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RECYCLED
& NATURAL MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING IS A RENEWABLE RESOURCE CONTRIBUTING
TO SUSTAINABILITY
MOLDED FIBER
INDUSTRY NEWS
Updated May 1, 2009
- IMFA continues
to provide those interested in using molded fiber packaging with general
information and sources of products without charges or obligations.
Contact us
- The overall
molded fiber product industry is reporting good sales with order backlogs
in spite of the economic slowdown.
- IMFA's "12th
International Molded Fiber Product Seminar" was held in March at
the Crown Plaza Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, TX USA. The seminar
was well-attended and included molded fiber industry leaders from eight
countries. Papers were presented by ten speakers, including: Edward
Soltys of Georgia Pacific Chemicals; Tian Chengtai of Donggan Huida
Packaging; Edward Church of ISTA; Nathan Whitmore of Oliver Products
Inc.; Chris Lo of Tooling Artworks Ltd.; John Hunt of the US Forest
Products Laboratory; John Taljaard of Southern Pulp Machinery Ltd.;
Mark Ocock of Allied Development Inc.; Paul Schutes of The Recycled
Paperboard Alliance and Bill Noble of EnviroPak Inc.
- The "13th
Molded Fiber Product Seminar" is being planned for September 2010 in
Europe.
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- RECYCLED
and RECYCLABLE
waste paper
- BIODEGRADABLE
- COMPOSTABLE
- Easily
incinerated
- Reduced
material going to landfills
- No
toxic wastes in manufacturing process
- Renewable
resource
- IMFA
Board of Advisors
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- A new recyclable
fiber display package design was introduced at the Walmart Expo in April,
2008
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IMFA
1425
W. Mequon Road
Suite C-D
Mequon , WI 53092 USA
Phone: 414-527-4829
Fax: 262-241-3766
Email:info@impepa.org |
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- As a member
of the Walmart Sustainable Value Network Steering committee, IMFA supports
the environmental initiatives of the Walmart company and the molded fiber
industry.
- New molded fiber
product manufacturers and capacity upgrades now are:
Hurley Packaging of Texas in Lubbock, TX USA
Coastal
Products of Vineland, CA USA
Fiberform
Inc. of Monroe, LA USA
Cullen Packaging of Glagow, Scotland
others
pending
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Copyright
©2001 IMFA |
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- MFA exhibited
molded fiber products from worldwide sources at the PMMI Pack-Expo in Chicago
in November of 2008 and plan to exhibit at Pack-Expo in Las Vegas, NV USA
in November of 2009.
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