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Converting Less Ordinary

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... room environment. While the application most recognizable to the average consumer is probably greeting cards and other novelty items that light up or make a sound, the use of Power Paper's products in ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... of tapes. The study provides marketing, technical, and economic analyses and forecasts of all significant end uses including tapes (consumer, industrial, electrical, medical and personal care), labels/decals, ...

Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, ... foil, thermoformed trays, cable wrap, plastic shrink sleeve body labels, and Reynolon shrink film—serving the world’s leading consumer products manufacturers within the pharmaceutical, medical, food & ...

Seeing SPAM from 2 Directions

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... or entity from sending “unsolicited advertisements” via fax to business customers or consumers absent a signed, written consent from the recipient. In so doing, it eliminated a longstanding exemption for ...

PFFC Moves 'Uptown

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... director Jay Gorga left the company in November. McDermott and Gorga left to launch a new trade show in the consumer cosmetics industry while Nadolske left to pursue other opportunities. PFFC wishes everyone ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... neckbands for Nestlé USA's Ortega Brand Taco Sauce. The neckbands identify the heat level of each flavor by attracting the attention of consumers with high-impact shelf appeal while offering tamper-evident ...

Coming to America

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2003, ... fully enclosed packaging, open-basket carriers, and top bridges for bottles — that serve several markets including beer and beverages, consumer goods, specialty packaging, confectionery, and tobacco.  ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... film producers to food and consumer products companies with an opportunity to learn about the new technology that will shape the future. The conference is sufficiently large to appeal to everyone in the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... variables is crucial, as are careful press fingerprinting and attention to graphic layout. Consumers want a quality product and one that fits their décor. Demands are for three- and four-color process ...

Drug Dispensers

(Archive)

September 30, 2003, ... common. Their pain may be not only the result of an active life style but also may result from age-related diseases such as arthritis. These consumers often are well informed, have disposable income, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... of Huhtamaki, Espoo, Finland, and Stora Enso Consumer Boards. Finnair is the first European airline to have introduced the 250-ml, double-wall “Cuppoccino.” The cup is said to be suited for special ...

Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch to Develop Software That Cuts Packaging Cycle Time

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2003, ... final packaging materials, incorporating all critical steps in-between." Esko says, "The joint product development effort will help consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and the creative-services industry ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... simple die-cut cards, hold the fragile portions of the product securely in place, eliminating the need for more expensive “fillers.” The contents of the package are fully visible to the consumer.  ...

Considering China

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... — probably would agree. But would it be enough? Not likely, as Young also points out, because most of the damage is done already. “We have pretty much ceded all the manufacturing of small consumer items ...

When It Comes to Sleeves, Thin Is Not In

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2003, “More attention is being paid to sleeve quality. No longer is the lowest-priced sleeve the automatic choice,” says Anthony Foley, national marketing manager for Edward Graphics... As a penny-pinching consumer, ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, ... the effects of which still linger throughout the overall economy. As a result, the last few years have seen less demand for consumer products — and fewer labels needed to accompany them. When the Tag ...

Presto and Pliant Reach Agreement on Slider Reclosable Technology

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2003, Presto Products Company, an Appleton, WI-based business of Alcoa Consumer Products, Inc., and Pliant Corporation reportedly have reached a mutual agreement granting Presto the right to use Pliant's patented ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... The overlap seal is said to peel away easily when pulled, without the need for scissors or knife. The packages are reclosed with an adhesive tape. The packages, which feature a clear window for consumers ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... flexible and rigid plastic containers, pouches, cartons, blister packs, cans, sachets — all these and many other options are in use today. The fast-moving consumer goods manufacturers know their markets ...

Lenticular Labels Emerge

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... see a product moving on the shelf next to them. It's going to get their attention.” Flexibility Leads to Labels Lenticular imaging is likely to be grabbing consumers' attention more frequently in the ...