Business Management - Sustainability

Sustaining Sustainability —Polischuk
July 1, 2009

What a difference a year makes. About this time last year, oil prices were peaking around $150/barrel, and energy and materials pricing, in general, were following suit. Along with this, sustainability was right at the top of the list of global concerns.

Info Label Partners With IP to Reduce Waste
June 12, 2009

Halfmoon, N.Y.—Info Label Inc. announced the launch of its new partnership with International Paper Products Corporation of Westfield, MA to reduce waste and its impact on landfills. “We’ve been looking for a positive and productive solution to decrease our waste and its impact on local landfills,” says Mark Dufort, President of Info Label, “and through our partnership with IPPC we’ve reduced our waste by 99 percent."

PRIMIR Study Focuses on Sustainable Print
June 5, 2009

RESTON, Va.—In 2008, Pira International conducted research for the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization (PRIMIR), in a study titled "Sustainable Print in a Dynamic Global Market: What Going Green Means." The 300+ page study was released earlier this year.

Closeup on Synthetics
June 1, 2009

Synthetic materials are well known for their their ability to stand up to tough conditions or to maintain their structure and print quality once off the press and on to packages. They are often incorporated on shampoo bottles and other health and beauty packaging, as well as pharmaceutical packaging.

Which? Gives NatureFlex its Seal of Approval
May 22, 2009

WIGTON, Cumbria, UK—Innovia Films’ compostable cellulose-based packaging film, NatureFlex™, was recently tested by a UK leading consumer body and received a favorable review.

Interfilm Signs Distributor Agreement
May 15, 2009

GREENVILLE, S.C.—Interfilm Holdings Inc., a national value-added distributor of thin gauge plastic films, announced that it has signed a distributor agreement with NanoPack Inc. of Wayne, Pa. NanoPack has developed proprietary barrier coatings that substantially improve existing methods of creating clear barrier films used in packaging consumer products such as foods.

DuPont to Announce Packaging Innovation Award Winners
May 15, 2009

WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) announced that in an industry first, winners of its long-running DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation will be announced via a global virtual forum that will include exchanges with leading industry experts on sustainable packaging, as well as with the prestigious international panel of jurors who selected this year’s winners from over 120 entries from around the world.

CardPak to Sponsor Tree Planting Program
May 1, 2009

SOLON, Ohio—CardPak is joining with the Solon schools and the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) in sponsoring the Trees Into Cartons, Cartons Into Trees Program. TICCIT (pronounced "ticket") is an outreach and education program highlighting the natural renewability and sustainability of paperboard packaging.