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Amazon, the largest online e-commerce company in the United States, is the online retailer with the widest range of goods in the world and the world's second-largest internet company, as well as the largest parcel carrier in North America. However, according to a latest research report by chemical industry research firm WoodMackenzie, Amazon may be abandoning cardboard boxes in favor of lightweight plastic packaging. If this decision is confirmed, the paper packaging industry is bound to be affected. 1. Cheap and enviro

1. The factory has stopped production, but that doesn't mean it has gone bankrupt! The main thing is spending your own money to keep skilled masters on. If you let all the masters go when business is bad, where will you find people when orders come? Who will do the work? Newly hired people can't get the hang of it right away. 2. During this period, I've been taking orders that earn no money at all, just to keep the workers fed. There were once two years when I earned less than a single worker, simply to wait for the market to turn. Two

Incomplete curing of adhesive is one of the most common quality problems in the lamination process. There are many causes of this problem. For example, inaccurate mixing ratio, excessive moisture or alcohol content in the solvent, too high ambient humidity, improper storage of leftover adhesive, and insufficient crosslinking degree of the adhesive itself can all lead to incomplete curing. Among them, particular attention should be paid to the effect of polyurethane ink on the incomplete curing of adhesive. The following is a specific case: The structure of this sample

[Key Points] High-temperature retort pouches are a high-end product in flexible packaging. On one hand, profits are high: the profit per pouch is several times that of ordinary pouches of the same specification. On the other hand, risks are high: there are many problems caused by discoloration, reduced peel strength, pouch bursting and so on. In mild cases, downstream manufacturers return the goods and orders are lost; in severe cases, compensation must be paid for a large sum covering the contents of downstream products during storage. An analysis is now made of the frequently occurring bursting problem. 1. First, analyze the boiling pouch: water is filled into the pouch as specified

PE plastic packaging film is made from film-grade polyethylene pellets, processed into a fixed film form with a thickness of 0.002-0.3 mm by blown film or cast film extrusion. With the growing popularity of plastic packaging products, PE plastic packaging film occupies an increasingly large market share and is widely used in hardware and machinery, auto parts, logistics and express delivery, furniture and home appliances, food and pharmaceuticals, clothing and chemicals, and many other industries, bringing great convenience to people's lives.

Sealed Air (SEE) recently reported second-quarter net income of $87.8 million, or 45 cents per share, with adjusted earnings per share of 35 cents, falling short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was 36 cents per share. The packaging company's revenue for the period was $1.07 billion, exceeding Wall Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks had expected $1.06 billion.

Recently, German company Siegwerk held an inauguration ceremony for its Zhuhai production base. The base will produce food-grade packaging coatings in Zhuhai, and its annual output value is initially estimated at more than RMB 100 million. According to Chen Zhenggang, enterprise operations manager of Siegwerk's Zhuhai production base, the packaging coatings produced by the company in Zhuhai are not only environmentally friendly but also contain no toxic substances. They can be used as inks for everyday liquid food packaging (milk cartons and juice cartons) and for tobacco packaging. “Siegwerk Group will next

1. How to select the applicator gravure roller for water-based adhesive lamination? Zhu Jianliang of Dow: The cells of the applicator roller should be shallow with a large opening, so that the wet adhesive contacts the substrate over the largest possible surface; this helps achieve uniform coating, improves drying efficiency, and gives the best peel strength and the most transparent appearance. It is recommended to use an applicator roller with 180~200 lines, 32u-35U depth, hexagonal cell walls, channels between cells, and U-shaped cell bottoms. 2. How to clean what remains on equipment

Planning: Editorial Department of Packaging Frontier Execution: Shen Xiaoyun, Fan Yuechan, Huang Kaili On the afternoon of June 22, the online technical exchange event themed "Causes and Solutions for Delamination of Laminated Products", organized by the Information Committee of the Guangdong Packaging Association and Packaging Frontier, and exclusively sponsored by Beijing Huateng (Guangdong Guowang), was held simultaneously in two QQ groups and three WeChat groups of Packaging Frontier, with more than 3,000 group members participating online. The technical exchange was given by Mr. Zheng Fangming of Beijing Huateng (Guangdong Guowang), first

The most common problem we encounter during printing is bars. Many masters are at a loss, which requires us to think calmly and try to take fewer detours. How do we judge these bars? Let me explain in detail. Generally, bars are classified into ink bars, water bars, cylinder bars, gear bars, etc. 1 Excessive backlash of the cylinder meshing gears The cylinder gears of offset presses basically adopt helical gear meshing, with a large gear transmission exchange coefficient and a small meshing backlash space, so as to