The Recycled Material Standard Paid Members Public
Presented Laura Thompson, GreenBlue The Recycled Material Standard (RMS) has been designed to help advance the use of recycled material. By adopting multiple chain of custody models under a single standard, the RMS couples supply chain flexibility with robust assurances that brands expect. Most manufacturers are familiar with “controlled blending”
Sustainability Innovations – Satisfying the Market Needs for Sustainable High-barrier Flexible Packaging via Dry Vacuum and Wet Dispersion Coating Paid Members Public
Presented by Carolin Struller, Bobst Manchester In recent years, sustainability, reduction of plastic waste and development of more environmentally friendly packaging solutions have been key objectives for the packaging industry in order to move closer towards a circular economy. According to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme), nearly 70 % of
Recyclable Resource-efficient Packaging Enabled by Oriented Polyethylene Paid Members Public
Presented by Dr. Karlheinz Hausmann, DOW Chemical Company The journey towards a circular economy requires the increase of recycling rates and the reduction of packaging materials. Dow is offering a broad technology platform to enable value chain partners to redesign difficult to recycle multimaterial packages into monomaterial packages that are
Impact of Sustainable Materials on Packaging Equipment Paid Members Public
Presented by Daniel Cluskey, Printpack 2025 is fast approaching, bringing with it commitments from consumer packaged goods companies to have all their packaging be recyclable, compostable, or reusable. For many flexible packages this means a complete redesign of the base material focused on end of life. With any material change,
Can Flexible Packaging Ever Truly be Circular? Paid Members Public
Presented by Dana Mosora, CEFLEX In the circular economy, we are able to collect, sort and recycle all flexible packaging – and use it in sustainable end markets to substitute virgin materials. This session will outline the steps on that journey with a focus on driving value and quality through recycling
Challenges in Color Management Addressing Brand Owner PQP Programs Paid Members Public
Presented by Richard Hayden, Sun Chemical
Web Cleaning Technology Paid Members Public
Presented by Matt Fyffe, Meech International A clean, contaminant free web is becoming more and more critical in the competitive printing, coating, laminating and converting industries. The purpose of this presentation is to look at the various types of web cleaning systems that are available today. We will be looking
Using Smart Technology to Improve Productivity on Coating and Lamination Lines Paid Members Public
Presented by R. Duane Smith, Davis-Standard LLC Consistent unwind splicing and winder transfers are paramount to high productivity on all web substrate processing lines. This is especially true in manufacturing high quality flexible packaging materials on extrusion coating and lamination production lines. Industry trends are to produce ever thinner web
