Using a new online self-assessment from Heidelberg, printers can better determine just how environmentally-friendly their practices and procedures are. This free tool can help users realize the benefits of running a greener printing operation.
NatureFlex packaging from Innovia Films guards against moisture vapor and provides a high oxygen value for Ocean's Halo seaweed chips. The material is made from sustainable wood pulp and is certified compostable.
A comprehensive suite of sustainability resources has been added to the Flexographic Technical Association's website to help members and their facilities achieve their current and future sustainability goals.
Amcor joins Coca Cola, Alcoa, and other industry partners that have combined to form the Recycling Partnership, a collaborative, industry-funded effort designed to boost residential recycling in the United States. The funding will support the Recycling Partnership’s inaugural project in Columbia, SC, where a complete modernization of the city’s residential curbside recycling program will be undertaken.
Standup pouches get the glamour and a lot of shelf space, but stick packs, those long, skinny containers of everything from yogurt to nutraceutical potions to table-top packets of sweeteners are becoming hot properties in flexible packaging.
When an earthquake or massive storm hits, part of the challenge for aid workers is providing appropriate nutrition in containers that can stand up to the rigors of third-world environments.
In 2012, Universal Lubricants began exploring options to extend ECO ULTRA's environmental benefits to its exterior, and ideally, expand the motor oil's share of market. Ultimately, ECO ULTRA became the first re-refined motor oil to be offered at the retail level in a flexible package. It took about six months of reviewing mock-ups and prototypes; researching and testing pouch materials, spouts, and solutions; and gauging customer feedback via online consumer surveys, focus groups, and even conversations with NASCAR fans at the Daytona 500.
Sustainability in package printing news, featuring Twin Rivers Paper Co., Kodak and TLMI.
Continuous improvement initiatives and advancements in technology are constantly in motion at DWS Printing Associates in Deer Park, N.Y. Arthur Staib Jr. and his brother Allen Staib are now looking beyond the arrival of their new Heidelberg offset press due in late 2012 and already have their next major capital investment in the planning stages for 2013.
Sustainability in package printing news, featuring items on Avery Dennison, FLEXcon and Colbert Packaging.
