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PTI-Europe establishes Mocon-certified permeability facility
16 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Switzerland-based PTI Europe, a subsidiary of Plastic Technologies, has set up a Mocon-certified testing laboratory at its Yverdon facility in Switzerland for permeation of oxygen and carbon-dioxide.
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Tri-Tronics takes over Photocraft
15 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Florida-based packaging and printing products firm has announced acquisition of Photocraft, which makes rotary optical encoders and sensors.
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Clariant develops new liquid technology for blow molding
15 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Specialty chemical company in Switzerland, Clariant Masterbatches has developed the new liquid vehicle technology (LVT) to eliminate problems that have prevented wider use of liquid color and additive concentrates in extrusion blow molding of polyolefins (high and low-density polyethylene and polypropylene).
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Curwood’s packaging technology bags DuPont’s gold award
14 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
DuPont’s annual Awards for Packaging Innovation has selected Curwood’s FreshCase packaging technology for meat as this year's diamond winner, as the solution addresses the effort to help ensure food maintains its nutritional value and freshness.
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Bosch unveils KLD1043 new inspection system
09 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Bosch Packaging Technology has introduced the latest KLD 1043 version, an inspection system that comes with an output of up to 36,000 items per hour, at Achema 2012.
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Kraft uses LCA for packaging environmental impact
08 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Kraft Foods is using a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to help it make the right changes and get the best results when it comes to the environmental impact from packaging.
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Packsize to implement iQ FUSION
08 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
US-based packaging on-demand packaging solutions provider Packsize International has revealed plans to implement iQ FUSION, which enables the packaging firm to reach out to a broader set of on-demand packaging customers.
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Ontario board introduces website offering QR codes for fruits
07 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
The Ontario Tender Fruit Producers Marketing Board has created a new website, which provides Quick Response (QR) codes that producers can request for download for use on their own packaging and marketing materials.
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Indian firm selects Esko’s plate imager, packaging software
03 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
India-based Creative Graphics (CG) has selected the Esko CDI Spark 4260 plate imager and also invested in Esko's Suite 10 packaging prepress software to benefit from significant cost savings through the automation of its flexo plate production.
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HeatGenie receives LoI from European food brand
02 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Self-heating technology developer in the US, HeatGenie has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from a European food and beverage brand to license the technology and purchase up to five million self-heating packages.
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Highcon introduces Direct-to-Pack solution for folding cartons
02 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Israel-based Highcon has introduced its new Direct-to-Pack solution for folding cartons, which is ideal for converters on look out to extend the digital technology into the finishing process.
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Amcor, Sacmi announce commercialization of CBF technology
02 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Rigid plastic packaging producer Amcor Rigid Plastics and Italian manufacturer of compression molding equipment, Sacmi have announced the commercialization of the Compression Blow Forming (CBF) machine for the production of rigid HDPE pharmaceutical bottles.
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Spartech launches new packaging solution
02 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
US producer of plastic products Spartech has announced the launch of its 1-Seal packaging solution at FMI 2012 in Dallas, Texas. The technology provides a sustainable, re-sealable, durable packaging solution to packaging brands in the food industry.
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Plasma Technology finds wide application in film packaging market
01 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
Packaging firms are increasingly adopting the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP that was developed jointly by Fraunhofer FEP and Biofilm.
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Ecology Coatings to unveil patent-pending GRAS technology
01 May 2012 | By PKBR Staff Writer
US-based advanced coatings developer Ecology Coatings announced its patent-pending GRAS (generally recognized as safe) coating technology will be presented at the RadTech UV&EB 2012 Technology & Expo Conference on 1 May 2012 and at the Food Packaging Technologies Summit on 9 May 2012.
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