Automatic sorting systems using diffraction grating could boost recycled content of plastic food packaging and be available within a few years, claims Axion Consulting.
Diamond-like-carbon (DLC)-coated polypropylene (PP) films with an organosilane interlayer improved gas barrier properties by 300 times compared to untreated material, according to researchers.
Processing Technologies International (PTi) has announced the sale of a sheet extrusion system to Aserpet which represents a “major stepping stone” in the company’s expansion strategy.
RPC Bramlage Food presented a new plastic pack at Interpack – manufactured with barrier multi-layer injection moulding and designed to rival glass and cans in the market for long shelf life products.
Petrochemical company Braskem and enzyme producer Novozymes are to launch a research project to develop large-scale production of greener, cheaper polypropylene (PP) from sugarcane.
Demand for high visibility packaging in the US is expected to expand four per cent yearly to $8.5bn in 2012 reflecting the influence of mass market retailers and the performance efficiency of this type of food container, claims US analysts, Freedonia.
A new injection moulding polypropylene (PP) grade of plastic resin
allows food packagers the ability to increase production, while
cutting down on the material needed, the manufacturer claims.
Romanian plastics firm Prodplast has begun searching for a partner
it hopes will help it to step up production of polyethylene in the
country's blossoming market for flexible food packaging.
A new line of Pentafood vinyl films offering what is claimed to be
exceptional cold crack properties for food packaging applications
has been launched by Klöckner Pentaplast.
Competition between lower-priced resins and higher-performance
variants is set to intensify, according to a soon-to-be-released
report. The development of upgraded commodity thermoplastics is
challenging established higher-performance...
Treofan, the Germany-based provider of labelling solutions for the
food and beverage industry, has launched a new line of In-Mould
Labels (IML) at the Labelexpo Europe 2003.
With food marketers constantly on the look out for more flexible
packaging to achieve eye-catching aesthetics, it seems that the
future of blow-moulded high-density polyethylene containers looks
sealed.