A promising, environmentally friendly replacement for plastics derived from petroleum has been made more biodegradable by researchers from Michigan State University’s renowned School of Packaging.
FormFactor, Inc., a leading semiconductor test and measurement supplier have introduced the FRT MicroProf® PT, a new semiconductor metrology and inspection tool for rectangular panels up to 600 mm containing 4-5X more dies compared to a 300 mm wafer.
Billerud presents a machine glazed kraft paper especially adapted and validated for wrapping toilet and kitchen paper rolls. Hitting the sustainability sweet spot – renewable, recyclable and biodegradable, but also enduring tough handling as good as any PE plastic.
Woodward L’Orange – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of injection systems and engine components used in ships, powerplants, oil platforms, trains and mining vehicles - has strengthened its environmental commitment with the announcement it is switching to a new range of fully recycled plastic packaging for its products.
In an age of online shopping and mass production, distribution centers are on the rise.
AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, participates in a new European research on reusable plastic packaging.
Writing in the journal Food Hydrocolloids, a team of researchers from Zhejiang University in China has investigated porous hydrogel packaging for the safe transportation and storage of delicate fruits such as strawberries.
In a paper recently published in the journal Polymers, researchers aimed to develop an active polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and corn starch-based thermoplastic starch (TPS) film to be used in food packaging equipped with the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of watermelon rind extract combined with a glycerol plasticizer.
When working with powders, in-process performance and final product quality will be influenced by properties of the raw materials delivered to the process.
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Researchers from Chile and the UK have collaborated on a new paper in Materials exploring the use of agar in biodegradable packaging. The paper has important implications for reducing the environmental damage of plastic packaging.