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Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... and lithography. Corrugated, labels, flexible packaging, paper bags, and folding cartons are the growth market sectors, with much of this growth at the expense of letterpress, offset, and gravure. Anilox ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... in 9-oz Blend-A-Pak cartons from SIG Combibloc, Columbus, OH. The cartons are said to open easily because of a patented laser-cut bend-and-tear opening. The products are shelf-stable, so they don't need ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... Grove, MN; 612/425-3955 Dimension Model 550 cartoner is designed to top load flexible pouches into cartons at speeds to 100 pouches/min, 10-17 pouches/carton. Model is equipped with twin XY robotic pick-and-place ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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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 ...

Box Plant Rises from the Ashes to New Heights

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May 31, 2000, ... at more than 25,000 cartons per hour on four-corner trays and auto-lock bottom, and as fast as we can pick on straight line runs." Lessons Well Learned Sonderen Packaging continues to improve its capabilities ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... and adhere it to board to make milk cartons. We have three of the most competitive extrusion coating lines in the industry, and we have made it a priority to upgrade our equipment. This plant meets 100 ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... located in Hamilton, OH. "We didn't expect to do anything but cartons when we got into it," Curran reports, "but our background really was in labels. And, the type of technology that we were using for ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, ... and more cost-effective stretch films. While the market is becoming saturated, it is replacing corrugated cartons in some markets with its lower cost. There are also opportunities in replacing strapping. ...

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 ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

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February 29, 2000, ...  in some prepress people that are very knowledgeable in flexo, offset, and cartons, and we rely on them a lot." "We've tried to bring convenience to the customer," adds Johnson. "What we're working on i ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, Founded in 1928, Steketee-Van Huis (SVH), Holland, MI, produces high-end folding cartons for customers across the US Founded in 1928, Steketee-Van Huis (SVH), Holland, MI, produces high-end folding cartons ...

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 ...

Tetra Pak plant in Spain is environmentally certified.

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July 31, 1996, ... the Arganda plant has a voluntary Environmental Management System (EMS) in place. The plant's main product is Tetra Brik Aseptic packaging material used to produce rectangular Tetra Brik aseptic cartons. ...

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 ...

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, ...

Paperbox winners honored for industry excellence

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April 30, 1996, The National Assn. rewards folding cartons and rigid boxes for unique and outstanding packaging contributions.Forty rigid box and folding carton manufacturers The National Assn. rewards folding cartons ...

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 ...