AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, has participated in the European FLEXPOL project, whose mission is to develop a new, more eco-friendly material with antimicrobial and antifungal properties to be used in hospitals. This plastic film...

Produce, use, and throw away? No, better reduce, reuse, and recycle, says the EU. The paradigm of the current linear economic model could be coming to an end, replaced by a circular economy, a system...

A Washington State University research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants,...

The drupa trade fair scheduled for 16-26 June 2020 will be postponed to 20-30 April 2021. In doing so, Messe Düsseldorf is following the recommendation of the crisis management team of the German Federal Government...

Motion Industries, Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation replacement parts and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC), has promoted Greg Cook to Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer...

Tim Sykes talks to Alexander Baumgartner, CEO of Constantia Flexibles, to hear his frank thoughts about how the industry can move forward in the most sustainable manner.

The use of RESIN8 blocks creates demand for formerly landfill-bound mixed plastics and diverts plastic waste from otherwise escaping waste collection and going back into the environment. Braskem, one of the largest polyolefins producers in...

MacDermid Graphics Solutions announces the promotions of Patrick Mullaney to VP, Global Strategic Accounts, and Tom Caplinger to VP, Americas. With 32 years at MacDermid, Pat has been instrumental in building MacDermid Graphics Solutions into...

Glenroy™ Inc., a converter and printer of flexible packaging for over 50 years, received five (5) awards from the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) including two Gold Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards for the premade STANDCAP inverted...

Chemicals company Clariant has teamed up with Lavergne, a producer of sustainable engineering resin from recycled ocean-bound plastics, to develop halogen-free, flame-retardant polyester compounds made from ocean-bound plastics. With the first grade already commercialized, the...

With brand owners under duress to reduce packaging and the use of plastics in particular, it is exciting to see how industry is responding to this environmental crisis. Daily, we see reports of new mono-material...

An anniversary is a time for reflection: a time to pause, look back, and see distance traveled. Steurs Graphic Solutions can look back a long way — 70 years, to 1949, when the two Steurs...

Charter NEX Films, North America’s leading independent producer of specialty films, proudly announces they have joined the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) and their participation in the APR’s Demand Champions program. The APR is an...

Berry Global Group, Inc. highlights its involvement in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19). As the world leader for nonwovens manufacturing, Berry is supplying leading healthcare and consumer brand companies around the world to create products...

The power of color is well known, and brand owners use color to engage with customers in many ways. Indeed, research shows that up to 85 per cent of customers’ first impression is based on...

Peter Fallat, Director of Global Design & Packaging at Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a Colgate-Palmolive company, discusses how flexible films fit into the drive for more sustainable packaging.

At drupa 2020, TRESU (Hall10, stand B41) shows how its customized flexo equipment, systems and printing machines reduce the Cost to Print in flexo, digital and offset printing. TRESU will display a range of solutions...

Siegwerk will showcase its extensive ink and packaging expertise at this year’s interpack components and drupa presenting its wide-ranging ink and service portfolio concretely addressing future printing and packaging trends. With the motto “rethINK packaging”...

If you’re a Boisean who has recycled plastics in an orange bag recently, they probably didn’t go to Salt Lake City and get turned into diesel fuel as you were once told they would. Renewlogy,...

Across the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic in the ocean and often dying as a result. There are many theories about why sea turtles and other marine animals ingest plastic. Some people...

Davis-Standard will promote its global equipment platform at Plastprintpack in Lagos, Nigeria (tradeshow postponed, date to follow) at booth H.04, hall 1. Davis-Standard’s sales representative, Dr. Anye Chifen, the managing director of ENGICCS, will be...

Business Planet heads to Austria to see how one large family firm is attempting to turn the problem of plastic pollution from packaging into a sustainable business opportunity. Today's modern economy would not function without...

Wikoff Color is pleased to announce that Martin Iles has joined the company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, based at the Corporate Headquarters in Fort Mill, SC. In this position, Martin will be...

Stefan Pfundner, one of the flexible packaging industry’s distinguished experts in film production and technology has joined Liquibox’s European leadership team. Liquibox, based in the U.S., is a leading provider of flexible liquid packaging solutions...

Described as the “perfect e-commerce package” yet perfectly suitable for brick-and-mortar channels as well, the winner of the Highest Achievement Award in the 64th Annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Competition is AeroFlexx. The technology originally...

Liquibox received a silver award from the Flexible Packaging Association for Waterspout, a specialized bag-in-box refill system for home and office water coolers. This is the company’s eighth win since first entering the annual Flexible...

German sportswear firm Adidas last month constructed a football field in the United States using 1.8 million plastic bottles and handed it over to a high school, earning accolades. It was an iconic demonstration of...

LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, announced it has signed definitive agreements to expand in China through a 50:50 joint venture with the Liaoning Bora Enterprise Group (Bora)....