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- Issue 02 | 2018
Biobased food packaging through the eyes of the consumer
What do consumers think of biobased food packaging? And can manufacturers and retailers strengthen the brand position of their food products by choosing biobased food packaging? Within the COMBO ... - Issue 02 | 2018
NFC for packaging applications
Compostable food packaging with a matching look and feel - Issue 02 | 2018
Sustainable meat trays
Compostable packaging creates a green revolution in meat packaging - Issue 02 | 2017
Transparent dairy and dessert packaging
Transparent packaging is one of the hottest trends in retail sales today. With the drive toward wholesome foods, showcasing appealing products through crystal clear packaging is a natural next step ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Ultra-high barrier films for thermoforming
Plantic Technologies Ltd (Altona, Victoria, Australia) has achieved a unique place in the world market for bioplastics through proprietary technology that delivers biodegradable and renewable sourced ... - Issue 02 | 2017
Trays from sugar cane waste
Sugar cane by-product becomes raw material for biodegradable (fruit) trays - Issue 02 | 2017
White, easy-to-peel bio-PET lidding film
Toray Plastics (America), Inc., now offers a biobased version of its new LumiLid® XL7W, a white, easy-to-peel PET lidding film for use with refrigerated and frozen dairy and dairy-replacement foods ... - Issue 02 | 2016
a-PHA modified PLA for thermoforming
Recent reports indicate an emerging market trend toward sustainable packaging options due to environmental awareness among consumers for alternatives with improved biodegradability. For instance, the ... - Issue 02 | 2016
Thermoforming and easy peel films
The growing trend of consumer awareness towards the impact of their actions on the environment has seen Plantic Technologies Ltd (Altona, Victora, Australia), a part of the Kuraray group, successful ... - Issue 02 | 2015
Thermoformable high-barrier material
Used by some of the worlds leading retailers and processors Plantic Technologies Ltd (Altona, Victoria, Australia) thermoformable bottom webs are providing a new class in ultra-high barrier films ... - Issue 02 | 2015
New cast PLA films
Chemical Works NITRO-CHEM S.A. located in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in cooperation with Corbion Purac, are developing TRINIFLEX® cast PLA films for rigid and thermoformable packaging. - Issue 02 | 2015
New bio-based, solvent-free lidding films
In early March of this year Toray Plastics (America), Inc. from North Kingstown, Rhode Island, announced the introduction of new biobased lidding films. - Issue 02 | 2014
Compostable meat packaging
After 6 years of research Bio4Pack (Rheine, Germany) proudly presents its fully compostable and fully renewable meat packaging. Bio4Pack, well known for its renewable and compostable vegetable and ... - Issue 02 | 2014
Urban Schools aim for Environmental Revolution
Nothing seemed to be special about the food trays from which pupils at several Naples schools consumed their meals: rigid, angular and white. But looks can be deceiving: They are the pioneer of what ... - Issue 02 | 2013
Accurate environmental claims for thermoformed products
The day before the 2012 European Bioplastics conference a workshop was hosted on what constitutes accurate environmental claims. A pdf-version of a special marketing communication guide is available ... - Issue 02 | 2013
Thermoformed On-The Go Boxes
Fabri-Kal, is a family-owned eco and performance packaging leader for more than 60 years and one of the largest thermoformers in North America located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. The company was one ... - Issue 02 | 2013
Bio-based materials for MAP
Most of the food packaging materials used nowadays are derived from non-renewable resources. The growing number of smaller families and single person households, has encouraged product manufacturers ... - Issue 02 | 2013
Thermoforming with Transparent Paper?
Clarifoil® (Spondon, Derby, UK) is the world’s leading manufacturer of cellulose diacetate films and has been producing film in the UK since the 1940’s. In fact, acetate film was one of the ... - Issue 02 | 2013
New technology for PLA-based thermoforming
When Solegear began working with a major retailer looking to shift its rigid thermoformed packaging to a bio-based solution, the challenge was to create packaging design that not just maximized ... - Issue 02 | 2012
PLA for thermoforming - More functionality by sustainable thermoforming films
Under the brand-name BioWare Huhtamaki offers a sustainable material concept, where all products are biodegradable, compostable and preferably bio-based, i.e. derived from renewable resources. Since ... - Issue 02 | 2011
Clearing the Way for Wider PLA Use
Modifier that reduces brittleness, quiets film noise and reduces processing cost combats major growth restraints of the bio-based polymer - Issue 02 | 2011
High-Performance Thermforming of Starch-Based Polymers
One field of application for bioplastics is thermoformed rigid packaging. Plantic® is a high-amylose starch-based material, introduced onto the market by Australian Plantic Technologies Limited in ... - Issue 03 | 2009
Thermal Cooler Box
Sandoz, Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey, USA) and KTM Industries, Inc. (Lansing, Michigan, USA) recently announced the launch of the Green Cell Cooler Box - the first 100% biobased and completely ... - Issue 03 | 2009
Flexible Bio-foams
Foamed plastics have the advantage of a low density with comparably good material properties. There are different kinds of foaming procedures, (a) foaming of multi-component systems where the polymer ... - Issue 03 | 2009
Study Confirms Lifecycle Advantages of PLA over rPET
A first-of-its-kind lifecycle analysis finds that clamshell packaging made from NatureWorks‘ Ingeo™ (PLA), emits fewer greenhouse gases and uses less energy when compared to clamshells manufactured ... - Issue 03 | 2009
More than Cups ...
Consumers are a very demanding group when it comes to quality and cost awareness – perhaps even more so in these times of crisis. This applies both to the home market in general and also to fast ... - Issue 02 | 2010
Infrared Heat for Corn Starch Packaging
Sweets, chocolates and other types of confectionery are packed in boxes with plastic insert trays. These trays are manufactured by thermoforming plastic sheet. A relatively new development is to ... - Issue 02 | 2010
Thermoforming High Heat Products
Custom thermoformer, Plastic Ingenuity, Cross Plains, Wisconsin, USA, a national leader in the light gauge custom thermoforming industry since 1972, has been and continues to lead the industry with ...