All Flexibles articles – Page 37
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ArticleOn Second Thoughts...What’s bugging me
Kevin Vyse, head of technical at Rapid Action Packaging, a consumer packaging solutions provider to the evolving food industry, explores the implications of the coronavirus outbreak on the packaging industry.
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ArticleCollaborative European project develops antibacterial film based on essential oils
The European FLEXPOL project has developed an innovative antibacterial and antifungal plastic film using nanoencapsulated essential oils that it says is more eco-friendly than current hygienization methods.
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ArticleConstantia interview: Addressing the circularity challenge
Tim Sykes talks to Alexander Baumgartner, CEO of Constantia Flexibles, to hear his frank thoughts about how the industry can move forward in the most sustainable manner.
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ArticleHatzopoulos innovates with X-CYCLE recyclable films range
With a common vision of a better future planet, Hatzopoulos innovates for the development of the next generation of flexible packaging: X-CYCLE.
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ArticleCCL introduces EcoFloat – a sustainable TD sleeve material
CCL Label has created a sustainable TD sleeve material with the aim of helping the packaging industry to meet its recycling targets.
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ArticleVellamo partners with UPM Raflatac on wood-based clear plastic label material
Vellamo’s bottles will feature UPM Raflatac’s Forest Film product – the world’s first and only wood-based polypropylene plastic label material.
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ArticleFirst Mile and Fashion for Good team up on closed-loop fashion waste scheme
First Mile has joined forces with Fashion for Good in a new pilot scheme that aims to test a key part of the infrastructure of a potential circular system to tackle the issue of plastic polybag waste.
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ArticlePlastopil launches ready to recycle flexible packaging solutions
Plastopil has launched a ready-to-recycle flexible packaging range designed to meet demanding recycling regulations.
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ArticlePrimitives uses nature as the inspiration for its sensing, compostable thin film material
We spoke with San-Francisco-based start-up, Primitives, about its compostable bioplastic product that can sense and respond to the environment around it.
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ArticleAdding value to polymers
How do we determine the value of polymers in a vast global marketplace, and with a balancing act between developing solutions by adding properties to polymers, versus the overall carbon emissions and sustainability of the packaging material?
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ArticleEMSUR joins CEFLEX initiative
EMSUR has become the most recent member of CEFLEX, a consortium of European companies that promotes the circularity of flexible packaging.
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ArticleA look back at an innovative quarter for UFlex
UFlex announced a range of sustainability, engineering, aesthetic, and anti-counterfeiting innovations in Q3 of FY19-20.
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ArticleUpdated FPE study 'confirms role of flexible packaging in preventing waste'
A recently updated and extended study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu), commissioned by Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), appears to underline the original study’s findings.
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ArticleZanders launches “100% natural” barrier paper for food packaging
Zanders' new Zanbarrier NGR product reportedly offers a 100% natural barrier against oil and grease without the use of chemicals.
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ArticleBASF and Fabbri Group join forces on compostable cling film for fresh-food packaging
BASF and Fabbri Group say that their new compostable cling film is the “ideal combination of breathability, mechanical performance, and aesthetics”.
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ArticleResearching the impact of ocean plastics
eXXpedition is an all-female sailing voyage and scientific research mission with a goal to research the impact of plastic pollution in the ocean.
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ArticleAvery Dennison announces "first-ever" recycled polypropylene label material
Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the TRUCIRCLE initiative.
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ArticleThe Rapid Interview: 'More daring people would be good for the industry'
Igor Arbanas, president of the board of Aluflexpack Group, talks about the sustainable benefits of flexible pouches and the importance of leading by example.
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ArticleEMSUR releases compostable barrier bag
EMSUR has announced a brand-new compostable barrier bag, specially designed for the coffee market.
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ArticleKompuestos unveils potato-based bioplastic
Kompuestos, a producer of sustainable plastic compounds, has developed a bioplastic made entirely from potato starch which reportedly biodegrades in four weeks.