Items Tagged with 'downgauging'

The new unified service platform integrates advanced monitoring, adhesion testing, and expert audits to maximize uptime and operational efficiency.

Stefan Welker of Industrial Physics discusses how targeted reduction strategies can help beverage manufacturers optimize resources without compromising quality. Welker posits that few categories illustrate the balancing act of resource reduction more clearly than metal cans.

Constantia Flexibles’ ComforLid replaces traditional plastic snap-on lids and straws with a patented lid featuring a peelable aluminum top and a coextruded plastic layer. The latest version features downgauged material made with Low-Carbon Aluminum.

In May 2024, the companies had presented a MDO-PE film measuring only 18 micrometers (µm), which had been produced on an EVO Ultra Stretch blown film line from Reifenhäuser with specially developed PE materials (Polyethylene).

The market for flexible packaging has grown steadily over the last decade, and it is not showing signs of slowing down. The use of plastic in packaging overall has grown 8% since 2012, and bags and pouches have grown 3.5%.

Clondalkin Flexible Packaging, Kirchberg, the specialist producer of shrink sleeves, die cut lids and lidding foils, launches an ultra-thin shrink sleeve.