Sustainable Packaging

Plastic Packaging May Not Be So Bad, After All

McKinsey & Co. conducts a lifecycle analysis of plastic packaging versus alternative materials for a number of applications and finds that the majority of plastic packages offer fewer GHGs.

November 7, 2022

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Yeaman Machine Showcases New Filling and Packing Solutions at PACK EXPO International

Yeaman Machine's new products showcased at PACK EXPO International can help automate the packaging line and improve efficiency.

November 4, 2022

Cartoning

Maxpack Machinery Offers Pay-Over-Time Solution

Maxpack Machinery LLC

Leap by Maxpack is a sign and pack, pay-over-time, buying solution for CPG Growth Stage companies.

November 3, 2022

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Tipa Launches Home Compostable Transparent Laminate

Tipa showcased its first home compostable certified transparent laminate, T.LAM 608 and new home compostable, transparent film, Tipa 303 at PACK EXPO International.

November 3, 2022

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Horizontal Wrapper Handles a Range of Bag Formats

The Pack 520 from Plan IT Packaging Systems offers flexibility for format changes and is suitable for both food and non-food applications.

November 3, 2022

Flexible packaging

Amcor Wins Flexible Plastic Pack of the Year at the UK Packaging Awards

Amcor Flexibles North America

Amcor was recognized for its PrimeSeal™ Ovenable Flow Pack, a sustainable package for meat, fish, and seafood that is 50% lighter than other solutions in the market.

November 3, 2022

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Labels Use High-Content of Chemically Recycled, Ocean-Bound Plastics

UPM Raflatac's Ocean Action line of labels is not only converted from certified Ocean-Bound Plastic streams, the polypropylene line of labels also consists of 85% to 90% chemically recycled PCR.

November 2, 2022

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STANDCAP Now Offers a Curbside Recyclable Format

To a material recovery facility (MRF) or reprocessor, the material is equivalent to a recyclable HDPE rigid bottle.

November 2, 2022

Flexibles

Pandemic-Driven Sales Lead to Pasta Co-Packer’s Growth

Pasta and skillet dinner co-packer EnterpriseCP sees sales skyrocket during COVID, leading to a new facility and new equipment installs, including a new bulk bag discharger and two new baggers.

November 2, 2022

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Light, Low-Shrink Polyolefin Film Ideal for Furnace Filters, Calendars, Other Bendable Applications

Obviating the need for PVC (polyvinyl chloride), this thin, lightweight, heat-shrinkable PE-based polyolefin film delivers the lowest shrink force in the market, according to Clysar, with a gentle, balanced shrink at low temperatures.

November 1, 2022

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Roll-to-Sheet System for Non-Easy-to-Feed Materials

The machine has a high loading capacity for materials traditionally difficult to separate on a friction feeder, such as sheets, film, plastic wrap, soaker pads, and packaging labels at PACK EXPO International.

November 1, 2022

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Wrapper Handles Chocolates at 250 bars/min

With SACMI’s HTB, time, pressure, and temperature are completely controlled in the sealing area.

November 1, 2022

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Sanitary-Environment VF/F/S Machine

The CM Verus continuous-motion vf/f/s machine from BW Flexible Systems is engineered to handle a variety of film structures and bag formats.

November 1, 2022