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First Glance
Innovative packaging from: Ampac Flexibles, Chesapeake Corp., and Rollprint....
Food Packaging Solutions Conference
The PrintCity Project Group "Food Packaging" will present it latest best practice knowledge in "Food Packaging on Folding Carton" at the Design Once Output Many (DOOM) conference in Bari, Italy, September 27-29, 2007....
Folding Carton Shows Off
Adding a special effect to a package is one of the best ways to get a new brand noticed among dozens of similar products and thousands of other items on the retail shelf. One sure fire way to obtain a “look-at-me” look is via holographic technologies offering geometric, shimmering, and reflective metallic effects that provide the consumer with an almost interactive experience....
Please Touch
Versatile equipment from the Bobst Group allows Hanover Packaging to capture the look and feel of products inside the box. ...
PDFs for Packaging
In response to ever-increasing consolidation in the pharmaceutical market, an alliance of package printers established Copapharm Europe in 1997. Formed...
PPC Launches Total Cost Model Survey
Paperboard Packaging Council will be conducting a Total Cost Model survey, a benchmarking survey for folding carton converters to assess their costs in comparison to their peers. ...
Puttin' On the Ritz
Marketing glitz and glamour equally share the limelight with technical merit in this year's annual metallized and coated products competition, staged by AIMCAL, the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators....
Omet Hosts Open House
Omet will hold an Open house at Innovative Folding Carton April 10-11, 2006. It will feature workshops, keynote speakers and an on-press demonstration. ...
A Family of Possibilities
Family-owned Utah Paperbox finds the perfect mix of flexibility and quality with its MAN Roland 707 Plus....
Diversified Carton Printing
With more than 500 people at manufacturing sites and design and sales centers across North America, Specialized Packaging Group (SPG) designs and manufactures folding cartons and packaging machinery for the consumer products industry....
Smurfit-Stone Earns Awards from PPC and PLGA
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. has earned a Gold award and four Excellence awards in the PPC’s 2005 National Paperboard Packaging Competition, as well as two packaging awards and an honorable mention from the PLGA....
Positive Projections
Paperboard packaging provides advantages in the distribution, marketing, protection, and preservation of thousands of consumer goods, reports the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC). These apparent advantages may be key to the positive sales projections forecast for the paperboard industry this year....
Winner’s Circle
What happens when you cross elegance with form and function? The Best of Show winners of the 55th Annual National Paperbox Assn. Packaging Competition are a gleaming example....
Opportunity for Brand Protection at P
"Safe folding box," a specialist congress, will take place with Print City during the P trade fair. ...
PPC Reports Folding Carton Shipments Show Sustained Growth in 2004
According to the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), December was a strong month for folding carton shipments, which increased 4.3 percent by value and 2.8 percent by volume year-over year. For the full year 2004, folding carton shipments grew 4.4 percent by value, and 4.3 percent by volume. Based on projections, the folding carton market reached $9 billion in 2004. Measured by volume the market grew to 5,825 thousands of tons. ...
GIDUE Appoints New Distributor for Italy
With the appointment of Fabrizio Decio, GIDUE has named Outsoucing, Gallarte, Italy, a new distributor for Italy....
Bemis Acquires Majority Ownership of Dixie Toga
Bemis Co. has acquired majority ownership of Dixie Toga, San Paulo, Brazil, one of the largest packaging companies in South America. Bemis acquired the voting common stock and 43% of the outstanding, non-voting preferred stock of Dixie Toga for approximately $250 million, financed with commercial paper. ...
Raymond Communications' Report Sheds Light on Packaging 'Trash Wars' between Michigan and Ontario
Raymond Communications' new report, "Canadian Recycling Policy: The Complete Guide for Product Makers," says the author, "sheds some light on how many major US-based manufacturers and retailers have come to complain about having to pay 50 percent of Ontario's $118 million [Canadian dollars] 'Blue Box' recycling program." ...
Ghent PDF Workgroup Releases Base Line Format for Packaging PDF
According to the Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), during its late-June meeting, it welcomed a new member, set up a new subcommittee for Office Document Printing and Marketing, and released a 2004 Base Line Format for packaging PDFs....
Hollywood Is Venue for Entertainment Packaging Summit August 2004
The Entertainment Packaging Summit, part of the larger Entertainment Media Expo, is slated for Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, 2004, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, CA....
Salem Printing Adds Second Six-Color Roland 300 for Labels, Folding Cartons
Winston-Salem, NC, USA-based Salem printing reports it has added a second six-color Roland 300 press. The printer/converter says the 2/4 perfecting system, which is on both of its 300 presses, is particularly useful for label work....
Tetra Recart Packaging System to Debut in USA
Both part of the Hormel Foods Corp. portfolio of products, Hormel brand and Stagg brand chili will soon be available in Tetra Recart carton packages manufactured by Tetra Pak....
RFID Experts Group Moves to AIM Global
A group of RFID (radio frequency identification) expert advisors initially chartered by the US Department of Defense will become an expert advisory group within AIM Global, the industry trade association for RFID and the automatic identification industry, reports AIM Global, the trade association for RFID....
Recycled Paperboard Packages Win Big in Paperboard Contest
Among the top honorees in this year's National Paperboard Packaging competition were ten folding carton packages made from recycled paperboard, according to the Recycled Paperboard Alliance. ...
Heidelberg Intros Speedmaster XL 105 for Packaging and Label Printers at Drupa
Among Heidelberg's introductions at Drupa was the Speedmaster XL 105, an offset press capable of producing to 18,000 sheets per hour....
