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Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 3

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... than many of the world’s major label markets, Asia nevertheless represents relatively developed consumer economies, and its product manufacturers and retailers are focused on brand differentiation, particularly ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... million potential consumers are an attractive prospect, the new member countries have a long way to grow to reach the GDP—and buying/spending power—of their neighbors in Western Europe. AWA Alexander ...

Good News Hunting

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... costs, and waiting for the ax to fall as they approach consumer product companies for even modest price increases they simply must pass along to stay in business. During the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... package purchasing authority and converting materials and machinery suppliers with innovative solutions to consumer goods package converting. Developed and produced by Packaging Strategies, the event will ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... visit vandagraf.com. Paperboard Packaging Report WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The Paperboard Packaging Alliance has released "Packaging White Paper," a study that explores trends in consumer goods packaging ...

Discoloration Resistant Polyolefin Films

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... packaging for consumer items. The physical properties necessary for these products are virtually built in via the molecular weight or molecular weight distribution of a polymer. The aesthetic properties ...

Avery Dennison Creates RFID Division

(Archive)

September 23, 2004, ... and research and development actitivites and will report to Mellis, says the manufacturer. Avery adds that it continues to participate in numerous RFID pilot projects with leading retailers and consumer ...

Sonoco Helps Home Guard Get Homeland Security Products in Stores for National Preparedness Month

(Archive)

September 07, 2004, ... "CorrFlex Graphics significantly enhances Sonoco's consumer strategy of being a total solutions provider in the markets we serve. As the Home Guard projects prove, Sonoco CorrFlex adds a valuable component ...

Keep Your Eye on the Gold

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... than 4%/yr. Growth, says the market research firm, “will be fueled by rising disposable personal income and healthy expansion of consumer food expenditures, especially for food eaten away from home. Away-from-home ...

A Problem Solver's Solutio

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2004, ... saturated wipes) market, food packaging (for consumers and restaurants), and converted products utilized in various industrial applications. Enlightened Laminations In recent years, Flexicon has targeted ...

A New Definition

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ...  Today, brand-conscious consumers are driving product manufacturers to choose from a number of technologies — and while this ultimately may threaten self-adhesive labeling's market share, it still represents ...

Release Liners: Challenges Ahead

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... consumer is boss.” She said, “Yesterday, we would tell suppliers exactly which material to use, in which form, and with which specification.” Today's approach is different: Procter & Gamble challenges its ...

Germany

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... and converters rushed in to fill the void in consumer products after communism. There are many sophisticated and well-respected German flex-pack converters. Huhtamski, Oyji, a Finnish company, is a ...

Italy

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... the Italian market for flex-packs. Although it is rapidly changing, there still is not as strong an infrastructure of large supermarket chains in Italy as in the other European nations. The Italian consumer ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... chaired by Shamit Mahesh Hakani of AEP Industries are “Development and Production of Value-Added Compostible Flexible Film Products with the Consumer in Mind” by Robert Boyle of Cortec Corp. and “Easy-Opening ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... consumer of pharmaceutical packaging. Western Europe will provide an especially strong regional market for blister packaging, which will generate the best worldwide growth with a 6.6% annual increase to ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... the Inst. of Packaging Professionals held their first Flexible Packaging Conference in Atlanta, GA, March 24-26. A sold-out audience heard keynote speeches from consumer companies covering consumer ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... USA—Checkpoint Systems, an integrator of RFID technology into consumer product packaging, has made an initial minority investment in Goliath Solutions, a start-up developer of RFID-based technology for ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... paperboard see it assuperior to other types of packaging regarding consumer preference and shelf impact. Current users of any amount of 100% recycled paperboard are 20%–25% more positive in their evaluation ...

Manhattan Associates and Matrics Announce Strategic Alliance to Aid RFID Adoption

(Archive)

April 20, 2004, ... technology throughout the consumer-goods supply chain. According to Manhattan Assoc., a supplier of supply-chain execution (SCE) solutions, the primary goal of this alliance is to help clients reduce ...