Green Packaging- 
Sustainable Packaging Solutions From 
ITW Packaging Solutions

Consumers preferences have begun to shift towards towards more eco friendly products and green packaging solutions.  Major retailers such as Wal-Mart are beginning to demand more sustainable packaging.  Now may be the time for your company to look at greener packaging solutions.  The companies of the ITW Packaging Solutions Group continue to lead the industry in sustainable packaging solutions.   

The companies of ITW take a green packaging  life cycle approach, rather then solely focusing on just the packaging material.  The life cycle approach to sustainable packaging looks at the packaging from production to distribution and all the way through to the end of the packaging life cycle.  Our packaging equipment manufactures are constantly looking for ways to produce packaging equipment that runs more efficiently and use less energy to operate.  Many of the new packaging machines are being built to accommodate the wide range of new biodegradable packaging materials.  Our packaging materials suppliers are producing more eco friendly and bio degradable products and inventing entire packaging solutions in conjunction with our equipment manufactures that use less packaging material, less glue and less energy to produce greatly reducing your products carbon foot print.

Let ITW Packaging Solutions help your company develop sustainable packaging for your product line. Click on the links below to learn more about some of the green packaging solutions already in use from ITW Packaging Solutions Group.  If you can't seem to find the right solution for your project on our site please contact us and let our experts develop a green packaging solution for your company.

• Flexible Packaging More Sustainable Alternative to Rigid
  Manteno, IL (April 25, 2008) — Zip-Pak, a world leader in differentiating brands with resealable packaging technology, announces its latest research findings on the relationship between flexible packaging and sustainability. The life cycle inventory (LCI), conducted by Franklin Associates, an independent third party research firm, demonstrates the smaller environmental footprint of flexible resealable packaging as compared to rigid alternatives.
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• Thinking on the Outside of the Box
  “Sustainability”—a new name for an old concept. Namely, the way in which a product, materials, packaging and palletization methods impact space utilization, storage, transportation and distribution costs through the lifecycle supply chain. Call it what you want, it’s always been a factor in manufacturing, as misused space and materials always create unnecessary costs. By replacing large volumes of preprinted boxes and outdated date-and-time coding equipment with low-cost, high-resolution direct-to-case coding equipment, packaging companies slash expenses and help the environment.   
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• Sustainability = Doing more with less
  HOUSTON, TEXAS (March 28, 2008) – While you may think that a company that produces plastic films would be threatened by the move toward sustainability and “green” packaging, Houston based Valéron® Strength Films is embracing sustainability. Valéron offers a “doing more with less” approach to packaging, which can eliminate up to 25%- 75% of the plastic from many types of consumer packaging. Valéron film is a unique product made of very thin plies of oriented polyethylene that are spiral cut and cross laminated to provide a high strength film that “does more with less.” No other synthetic has the strength, durability, puncture resistance and initiated tear resistance of Valéron.
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• Pillar Technologies goes green by reducing the size of their brand new I-Foiler induction sealers
  Pillar Technologies knows it’s not easy being green when you make and sell equipment.   But, they HAVE gone green by reducing the size of their brand new I-Foiler induction sealers. They’re now smaller and weigh 100 lbs. less! Being green comes in all sizes and shapes these days!

• The companies of ITW work togeather to develop BrandPak™ 
  BrandPak™ is an attractive multipack with desirable environmental characteristics for glass, plastic and metal beverage containers. Not only is it minimal in terms of material content, generating less waste at disposal, its primary Hi-Cone® ring carrier is degradable and recyclable. Combining the structural integrity of the Top-Lift ring carrier with quality printed sleeve, also minimal and recyclable, results in a very desirable environmentally friendly package. Furthermore BrandPak™ stretch sleeves do not require glue or a heat tunnel, complementing its already impressive ecological footprint.   BrandPak™ uses less plastics than alternatives multipack systems, it needs no glue, the consumables are manufactured of easy-to-recycle polyethylene, and, it requires by far, the lowest amount of energy for operation - no heat tunnels are necessary anywhere in the process.
  
  
  The BrandPak™ "carbon footprint" - from the consumables manufacturing to the application at your plant - is the lowest compared to any other system that offers similar sizes and speeds capabilities, and attractive billboard graphics.   All these true sustainable qualities, at a very competitive pricing point, are available only with the BrandPak™ System!