Packaging

sustainability

Sustainable Medical Molding: For Nypro, It’s Good Business

“Why worry about sustainability?” asks Ed Cathey, controller of Nypro’s Mebane, N.C., injection molding plant.

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Packaging

Compostable Drinking Straws from PLA

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A proprietary PLA-based bioplastic from Cereplast, Inc., El Segundo, Calif., is being used in new compostable drinking straws sold under the Cello-Green Bio Straws brand by Cell-O-Core Co., Wadsworth, Ohio.

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Biopolymers

Conveying, Drying, Crystallizing PLA : The Energy-Saving Packaging Solution

When the new industry term “bioresins” hit the plastics community in the early 2000s, polylactic acid (PLA ) made its way to the top of the list in a class of new plant-based materials.

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Medical

This Blow Molder Tackles Technical Parts That Others Won’t Touch

Tom Boyd is used to incredulous looks from potential customers.

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Film Extrusion

First Film Based on Nylon 410

The first films made from EcoPaxx nylon 410 from Royal DSM of the Netherlands (U.S. office in Evansville, Ind.) have been introduced by DSM’s German development partner, MF-Folien, a leading expert in nylon film production.

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Packaging

PS Foam Labels Keep the Chill In

Technology to target canned, craft beer and contract labeling companies to start.

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sustainability

Make Thinner Stretch-Hood Films at Lower Cost

WEB EXCLUSIVE: A new, more sustainable stretch-hood solution developed by the Belgian polymer plant of Houston-based ExxonMobil Chemical Co. is now being expanded by the company to the resin packaging operations of all of its polymer plants, and can easily be extended to other stretch-hood applications, the company says.

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Film Extrusion

Public, Private Sectors Join for Film Recycling

The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources and two national business groups have announced a first-of a-kind, state-led partnership to expand film recycling.

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Sustainable Thermoforming: Efforts at Dordan

Family-owned former has been in the forefront of sustainable thermoforming and package design for years. Has it been worth the effort?

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Postconsumer

Sustainable Sheet: Placon Closes the Loop on PET Recycling

Placon reprocesses up to 12,000 lb/day of PCR PET to produce its EcoStar line of sheet.

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