All Flexibles articles – Page 33
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts... Remembering the job that packaging is hired to do
The rush to leave plastics behind has the potential to cause increased environmental impact. In the mad dash to replace plastics, it’s important that we remember the “job we are hiring packaging to do”.
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Bischof and Klein’s award-winning sustainable thin-film application
Bischof and Klein stopped by at FachPack to tell us about their award-winning sustainable thin-film application, made from 30% post-consumer waste
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ArticleExploring mono-materials
Demand for mono-materials in packaging has been growing as the industry moves from a linear to a circular economy.
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ArticleCEFLEX launches open consultation on Circular Economy Guidelines
CEFLEX has launched an open consultation to hear from the wider flexible packaging industry and other interested parties
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FoodTray - the story behind the sustainable paper-plastic solution
GEA and Schur Flexibles discuss their collaboration to realise the FoodTray: a hybrid, separable cardboard/plastic solution
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ArticleK is for Plastics
Düsseldorf’s giant K show is the world’s biggest plastics event, and its three-yearly cycle serves as a snapshot of how the industry is shifting. Tim Sykes visited K 2019 to pick out some key packaging trends and takeaways.
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ArticleConstructing pillars for a circular economy
Tim Sykes caught up with Tony Kingsbury, director of sustainability EMEA, Dow Packaging & Specialist Plastics, at K 2019 to discuss how Dow defines the environmental challenges facing packaging, and where it can insert itself to make a difference.
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ArticleA new study from Pro Carton on the CO2 footprint of carton packaging
A new Pro Carton study reports that 326kgCO2e is emitted per tonne of converted cartons manufactured by the carton packaging industry in Europe
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ArticleH.B. Fuller announces Glymo-free food packaging adhesive
H.B. Fuller has launched a series of products free of epoxy silane, commonly known as Glymo, within its Flextra™ range.
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ArticleFlexible packaging: resiliently bending to challenges
Guido Aufdemkamp, executive director of the Flexible Packaging Europe association delves into the European flexible packaging sector, alongside wider context from the US branch, with Alison Keane, president and CEO.
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Article“We can’t turn our backs on the tiger in the room”
How do we solve the circular economy challenge at the same time as providing food to a growing global population amid increasing pressure on resources and the climate? Ed Roberts, Sealed Air sustainability director for EMEA, talks to Tim Sykes
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ArticleDeveloping polyester recycling technology
Poseidon Plastics Signs Agreement with DuPont Teijin Films to assist and develop Poseidon’s polyester recycling technology
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ArticleSelf adhesive tape from renewable resources: monta biopack®
The German adhesive tape manufacturer monta has launched the new monta biopack®: Described as the first certified sustainable self-adhesive tape made in Germany, monta biopack® is made of around 90% renewable resources.
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Article“We need to recover 20 years of engineering”
Eric Pavone, business development director, BU Web Fed at Bobst, talks about the real industry shift from what he perceived as sustainability being used as a marketing approach, to companies dedicating huge budgets and setting self-imposed deadlines.
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ArticleRECIPAM project to improve recycling of multilayer food packaging
The RECIPAM project, funded by the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), is developing new recycling methods for multilayer food packaging to improve the quality of the resulting materials so they can be incorporated into high value-added applications.
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ArticleSustainability perspectives: SP Group
In the latest instalment of our Sustainability Awards gold sponsor video interviews, Maria de Guia Blanco Ramos, SP Group’s director of R&D Projects, talks about sustainability challenges and solutions.
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Video: Next-generation electron beam technology
Cheap - quality - safe - green: Energy Sciences introduces its Gelflex EB ink, facilitating game-changing printing implications for flexible packaging and new collaborations to bring recyclable materials to market
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ArticleSIG launches U-shaped paper straw for aseptic carton packs
SIG launches a U-shaped paper straw during Gulfood Manufacturing, together with its joint venture partner SIG Combibloc Obeikan. The new straw uses FSC™ certified paper and is now available globally.
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ArticleSustainability perspectives: Amcor
In this video interview, Amcor’s strategic marketing manager Carlos Trubacz talks about how the company, a Sustainabiilty Awards gold sponsor, aims to deliver responsible packaging through innovation.
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ArticleCMD exhibited new bagmaking technology at K2019
At K2019, CMD demonstrated its world-class converting technology for drawtape-style trash bags on easy-to-dispense rolls.