Flexibles

Brawny pack supports Wounded Warrior Project

Limited-edition wrapper for Georgia-Pacific’s Brawny paper towels support injured service members and their families across the U.S.

July 19, 2012

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Stand-up pouch appeal driving U.S. pouch demand

Sustainability, functionality, and marketing benefits delivered by stand-up pouches will help push U.S. pouch demand, predicts Freedonia study.

July 18, 2012

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Organic tea producer selects cellulose-based packaging material

Germany-based Lebensbaum to pack its range of organic teas in NatureFlex NVR material, which delivers environmental and barrier benefits.

July 16, 2012

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Hf/f/s pouch and sachet packing machine

A+ Secure Packaging, LLC adds a horizontal form/fill/seal (hf/f/s) pouch and sachet packaging machine to its automated packaging equipment.

July 11, 2012

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Flexible package specification guidelines

How to decide what film or films to use or include in your new flexible, semi-rigid or rigid composite package that incorporates one or more films.

June 18, 2012

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High-shrink polyolefin films

New high-shrink polyolefin films deliver improved recyclability and yield.

June 5, 2012

Flow wrapping

Cavanna Packaging Group opens North American Headquarters

Company targets room for growth in food, nonfood and pharma flow wrappers and associated machines.

June 4, 2012

Flexibles

Are laundry packets being ingested by children?

New packet or “pod” packaging has been hailed as a game-changing innovation in laundry detergent, but that innovation has unwittingly shone light on the increasing use and potential danger of food-style packaging and formulations in non-food categories.

June 1, 2012

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Common flexible packaging performance descriptions

Historically, packaging professionals have thought about the functions of packages in major ‘buckets;' one set of buckets is comprised of Protection, Utility, and Motivation...

May 21, 2012

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Mars Drinks debuts 100% recyclable Freshpack

Single-serve brewing system gets first two drink pouches in recyclable material, said to reduce the package footprint from 40% to 44%, depending on method of disposal.

May 17, 2012

Flexible packaging

Efficient v/f/f/s for the really big stuff

PKT specializes in bag filling, palletizing and stretch wrapping. New at the IPACK IMA show in Milan Italy was the FPK88, a 2,000+ bag per hour continuous vertical form/fill/seal machine for large bags.

May 7, 2012

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Optimizing product flow on the packaging line

In this white paper, Yamato explores the physical relationship of the FFS machine to the upstream equipment.

May 7, 2012

Flexibles

Five steps to great design with flexible film

How to execute a flexible package design that allows for attractive aesthetics, protects the product and improves bottom-line results.

April 13, 2012