August 19, 2011
TLMI announced the availability of a mobile phone application as a free download for the TLMI Technical Conference being held in Chicago September 6-8.
DuPont Co.
May 27, 2011
DuPont Packaging Graphics announced the planned start-up of the new DuPont™ Cyrel® round manufacturing facility at its site in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. Cyrel® round sleeve production will begin in the first quarter of 2012.
May 13, 2011
The need to package food, consumer and industrial products in a more sustainable and affordable way dominates the worldwide packaging industry, according to DuPont’s global survey of consumer packaged goods companies and packaging converters.
March 14, 2011
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) has announced plans to host the Harper Road Show 2011 on March 30 at its global headquarters in Green Bay. Visitors will see both narrow inline and wide web CI machines in one location and learn from the experts how to make sure their operation runs as efficiently and competitively as possible.
August 13, 2010
LOVELAND, Ohio—Patron sponsorships keep certification fees low for printers, enabling the printers to focus on measuring and improving their environmental performance.
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.
February 27, 2009
CLEARWATER, Fla.—Innovation can eliminate packaging waste and enable a future where all packaging is recycled or its value is recovered, DuPont’s vice president and general manager said at the Packaging Strategies CEO Summit. “The packaging industry has long focused on reducing to the minimum necessary packaging. But this is not enough; we can do more through innovation,” said William F. Weber.
February 20, 2009
This week marked the completion of the Hurricane Ike restart project at the DuPont Sabine River Works plant. The site’s ethylene unit began operation this week and was the site’s final unit to return to normal operation.
November 14, 2008
WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Nonwovens has announced that Laird Plastics, an independent plastics distributor in North America, is a new distributor for DuPont Graphics products. Selected for its nationwide presence and commitment to sustainable solutions, Laird Plastics was chosen to help expand distribution of DuPont Graphics products with a focus on DuPont™ Tyvek® print media in the wide-format marketplace. “We are proud to partner with DuPont, a recognized leader for its commitment to the environment and the health and safety of its employees,” said Brett Thompson, Western region market development manager, Laird Plastics. “Laird Plastics is committed to streamlining the supply chain and providing customers
October 17, 2008
WILMINGTON, Del.—DuPont Packaging Graphics has published results from two peer-reviewed environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies indicating significant non-renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission reductions from use of its Cyrel® flexographic print and thermal platemaking processes. The full report, Life Cycle Assessment: Flexographic and Rotogravure Printing Comparison & Flexographic Plate Imaging Technologies, is available at www.cyrel.com . The two LCAs compared the environmental footprints of flexographic printing to gravure printing, and the footprint of thermal platemaking to solvent platemaking for flexography. Data comparing flexo and gravure printing indicate that use of the flexo process alone results in significant reductions in both non-renewable energy
