Richard Grandke, industry manager, printing and packaging in the dispersions pigments division of BASF, has offered 7 years of his expertise to the company, and has gained his knowledge of inks and polymers throughout his 35 years of experience.

Mondi Americas will bring its new retort and hot-fill pouch design and production capabilities online to the North American marketplace in December 2013.

Delta Industrial featured a Custom Converting System with in-line Heat Seal Pouching at PackExpo Las Vegas 2013.

A Flexible Packaging reader is looking for HDPE, specifically 0005 x 4" tubing x 600 ft rolls High Density Polyethylene (HDPE).

While the focus for flexible packaging suppliers has been firmly on sustainability issues as much as performance in recent years, a new generation of packaging technologists is looking at new, and potentially ground breaking, nanomaterials and coatings to create new products.

Until today, juice-type beverages in pouches have been dominated by a small number of companies.

Static is a common phenomenon that affects a number of industries, including plastics and converting, and as machinery speeds have increased and an expanding number of synthetic materials have been developed, the negative effects that static can have on these sectors have become more apparent.

Q: Please explain coating onto flexible film substrates in a few steps. Separately, please explain the typical steps of laminating a flexible film substrate. (If they go hand-in-hand, please explain the tie-in.)

Leading up to PRINT 13 and co-located CPP EXPO show where our industry will convene this fall, it’s the ideal time to consider the changing dynamics facing those in the packaging supply chain.

An understanding of the regulatory systems that apply to printing inks used on food packages is necessary not only for companies that manufacture these inks, but also for food producers, manufacturers of packaging materials, and converters.