Flexibles

Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

September 29, 2011

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Sustainability

BPA gets into court, too

Most of the discussions about bisphenol A, or BPA, in this column have been about how regulatory officials and governments have reacted to the chemical’s presence in packaging.

September 28, 2011

Additives, coatings & inks

DAK Americas completes acquisition of Wellman's PET business

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the PET Resins business of Wellman, Inc., bringing DAK Americas total PET resin production capacity to more than 4.3 billion pounds annually (1,945 KTons) in the Americas.

September 13, 2011

Additives, Coatings & Inks

Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc.

Mitsui Chemicals delivers advanced material solutions tailored for the packaging industry, helping brand owners, extruders and converters achieve higher performance and greater sustainability.

1 N Lexington Ave

Ste 850

White Plains, New York 10601

August 24, 2011

Additives, coatings & inks

The Plastics Group of America

Woonsocket, RI

August 24, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

'Lazy Larry' responds to FDA notification

A July 28 Warning Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration serves as a reminder of the power of the pen—or in this instance, the words printed on product packaging.

August 9, 2011

Flexibles

Polyplex breaks ground on new facility

Polyplex Americas has announced the groundbreaking for a new manufacturing facility to be located in Decatur, Alabama, its first in North America.  Over the next 3 years, the Alabama facility will represent Polyplex’s largest capital investment in any single location.

July 26, 2011

Flexibles

DuPont Award winners announced

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers today announced winners in the 23rd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, representing breakthrough developments from brand giants such as Gillette and Coca-Cola.

June 13, 2011

Sustainability

Convertible clamshell for McDonald's earns top AmeriStar Package Award

Creative pack for McDonald’s wins ‘Best of Show’ while a bag-in-box for automotive fluids takes sustainable packaging honors at the 2011 AmeriStar Package Awards competition.

May 12, 2011

Labels

New square bottle, with shrink sleeve label, adds an edge to bottled water brand

TalkingRain Beverage Company created a stronger brand presence on- shelf for its ActiVWater® brand with new square bottle, full-body shrink sleeve label, and package redesign. Printed with metallic inks, the new label design has easy-to-read graphics, bold flavor-specific colors, and displays well at retail.

May 10, 2011

Sustainability

Bottle made of OCC and ONP

Holding 50 oz of laundry detergent, this molded-pulp bottle—recyclable and compostable—is actually a shell with a LDPE liner inside that holds the product.

April 11, 2011

Additives, coatings & inks

EcoLogic's president discusses Eco-One® additive

Listen to a brief introduction of EcoLogic's Eco-One(R) brand of additives that enhance the biodegradation of plastic products in a biologically active landfills.

March 9, 2011

Additives, coatings & inks

Recycling of nonbottle rigid plastics jumps nearly 50% in two years

Growth attributed to reclaimers’ increased willingness to accept mixed plastics, greater access by households to collection of these plastics, and industry collaboration.

February 22, 2011