At the recent K Fair, 3,330 exhibitors from 63 nations demonstrated that plastic continues to be an innovative, indispensable and future-oriented material.
One of Brazil’s largest contract pouch packaging companies, Rangel Industria e Commercio Ltda of São Päulo, has confirmed the purchase of its seventh pouch machine line from Sun Centre USA,
Multilayer film manufacturer Vishakha Polyfab will become the first processor in India to add Brampton Engineering’s AquaFrost water-quenched blown film technology.
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.
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