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PLGA Announces Print Quality Award Competition

(Tapes)

November 12, 2007, ... in gravure printing. Eligible companies can submit entries for any category and individual entries can be submitted for more than one category. One winner will be recognized in each category: cartons, ...

Chinese Converter Ensures Quality

(Archive)

October 31, 2007, ... process control. These systems can inspect all kinds of printed materials, including folding cartons and transparent and highly reflective materials, and automatically detect both process and random defects ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2007, ... two-sided extrusion coatings for milk cartons and aseptic packaging for UHT milk and juices. Extrusion-coated/laminated materials also account for an estimated 20%-30% of all flexible packaging structures ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

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August 31, 2007, ... at its pharmaceutical label converting operation in Pennsylvania. Crocker is a supplier of self-adhesive labels, flexible packaging, and cartons. The system will transform the preproduction workflow ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... has added packaging and folding cartons printed on heavier board to its offerings. Aiding that effort is a six-color, 40-in. Mitsubishi Diamond 3000LX sheet-fed press that handles stock from 0.002-0.040 ...

WHAT'S NE

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July 31, 2007, ... to reduce or eliminate press downtime, set-up costs, printed waste, and dropped or lost jobs. PFFC-ASAP 402 Handle All Folding Cartons Heidelberg, Kennesaw, GA; 888/472-9655; us.heidelberg.com ...

Oui to Flexo

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June 30, 2007, ... Awards Presentation held Tuesday evening. Judges selected 123 winners from a total of 608 entries in the following categories: wide web; mid-web; narrow web; folding cartons; combined corrugated; preprinted ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... but well immersed in the conversion of folding cartons. The event was well attended by more than 160 of the nation’s top package printers at the company’s headquarters, where a recently expanded Print ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... controller for printing on one or two sides of secondary packages such as cartons or trays. Company says systems offer high print quality with minimal maintenance requirements and low ink consumption compared ...

Preserve & Protect

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May 31, 2007, ...  Candy, Utah Paper Box, and Struck Design — are claimed to help propel the product off the store shelf and allow the cartons to stand out in the competitive and crowded confection packaging environment ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... jars, tubes, and cartons. The shrink bond provides the consumer with fully visible 360-deg label access to each component, eliminating the need for pamphlets, outserts, and overpackaging. Labels can be ...

First Class

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May 02, 2007, ... owner and producer of CMM. Featured will be 340+ exhibits covering prepress, tags and labels, corrugated, folding cartons, finishing, flexible packaging, and materials. International pavilions for Brazil, ...

World View

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April 30, 2007, ... PSA Labels Subcategory: Prime Label Paper Winner: Package Service Co. Entry: Mr. Clean International Winners Category: Cartons Subcategory: Paperboard-Topcoated Winner: Alcan Packaging (Montreal, ...

Converter Clips

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April 30, 2007, ... cartons to plastic bottles in quick-service restaurants and school lunch programs. Marginal gains or declines are predicted in most competitive markets for paper packaging, though the study sees above-average ...

Measure What Matters

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April 30, 2007, ... factors contributing to the trends. The mix contained larger cartons, and many of the items in the mix had more colors and higher coverage of individual colors. This would negatively impact profit if pricing ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

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March 31, 2007, ... holiday twinkle. Electron beam coatings (perhaps, judges suspected, among the first commercial applications) imparted a smooth brightness to the carton's interior as well as to the holographic cell dividers. ...

First Class

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March 31, 2007, ... reports PennWell, owner and producer of CMM. Featured will be 340+ exhibits covering prepress, tags and labels, corrugated, folding cartons, finishing, flexible packaging, and materials. International ...

Reader's Choic

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February 28, 2007, ... Offset Plate Foil Star cold foil technology for Speedmaster CD 74 and CD 102 presses allows the addition of metallic effects to labels and cartons. Uses a conventional offset printing plate to speed makeready. ...

Folding Carton Shows Off

(Carton Box)

February 27, 2007, ... through weight reduction, and occupy less landfill space at the end of the product’s life cycle. A counter argument is that paperboard cartons and corrugated media are made from sustainable natural materials ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

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February 27, 2007, ... publisher/editor, PFFC. Puffing up Tissue Sales A marketing award went to Unifoil Corp., Fairfield, NJ, in the healthcare category for a holographic family of cartons designed for a back-to-school ...