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Pouch vs. Bottle

(Flexpack)

July 30, 2005, Would you drink water out of a pouch? CLP Industries has begun marketing a laminate pouch that offers consumers portability and convenience when transporting water. And the company obviously feels there’s ...

Obesity: Can Packaging Help?

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables and to emphasize physical activity. These changes will affect the packaging industry. Consumers want a variety of foods that taste good, are convenient, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... has begun issuing “Blue from American Express” consumer and small business credit cards with the ExpressPay contactless chip in all 50 states. ExpressPay uses 13.56 MHz RFID technology from TI. TI’s ISO/IEC ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... sporting goods and automotive aftermarket parts is strong. The consequences cost brand owners millions—and in some cases, cost consumers their lives. The AWA Product Authentication and Brand Security ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... NY—A line of holographic shrink bands and labels from Seal-It is designed to provide manufacturers of consumer products with a visible security device that cannot be copied or simulated. The bands and ...

Globally Speaking

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... surface-printed roll stock and side-weld bags, are supplied to consumer product companies in the US and Canada. Flexo Printing With just a single plant located in Oaks, PA, Global Packaging may not ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... bakery products, frozen foods, personal hygiene products, and detergents for major consumer product manufacturers including Nestlé Purina, Unilever, Danone, Dànica, Las Marias, and Molinos. SUPPLIER INFO: ...

Reclying Plastic Materials

(Archive)

June 20, 2005, ...  Recycling of post-consumer greenhouse PE films—Blends with polyamide-6. Recycling of plastics from urban solid wastes—Comparison between blends from virgin and recovered from waste polymers. Management ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... to expand into India’s rapidly growing consumer goods markets. Jeevraj Pillai, senior general manager of production, noted, "Our retort pouches meet all international standards, and we are fully committed ...

Positive Projections

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, Paperboard packaging provides advantages in the distribution, marketing, protection, and preservation of thousands of consumer goods, reports the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC). These apparent advantages ...

Winner's Circl

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... of structure and design is said to be very eye catching to the consumer. The gable-top feature allows for an easily reclosable package, and the construction of the folding carton is said to meet customer ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... sold in plastic sleeves, making it imperative to develop a unique billboard with significant consumer appeal. Our goal was to create increased shelf awareness by incorporating a bold standardized look ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... Lloyd becomes director of sales for Multisorb Technologies, Buffalo. NY. M-real USA, Norwalk, CT, names Bill Hamlin sales manager, consumer packaging. Eurotherm, Leesburg, VA, appoints Michael R. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... at a speed of 60 fpm. Booklets Offers Triple the Space CLEVELAND, OH—The Kennedy Group offers the compact Tri-Max booklet said to provide consumer goods companies with a cost-effective alternative ...

Under the Hood

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... unique capabilities that we will take to a lot of new markets." One of those markets is Whitlam’s award-winning consumer product label business. (In just the past few years, the company has been recognized ...

Double Up!

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... timelines. "[The Viper] provides Tufco with a major boost in capacity for wet and dry wipes for consumer products companies marketing household, cleaning, institutional, and personal care products," ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... include the following: The stock market is driving consumer confidence now, not the labor market; a 2.5% interest rate may slow down the economy, but we haven’t felt it yet; tax cuts have faded; savings ...

Flexo Goes to Florida

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... Best of Show awards for the Ralston Foods Berrry Treats Cereal Bag. Judge Milton Ramos, Huhtamaki Consumer Packaging, raves, "This package jumped out at everyone. Even before looking at it in close detail, ...

Retort Pouch Causes a Stir

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, ... job—fighting an established metal-can instrastructure, consumer indifference, and slow machinability, but finally mainstream food products are "falling" into retort pouch packages. Products such as tuna ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... in North America. Promo Edge produces promotional labels for the consumer products industry. The transaction is the 40th packaging merger and acquisition completed by Mesirow in the past several years. ...