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The FPA Environmental Committee met with EPA officials at the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), in North Carolina for a day-long meeting to discuss Clean Air Act regulations that may impact the flexible packaging industry.

Ram Singhal, FPA Vice President for Technology and Environment, attended a two day Global Food Contact Conference hosted by Smithers Pira on May 13-14, 2014.

The recently launched “Energy Bag” Plastics-to-Energy pilot program co-sponsored by Dow Chemical Company, The City of Citrus Heights, Calif. and Sacramento-based Republic Services the waste management company for Citrus Heights, and the Flexible Packaging Association will demonstrate the viability of flexible packaging resource recovery as an end-of-packaging-life option.

Chalk has a place in RKW Danafilms’ filled polyolefin (FPO) filmstock, often used in butter-stick wraps and wet-wipe packaging.

The optimized dsX stretch pre-stretch cast film extrusion line is the first in-line pre-stretch system that enables customers to run thinner films at higher speeds.

General Films has developed a sealant film featuring low-force, peel-opening technology that is seeing a lot of positive feedback and growth

Label converting is undergoing revolutionary changes that are challenging both the technological and financial side of businesses.

Since the Great Recession ended, we have witnessed a robust and active mergers-and-acquisitions environment in the flexible packaging industry, both domestically and internationally.

Webex increases its capability to manufacture, refurbish and repair carbon-fiber bridge mandrels for hydraulic mount flexographic presses.

Brookfield Engineering Laboratories says its AST provides stable, repeatable viscosity and temperature readings.