United Source Packaging was started in 2009 by a trio of packaging industry veterans and quickly opened the China office of USP that same year with the idea to offer the right product at the right price for our customer base. Since starting USP has grown by delivering on that vision and we continue to pride ourselves on being on the leading edge of packaging technology for our partners. Whatever the need is – stand-up pouches, steam pouches, lidstock, high performance rollstock, high-barrier, breathable, micro-perfed films and packages, recyclable, biodegradable, compostable, Box Pouches, labels, or anything else packaging related, we … Read More
AdFresh™ is a packaging film manufactured using our special polymers. Although the film is processed without micropores, it functions as a modified atmosphere film to suppress the respiration of fruits and vegetables based on its gas permeability, thus keeping produce fresh over long storage periods. The effectiveness* of the product is currently being tested at sites where fruit is harvested and distributed. And with the aim of application for long-term storage and export, we are also taking part in consortiums for leading-edge and regional strategy projects implemented under the government’s scheme for subsidizing innovative technology development and emergency deployment businesses.We … Read More
Can I get coronavirus from a package delivered from China?Why your new purchase won’t make you sick? Residents at the epicenter of China’s mysterious viral outbreak are quarantined. But their mailed shipments are not. Does that pose a risk?It’s a legitimate question — especially in California — because we import so many products from China.But U.S. health officials said on Monday that there is no evidence to support the transmission of the new coronavirus through imported goods. “In general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very very low risk of spread from products or … Read More
Scan & Shop powered by Digimarc’ makes it easy to buy gifts when and how customers want BEAVERTON, Ore. – November 14, 2019 – Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), creator of the Digimarc Platform for digital identification and detection, today announced that Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has activated its seasonal toy catalog with Digimarc technology, making it faster and easier than ever for customers to buy gifts for family and friends. For the first time, customers with Apple iOS and Google Android devices can use their phones to shop for the hottest toys of the holiday season right from the … Read More
Finding the “Green” solution to shrink wrapping. An industrial printing company was facing serious issues with overuse of shrink film. They were trying to find a way to cut down their usage of shrink film, but they also wanted to see if the answer to their solution could be a sustainable one. With sustainability being such a massive issue nowadays, the industrial printing company hoped to find a “green” alternative. As a great number of people in the packaging industry know, plastic recycling has been increasing rapidly. The one common problem that most plastic recyclers face is learning which plastics … Read More
Sustainability and the Circular Economy are both a challenge and an opportunity to flexible packaging producers. Recyclable pouches based on all-PE multilayer structures, utilizing new resins and perhaps techniques like MDO or biaxial orientation, appear to be major contenders against glass, metal, and multi-material film structures. Plastic film-based pouches are fast evolving in both variety of design and breadth of applications in packaging of dry and frozen foods, liquid foods, pet foods and non-food household products. Due to growing demand for sustainable packaging options from consumers and brand owners, all-PE structures have already gained a lead simply because of their … Read More
The sustainable packaging landscape: A decade in reviewBy Nina Goodrich in Sustainable Packaging on December 18, 2019 This year marks the end of an incredibly eventful decade on so many levels. Thought-leader Nina Goodrich breaks down the sustainability advancements and challenges packaging professionals have experienced in the last decade, year by year. The world of sustainable packaging has definitely changed over the last 10 years. Here’s how. 2010-2012In the early part of the decade, attention was focused on the general business case for sustainability. Reports began to surface indicating that companies that embraced sustainability efforts performed better in the long … Read More
Who is likely to be affectedUK producers of plastic packaging, importers of plastic packaging, business customers of producers and importers of plastic packaging, and consumers who buy goods in plastic packaging in the UK. There will be an exemption for producers and importers of small amounts of plastic packaging to mitigate against disproportionate administrative burdens in comparison to the tax liability. General description of the measureThis is a new tax that applies to plastic packaging produced in, or imported into the UK that does not contain at least 30% recycled plastic. Plastic packaging is packaging that is predominantly plastic by … Read More
Millionsof pounds of multi-material flexible films end up in landfills each year. It’sa waste. It’s a shame. And, it doesn’t need to happen anymore. With thedevelopment of RETAIN™ Polymer Modifier, multi-layer barrier films can berecycled. RETAIN™ improves the optics and re-processability of the recycledfilm. What were once considered hard-to-recycle films can now be recycled in PErecycling streams without compromising the recycled product. The struggle with barrier film scrap Until now, it’s been difficult torecycle films containing polar polymers like EVOH and nylon. They do notdisperse well into a polyolefin matrix for recycle/reuse. Previous industryattempts resulted in poor processability and insufficient … Read More
Apples are the largest commodity segment at Starr Ranch Growers. While the company grows and provides a variety of other fruits within the marketplace — pears, stonefruit and cherries — team members think of apples as its “hero” fruit and the bulk of its business. “In one year alone, we can expect to harvest and ship 750 million fresh apples and are fortunate to utilize an array of beautiful orchards across the State of Washington,” said Dan Davis, director of business development. “It all starts with a good seed, and that good seed was our founder, the late Paul (Tommy) … Read More
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