Tag: material
Asia Pacific: Ink for hard-to-mark surfaces
Videojet Technologies launches a black ink designed to deliver excellent adhesion on a wide variety of substrates, including high density polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride.
The...
Europe: RPC company releases compostable material for coffee capsules
RPC Bebo has developed a coffee capsule material that is able to be industrially composted while still delivering long-term protection of the contents and...
Europe: Consortium gets €7.7M on packaging research
The European Union (EU) has awarded the international NanoPack consortium €7.7 million (US$8.82 million) to develop and demonstrate a solution for extending food shelf...
Europe: Coveris spruces cartonboard division with £3M
Coveris has announced a £3 million (US$3.22 million) investment plan for its cartonboard division.
The division, based over three sites in Cambridgeshire, is a supplier...
Americas: Pregis releases on-demand protective packaging system
Pregis' patent-pending inflatable protective packaging system, Pregis AirSpeed Fit, which produces both air pillows and wrappable void-fill, was designed to address the fulfillment needs...
Europe: Plants as nanocellulose resource
Imagine a completely natural, abundant and easily renewable material that could feasibly be used to make lightweight car and aeroplane parts, strengthen building materials,...
Americas: Sun Chemical to receive award for oxygen barrier coatings
Sun Chemical will receive a Frost & Sullivan Award for its SunBar (Aerobloc) oxygen barrier coatings in January 2017.
Frost & Sullivan awards recognize...
Asia Pacific: Total, Corbion forms JV on bioplastics
Total and Corbion have created a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers.
They plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization...
Europe: Chopped tomatoes in cartons win packaging award
Portuguese brand Guloso’s chopped tomatoes in Tetra Recart packages have claimed the 2016 Distribution Master Product Award in the country by publication Distribuição hoje.
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Americas: Printpack debuts PE pouch at show
Printpack will debut an easy tear polyethylene pouch with customizable moisture barrier, oxygen barrier and closures options at Pack Expo 2016 in Chicago, US...