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A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ...  Since the early 1970’s, air pollution control regulations have required many printing, coating, and laminating operations to install emission control systems designed to treat manufacturing facilities ...

Dow Opens Recycling Lab

(Archive)

April 28, 2007, Dow Corning Corp. has opened its Recycled Fiber (RCF) Lab in Barry, Wales. The facility is expected to help processors meet tightening environmental regulations, contain costs, and improve product quality. ...

Covering All the Bases

(Archive)

February 13, 2007, ... regulations and associated trends involving trailer lights. But thanks to the company’s own safety rules —along with critical decision making on the part of Johns Manville officials— the potential for ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

(Archive)

January 30, 2007, ... the public, customers, and other stakeholders. The benefits to customers are products that can be used safely and that comply with all applicable regulations; knowledge of the hazards, appropriate handling ...

A Look at Flame Retardants

(PLC Probe)

December 31, 2006, ... using it is a complex requirement. Note also that flame retardants do not conform to the FDA regulations that adhesives and coatings usually must meet. Flame retardants used in adhesives and coatings ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... equipment and comply with FDA regulations. Knowing interactions by the adhesives with package materials is also important. Making retort pouches uses multilayer laminations. This paper reviews the various ...

Packaging Legislation and Regulation Studies

(Archive)

November 25, 2006, ... and Regulations for Pharmaceuticals—pharmaceutical products can potentially pose serious risk if they are misused, and so legislation extends to great lengths in order to protect both the consumer and ...

Living in the City That Works

(Editorial)

October 31, 2006, ... the first effort in the nation, according to the September 14 edition of the New York Times, “to impose minimum wage regulations on ‘big box’ stores like Wal-Mart.” It involved a minimum wage hike of $9.25/hr ...

RFID Smart Labels Breaks New Ground in London

(Archive)

October 14, 2006, ... chain optimisation is proving difficult with the chosen UHF frequency across the world because radio regulations, until they are eased, cause technical problems and most consumer goods suppliers see no ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ...  The strongest drivers for this growth will be new regulations and standards addressing issues that include patient drug compliance, drug dispensing errors, and drug counterfeiting/drug diversion. The ...

Food Packaging Law Seminar

(Archive)

September 18, 2006, Keller and Heckman LLP has scheduled its 7th Annual Food Packaging Law seminar, "What You Need to Know About U.S. and EU Food Packaging Regulations," for October 11-12, 2006, in Washington, DC. PRESS RELEASE ...

If China Were Not To Blame

(PLC Probe)

August 31, 2006, ... Governments with all their taxation and all those regulations certainly contribute to some of the difficulties. Competitors make good targets to blame, sometimes because their novel ideas for packaging ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... blotchy radio regulations at UHF around the world, HF is by far the most preferred frequency for item-level tagging. Longer term, the technology to achieve item-level tagging most likely will not be ...

2006 RFID What's News, Part

(Archive)

July 29, 2006, ... of both the conference and the Masterclasses was that conventional supply chain optimisation is proving difficult with the chosen UHF frequency across the world because radio regulations, until they are ...

DataLase PACKMARK Tested by American Bakers

(Archive)

July 25, 2006, ... to the pressure put on bakers and their suppliers by strict environmental and food safety regulations requiring an ever-increasing amount of readable information to appear on backed food packages. The ...

Will Food Laws Be Uniform?

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, On March 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would preempt food safety and labeling laws. Federal preemption is a legal concept under which states may not enact regulations unless ...

Zero Funding for FCN Program?

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... added costs as a result of the delay, including lost revenues from delayed market introduction. Further, FCNs are proprietary to the notifier and its customers, while food additive regulations, once ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... packaging materials. This testing protocol helps to determine FDA compliance of the UV/EB curable chemistry by supporting the “No Migration”/“No Food Additive” statutory exemptions under FDA regulations. ...

Adhesives and Specialty Monomers Studies Coming Soon

(Archive)

January 16, 2006, ... opportunities, and new product needs. Areas of obsolescence to be avoided. Impact of government regulations. Analysis of leading producers of specialty monomers, including their product mix. Integration, ...

About Cold Seal Adhesives

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... food contact is possible, users must be certain the adhesive meets all FDA regulations. The uniqueness of cold seal adhesives is that they seal only to themselves. When a substrate coated with a cold ...