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Coding: A Digital Signature

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... pet food that made its way into the supply chain last December and caused the death and liver disease of dozens if not hundreds of cats and dogs. Ultimately the contamination was traced to the undetected ...

Up to the Task

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... a foil layer, seals to a variety of plastics. Two-ply, 2.5-mil lamination is made from PVDC-coated PET and a peelable sealant layer. Transparent structure offers marketing opportunities in cosmetics, health ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... with various grades of PET materials for high-end thermoformed blisters. Reportedly, performance benefits include esthetics, tamper resistance, and productivity. In addition, company says films weigh in ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... and meat trays. Packages that were made from traditional plastics such as PET, PP, and PS were compared to the same packages made from polylactic acid (PLA), a plastic produced from corn rather than from ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, Competitive Paper & Plastic Packaging Demand (million pounds) % Annual Growth Item 2000 2005 2010 00/05 05/10 Total* 22,916 23,620 25,660 0.6 1.7 Paper Competitive Paper & Plastic Packaging Demand (million ...

Beer and its Labels

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... on glass, metal, HDPE, and PET containers, claimed to offer significant reductions in total applied label cost over self-adhesive. AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. is an international market research consultant ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... races (my armadillo was fascinated with Leo Nadolske), jail breaking (took me only 5 seconds), cow pie shuffleboard (I wasn't the worst), and frisbee tossing (representing something even less appetizing ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, Seven winners and one “leader of the pack” flaunt their looks and high-tech features in AIMCAL’s annual competition. To view this story as a PDF, click on the link below: AIMCAL Awards A “brewski” ...

A Look at Liquid

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... in the coming years. Competitive pressure in the smaller-size milk serving containers is emerging, again, in the form of plastic bottles. These have proved attractive to fast food chains such as McDonalds ...

Paper vs. Plastic in Packaging

(Archive)

January 01, 2007, In 18 selected markets where plastic and paper compete as packaging materials, plastic is expected to increase its share of the market to 53% (in pounds) in 2010, according to "Paper vs. Plastic in Packaging," ...

Please Touch

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2006, ... board and 50% plastic containers. Says Chatzkel, “That’s part of what separates us from our competition.” Chatzkel points out a particular skin care product carton as a prime example of the value they ...

Why Flex-Pack Keeps Growing

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2006, ... children’s schools) easily. Pet food appears often in flexible packaging now, and various non-food items such as plant food and garden supplies, to name but two applications, are making their appearance ...

Challengers Press On

(Tapes)

October 31, 2006, The annual label competition hosted by the Tag & Label Mfrs. Institute proves there’s more than one way to produce a winning label. TLMI Awards This year’s Tag & Label Mfrs. Inst. (TLMI) annual label ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... products more quickly and make doing business with DuPont easier,” says Peter Compo, managing director, DuPont Displays and Authentication. At the core of the group's offerings are Izon authentication ...

The Changing World of Wine

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... bottles can be “labeled” with head-to-toe shrink sleeves or decoratively etched to give an elegant bottle a second life as a decanter. Wines packed in PET bottles, bag-in-a-box, pouches, and even barrier-coated ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

September 17, 2006, ... growth due to significant competition from inflatable bags, bubble packaging, and paper fill materials. For more information on Protective Packaging, contact Freedonia at 440/684-9600 or visit freedoniagroup.com. ...

Electrostatic Separation of Mixed Plastic Resins

(Archive)

July 16, 2006, A new report provides insight into a series of experiments that were conducted to determine the feasibility of expanding sorting technologies to a range of rigid plastics (after removal of PET and HDPE ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... designed to improve adhesion in various laminating adhesives. The testing used polypropylene and polyethylene terephthalate. In the study, the new oligomers underwent UV curing on both OPP and PET to determine ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... again, the winning entries of this year’s Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition are said to mirror the packaging excellence, printing, technical, and environmental achievements taking place ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... founder Peter Renton, “but until recently these people have been ignored. The beauty of digital printing is that setup is quick and easy, which makes it economical to do runs as small as 500 labels.”  ...