Packaging

Kuraray America Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Advances

Developments include new EVOH and Plantic bio-based plastic.

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sustainability

Former Has a Full-Blown Focus on Sustainability

Shepherd Thermoforming’s operation has spared millions of PET bottles from death by landfill. It also has taken steps to slash its own energy and water consumption.

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Packaging

Prices Up for All Commodity Resins, Including ABS, PC, Nylons 6, 66

Reversal of some factors driving prices up could change the trajectory in the second or third quarter.

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Film Extrusion

Mid South Extrusion Upgrades Film Capabilities

Film processor adds new Davis-Standard 6-in. extruder and makes a variety of other line upgrades.

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Research Reaffirms FDA Rules for Virgin PET Cap as Barrier

Study refutes previous research that raised doubts over V-PET’s effectiveness as a functional barrier layer when coextruded with R-PET.

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Thermoforming

Global Packaging Giant Sets Sights on U.S.

Well established in other parts of the world, Greiner Packaging is bringing its wide array of food-packaging technologies to the U.S. market.

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Sidel Opens Cap Molding Plant in Arizona

PET blow molding machinery producer gains cap-molding division.

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Arburg ‘Technology Days’-6700 Visitors and Several Novelties

The first metal-powder injection molded smartphone frame, PP-IML containers molded in under 2 sec, a new additive-manufacturing development center, and hints of innovations yet to come.

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Molds & Tooling

Engel Hosts Tech Symposium, Updates Global Expansion News

At a packaging and medical themed technology symposium at its technical center in California, the Austrian maker of molding machines and automation discussed global investments in its business.

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Bottled Water Bests Soft Drinks in U.S. Sales for First Time

PLASTICS' new report focuses on plastic bottle innovation.

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