Prestretched Films:
The Source Reduction Option
Film appears in Packaging Digest
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XP films target the most competitive stretch
wrap business
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| The XP EZ Bander is a new prestretched
banding film that joins a line of narrow width bundling films.
Targeting the narrow width stretch wrap market, XP EZ Bander
is designed to combat volatile prices and low distributor margins.
states. The prestretched film promises to give a good look to
wrapped products. Stiffer and stronger than conventional films
because it's oriented and prestretched, the film is said to
give greater holding force and eliminate the need to stretch
the film during application. The film affords stiffness and
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The Reality of
Sustainability
Sustainability and sustainable packaging are the buzzwords
that represent today's number one issue in the flexible
packaging industry. The issue is simple: What can converters
do to improve
product quality and
the quality of their impact on the environment?
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- Go Green with HYBRiD80 Stretch Wraps
Paper and Packaging News April 2008 |
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California Firms
Hope to Turn Green into Gold
For companies devoted to eco-friendly wares and services,
it is not enough that California is at the vanguard of the
green business movement.
Manufacturers must convince consumers that their new
products are good, not just good for the environment.
Read
- HYBRiD80 Stretch Film
Packaging Trade Source April 2008
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Wal-Mart chief
pledges higher prices for sustainable suppliers
The chief executive of the world's biggest retailer yesterday
promised to favour suppliers providing high quality and
ethically sourced products.
Wal-Mart will launch a major retail-industry effort to improve
social, ethical and environmental standards in the factories
of its suppliers, CEO and president Lee Scott told a meeting
of store managers.
"The drive will see the retailer favour - and in some cases
even pay more - for suppliers that meet our standards and
share our commitment to quality and sustainability".
"Paying more in the short term for quality will mean paying
less in the long term as a company. Higher quality products
will mean better value, fewer problems, fewer returns and
greater trust with our customers," Scott told the audience.
But the firm will also raise the bar for suppliers on sustainable
sourcing, putting pressure on them to provide evidence that
they are meeting ethical and quality criteria.
Read
- XP Prestretched Wrap
News Wires January 2008 |
I'd like to
talk a little bit about our operations also. We've also
put in quite a bit or are in the process of adding capacity
in some of our businesses. In stretch film, by the end of
February, we will be making a product called Pre-stretch,
it's a specialty film, it completes our product line. It's
the only product that we're missing in that marketplace.
Transcript analysts conference call.
US Stretch Film Producer January 2008 |
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'Going Green'
. . . How This Business Trend Affects Industrial Marketers
The concepts of "going green" and promoting "sustainability"
are fueling a global trend that permeates the business landscape.
As industrial marketers, we can do ourselves a big favor
by taking advantage of the advice offered by both the environmentalists
and the experienced business professionals who are "going
green." Both parties recommend that we take an approach
that involves educating ourselves (and our co-workers, customers
and, perhaps, the local community) about this trend and,
through this educational process, we develop or change our
perception of "going green" to be a positive, beneficial
experience.
US Packaging News Source January 2008 |
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The 'innovation
imperative'
The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, recently
placed even greater emphasis on the importance of innovation
with a series of conference agendas, including one specifically
called "The Innovation Imperative." The globalization ,
fast pace and competition for consumers' purchases in today's
marketplace simply demands innovation. Quality, price, delivery
- all the other attributes need to be there as well. But
without innovation it's no longer possible to build or hold
onto market share. That's a scary thought, unless you are
an innovator working with innovation partners.
Packaging World Magazine September 2007 |
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U.S. retailers
push packagers to think "green"
Growing demand from U.S. retailers and manufacturers for
smaller, eco-friendly packages is pushing box makers and
chemical companies to create compact packaging that is bio-based
and recyclable. I would say that the balance is still probably
weighted more toward cost control," but the significance
of environmental benefits is growing, said one analyst.
News Wires September 2007 |
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Bulk packaging
suppliers focused on efficiency and environment
Buyers today are looking to their bulk packaging suppliers
to help them better maximize their supply chain efficiencies,
improve cost effectiveness, and provide more "green" products
for use in their supply chains. Bulk packaging products
in general fall into two categories: rigid bulk packaging,
which includes drums, rigid intermediate bulk containers
(RIBCs), pails, corrugated boxes; and flexible bulk packaging,
which includes shipping sacks, flexible intermediate bulk
containers (FIBCs), film wrap, strapping and liners.
Purchasing.com August 2007 |
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Business sees
green in going green
More companies are leading the charge to develop and invest
in environmentally friendly technology -- not just because
its good for nature, but it's also good for the bottom line.
It's both great business and a good business -- great in
that it is generating real orders and revenue ... and good
in the burnishing effect our initiatives have had on both
our brand and our business. Companies are increasingly considering
their environmental costs as a way to bolster their brand
name and consumer confidence in their product.
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Wal-Mart announces initial
results of Packaging Scorecard
Results from the first month of operation
show active use of the scorecard and a strong interest from
product suppliers to make their packaging more sustainable.
The scorecard evaluates the sustainability of product packaging
based on greenhouse gas emissions related to production,
material value, product-to-packaging ratio, cube utilization,
recycled content usage, innovation, the amount of renewable
energy used to manufacture the packaging, the recovery value
of the raw materials, and emissions related to transportation
of the packaging materials. Suppliers will receive a score
per package relative to their peers in each category.
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P&G to concentrate
on less packaging.
Procter & Gamble threw its weight behind growing environmental
efforts to reduce excess packaging. The move comes as
Wal-Mart, P&G's largest customer, is pushing its suppliers
to cut packaging by at least 5 per cent. In Europe,
Tesco and other big supermarket chains have also said
they want to cut the amount of packaging. As it reported
quarterly results, P&G also said it expected to face
increases in commodity and energy costs in its coming
fiscal year.
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for source reduction packaging has pump primed demand
for prestretched films. U.S. Stretch Film Producer |
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Wal-Mart goes green
BIG TIME
In a move that could have a ripple effect
on the packaging industry, the retail giant plans to
reduce shipping container and product wrapping costs
by 5% by 2013. That could save $14 billion, and spur
packaging changes elsewhere. Wal-Mart Stores, the world’s
largest retailer, wants its 60,000 suppliers to find
more efficient packaging methods and to reduce the amount
of packaging used, starting in 2008, while making the
remaining wrapping and shipping materials environmentally
friendlier. The company’s packaging move comes more
than two years after consumer packaged goods companies
began to feel pressure from higher raw materials costs,
particularly for the plastic many of them use for their
packaging.
What it means to buyers
Wal-Mart purchasing is working with suppliers to change
packaging systems to reduce use of plastic films and
paper.
Shipping container, wrapping and baling and bundling
plastics will be targeted for expanded recycling.
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XP Prestretched film reduces film use
XP Formula films also offer a significant cost saving alternative!
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Lighter weight rolls are easier to use and
cost less without a loss in performance. This unique film
is working and strong right off the roll. XP formulation
eliminates the need to stretch film to get maximum performance.
XP formula film available on all Handywrap,
Ultragrip, and E-Z Bander products.
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These new items are in stock
and available for immediate shipment! For a test case contact your
nearest Western Plastics
location or email us as
info@wplastics.com for more information.
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