September 1, 2009
First Glance
Collectible Cups
IGH Solutions, Inver Grove Hts., MN, partnered with Unifoil Corp. to manufacture the eye-catching metallic KROM cup. ...
Disposing of Disposables
For its innovative Needle-Trap label system, Schreiner MediPharm, Blauvelt, NY, earns a WorldStar Award in the pharmaceutical category from the World Packaging Organization....
Columns
Face-Off
This monthly Face-Off permits a comparison of responses to a total of 30 questions that were posed to four industry segments, including flexible packaging; unprinted rolls and sheets; tapes, labels, and tags; and paperboard products....
An Armchair Philosopher
News flash: I've become an armchair philosopher, although not by choice...
Time for Unwinding Upgrade?
How do you know when its time to upgrade from a brake-controlled to a driven unwinding process?...
How To Prevent Winter Static
Static becomes worse in the winter when the humidity decreases. Now is the time to do important preventive maintenance, when an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure....
Gravure Sleeves: The Time Is Now
One technology that can help the gravure process is the use of lightweight sleeves in place of steel cylinders...
Newsclips
NEWS CLIPS
Multisorb Technologies, Buffalo, NY, launches a new website, www.multisorb.com, to provide a comprehensive online resource for active packaging solutions....
Film Fit For Home Compost Bins
Innovia Films' compostable cellulose-based packaging film, NatureFlex, has been tested for home compostability by the UK's leading consumer body, In the May 2009 issue of the Which? Gardening magazine, five compostable materials used in supermarket packaging were tested using a home compost bin in the usual way filled with garden waste and turned at two- and four-month intervals...
EVENTS
OCTOBER 5-7 AICC Annual Meeting, Assn. of Independent Corrugated Converters, Signature at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV; www.aiccbox.org 5-7 Converting...
Fife Celebrates 70 Years
Fife Corp. is celebrating 70 years of success in the web handling industry...
People
John Ferreira is named VP of Comexi North America, West Springfield, MA. Biosafe, Pittsburgh, PA, appoints Max Fedor president and CEO. Smurfit-Stone...
Interfilm Recognized For Energy Efficiency
Interfilm Holdings has received Orion Energy Systems' Environmental Stewardship Award as a result of a light-related electricity reduction...
Clondalkin Acquires Cleveland Plastic
Flex-pack producer Clondalkin Group has acquired Ohio-based Cleveland Plastic Films, a manufacturer of customized films for banner, food, and industrial applications. Norbert McDermott, CEO of Clondalkin Group, says, The Cleveland acquisition is another important expansion of our product, technology, and geographic capability in North America...
Pamarco Improves Logistics
To increase efficiency and streamline communications, Pamarco Global Graphics and TOTALogistix, Sparta, NJ, have completed a project that expedites the flow of shipping rates, routes, and information into and through Pamarco's enterprise resource planning system (ERP)...
FTA Releases FIRST 4.0 Book
The Flexographic Technical Assn. has released FIRST 4.0 (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications & Tolerances), a reference tool for achieving high quality, consistent print results...
Partnership for Eco Packaging Launched
Henkel announces a joint agreement with LBP Mfg., Cicero, IL, to combine R&D resources to develop coatings, barriers, laminates, and adhesives...
Amcor Offers To Buy Parts of Alcan Packaging
Amcor Ltd. has offered to acquire parts of Alcan Packaging for $2,025 million from Rio Tinto, including Alcan Packaging Global Pharmaceuticals, Alcan Packaging Food Europe, Alcan Packaging Food Asia, and Alcan Packaging Global Tobacco...
Thiele Technologies Buys Hudson-Sharp
Thiele Technologies, a div. of Barry-Wehmiller, announces the purchase of The Hudson-Sharp Machine Co., Green Bay, WI, and Brussels, Belgium...
TAPPI Group To Aid Newcomers
TAPPI's newest committee will be aimed at helping industry students and those beginning their careers by linking newcomers with experienced professionals...
New Packaging Study Offered
Allied Development Corp. offers a new global study on packaging for disposable medical devices...
Digital Offset Press Speeds Delivery
Presstek has installed its first 52DI-UV digital offset press at LSD G. Neumann GmbH, Hamburg, Germany...
Iowa State Develops Bioplastics Software
Iowa State Univ. researchers have begun development of a software program that can help determine the economic viability of a proposed bio-based product...
Narrow Web & Label Reporter
Mark Andy has supplied Hill's Labels, Sydney, Australia, with a Mark Andy 2200 press as the centerpiece a new production facility...
Features
Foil Capsules Launch Sales
Like many forms of packaging, the foil converted by Sparflex of California for use on wine, champagne, spirits, and water bottles provide both tamper evidence and decorative appeal. Capsule materials are converted using the same type of equipment and technologies as other forms of packaging, such as boxes, bags, tags, and labels...
Eco Fiction
In industry, some of us are getting frustrated by the lofty pronouncements by marketers promoting their products...
Distilling Solvents
One of the oldest crafts devised by mankind is distillation the art of separating mixtures based on their boiling temperatures. Throughout history distillation processes have been used to produce high alcohol content spirits, pharmaceutical remedies, perfumes, and potable water (such as distilling drinking water from sea water). These practices eventually led to industrial uses...
Three for the Price of One
Las Vegas has long been a city of intrigue and wealth, where people enter with optimism about fortune and change...
Spool Rules
No longer just limited to paper, film, and foil materials, converting is a critical process for nonwovens and the increasing complexity of laminates...
Monthly Features
Paper, Film, & Foil Converted New Products
Upgraded UV System C3 is a new reflector design for company's UV curing systems...
Experience Speaks: Wayne Etchells
Executive VP of Metlon Corp. Management style | Hands on Hobby | Fishing How did you get into the converting business? I started working at Metlon in...
