SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association continues to take strides in promoting plastics recovery and use of recycled content by creating an annual recycling event, the Refocus Recycling Summit & Expo. The inaugural event will be held April 25-27, 2016, at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla.
Heidelberg USA reports that U.S. sales of its remarketed equipment have risen by 40 percent since 2012, driven by Heidelberg’s outstanding value proposition.
Mergers and acquisitions returned with a vengeance in 2014. After six years of relatively subdued activity, a number of collective factors drove M&A totals to record levels.
An advanced extrusion coating die designed to reduce edge bead has enabled Korea Aluminium Co. Ltd., a producer of aluminum foil and foil-laminate flexible packaging, to eliminate edge bead and reduce coat width variation by half or more, according to Nordson Corp.
A new white paper on “The State of Computer-to-Plate Technologies for Flexography” produced by Anderson & Vreeland Inc., manufacturer and distributor of flexographic plate processing equipment and materials, explains why investment in CTP technology continues to be beneficial.
Toray Plastics (America) Inc. introduces its new Torayfan PWX5, a metallized BOPP film that is designed for use as a high-performance inner moisture- and oxygen-barrier web in gas-flushed applications.