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Compliance Monitoring: Finding a Middle Ground

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... different to everyone. People usually use the term in a nostalgic sense looking for a return to previous times they remember as being better. Today when we consider regulatory affairs that influence adhesives, ...

In the Bag

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... higher than 87 deg F (30 deg C). The resin selection for the film structure must consider this problem. Automatic filling machines requiring a valve in the top of the sack are more demanding. The air ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... legal or financial pressure, concerted action on an industry-wide basis provokes a laissez-faire attitude. Utilizing the services of Jacques van Leeuwen (ex Avery Dennison), a dedicated, knowledgeable ...

FFTA 'FIRST' Road Show: Toront

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2002, ... are available at the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel, Toronto Airport; 416/675-9444 (ph); 416/675-2037 (fax). More information is available through the FTA at 631/737-6020, or send a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ...

Q1 2002 Reports a Mixed Bag for Some of Converting Sector in Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

June 05, 2002, ... to be below depreciation and amounted to US$67 million. Executive chairman Eugene van As notes that difficult conditions were partly offset by the "geographic spread of our assets as both Europe and South ...

Tapes & More Tapes

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... business within the given customers that make up our market segment,” Boelkins says. “And we've got a fairly structured way of going about addressing those markets. We know what we have to offer, and generally ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2002, ... through the package, and the metallized look that we integrate into the process provides proven shelf differentiation at the point-of-sale.” Opening Cargill Dow Opens PLA Facility BLAIR, NE, USA—Cargill ...

Splice Twice? Not on Your Life!

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... more difficult and more specialized,” Cederholm adds. “Some don't stick together very well; some can't hold a vacuum; some I would call more air than actual material. To make the most reliable splice, you ...

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

(Magazine)

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 ...