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About PFFC's Contributing Editor

(Uncategorized)

October 16, 2011, ... and product decoration industry that identify "what's next," and "how to get there" to serve customers with the materials they need. She specializes in innovative brand enhancements, growth, and unique product ...

Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

(Flexpack)

August 18, 2011, ... to find value brands. In supermarkets and other outlets, the selection is smaller and skewed toward the value brands, but even here increased sophistication in packaging, and in some cases, delivery format ...

Shaped Up

(Label/Tape)

August 10, 2011, ... The product's relaunch includes a sleek new look with Spear's pressure-sensitive labels on clear, curved recyclable bottles. The brand uses stevia, a natural sweetener, something the brand owner wanted to ...

Prepress Services Offered

(Prepress)

July 31, 2011, Company offers prepress services that include converting CMYK files to three-color separations while maintaining integrity of brand owners' design. Reportedly, Company offers prepress services that include ...

EPR Rule Is Voted Down

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2011, ... of marketing and communications at the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC). The resolution proposed transferring responsibility for product and packaging disposal costs from local towns to brand owners ...

Digital Printing Narrow Web & Label: One or Many

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

July 31, 2011, ... says. “So we try to promote all the benefits to our customers so they can grow their brand.” Productivity & Profitability Markets served by ILS include beverages, gourmet and specialty foods; health ...

Metallic FX

(Magazine)

July 31, 2011, ... system enables graphic designers to create a single metallic design that can be executed using offset lithography, flexography, inkjet, and digital processes. As a result, brand managers can develop effective, ...

Show Preview Narrow Web & Label: Labelexpo Europe Evolves

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... Roger Pellow says, “Labelexpo Europe is set to be the largest edition yet, and this will mean more working machinery and more opportunities for label converters and brand owners.” What's New Two major ...

Metallic Color Technology Gets Assist from Anilox Roll Firm

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

July 24, 2011, ... effects using metallic foil.”   Color-Logic offers brand owners, product managers, corporations, and their advertising agencies the ability to differentiate themselves and their clients with what is ...

Update on World BOPET Market Trends

(Flexpack News)

July 07, 2011, ... flexible packaging converters, and major end users and brand owners. Financial institutions, it is suggested, may also find the report useful for identifying opportunities in the oriented plastics industry. ...

Educational Forum on US Label industry in Boston

(Label/Tape News)

July 06, 2011, ... critical success factors, such as the current brand owner requirements from label printers and business strategies that offer the greatest promise in today's market. Subject matter will include a presentation ...

Multilayered Solutions: One Stop Shop

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... for ID cards, travel documents, secure paper documents, and brand protection, ITW Covid offers stand-alone, multifeatured holographic security products as well as multilayered solutions — created through ...

Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... technology that offers brand managers a decorative option to make sure their products stand out and catch the eyes of busy consumers browsing the supermarket shelves. It also can offer huge savings over ...

Speaking Out Against Extended Producer Responsibility

(Carton Box News)

June 16, 2011, ... costs from local towns to brand owners and importers. Although the resolution suggested that electronic waste would be the initial focus of any implemented EPR program in Massachusetts, it also included ...

People

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2011, ... (LMC), Washington, DC, appoints Mark Rey executive director. Mark Andy, St. Louis, MO, signs Paolo Nascimbeni as agent representing the company's press and Rotoflex finishing equipment brands in Italy. ...

IHMA Endorses Holograms Being Covered under National Trademark Law

(Print)

May 17, 2011, ... the protection of the intellectual property rights of holograms and will be a boon for brand owners looking to protect their products and market share. To date, holograms have been considered covered by ...

Is BPA Receipt Paper a Hazard to Health?

(Yo's Yarns)

May 15, 2011, ... Resolution Against Yum! Brands After Major Fast-Food Operator Transitions Away from Toxic BPA Receipt Paper.” Glenn Turner of Ripple Strategies writes: Two major companies–Yum! Brands (owner of KFC, Pizza ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... because there are such tight ‘time to market’ demands,” Lee says. Jones recently took a job rebranding an over-the-counter drug with 16 SKUs. “Because we were able to accurately load spot profiles easily, ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... another award, this time for Technical merit in the Food Packaging category, is GPI's converted susceptor package for Red Baron Fire Baked Pizza Singles from Schwan's Consumer Brands North America, Marshall, ...

INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... and sustainability processes. Highlights of the presentations include the following topics: Win the war on waste using lean approaches Capture the consumer — CPCs share ideas to win over the brand-conscious ...