Innovia Films and the German snack manufacturer, Wildcorn, have worked together to produce a fully recyclable and sustainable pack for their Wildcorn organic popcorn range.
Consumer products giant Unilever, whose brands include Dove soaps and Lipton teas, says that it aims to halve its use of non-recycled plastics by 2025.
Berry Global has announced a recycling initiative, HolyGrail 2.0, that will use digital watermarking to “tag” plastic substrates or print materials (shrink sleeve, IML label, or paper label) with an identity that could include multiple attributes.
Matrix Packaging Machinery is introducing the Matrix Morpheus, a continuous box-motion bagger that allows packagers to run a variety of films at faster speeds and with better accuracy.
We sit down with Dennis Calamusa, president and CEO of ALLIEDFLEX Technologies, to discuss advances in flexible packaging machinery and the direction of the pouch-making industry.
The California State Senate has adopted a resolution recognizing the many benefits of ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies and the contributions of RadTech, a non-profit trade association. “This resolution will encourage adoption of pollution prevention technologies while retaining manufacturing jobs in California,” says Rita Loof, RadTech director of environmental affairs.
Resins are a critical component in the manufacture of inks. Along with pigments, resins convey important properties to the printing process as part of the ink vehicle. Resins impart many important characteristics of a finished ink, including gloss and adhesion, runnability on the press, and can also help disperse pigment.
Shrink sleeve labeling has become one of the fastest growing trends in packaging decoration over the last few decades. Shrink sleeves adorn a multitude of products across many industries, including food, beverages and pharmaceuticals, as well as personal and household items.
Bixby International has added a gravure laminating machine at its operations center in Newburyport, MA. The new gravure laminator will allow the engineering team to expand Bixby’s capabilities to create composites and adhere materials that previously weren’t part of the company’s offerings.
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