Green Bay Packaging Receives APR Recognition Green Bay Packaging Inc., Coated Products Opera- tions received The Association of Plastic Recyclers’ (APR) Critical Guidance Recognition for two new pressure-sensitive label stocks. These label materials are part of Green Bay Packaging’s, GreenCycle prod- uct line. The two label structures are 1.85 mil clear and 2.4 mil white BOPP films combined with the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recyclable adhesive, 776S. These GreenCycle label structures reportedly completely wash off from PET containers during recycling. This results in a cleaner PET flake for future use in recycled content products. The APR Critical Guidance Recognition is presented to those innovators that have developed new products and technology that are compatible with recycling. To qualify for the recognition, Green Bay Packaging’s GreenCycle™ label structures passed two different rounds of testing; one with the label stocks on PET clamshells, the other with PET bottles. This testing simulated the conditions that take place in the actual recycling process. During recycling the PET is washed, and when APR Critical Guidance Rec- ognized label materials are used the adhesive removes
cleanly from the PET. In the wash the BOPP labels float and the PET sinks.That sink/float method allows the la- bels, with the adhesive, to be easily removed from the PET flake. This results in a higher quality and greater yield of clean PET flake. FlexoPrint Group Becomes Part Of Optimum Group The FlexoPrint Group, a producer of self-adhesive la- bels has become part of the Optimum Group.The Flex- oPrint Group consists of FlexoPrint in Randers, Den- mark, and H&T Labelprint, a merger of H&P Etiketten andTOM Etiketten, in Salzbergen and Greven,Germany. The management of the FlexoPrint Group, consist- ing of Chairman Svend Lynge Jørgensen, CEO Lars Ole Nauta and CFO Jens Brusgaard will continue in their current roles within the company. Svend Lynge Jør- gensen and Lars Ole Nauta will furthermore reinvest to become shareholders in the Optimum Group. With the addition of the FlexoPrint Group,Optimum Group now includes 12 member companies located in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Denmark: Etiket Nederland,Vila Etiketten, Specialist Printer Max. Aarts, W&R Etiketten, Belona, Megaflex, EPB, ASQ La- bels,Telrol, Kolibri, FlexoPrint, and H&T Labelprint.
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