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International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... plants in Europe. The purchase is supported by a supply contract of thin-wall plastic containers with Arla Foods, the controlling shareholder of the Danapak group. Installations CreoScitex Platesetter ...

Automated Sortation System Boosts Customer Satisfaction

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November 30, 2001, ... then are shrink-wrapped and put into cartons for shipment to customers that will label cans, bottles, and other containers at their packaging facilities. The process begins in the sheeting department ...

Battling the Biothreats

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November 30, 2001, ... as I struggled to remove a particular seal, "they’d have to go to a lot of trouble—and expense." I don’t think I’ve ever removed a safety foil lid intact; all my sealed containers at home indicate ...

Battling the Biothreats

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, ... as I struggled to remove a particular seal, "they’d have to go to a lot of trouble—and expense." I don’t think I’ve ever removed a safety foil lid intact; all my sealed containers at home indicate ...

Sonoco Completes Purchase of Phoenix Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 01, 2001, ... the Canton area, is the leading mfr. of steel, easy-open closures in North America. Sonoco says the closures can serve as closing devices for metal, plastic, and composite containers. "Only about one-third ...

One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach

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October 31, 2001, ... at the forefront of in-mold label converting 20 years ago. At the time, Procter & Gamble was looking for a process that would attach labels to plastic detergent bottles and other large containers more ...

IML Conference Transcends Packaging with Broader Range of Topics

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October 31, 2001, ... cycle-time penalty, inventory of pre-labeled containers, longer machine set-up time, and additional costs and time to produce molds for in-mold labels. Four technical papers addressed IML production, ...

Reporter Clips

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October 31, 2001, ... require a Spanish label. The labels are produced at Sonoco's Mississauga, ON, Canada, operation and shipped as rollstock to Nestlé, where they are applied to the plastic and glass containers. U.K. ...

Corrugated Asia 2001: Noted Industry Experts Provide Market Insight

(News | New Products)

October 15, 2001, ... Singapore 12:15 pm—Focus on India, by ML Agarwal, Central India Packaging 2:00 pm—Development of the Thai Corrugating Industry from the Perspective of Thai Containers, by Boonlieng Leongnarktongdee, ...

Hundreds to Attend TAPPI's CorrExp

(News | New Products)

October 03, 2001, More than 700 people are planning to attend TAPPI's 2001 International Corrugated Containers Conference and CorrExpo in Seattle, WA, USA, October 14-17, 2001. ATLANTA, GA, USA—More than 700 people are planning ...

Materials

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September 30, 2001, ... multiwall corrugated containers. High-Performance Ink System Saves Money Akzo Nobel, Langhorne, PA; 215/750-9191; 800/989-4657; aninks.com Uvopoly PX ultraviolet letterpress ink system is designed ...

US Army Directs Ontro Inc. to Prototype and Deliver Group Ration Packages

(News | New Products)

September 18, 2001, Ontro, Inc., which has developed a patented technology for producing self-heating containers, Wednesday announced it's received a directive from the United States Army to begin the prototyping and delivery ...

The Show Goes On... at Print 01 and All Over USA

(News | New Products)

September 13, 2001, ... for the victims and their families. Friday, September 14th, around noon CST, the staff of PFFC, as well as of our sister publications Boxboard Containers International and American Printer, attended ...

The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many

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August 31, 2001, ... solving many problems that would otherwise plague various segments of the converting fields today. Consider the blow molding of containers. The number of products available in these containers today ...

CPSC: The Other Packaging Regulatory Agency to Watch

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August 31, 2001, ... with respect to food, food containers, and food-related articles or equipment under a longstanding memorandum of understanding (MOU). From time to time, the CPSC investigates the safety of food and ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

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August 31, 2001, ... containers in the liquid packaging field. Several film manufacturers were using EB technology in the production of film for food packaging. The EB units crosslinked and modified the polymers used to produce ...

Products

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July 31, 2001, ... and medical packages and other specialty packaging containers at speeds to 100 packages/min, depending upon size. Containers are said to exhibit strong and rigid properties and to have outstanding insulating ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... All adhesives poured readily from the mixer and self-leveled in their containers. Using Polymer B with higher molecular weight, the adhesives changed when held hot. After mixing for 3 h at 175°C, the adhesives ...

Cut-to-Register Sheeting Trims Time and Labor Costs

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May 31, 2001, ... materials as well. The company supplies the worldwide instant lottery industry and provides the packaging industry with a variety of well-recognized, award-winning product containers we use every day. ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

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May 31, 2001, ... These packaging structures have interest for ice cream containers, meat and burger wraps, and other oily and greasy food packaging. Liquid and juice packaging are also potential applications for PLA. ...