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Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... these products. Meanwhile Europe leads with aseptic packaging products. Environmental concerns are rightly turning brand owners' and consumers' attention to packaging that is lightweight, user-friendly, ...

Bag Sits Flat

(Bag Pouch)

November 30, 2008, ... material that allows consumers to see the contents of the pouch. Resealable features can include slider closures and press-to-close zippers, as well as pour spouts. “One of the unique features of the ...

Curwood Turns 50

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2008, ... Curwood was purchased by Bemis Co. and now celebrates its 50th anniversary as one of the world's premiere providers of flexible and thermoformed packaging for the food, beverage, and consumer products industries. ...

Narrow Web & Label

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... for sustainability. All are made from 30% PCW and facesheets are paired with a 1.2-mil PET recyclable liner and wash-away adhesive that allows consumers or recyclers to remove labels cleanly from bottles ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ...  Markets | bags, sacks, film, and packaging for consumer and industrial goods companies and co-packers Substrates | film, foil, nonwoven, paper Notes | High-performance equipment for the plastic converting ...

E&Y Examines Why Flexpack Converters Are Under Pressure

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, ... turmoil “spurred on by lingering uncertainty in financial markets, employment concerns, volatile foreign exchange markets, and waning consumer confidence.” The firm points to rising commodity and ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... Environmental Initiative Fund. The purpose of the fund is to help educate consumers and mailers about environmental initiatives in the envelope industry, to conduct research to solidify the industry's perspective ...

Food Packaging Boosts Demand for Plastic Sheet

(Substrates)

June 30, 2008, ...  5,670 6,680 7,720 3.3 2.9 Packaging 2,990 3,690 4,370 4.3 3.4 Construction 1,245 1,360 1,485 1.8 1.8 Consumer 570 660 758 3.8 2.8 Other 865 970 1,107 2.3 2.7 ©2007 ...

Paper's Pledg

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... For example, some packaging incorporates holograms that will be destroyed if they are removed, thereby alerting the retailer and the consumer to potential counterfeiting. Others are packaged in paperboard ...

A Look at the North American Label Market Today

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... US in 2007 was 2.2%, with a slowdown of 0.8% during the last quarter and with the housing and financial markets — and consumer confidence — in decline. New labeling technologies also tempt the end-user. ...

Riding the Technology Wave

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... and feel of in-mold labels.” She claims dry-offset simply will “never look good enough again.” She expects the North American market eventually will “catch up with overseas — and consumers are going to ...

Elegance & Speed

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... North American market start to catch up with overseas — and consumers are going to love it.” Gurland says that prior to the installation of the Drent Goebel presses, a major turning point for the company ...

Cortegra Debuts Biometric Authentication Technology

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2008, ... convenient handheld reader/verifier which allows for easy field authentication Potential for consumer verification through cell phone camera In addition to protecting against counterfeiting, it tracks ...

Demographic Demands

(Flexpack)

February 29, 2008, ... features also will fuel growth. Additionally, demographic changes such as greater numbers of single-person households and older consumers will support demand for more convenient prepared foods and single-serving ...

One Step Ahead

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, Consumer brands and products are launched on an almost daily basis. It's a vivid demonstration of the constant, exponential growth in the label and narrow Consumer brands and products are launched on an ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... and clear, is a much-favored choice among brand owners and retailers across the globe today. It offers consumer convenience in terms of reduced weight, compared to most rigid packaging, and ease of handling, ...

Brand Booster

(Print)

December 31, 2007, ... — allow Andrews to maintain the consistently higher quality required by Fortune 500-type companies. “We're sure that some additional major brand consumer product companies will look at us as maybe a way ...

Credit Crunch

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2007, ... Investment Banking Group at Mesirow Financial. He has completed more than 60 merger and acquisition packaging transactions. A significant majority of these transactions involved consumer packaging businesses. ...

PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... and packaging for consumer and industrial goods companies and co-packers Substrates | film, foil, nonwoven, paper PFFC-ASAP 358 Coim USA 286 Mantua Grove Rd., West Deptford, NJ 08066; 215-275-5178; ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... Products and Paper/Europe; Alan Hutchins is appointed division VP, global operations—consumer packaging. Martin Automatic, Rockford, IL, names Gabrielle Dankwerth contract administrator to serve as ...