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Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... is replacing super-calendered kraft (SCK), poly-coated kraft (PCK), and glassines, as well as other synthetics, and is ideal for clean room and pharmaceutical applications because it is debris-free. Mitsubishi ...

Eco Fiction

(Substrates)

August 31, 2009, ... also improves efficiencies. No fiction needed. “Being lean and assuring minimal wastestreams is very critical to our business,” says Bob Saari of Contract Converting in Greenville, WI. “As part of our ...

Double-Duty Packages

(Substrates)

June 30, 2009, ... resource and energy optimization and enhanced performance. Shown here is a selection of breakthrough technologies from among the top ten winners. Package Lightens Up Ecolean Group's lightweight packaging ...

FTA Environmental Excellence Awards Recognize Four Companies

(News | New Products)

March 29, 2009, ... make sustainability part of their everyday operations. With the main focus that “lean is green,” the company was able to reduce the amount of materials it consumes while increasing output and lessened ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter: Avery's Green Plan

(Narrow Web)

March 22, 2009, ... Lean Sigma (ELS) tools and methods to support its goal to reduce waste sent to landfills in North America by 10% when compared to 2007 levels. MACtac, Stow, OH, formalizes the Application Development ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... on environmental issues, and to promote the industry's efforts for a clean environment. Schreiner Adds US Facility BLAUVELT, NY | Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany-based provider of specialty pharmaceutical ...

AIMCAL Energizes Business Leaders

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2008, ... to the dilemma we experienced in the late '90s, when clean air initiatives threatened to shut down some converting businesses. The evening event included an awards banquet reception honoring metallized ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... entered the corporate vernacular. It started, he says, by identifying ways the company could be more planet friendly, using less hazardous materials and only “clean” sources of energy such as wind and ...

How To Find Information Fast

(Editorial)

January 31, 2008, ...  new look. It was designed to allow quick access to information. We know that any number of management techniques implemented properly, including lean initiatives, have helped many converters trim cost ...

Alcan Packaging Wins Right Workplace Award

(Archive)

January 05, 2008, ... promotion rate, with a decrease of 3% in voluntary salaried turnover. More than 200 employees have received Green Belts after undergoing Lean Six Sigma training. By 2009, the goal is to have all 4,800 ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... paper fiber that comes directly from trees is called virgin fiber. Because it has not undergone prior printing or converting, papers made with virgin fibers can be the cleanest papers available, depending ...

PIA/GATF to Exhibit at Graph Expo 2007

(Archive)

August 18, 2007, ... will be exhibiting at Graph Expo 2007, September 9-12, at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL. The booth will feature informative, 15-minute presentations on digital printing, lean manufacturing, green ...

Papercone Makes Donation to EMA Foundation Environmental Initiative Fund

(Archive)

August 14, 2007, Papercone Corp. has made a $50,000 commitment to the Environmental Initiative Fund, recently established by the Envelope Manufacturers Assn. Foundation (EMAF) for Paper-Based Communications. PRESSS RELEASE ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... and an expanding extrusion division in Baraboo, expected to be completed this spring. The new facility reportedly will incorporate Teel’s commitment to lean manufacturing and provide space for companywide ...

De-Demonizing Wal-Mart

(Editorial)

December 31, 2006, Last month I addressed Wal-Mart’s “clean” image and invited readers to share their opinions on the subject. This column includes one from a PFFC subscriber to whom I extend my thanks and appreciation for ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

September 17, 2006, ...  New Name, New Plans for Julie BURLINGTON, MA—Julie Static Controls is changing its name to Static Clean Intl., according to company president Jim Patterson. “The [new] name is a better representation ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 14, 2006, ...  The newest press features a 50-in. web width and has eight-color capability. Additional features include the Speedy Clean automatic wash-up system; FNC 3000 register control system; and flying splice ...

RFID Suppliers

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ...  Static Clean Intl. Products address the potential problem of static damaging or destroying the information carried on the chip. It also has process control equipment to clean the label stock of debris. ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, The difficult-to-match esthetics of self-adhesive labels, coupled with their clean and accurate application characteristics, nevertheless are balanced by slower application speeds, the high cost of the ...

Is a Packaging Makeover Ahead?

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... supermarkets with gross sales in excess of $2 million but would later expand to smaller markets, such as drug stores, department stores, hardware stores, dry cleaners, newspapers, and other bag distributors. ...