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Converting machines can be optimized for handling sustainable packaging materials, and manufacturing partners can support the transition to new, sustainable flexible films. Even with the present challenges, there are plenty of opportunities to be ready with the right packaging equipment and configurations.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, sustainability goals may have taken a backseat to safety concerns — but they never went away. In fact, 85% of Americans think about sustainability the same amount or more during the pandemic.
Prairie State Group, a printer specializing in flexible film, food grade packaging materials and pressure-sensitive labels, has achieved its eighth SQF Certification in both food safety and quality edition 8.2, an internationally recognized food safety standard from the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Institute.
Flair Flexible Packaging has introduced PLATINUM+, a performance-enhanced advancement on its original thermoforming film program. With a wider operating window, the films offer a premium solution for common challenges with thermoformed flexible packaging.
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Germany-based B&B offers the SFB 8E–T and SFB 10E–T bag machines for the production of side-gusseted bags with a flat bottom and a bag length of up to 1 m in height. On the SFB 10E-T machine, flexible film bag production is carried out transversal to the machine running direction with a production performance of up to 70 cycles/minute.
