Sustainability

Sustainability news & events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News.

July 2, 2008

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Flexibles

Keeping an eye on energy usage can keep packaging companies sustainable

The packaging sector produces widely diverse types of end products, including aluminum cans, plastic bottles, corrugated board, polymer pouches, paperboard cartons, and more.

July 2, 2008

Sustainability

Small particles may present big regulatory issues

Today we take up small matters.

July 2, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Laying down the (packaging) law

The FDA looks to increase its global presence in an effort to safeguard food and beverages to better protect consumers. Packaging plays a role.

June 20, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainable resin

To help retailers serve environmentally conscious consumers, PWP Industries has introduced AgroResin® sustainable packaging.

June 2, 2008

Controls & Machine Components

Keyence Corp. of America: Rugged photoelectric sensors

The Keyence PX Series Photoelectric Sensor heads carry an IP-69K environmental rating, allowing them to be subjected to high-pressure washdown applications, even at temperatures to 176ºF.

June 2, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

PCW corrugated boxes

Salazar Packaging’s Globe Guard™ corrugated boxes are made from 100% post-consumer waste material.

June 1, 2008

Secondary Packaging

The changing face of case-ready packaging

A new study tracks case-ready packaging trends in the fresh meat case, but will a reversal in Wal-Mart’s meat-packaging strategy set these statistics on a new course?

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainability News & Events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Plastic suppliers enhance performance characteristics of PLA

Ingeo™ polymer produced by NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com) is one of the most discussed biopolymers on the market today.

June 1, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

The NFL and packaging

An interview with Jena Roberts, vice president of sales and marketing for the National Food Laboratory, Livermore, CA.

June 1, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

Plastics in packaging report

Packaging is the largest market for thermoplastics. It accounts for nearly half of all polymers processed in Europe, which for 2007 amounted to 18.2 million tons of material in a business worth an estimated €54 billion. .

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Packages earn NACD awards recognition

NACD Packages of the Year honored this month highlight innovation, sustainability.

May 31, 2008