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- Smurfit-Stone Streamlines Sourcing with Perfect Commerce Software
- (News | New Products)
- May 06, 2002, Perfect Commerce, Inc., a supplier of enterprise supply management (ESM) software and services, recently announced a Smurft-Stone investment in its product technology.
- Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2002, ... It is most severe on roller coaters, where a thin film of coating is continuously exposed to the air. Printers report they find “sludge” in the bottom of the drum of coating. This is the high-viscosity ...
- Reporter Clips
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- April 30, 2002, ... an Avery Dennison business headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Envelope Mfrs. Assn. (EMA), Alexandria, VA, has elected Brooks Bower chairman of the board. Bower, who is chairman and CEO of ...
- Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look
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- April 30, 2002, ... esthetic appeal to Rocking Chair Confections Olde Country Foil Wrapped Mints. Sold at independent specialty gift and collectible shops, the product features a package that includes a window bag with ...
- Nominations Open for Living Inductees to Plastics Hall of Fame
- (News | New Products)
- April 25, 2002, ... to the plastics industry in the US. Nominations will close December 1, 2002. "We welcome nominations from any interested party," says academy chairman, John R. Kretzschmar. "We have established new procedures ...
- Dive in the Ipex "SEE" of Technolog
- (News | New Products)
- April 11, 2002, ... worldwide. During Ipex, every afternoon between 2 pm and 3 pm (14:00 and 15:00) attendees can experience a topical debate chaired by a leading industry expert. Each session will focus on an issue currently ...
- RFID Labels a Good Read
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... technology is well-suited for today's fast-moving security-conscious world. The September 11 terrorist attacks, and the subsequent concerns about airline safety, have left government agencies and the ...
- A Day in the Lives of Some Very Smart Packages
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... of midnight, the colorful graphics and text on the package all changed to a black coating with red letters stating “DO NOT USE.” Midnight was the end of the tenth day since the dairy had packaged the milk. ...
- Printing Private Labels
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... over the next several years. “The good thing is our fairly broad product mix and our different capabilities,” Bumgarner says. “We bring so much to the table that customers who might be looking for some ...
- Every Trick in the Book
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... Paula L. Record, CPP, senior development engineering manager, Packaging Hair Care, Unilever Home & Personal Care — USA; Panos Kinigakis, CPP, senior technology principal R&D Quality, Kraft Foods; Arnie ...
- BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... much more to the product security process than just slapping on an authentication feature. Brand owners generally can tell if their products are real if they have them in hand. Most fakes are fairly crude, ...
- The Unwinding Story
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, Sometimes purchasing a thing, like a pair of bluejeans, can be overwhelming. Unwinders are such a standard piece of equipment in a converting plant that Sometimes purchasing a “simple” thing, like a pair ...
- Interpack 2002: A Look at the Packaging Industry's Adaptabilit
- (News | New Products)
- March 12, 2002, ... the necessary requirements. "Digital workflow" was a hot topic at recent print fairs, and this trend has now spread to the paper and board-processing packaging plants. It is particularly distinguished ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2002, ... American Ultraviolet germicidal air and water systems and conveyorized curing systems. Products available will include shuttered UV systems from American Ultraviolet's Aetek Div. and spot curing equipment ...
- Helping Bring Home the Bacon
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2002, ... 14 years ago, Precision Label and Tag Inc., does about 70% of its business in the food industry, which Weller notes can be not only a high-volume market but also fairly “recession-proof.” “Even when ...
- The Buck Stops
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- February 28, 2002, ... to White, it's fairly common for narrow web press manufacturers to put forward very convincing reasons why roll-fed production of folding cartons is infinitely more cost-effective than a sheet-fed operation. ...
- Coating and Laminating Special Report
- (Archive)
- February 28, 2002, ... deep draws, and the silicone release coating still retains its functionality in releasing the billets. Low-Density Polyethylene LDPE is a fairly soft, extensible, and conformable film. For applications ...
- Is Your VFD Clean, Dry, and Tight?
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- February 28, 2002, ... and fixed-frequency AC input and converts it to a variable-voltage and variable-frequency AC output. In very small VFDs, a single power pack unit may contain the converter and inverter. Fairly involved ...
- Converting Industry News
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- January 31, 2002, ... sheet with substantial financial capacity. Jerry Tatar, Mead's chairman, president, and CEO, will serve as chairman of the combined company; John A. Luke Jr., chairman and CEO of Westvaco, will serve ...
- Overcoats Offer Protection (and You Don't Have to Button Up
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- January 31, 2002, ... ethyl ketone, ethyl acetate, and similar materials. When air pollution became a concern, converters could not freely exhaust large quantities of these solvents into the atmosphere. Chemists devised new ...