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Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, Now brand owners have a new weapon against counterfeiting based on digital imaging, supported by continuous development in consumer electronics and global access to efficient, secured data communications ...

Made of Money

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... level of interest from private equity buyers (see sidebar below). Most of the recent private equity activity in packaging has been focused on the consumer side of the business (flexible packaging, labels, ...

Show Me the Money

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... a disproportionate level of interest from private equity buyers (see sidebar). Most of the recent private equity activity in packaging has been focused on the consumer side of the business (flexible packaging, ...

Super Sized

(Corrugated)

December 31, 2006, ... contributing to a heavier use of corrugated in the meat industry is consumer preference. More companies are recognizing consumers’ interest in convenience and dislike for handling meat, and they are responding ...

De-Demonizing Wal-Mart

(Editorial)

December 31, 2006, ... innovations. What I did have a problem with was WM’s scorecard concept that creates a list of suppliers (both consumer product companies and converters) that have qualified as eco-friendly, according ...

Please Touch

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2006, ... create for their customers. “The customer wanted the consumer to experience the product without opening the carton,” says Chatzkel. “So we designed a solution that not only lets the consumer see the product ...

Outlook: Challenging

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... next three to five years, especially in high-volume prime label FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) applications, although paper liners continue to enjoy the majority of the business due to their lower cost, ...

A Call to Arms

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... leading consumers of self-adhesives, we’ve all done a poor job in telling the “spent” liner story. Or people don’t care, aren’t listening, or just won’t listen. Spent Liners Are Recyclable Spent liners—all ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, ... develop a composting infrastructure. Biodegradable polymer producers have invested in product and process improvements, and consumers and brand owners are beginning to recognize the benefits of sustainable ...

Why Flex-Pack Keeps Growing

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2006, ... a large part of the produce section in every supermarket. Though the recent problems with packaged spinach caused warnings to consumers to avoid that product, the efficacy of flexible packaging materials ...

Packaging M&As Continue

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... wave of private equity-backed merger and acquisition transactions in the packaging industry. These transactions cut across almost all segments of consumer packaging: Texas Pacific Group purchases the ...

Proof is in the Process

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, A perennial problem for consumer product companies is approving expensive packaging runs before seeing what the finished product will look like on the A perennial problem for consumer product companies ...

The Changing World of Wine

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... is still produced, this is of great concern. Additionally, consumers' current preference for higher quality vintages and “New World” wines has enabled wine imports into Europe to grow over the last ...

Proctor & Gamble to Deliver Keynote at PLACE Conference

(Archive)

September 13, 2006, ... Swiffer Dusters is an excellent model of how "connect and develop" collaboration can deliver breakthrough products to more consumers in more regions of the world at a much faster speed-to-market. Attendees ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... to the consumer goods industry. Fort Dearborn management, along with many current shareholders, will participate in the new ownership. Current chief operating officer, Michael Anderson, will be president/CEO. ...

2006 RFID What's News, Part

(Archive)

July 29, 2006, ... production requirements of retail, defense, and consumer good suppliers. The SmartOne 2500 RFID printer applicator incorporates a print engine for variable speed printing. The applicator is capable of ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 14, 2006, ... are used in sufficient quantities—register them in a central database managed by the EU Chemicals Agency. The database will be accessible to everyone, including consumers. While our industry’s core ...

RFID Pioneers

(Magazine)

April 26, 2006, ... preventing the tags’ use on counterfeit or substitute products. Joe Klahn, Serigraph’s business unit manager for consumer electronics, describes the delicate printing process. “Our engineering group ...

HP and Alien Technology Announce Partnership

(Archive)

April 03, 2006, HP and Alien Technology Announce Partnership PRESS RELEASE Alien Technology Corp announces the launch of a radio frequency identification (RFID) solution with HP for retail, consumer packaged goods, ...

Global Giants

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2006, ... With central and eastern Europe being the current major growing European flex-pack markets (about 6% annually) and western European converters relatively static, the huge consumer populations of Russia, ...