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Technology: Rolls & Rollers

Web Storage: Eye to the Wall vs. Eye to the Sky

March 4, 2015

Roll printing and converting industries have struggled for years with material handling methods. Plastic film/tube/bag extruders and web label printers all face the material handling issues daily.

Q&A: Special Advertising Section

Q&A on Flexible Packaging Adhesives

Kori A. Winters

March 4, 2015

Q&A with Thomas Ruppert, New Business Development Manager Converter Solutions Group of Bostik Inc.

Printing: Innovative Techniques

Flexible Packaging Printer Seeks Inspection of Substrates, Without Using White Ink

March 4, 2015

Working with packaging converters to help them resolve production issues is part of the daily role of printing technology suppliers. But sometimes a new solution is the answer.

Toray Plastics (America) Introduces New Biobased, Solvent-free Lidding Flims

March 4, 2015

Toray Plastics (America) Inc. announces the introduction of new bio-based lidding films. LumiLid bio-based, dual-ovenable lidding films are manufactured with Toray's proprietary sustainable resin blends, which are made with more than 50 percent renewable feedstocks.

Industry Insights: Food Packaging

The Next Revolution in Food Packaging

Pablo Garcia, Contributing writer

March 4, 2015

When it comes to food packaging, there is growing demand for solutions that are not only flexible, but more importantly, bio-based, recyclable and biodegradable.

Sealed Air Honored at 2015 FPA Achievement Awards

March 4, 2015

Sealed Air’s Food Care Division received Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards for two packaging innovations at the Flexible Packaging Association’s 59th annual Achievement Awards and Innovation Showcase.

Hot Products

New Line of Coating and Laminating Machinery Experiences Success in North America

March 4, 2015

The Linear family of Combi coaters and laminators, manufactured by the Nordmeccanica Group is experiencing a significant success in North America.

Richard G. Kyle Elected to Sonoco's Board of Directors

February 23, 2015

Sonoco has elected Richard G. Kyle to its board of directors.

Dow Co-Sponsors “Energy Bag” Pilot Program for Plastic Waste

Collaborative effort demonstrates a recycle-to-energy alternative that diverts plastic waste from landfills

February 20, 2015

Every day, Americans generate over four pounds of waste per person. Despite the proliferation of recycling programs during the past three decades, more than half of all U.S. trash (135 million tons) still ends up in landfills.