by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Packaging
Alfatherm SpA (Venegono, Italy), one of Europe’s major producers of rigid, semi-rigid and plasticized furniture PVC foils, announced the formation of Alfatherm North America Inc. Through this initiative, the company intends to enhance its direct presence on one of the...
by plastics editor | Sep 22, 2017 | Daily News, Environmental, Packaging, Plastics Materials
The idea of the United States taking environmental cues from Kenya, a country that ranks near the bottom for environmental performance, is frightening. Instead of following Kenya’s lead, we should build on initiatives that are already working in the United States to...
by plastics editor | Sep 20, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Extrusion, Packaging, Plastics Materials
There’s a new barrier packaging option for North America packagers that’s been proven in Europe: Mondi Consumer Packaging (Vienna, Austria) is bringing products based on the company’s blown film extrusion technology stateside. “We see a huge potential for the North...
by plastics editor | Sep 20, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Packaging, Plastics Materials
A growing demand for more environmentally friendly products has seen the bioplastics market expand tremendously in recent years. Increasing consumer awareness is one of the key drivers that will lead to an anticipated 236% growth of the global bio-based plastics...
by plastics editor | Sep 19, 2017 | Daily News, Packaging, Plastics Materials, Process Recycling
Tired of people telling you we throw away too much packaging? Here’s what you can tell them: We’re actually each throwing away less packaging today than we did more than 15 years ago. Between 2000 and 2014, the amount of packaging by weight that we generated grew by...
by plastics editor | Sep 19, 2017 | Automotive, Daily News, Injection Molding, Medical, Packaging
At Fakuma’s 25th anniversary trade show and exhibition, held October 17 to 21 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, Milacron Holdings Corp. (Cincinnati, OH) will pull out all the stops to display what it calls the most comprehensive global product offering in the plastics...
