natural sources used for the manufacturing of clothes hangers, disposable household and food packages.
Company debuts with new name for a company that has long been established as a leader in engineered equipment, serving global customers in the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors.
There is rapidly increasing demand for packaging materials that give even greater protection to their contents. Functional additives are an important technology in meeting this demand for greater product protection in the plastic packaging market. A functional additive modifies the properties of packaging to impart desirable or beneficial functions.
It is incumbent upon all members of a food supply chain to understand the definitions, parameters and requirements associated with programs and environments that assure the safety and suitability of food, food packaging, related materials and processes.
The Recycling Committee of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, in a paper titled “Unlocking the EPS Recovery Potential: Technologies Enabling Efficient Collection and Recovery,” offers the industry a glimpse into the various streams of expanded polystyrene (EPS) available for recovery today, and the technologies available to process this material into a valuable feed stream for a growing range of end markets.
The 24th annual National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report marks the twenty-fourth consecutive year that Americans have increased the pounds of plastic bottles returned for recycling.