All Flexibles articles – Page 37
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ArticleThe white stuff
Consumer appetite for milk looks set to remain steady in Europe over the coming years, but reliable and secure containers will have to play a critical role for the dairy sector’s continued success.
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ArticleDiscussing Challenges and Solution across the Plastics Value Chain
The EU has set a series of very ambitious, and at the same time necessary, targets by 2030. All plastic packaging on the EU market must be reusable or cost-effectively recycled.
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ArticleMultiple Routes toward Sustainability
PepsiCo VP (and Sustainability Awards judge) Chris Daly spoke to Tim Sykes about the environmental challenges for packaged goods and the need to follow a multi-dimensional, long-term roadmap to meet them.
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Chemical Recycling Enables Production of Polyester Film Containing 70% Post-Consumer Recyclate
Polyplex and TPL have presented a bioriented (Biaxially oriented) polyester films containing 70% post-consumer recyclate.
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ArticleA new flexible packaging material based on wood fibres
Finland-based company Paptic Ltd claims to have forged a material category of its own with PAPTIC®.
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ArticleVolpak Inaugurates PouchLAB R&D centre
Volpak, focused on the design and manufacturing of horizontal form-fill machines for flexible pouches, will inaugurate in May 2019 its “PouchLAB”, a new area inside its premises, to serve as an R&D centre to support its customers
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ArticleJBT launches solution for pouch packaging
JBT Corporation has announced the launch of a new solution for filling flexible pouches commonly used in the infant nutrition and sports drinks categories, which could spark further market growth for the sector.
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ArticleDATALASE INTRODUCES NEW COATING FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING PRINTERS
DataLase, a specialist in Photonic Printing solutions, has released a new solvent-based range of functional coatings for flexible packaging printers.
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ArticleSupravis Group enhances film production efficiency with SUPRALAM
Polish packaging company Supravis Group SA has recently introduced a material for use on flow pack machines, SUPRALAM, which it says will enable users to combine a modern aesthetic, innovative structure and strong visual appeal.
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ArticleThe Shelf-Life Challenge
Pressure on the planet’s resources continues to grow, and with it our need for packaging technologies that prevent food waste, particularly for energy-intensive products such as meat. How is flexible packaging catering to this need?
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ArticleNEW STUDY 'MISLEADS ON VALUE OF BIODEGRADABLE AND COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS'
A new study intends to provide insights into the ‘environmental deterioration’ of plastic carrier bags made from different polymer types under littering conditions.
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ArticleCardboard composite launch for fresh food
In order to meet the demand from the market for alternative packaging materials, the two companies LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH and Koehler Paper Group have developed in conjunction with MULTIVAC a cardboard composite
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ArticleFilms Extending the Shelf Life of Cherries
Providing better fresh produce, bakery products and proteins, by producing packaging for extending their shelf-life and quality, is the core objective of the EU-funded NanoPack Project.
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New digital platform for Europe's plastics converting industry
Launched today, MOnitoring Recyclates for Europe (MORE) is a single, unified digital platform to monitor the uptake of recycled polymers into products.
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ArticleExclusive! Amcor launches AmLite Ultra Recyclable Film
Amcor is today launching AmLite Ultra Recyclable. Thanks to high barrier properties for oxygen and moisture, the new laminate is suitable for ambient products with demanding barrier requirements, such as coffee and personal care sachets.
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ArticleP&G Fabric Care brands like Ariel and Lenor commit to 30% plastics packaging reduction across Europe by 2025
Today at the Sustainable Brands Conference Virginie Helias, Chief Sustainability Officer at P&G, announced that Ariel, Lenor and other P&G Fabric Care brands across Europe aim to reduce plastics use in their packaging by 30% by 2025.
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ArticleChemical Recycling Gains Traction
Last year Packaging Europe began to take a closer interest in chemical recycling – not a new concept in itself but one gaining momentum in the context of the challenges of dealing with plastic waste. Libby White takes a look at the progress.
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Assessing Sustainability of Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Laundry Detergent Pods
The Flexible Packaging Association’s report, A Holistic View of the Role of Flexible Packaging in a Sustainable World, highlights the sustainability benefits of flexible packaging.
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ArticleCEFLEX: Transformative Collaboration in Flexibles
For 2 years CEFLEX worked quietly on mapping a flexibles circular economy. Now it's ready to share its detailed vision and direction of travel. Tim Sykes was privileged as the first journalist to attend its general meeting – and left deeply impressed
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ArticleMarkem-Imaje reduces number of lasers whilst increasing coding speed and uptime
Markem-Imaje launches laser printer designed to save capital and operating expenditures by reducing number of lasers needed to print and score across a wide film web while increasing coding speed and uptime.