Packaging

Ah, bubble wrap packaging. There is something about the pliable transparent plastic material that brings amusement to people of all ages. Some even say the recognizable popping sound when compressed and ruptured can even be used to alleviate stress.

Reifenhäuser Extrusion is experiencing an increase in orders for thermoforming sheet extrusion lines featuring production capacities between 700 and 1500 kg/hr.

Soaring raw material costs, smaller orders from customers, and a strong pressure on end user prices are forcing producers to rapidly adapt themselves to new market situations, the company stated.

Perpetual Recycling Solutions plans to open a $30 million food-grade rPET recycling facility in Richmond, IN. The plant will produce more than 110 million pounds of rPET flake annually for customers throughout the U.S.

The company is a manufacturer of post-consumer recycled PET (rPET) resin, which currently serves the plastic packaging industry from its affiliated company, Pure Tech Plastics, in New York.

Schick has launched the first disposable razor to use 100% recycled plastic in the production of its handle.

A manufacturer of flexible packaging material looks to keep it clean.

Rollprint Packaging Products Inc. is expected to be the first sterile packaging manufacturer to convert pouches in a certified cleanroom environment in the United States.

A Southwest supplier of specialty food products is now using Amcor Rigid Plastics' 32oz decanter-style polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for its Brack Ranch Sweet Pepper Glaze.

Heritage Family Specialty Foods Inc. stated this move will provide entry into the club store market segment, with a launch late last year at Costco's locations throughout the Southwest.

Agr International has launched a new series of lab profiler gauges to offer a non-destructive method to identify the presence and thickness of PET and barrier materials in multi-layer containers.

As February fast approaches, we're taking a look back at January's top stories on PlasticsToday for the plastic caps and closures segment.

Ft. Collins, CO - Robert Harvey disputes the claim robots are job killers.

In fact, Harvey, sales manager at custom automation supplier CBW Automation, told PlasticsToday it's the opposite; robots keep U.S. companies competitive, which can lead to job growth.

"Robots actually help to keep business in North America," he said. "Automation can do what humans can't do."

With a total of six multi-layer lines in three years, battenfeld-cincinnati continues to expand its presence in the polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) barrier sheet segment for food packaging.

The machine manufacturer recently received an order from an Asian packaging manufacturer for a multilayer thermoforming sheet extrusion line.