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Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... (Beverages, Desserts & Snack div. of Kraft Foods) to be utilized for printing on paperboard Jell-O cartons; this is the first US installation of equipment that can handle large-scale production of multicolor ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

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June 30, 2000, ... "inner frame," the interior packaging structure that's placed inside individual hard-pack cigarette cartons. But as the two were walking through Jagenberg's plant, Lewis spied a unique-looking machine ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... boxes, cartons, and shipping containers." The reports adds this niche of the industry continued to find excellent export opportunities in 1999. An increase of 3% in product shipments is foreseen ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... plant remains a leader in extrusion coating. "We consider ourselves a pioneer in film extrusion coating; we started in the milk carton business in the early 60s. We were one of the first to melt polyethylene ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... in 1987, he figured he was out of the converting business for good. Today, he not only owns a folding carton business and a prepress operation but another label company as well. So, just where did his ...

Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes

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April 30, 2000, ... colors and compensate, where necessary, with adjustments to the remaining process colors. This folding carton also went through heavy, registered in-line embossing that challenged both the equipment and ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, A Vesta folder/gluer is giving Dyno Press an edge, allowing it to convert larger and more complex cartons and POP displays. A Vesta folder/gluer is giving Dyno Press an edge, allowing it to convert larger ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

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December 31, 1999, ... flexibles, and cartons and labels. The company began operating in 1935 when Jose Tscherkassky arrived in Brazil from Ukraine via Germany. An expert in printing, Tscherkassky started a firm dealing in the ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ... different substrates available, from the thinnest of films to heavier boardstock used for cartons." Precise tension controls allow converters to run thin, unsupported films, while chilling drums keep heat-sensitive ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... cartons, magazines, and pocket book covers. Nevertheless, new application techniques (flexo) and the continued growth of offset and screen printing techniques have resulted in recent expansion of about ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... One combination plate was teal with a tight register of [+ or -] 1/64 in. The target for the overall appearance was litho carton. Press target was a chromalin. Combined corrugated, coated, process  ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... cheeseboxes. Soon after, it began to manufacture corrugated shipping containers and folding cartons. Today, Green Bay's major operating divisions are Corrugated Containers, Linerboard Mills, Folding Cartons, ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... of the paper is, of course, critical to the efficiency of any converting operation. Before the label, tag, carton, or form can even reach the customer and perform its function, it must "survive" the converting ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... product. A stand-up pouch and hologram graphics combine to heighten point-of-purchase appeal and set the product apart from conventional folding carton packaging. The pouch can be displayed standing up ...

A look at the world of German Packaging today.

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March 31, 1996, ... replacement for an inner bag/folding carton. While the above package represents a valid environmental answer, Adler brand "Edelcreme" is a different story. It is a soft, spreadable, full-fat cheese packaged ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... the quantity required while the rest of the unit packs (shipped eight to a carton) remain unopened and uncompromised. Van Leer Flexibles Inc., Houston, TX, supplied the Valeron film, and Georgia Packaging ...

Paper manufacturer's report shows marked sales increas

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January 31, 1996, ... and cartonboard. Annual sales amount to approximately SKr 2.2 billion. The acquisition will enable AssiDoman to strengthen its market position within western Europe, primarily in sack paper and sacks ...

Improved paper chemistry provides multiple benefits

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December 31, 1995, ... of interest only to your paper supplier. If you convert paper, what you don't know can hurt you. If you effortlessly convert packages, cartons, or labels with high recycled fiber and high ash content ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... all of which are supplied by Joe Carter Enterprises. Accumulated packaged product is then packed in master cartons and shipped to the warehouse for subsequent distribution. For KAPCO, says Zavracky, ...