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Carestream Contract Manufacturing Adds Capabilities

(Coating/Laminating)

January 26, 2016, ... services for advanced materials applications, opened the year with upgraded multilayer solution coating capabilities. In 2015, Carestream broadened its offerings for coated and cast film-based advanced ...

Squeezy Straw Is New Technique for Producing Standup Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

January 26, 2016, ... is built into the design, creating a low center-of-gravity by sizing the wall—which becomes the extended base—according to the application. Once the user takes the first sip from the pouch using the integrated ...

Plastic Technologies Issues Study on Coffee Capsules

(Flexpack)

January 25, 2016, ... wide number of beverage and other liquid-based applications, the company wanted to research the base materials being used, the structures they were assembled into, the resulting barrier (oxygen, water ...

Screw Design for Film Extrusion

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

January 11, 2016, ... engineers draw on a database of screw designs that goes back many years, and Nordson’s library of rheological data on resins, which includes thousands of entries. At the company’s rheology laboratories, ...

Roll-2-Roll Technologies Adapts Sensing Technology

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2016, ... initial setups, sensor and controller calibrations and other manual adjustments, saving you time and money. These technologies were developed at Oklahoma State University (OSU) based on research and ...

DuPont Shares Next Chapter in Delaware

(News | New Products)

December 28, 2015, ... his Delaware-based colleagues an announcement revealing, as the result of the Dow-DuPont merger, the necessity for some changes to secure the future for DuPont. Among these changes are the following: A ...

Freedonia Reports on Protective Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 25, 2015, ... supplanted by air pillows and paper fill products in part due to concerns that foam is harmful to the environment. “The burgeoning Internet-based grocery and meal-kit delivery market,” notes analyst Katie ...

FPI Report Tracks Trends in Foodservice Packaging Supply Chain

(News | New Products)

December 14, 2015, ... brand on packaging. • Raw materials: “Green” packaging is apparent in raw materials, as different resins and papers are trending based on both the real and perceived environmental advantages of those ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2015, ... requiring an extended shelf life. Also called well suited for the packaging of salty, flavorful snacks, cookies, crackers, biscuits, and confectionery items.     Toray LumiLid Bio-Based Dual-Ovenable ...

Lloyd Instruments Jig Is for Contact Lens Blister Pack Testing

(Controls)

November 28, 2015, ... a special mount in the jig’s sliding baseplate. As the test machine’s crosshead is driven upwards, peeling the foil on the lower blister pack, the baseplate slides horizontally, to ensure that the peel ...

Economic Outlook | Growing with GDP ... or Not

(Trends/Management)

November 22, 2015, ... large revisions for several years after their initial release. While historical data might fit your sales volume very well, recent data (and forecasts based on them) might give a very misleading picture ...

Sleeve Labels | Technology Developments Drive Innovation and Sustainability

(Label/Tape)

November 17, 2015, ... and a delegate base of industry participants benefited from a full day’s program of market and technology data. Reviewing the market data Seminar chairman Jos de Vries, consultant, AWA Alexander Watson ...

PPC Announces Competition Winners

(Carton Box)

November 15, 2015, ... and base. The cartons are also right-sized to eliminate the need for false bottoms or void fillers, and they’re optimized for efficient pallet configuration.  Bert-Co Industries, Ontario, CA, was awarded ...

Label PRomotion | Tug-of-War Features Conservation vs. Informed Consumers

(Label/Tape)

November 12, 2015, ... space. Mark Lusky is president of Lusky Enterprises Inc., a marketing communications and content development company. Since 2008, he has worked with Lightning Labels, a Denver-based all-digital custom ...

AIMCAL/SPE Recognize 10 Outstanding Technical Papers

(Coating/Laminating)

November 04, 2015, ... Solution-Based R2R Nanomanufacturing” by James Watkins of the Univ. of Massachusetts. Three honorable mentions in Web Coating: “Drying Laboratory Methods for Characterization of Limited Rate Drying ...

Argotec Is Being Acquired by SWM

(Materials)

October 24, 2015, ... The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2015. Argotec is currently a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago, IL. Frederic Villoutreix, ...

Esko Updates Design Software

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2015, ... separate the components based upon how they are manufactured, and identify each part for reports, database searching, or for integrating with a business system. Company says ArtiosCAD maintains a unique ...

Amcor AmLite Gives High Barrier Packaging a Fresh Look

(Flexpack)

October 19, 2015, ... inside increases consumer trust and the likelihood of purchase. For sensitive products however, this was typically not a practical option, and they were hidden behind aluminium-based or metallized packaging. ...

PaperWorks Launches ClubStak Packaging

(Carton Box)

October 08, 2015, Offers strength of corrugated and high quality graphics appeal of a folding carton BALA CYNWYD, PA | PaperWorks Industries Inc. announces its launch of ClubStak, an innovative paper-based packaging ...

GRAPH EXPO Hailed as a Success

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2015, ... our entire industry and its leaders," says GASC president Ralph Nappi. "In fact, the key to GRAPH EXPO's enduring relevancy and strength is based on representing not just one finite niche but the entirety ...