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- High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2000, ... the packaging for pet food is an area in which there has been significant growth. "A big reason why flexible systems with barrier properties are emerging here is that barrier packaging helps prevent infestation. ...
- Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater
- (Archive)
- December 31, 1999, ... products out there. They're things our competitors might want to produce in bad times but lose interest in when times are good. We decided we wanted a machine that was very efficient and wide and fast s ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 1996, ... polycondensation polymers has been ongoing since the discovery of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the 1940s; however, it is only since 1993 that serious attention has been devoted to this material. ...
- A look at the status of UV/EB curing
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 1996, ... a relatively complex, multistage, batch process; * There is less competitive intensity; * It is a newer technology and not fully depreciated; * There is a higher research and development cost ...
- MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 1996, ... coating/laminating areas operate in a cleanroom environment. Cost-Competitive, Custom Cores As a unique company, MSC was looking for a core supplier that would respond to its individual needs. This ...
- Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 1995, ... amount of imported ingredients, packaging for export products must achieve stricter Western requirements in order to compete in the international market. This often leads to the existence of two levels ...
- Bagmaking operation refuses to stand still
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 1995, ... the US. Ever the entrepreneurs, neither Bill nor Gene Shields will be very specific about the company's product and market mix. "The level of competition in this business has never been higher," they ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 1995, ... A Stand-Out Operation Sengewald USA's goal is to "produce a package that stands out against the customer's competition," adds Quinn. The company's film converting capabilities include wicket bagmaking, ...
- Hot melt applications continue to grow
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 1995, ... entering into mutually beneficial partnerships with converters in an effort to get a competitive edge. A benefit of this often informal partnering trend is the accelerated pace of technological development ...
- Book details Japan's packaging industr
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 1995, ... and by Idemitsu Petrochemical, Tosero, Ozaki Light Chemical and Okura. "However, both Idemitsu and Tosero press hard on Dainippon. In the field of nylon-based coextruded films, more than 80% of the total ...
- Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 1995, ... film, already cleared for food and drug applications in the US, is 100% pure PET. It's equivalent in nearly every way to one of the most widely used PET films for flexible-packaging applications--Melinex ...
- Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 1995, ... One Machinery Sales Ltd., Bayshore, NY, said. "Servo drives have a need to go faster. If you're not running servo drive, you're not meeting the competition." According to Tom Helming, product sales manager ...
- Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 1995, ... sub-atomic particles at nearly light speeds in experiments on the nature of matter. The competition was chaired by Robert W. Heitzman, editor-in-chief, Packaging Digest. The judges included: Mona Doyle, ...
- Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 1995, ... produce PET bottles and fiber for China due to the poor cotton crop. So, the spot market for resin has been soaked up for fiber. At the point in time that the spot market contracted out for fiber, they ...
- Latin American industry remains untapped market
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 1995, ... and competitive. Consumer demand is still high and because of the peso devaluation, it's anticipated more worldwide firms will be looking at greenfield expansion or joint-venture possibilities. Many ...
- Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995
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- January 31, 1995, ... era of too much money chasing too few goods. What's happening is money creation is fostering growth and not inflation. Furthermore, we have global competition and a slow inflation in most other nation ...
- Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 1994, ... to increase market share. The label stock and liners they offer need to be as flexible as possible to make these expanded operations price competitive." According to Panozzo, "in the prime-label market ...