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Bio Break Down

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2004, ... ideal for cups, clamshell packages, molded containers, and laptop computers. However, its rigidity makes it a poor material for compost collection bags. Again, polyesters are very versatile. Polyester ...

Stora Enso Boards Div. Predicts Paperboard Cups to Take Slice of Snack Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2004, ... coated with thin layers of various polymer compounds in order to provide optimal barrier, sealing and printability properties. Traditionally, cupstock has been used for the production of beverage containers, ...

Stora Enso Boards Div. Predicts Paperboard Cups to Take Slice of Snack Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2004, ... coated with thin layers of various polymer compounds in order to provide optimal barrier, sealing and printability properties. Traditionally, cupstock has been used for the production of beverage containers, ...

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2004, ... containers will likely decline approximately $10 million in the first quarter 2004 compared to the fourth quarter 2003. Recovered fiber and energy costs are expected to exceed those of the fourth quarter ...

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2004, ... containers will likely decline approximately $10 million in the first quarter 2004 compared to the fourth quarter 2003. Recovered fiber and energy costs are expected to exceed those of the fourth quarter ...

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2004, ... containers will likely decline approximately $10 million in the first quarter 2004 compared to the fourth quarter 2003. Recovered fiber and energy costs are expected to exceed those of the fourth quarter ...

AIMCAL Awards, Page 2, PFFC, March 2004

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... wins both marketing and technical awards. PROMA merited the marketing award for a pressure-sensitive holographic label applied to polystyrene containers for Santa Sweets brand grape tomatoes from Ag-Mart ...

The Family Breadwinner

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... to polystyrene containers for Santa Sweets brand grape tomatoes from Ag-Mart Produce, Plant City, FL. Substrate is from Connemara Converting, Bensenville, IL, with metallization provided by PROMA. Spinnaker ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... applications such as ready-to-drink (RTD) teas, juice drinks, dairy-based beverages, and enhanced nutritional beverages. Similar market data and projections are made for food and non-food containers. For ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, New from: FLEXcon Co., Gidue International, Media Solutions International, and Nilpeter A/S. Machinery, Accessories, Services, Materials Deposit Holograms with Ease Gidue International, Turate (CO), ...

Jelmar Publishing Offers Converters and Package Printers Books That Make Work Easier, More Profitable

(News | New Products)

February 03, 2004, ... and converters to enable them to improve their operations and increase profitability of their companies." Among Jelmar's offerings: Corrugated Shipping Containers: An Engineering Approach (revised ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... waterproof, 100% recyclable, and resistant to tears, scratches, and chemicals. They eliminate the need for adhesives and may reduce the overall resin weight used to make in-mold containers by as much as ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... PSA that reportedly has excellent product resistance and remains cleanly removable from most flexible packaging substrates and plastic containers. Produce Stays Fresh in Film Applied Extrusion Technologies, ...

Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, ... still incorporate the graphics of your overall brand image and you, or your contract packer, is not forced to inventory multiple pallets of pre-labeled containers.” The Alcoa Flexible Packaging shrink ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 3

(Unprinted Rolls)

November 30, 2003, ... that make flexible packages. Everyone is familiar with recycling for glass, metal, and rigid plastic containers. Collection programs exist to accomplish this. In addition, consumers themselves often reuse ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... the guidelines of the Champions For Change Program, Avery Dennison put its Fasson S2001 label adhesive product through extensive, third-party testing to determine its recyclability factor for PET containers. ...

Society of Plastics Industry Plays Major Role in FDA Exemption of Food Packaging from Bioterrorism Rules

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2003, ... food-contact articles (such as food processing equipment and dishware, containers, and film for home and institutional use), as well the materials used to make those articles. Says SPI's Food, Drug, ...

Alcoa Sells South American PET Biz

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2003, ... fluid-milk closure market. The co. describes its new Seal-MAX 38mm screw-on/screw-off closure as "a major advance in dairy packaging, designed to prevent leakage in milk containers, yet is easy to open ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... they are also recommended for shipping art. A card is simply inserted within sealed or shrink-wrapped cargo and also can be placed in shipping containers to monitor total freight exposure while in transit. ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... line of pressure-sensitive film constructions is designed for package decoration. Custom and off-the-shelf products are called ideal for full-squeeze, semi-squeeze, and rigid containers. Reportedly perfect ...