Articles & Webinars
Sustainable Flexography Articles & Webinars
FTA has a complete listing of relevant sustainability articles available published in FLEXO Magazine. Categories include everything from general sustainability to company profiles, inks to substrates and prepress to waste.
Sustainability
- Booming Boards, Green Growth
- A Breath of Fresh Air – Pollution Solutions Created in US Can Work Overseas
- Sustainability Benefits – Don’t Ignore the ROI – Apply Three Pillars: People, Planet, Profit
- Sustainable by Design – Patented Green Technology Reinvents Packaging Process
- Scorecards, Bags, Indexes – Walmart: Taking Steps to Sell More Sustainable Products
- Packaging Performance Indicators – Sustainability & Security Predicted to Surpass Cost as Primary Business Drivers in Next Decade
- The Green Manufacturing Cycle – Flexible and Efficient
- An Evolution in Sustainability
- Sustainability is Good Business – Four Benefits for Organizations
- Sustainability in the Flexo Industry
- Commitment to Continuous Improvement
- Sustainability & the Flexo Industry Update
- Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Perspective – Eco-Friendly and Unbreakable
- People, Planet, Profit – Flexography Principles & Practices Spotlights Environment, Health & Safety
- Sustainability = Success – Report Claims Most CEOs See Eco Efforts as Essential
- The New Era of Sustainable Print
- Green, Government & Growth
- Productivity, Efficiency, Added-Value and Sustainability
- Green Pain in the Supply Chain – WRI Dubs Ecoflation New Risk for Packaging
- Sustainability from a Federal Perspective
- Printers & Questions – Sustainability First Steps
- Printers & Questions – Sustainability in Corrugated
- Flexo Goes Green – Sustainability Has its Stand-Outs
- Cradle-to-Cradle Design Essential First Steps to Sustainability
- Printers & Questions Sustainability
Sustainable Green Printing Partnership
- Case Study: How SGP Certification Inspired Earth Friendly Products to Go Carbon Neutral
- 2016 SGP Certification Criteria
- The Impact of SGP Certification
- Get Unstuck in Sustainability Conversations that Matter
- Sustainable Innovations in Print Shops
- Return on Investments – Energy Efficiencies
- Starflex Packaging, Robinette Co., Secure SGP Certification – Welcome Print Buyers’ Increased Interest
- SGP Partnership Update Three Years and Counting
- Understanding SGP Certification
- The Importance of Certification
- Environmental Health & Safety Programs.
- The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership – A Multi-Association Endeavor to Assist in Green Goals
Company Profiles
- Waste Not, Want Not – Artcraft Label, Polymount International & Heritage Envelopes Enhance Methods While Reducing Expenses
- How SGP Certification Inspired Earth Friendly Products to Go Carbon Neutral
- Success by 1,000 Cuts – Kendall Packaging, Specialty Printing Show a Little Can Add to a Lot
- Generations of Sustainability: Family Owned Walle Corp. Continues Environmental Focus
- Green By Nature: Specialty Printing Achieves SGP Certification
- Aiming for Sustainability, Target Labels & Packaging
- 2014 FTA Sustainability Excellence Award Winners – Accredo Packaging & Avery Dennison Conserve Energy, Trim Waste, Promote
- Recyclability, Reduce Emissions
- Renewability, Recycling, Designing for the Environment – Focus of Sustainability at Tetra Pak
- A Green History – Label Impressions’ Environmentally Conscious Past, Present & Future
- Global Packaging Sells Sustainability & Innovation
- Green Team
- Staying Sustainable – Efficiency Growth, Wide Ranging Measures
- Identifying, Implementing, Improving – Finding Ways to Increase Efficiency at PaperWorks
- Two Companies Reach New Heights
- In the Top Green Tier – Fredman Bag Company Accepted into Innovative Program
- Two Companies Stand Out in FTA Environmental Excellence Award Competition
- Strengthening Your Process
- Three Companies Take Top Honors in the FTA Environmental Excellence Award Competition
- Accredo Packaging: Stewards of Sustainability, Innovation, Advanced Technology
- High-End Graphics & Eco-Friendly – Advance Packaging Expands its Geographic Reach
- InterFlex Group & Sustainability – Reducing the Impacts on the Environment to Ensure a Brighter Tomorrow
- Lean and Green – Two Companies Honored in the FTA Environmental Excellence Award Competition
- Cascades Boxboard – Green Before it was Trendy
- 9th Annual FTA Environmental Excellence Awards Recognizes Four Companies
- Eighth Annual FTA Environmental Excellence Awards Recognizes Three Companies
Print Buying
- Stock Report – How Brands & Consumers are Impacting Label & Packaging Materials
- Sustainability from Mars to Earth
- Green with Success
- Staying Ahead of Corporate Trends & the Competition
- Scorecards, Bags, Indexes – Walmart: Taking Steps to Sell More Sustainable Products
- Greenspeak – Retail Sustainability Conference Leaves Its Mark
- Packaging’s Printers Face Higher Expectations – Globalization Breeds Quality, Sustainability and Speed Concerns
- Engaging Your Customers
- US Demand for Green Packaging to Reach $41.7 Billion in 2014
- Sustainability Get Personal – Personal Care Trends Include Going Greener
- Speaking Green – Consumer Goods Forum Products Releases Global Guidelines for Sustainable Packaging
- Performance with Purpose – PepsiCo’s Global Sustainable Packaging Policy
Prepress & Plate Making
- Sustainability in the Prepress Trade Shop
- Flexography and Sustainability: The Great Plate Debate
- A Refreshing Change – New, High-Quality, Solvent-Free, Plate Technology
- Environmental Footprint Calculator – A New Tool Evaluates the Impact of Plate Processing Types
- Profitable Solutions to Sustainability Challenges – Ideas for Going Green in Both Senses of the Word
- Positioned to be Green – UEI Invents in Wind Power, I-plates and More
- Platemaking Self Assessment – How Green is Your Process
- Solvent: Solution – An Analysis of Ecological Plate Processing
- Flint Group Flexographic Products: Solvent Platemaking Eco-Efficiency Analysis
- DuPont Packaging Graphics: Lifecycle Assessment to Determine Most Sustainable Imaging & Printing Practices
- Great Plate Debate
- Sustainable Prepress – It’s Achievable, And Here’s How
- Sustainable Platemaking
Inks/Coatings/Adhesives
- Listen to a discussion of inks and coatings developed to support circular economies
- Eco-Friendly Inks – Meeting Industry Standards & Consumers’ Needs
- Flexible, Low Maintenance, Earth Friendly & Efficient – The Positive Impact of UV LED
- Solvent-Free Lamination on Water-Based Inks – A Matter of Chemistry and Evolving Technology
- Increasing the Renewability of Flexographic Inks – Additives, Solvents, Resins, Hold Secrets to Sustainability
- Header Data Driven Sustainability Report Sun Chemical’s 2010 Carbon Footprint Report
- Packaging Inks, Coatings & Additives – US Industry Study Forecasts for 2013. 2010
- The Culture of Sustainable Inks – Environmental Impacts of Inks and Printing
- A Greener Metal – Sustainable Packaging with Foil-Like UV Curable Coatings
- Sustainable Green Inks for FLEXO – Development and Printability Study
- Environment Meets Economics – Eco-Efficiency Analysis Demonstrates Material & Monetary Benefits of Flexo Inks on Film
- Pine for Your Inks – Trees Provide Organic Alternatives to Water-Based Acrylics
- Formulating Flexographic Printing Inks to Minimize Environmental Impact
- A Closer Look at Soy in Flexo Inks
- How Inks Fit Into Your Sustainability Program
Substrates
- Ocean’s Three – Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics, Polykar & FTA Member Bemis Team to Develop Recycled- Content Trash Bag
- The Current State of the Sustainable Paper Packaging Market
- New Study Examines Plastic Packaging’s Substitutability
- Green Flash Recycling Acquires Rights to Groundbreaking New Technology – Enzymes Help Limit Waste
- From Rhetoric to Reality – Sustainability, Recycling & the Self-Adhesive Label
- Green Gift Cards – Paper Proves Environmentally Friendly, Economic Alternative to Plastic
- Planet-Friendly Packaging – New Film Lowers Costs, Saves Energy for Coffee Packaging
- Substrate Sourcing
- Sustainable Solutions for Barrier Packaging
- The Evolving Role of Paper in Flexo Printing-Packaging’s Most Sustainable Substrate Offers Enhance Functionality
- Bottom Line: Green – Paper and Board Stock Prove Sustainable and Economical
- New Study Confirms Recyclability of Foil Enhanced Printed Paper
- Recyclability versus Sustainability – Relationship Evolves as the Playing Field Changes
- Flexible Packaging, Ecological Packaging – Innovations Are Making Films More Enviro-Friendly
Equipment
- The CI Label Press – Diversifies Production, Reduces Costs, Trims Waste
- Flexible, Low Maintenance, Earth Friendly & Efficient – The Positive Impact of UV LED
- Printing Solution Choices
- Your Press Can Do More – Features Support Greater Productivity and More
- Press Tech: A Real Machine – Save Green by Going Green
Carbon Footprinting
- Header Data Driven Sustainability Report Sun Chemical’s 2010 Carbon Footprint Report
- Practical Carbon Footprinting
Calculating Your Facility’s Carbon Footprint: