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Flexography Awards Competition Calls for Entries

(Archive)

November 18, 2006, ... December 31, 2006. Entry classifications include wide web, mid web, narrow web, folding cartons, napkins, combined corrugated, preprinted linerboard, envelope, newspapers/publications, self-promotion, ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, ... The place was the Bobst Demonstration and Training Center in Roseland, and the purpose was to provide insight on the future of folding carton and commercial printing. On the floor were nine fully operational ...

Proof is in the Process

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... at marketing firms and consumer product companies that sell products at retail. “Many of our carton customers use three-dimensional mock-up proofs for their sales teams and in presentations to big retailers,” ...

Capturing Growth in Paper

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2006, ... grades such as corrugated and folding/carrier carton as well as lighter-weight labels and paper bags still represent significant volume and share markets for paper-based materials. While paper lost ...

Ink 101: Part I

(Process Management)

August 31, 2006, ...  30 NA 390 Flexible Packaging 660 NA 125 785 Folding Carton 80 200 80 360 Label 160 80 25 265 There are three main printing processes used in packaging: flexo, gravure, and litho. ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... ink volumes and higher printing speeds. User will not have to modify printing inks when moving to this product from an uncoated substrate. PFFC-ASAP 505 Folding Cartons with Options BHS Printing Machinery, ...

PPC Launches Total Cost Model Survey

(Archive)

July 31, 2006, Paperboard Packaging Council will be conducting a Total Cost Model survey, a benchmarking survey for folding carton converters to assess their costs in comparison to their peers. PRESS RELEASE ALEXANDRIA, ...

Brand Security & Product Authentication Special Report, Part 3

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... papers; cartonboard; and plastic tube laminates. In response to customer demand, the manufacturer has expanded the number of “standard” holographic patterns offered in a choice of colors. These “wallpaper” ...

Label & Narrow Web Reporter

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor EDISON, NJ—Omet-Matik North America recently held a two-day Open House & Flexo Folding Carton Workshop at the Clarion Hotel & Towers in Edison. The event, which attracted ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 14, 2006, ... to be sold include four coated recycled boxboard mills; 39 consumer packaging converting operations in the US, including folding carton, multiwall and specialty bag, flexible packaging, label, contract ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... package features SB Metal, SB Drop, and SB Lens Light Line foils. Hot stamping foil is suited for a wide range of applications in packaging and folding cartons. Said to provide depth and to adhere to virtually ...

Flexo is on Track

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... flexible packaging, converting, folding cartons, tag and label/narrow web, flexographic printing, digital printing, and components/computerization. PackPrint, managed by the Graphic Arts Show Co., is endorsed ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... in a cylinder tube-shaped container with a plastic lid. When Nestlé decided recently it was time for a change, the task fell to Chesapeake Corp. The result: a hexagonal carton with a reclosable flip-top ...

Smurfit-Stone Sells Consumer Packaging Segment

(Archive)

May 13, 2006, ... Four coated recycled boxboard mills. Thirty-nine consumer packaging converting operations in the United States, including folding carton, multiwall and specialty bag, flexible packaging, label, contract ...

From Foil to Film

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... producing. “ The NUVAplus lamphead was developed for UV curing on web-fed machines producing packaging (unsupported film through carton board). The lamphead reportedly offers high-performance curing ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

April 26, 2006, Innovative packaging from: Kirin Beverage Corp., Light Impressions Intl., and Integument Technologies. Products 'Can-Do' Cartons Canned coffee is so popular in Japan, Kirin ...

RFID Glossary

(Archive)

April 04, 2006, A glossary of terms related to RFID technology. aRFID What's Newsab|abRFID Articlesab|abRFID Suppliersab|abRFID Glossary A Active Tag—RFID tags with a battery or other integrated source of ...

Puttin' On the Ritz

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... for PFFC’s late publisher) is Nabisco Entertainment Crackers Four Star collection from Kraft Foods. Strutting its stuff in club-store-sized cartons converted and metallized by Graphic Packaging Intl., ...

2006 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 28, 2006, ... descriptions and codes that must appear on their cartons. The dual technology solution combines printing technologies, designed to provide maximum performance at an economical price per carton. The ...

A Family of Possibilities

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, Family-owned Utah Paperbox finds the perfect mix of flexibility and quality with its MAN Roland 707 Plus. Folding Cartons When George Keyser purchased Utah Box and Label in 1922, he had more than labels ...