Sustainability

Experts analyze medical device packaging market

Global packaging standards, 11607 packaging compliance, accelerated aging, package failure analyses, and tips for working with consultants were among the key discussion points at the recent MD&M (Medical Design & Manufacturing) West Conference.

May 13, 2008

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Sustainability

What's happening in high-barrier PET?

PET bottles are a major segment in the U.S. packaging market and are being used for a whole host of products.

April 5, 2008

Flexibles

Expanded range of bioresins

Aimed at providing an alternative to petroleum-based plastics, an expanded range of bioresins from bioresins.eu offers biodegradable and compostable qualities.

April 5, 2008

Flexibles

Peelable lidding films

Rockwell Solutions has launched iPeel-RPET, its latest range of films based on RPET polyester for sealing and peeling to all tray types.

April 5, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

Freeze-tolerant resin

Cereplast has extended the range of applications for biodegradable, compostable plastic with the introduction of the first-ever freeze-tolerant resin, CP-INJ-13.

March 4, 2008

Flexibles

Films with high COF

Pliant has introduced a family of films with unique properties designed to improve converting and packaging processes.

March 4, 2008

Flexible packaging

Wet wipe maker pioneers 'Eco-Choice' sustainability platform

Contract manufacturer/packager Guy & O’Neill, Inc. rolls out an ambitious plan that incorporates sustainability into wet wipe manufacturing, materials, and packaging.

March 2, 2008

Additives, coatings & inks

Light stabilizers

Ciba has introduced Novel Encapsulated Additives Technology (NEAT) to enable equivalent UV protection in waterborne coatings as that of high-performance light stabilizers in solvent-borne coatings.

January 11, 2008

Converting equipment

Cooperation proves critical in tube manufacturing

In this Q&A, Mel O’Leary, Jr., president and CEO of Meredith-Springfield Associates, describes how copolyester resin and supplier cooperation helped make the Artegraft tube.

January 10, 2008

Flexibles

Comments on Changes in Dec. 2007 Chemistry Recommendations

Below are the insights and comments of Kristina E. Paquette, PhD on FDA’s December 2007 revisions to its Chemistry Recommendations guidance document. Dr. Paquette had served as a chemist in FDA’s Office of Food Additive safety until mid-2007, and was personally involved in developing some of the revisions.

January 9, 2008

Flexibles

Analyzing bioplastic packaging's future

Bioplastics: The very name suggests sustainability, but that shouldn’t exempt the materials from an objective, probing analysis.

December 3, 2007

Sustainability

Cooking up a recipe for innovation? Serve it up in manageable steps

Start by defining innovation within your company culture. Then organize it, approach it strategically, and source it properly. If you fail, resolve to try again.

November 7, 2007

Sustainability

Polyolefin dispersions

Dow Chemical has introduced HYPOD™ Polyolefin Dispersions, propylene- and ethylene-based dispersions that combine the performance of high-molecular-weight thermoplastics and elastomers with the application advantages of a high-solids waterborne dispersion.

October 4, 2007