Packaging Archives - Chemical Engineering https://www.chemengonline.com/category/packaging-2/ Chemical Engineering essentials for the global chemical processing industries (CPI) Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:55:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Best Practices for Labeling of Chemical Storage Containers https://www.chemengonline.com/best-practices-for-labeling-of-chemical-storage-containers/ https://www.chemengonline.com/best-practices-for-labeling-of-chemical-storage-containers/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:18:11 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=299545 For chemical companies, supply chain success demands optimized, GHS-compliant labeling practices Safety and compliance are top priorities in the chemical process industries (CPI) and heavy-duty industries, with proper storage and handling of chemicals — especially hazardous ones — a prominent and ongoing concern. While industry professionals certainly recognize that labeling plays a critical role in […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/best-practices-for-labeling-of-chemical-storage-containers/feed/ 0 ALPLA opens PET recycling plant in South Africa https://www.chemengonline.com/alpla-opens-pet-recycling-plant-in-south-africa/ https://www.chemengonline.com/alpla-opens-pet-recycling-plant-in-south-africa/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:55:54 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=285837 Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA Group (Hard, Austria; www.alpla.com) is opening a state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa approximately one and a half years after the start of construction. The company has invested 60 million euros in the new plant in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Starting in 2025, the ALPLA recycling […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/alpla-opens-pet-recycling-plant-in-south-africa/feed/ 0 Recently Published Books for the CPI: July 2020 https://www.chemengonline.com/recently-published-books-for-the-cpi-july-2020/ https://www.chemengonline.com/recently-published-books-for-the-cpi-july-2020/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:40:37 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=205505 The following recently published books may be of interest to chemical process industries (CPI) professionals: Smart Manufacturing: Applications and Case Studies. Edited by Masoud Soroush, Michael Baldea and Thomas Edgar, Elsevier Press, 2020, 525 pages, $200.00. Analytical Design of PID Controllers. By Ivan Diaz-Rodriguez, Sangjin Han and Shankar Bhattacharyya, Springer Publishing, 2020, digital e-book version, […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/recently-published-books-for-the-cpi-july-2020/feed/ 0 Technology Profile: Production Process for Neopentyl Glycol https://www.chemengonline.com/production-process-neopentyl-glycol/ https://www.chemengonline.com/production-process-neopentyl-glycol/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=202009 Neopentyl glycol (NPG; 2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diol) is an industrially important and versatile diol, mainly employed as a building block for polyesters and polyurethanes. NPG imparts desirable properties to

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/production-process-neopentyl-glycol/feed/ 0 Packaging Equipment: Product Quality Improves with Innovations https://www.chemengonline.com/packaging-equipmentproduct-quality-improves-innovations/ https://www.chemengonline.com/packaging-equipmentproduct-quality-improves-innovations/#respond Sat, 01 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=145783 More sophisticated packaging equipment helps the CPI boost product quality and machine reliability When it comes to packaging their products, chemical, pharmaceutical and food processors list product quality

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/packaging-equipmentproduct-quality-improves-innovations/feed/ 0 Dow validates recyclable polyethylene packaging that performs as barrier https://www.chemengonline.com/dow-validates-recyclable-polyethylene-packaging-performs-barrier/ https://www.chemengonline.com/dow-validates-recyclable-polyethylene-packaging-performs-barrier/#respond Mon, 01 Aug 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=125433 The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) recently announced that it has completed validation of a new plastic film technology that can be recycled in existing processes for flexible polyethylene (PE)

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/dow-validates-recyclable-polyethylene-packaging-performs-barrier/feed/ 0 Natural film for food packaging https://www.chemengonline.com/natural-film-food-packaging/ https://www.chemengonline.com/natural-film-food-packaging/#respond Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/natural-film-food-packaging/ A novel food-packaging material that is free from chemical additives and that can slow down fungal growth — doubling the shelf-life of perishable foods — has been developed by researchers from the National

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/natural-film-food-packaging/feed/ 0 ACHEMA 2015: Primary packaging – enhanced safety features for sensitive drugs https://www.chemengonline.com/partner-content/achema-2015-primary-packaging-enhanced-safety-features-for-sensitive-drugs/ https://www.chemengonline.com/partner-content/achema-2015-primary-packaging-enhanced-safety-features-for-sensitive-drugs/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2015 14:50:08 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?post_type=partner-content&p=118407 Growth in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry continues at a dynamic pace. A large number of new diagnostic and therapeutic formulations are exiting from the development pipeline. 49 drugs which were placed on the German market in 2014 are based on new active ingredients. Besides innovative R&D and production techniques, advances in packaging technology are

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/partner-content/achema-2015-primary-packaging-enhanced-safety-features-for-sensitive-drugs/feed/ 0 The Character is Key- Challenges for Bulk Solids Technology https://www.chemengonline.com/partner-content/the-character-is-key-challenges-for-bulk-solids-technology/ https://www.chemengonline.com/partner-content/the-character-is-key-challenges-for-bulk-solids-technology/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2015 16:04:21 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?post_type=partner-content&p=118543 Characterization of bulk solids facilitates smooth production flows
Nanoparticles pose a special challenge
Bulk solids expertise needed for urban mining

Roughly 50% or more of substances used in the chemical industry are solids which need to be processed, handled and transported, so it is hardly surprising that exhibitors and visitors at ACHEMA have an interest in bulk solids

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