As you dig into labeling options for your product container, you’ll see one term pop up again and again: BOPP. It stands for biaxially oriented polypropylene, and it’s an incredibly popular label material.
When TIDI Products, a medical products supplier in Neenah, WI, needed a custom corona treating solution, they chose Enercon Industries Corp. The challenge involved replacing an old two-sided treater on a 1600mm LDPE blown film line, and moving the location of treatment for better access by their operators.
Toshiba Machine has announced the launch of two new collaborative robots at the International Robot Exhibition — the world’s leading robot show, held at the Tokyo Big Sight, Japan.
Sustainability is top of mind for packaging suppliers and brands alike. As consumer demand for green options continues to increase, CPGs also face pressures from emerging regulations pertaining to certain packaging materials and waste.
Sustainability has become a topic that no one can or should ignore. But this is not a new issue. From a packaging perspective, there has long been a drive to design and introduce materials and structures that are kinder to our planet.
While we wait for the FDA to compile and review the responses to its request for comments on Fixed Quantity Unit of Use Blisters Packaging, Docket No. FDA-2019-N-1845 in response to the SUPPORT Act of 2018, we want to take the safer packaging of opioids conversation a bit further.
A special wash-off adhesive for labels, which HERMA is introducing, will allow recycling operators to produce high-purity PET pellets that do not contain any detrimental residues.
A consortium of five companies is partnering to develop chemical recycling of plastics in France. The consortium will examine feasibility of recycling products currently considered non-recyclable, such as flexible food-grade packaging.
DuPont is creating a new $45.4 billion consumer goods giant by merging its food and nutrition business with International Flavors & Fragrances. The deal announced Dec. 15 values the DuPont unit at $26.2 billion.
How long has it been since you were on a road trip — a FUN road trip? Not for work or with the family but a solo adventure with no real timeline and no worries? It’s been a long time for me too.
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