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FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, Highlights of FTA's annual forum 'Reaching New Heights,' and some of the most noteworthy Excellence in Flexography 2003 award winners. (Package graphics included!) Highlights of FTA's annual forum 'Reaching ...

A Small Part of Big Performance

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... be free of organotin compounds. [So essentially] more environmentally, consumer friendly products are [in demand].” Equipment companies like HHS America Corp. (hhs-systems.de) also are aware of a slew ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... the beverage, food, and consumer products industries. The two will merge in a stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $3 billion. The companies say the merger will greatly expedite ...

U.K.-Based ALS Co-Develops "Innovative" Label Solution for Food Industry: Tray-Fi

(News | New Products)

June 22, 2003, ... developed for all manufacturers—at a third of the cost of an equivalent sleeving machine—it also presents an opportunity for the smaller, specialist producers to compete with the industry giants, for consumer ...

Vertis Invests in Esko-Graphics' Flexo Platemaking Devices

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2003, ... for consumer packaged-good companies." Recognized by both GATF (Graphic Arts Technical Foundation) and FTA (Flexographic Technical Association), adds Vertis, "the award-winning Esko-Graphics' CDI technology ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... A clear window reveals the product to consumers. Says Chocfuls brand manager Michelle Bell, “…The brand's personality and flavor are best characterized by rich colors and elegant graphics. Sonoco brought ...

Splash & Pop

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, ... Corp.'s Langley plant eye-popping flexible packages with the splash afforded by printing with ten colors. A retail grocery consumer may not notice the trade-off at all. That eye-catching vignette and ...

'Business as Usual Isn't an Option' for 900 Flexographers at FF

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2003, ... opened with a consumer-product company summit that addressed the present-day demands of package buyers and the most practical approaches that printers and converters can utilize in meeting them. Orchestrated ...

Riverwood Graphic Packaging International Name New Co.

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2003, ... company with leading market positions serving the beverage, food, and consumer products industries. The pro forma 2002 revenues for the combined company as presented in the registration statement on Form ...

Exopack Signs to Buy Plassein Flex-Pack Plants

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2003, ... packaging for consumer and industrial products. Plassein Intl. Corp. is a holding company with eight subsidiaries: Plassein Intl. reportedly is a leading manufacturer of value-added flexible, plastic packaging ...

FTA Awards Exemplify High-End Flexo

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... products that could be next to it. Focus on good layout and design and have excellent execution, keeping in mind flexo. The package’s goal is to jump of the shelf or draw the consumer into it." Visit ...

First Quarter Performance Mixed

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2003, ... L. Wambold, Pactiv's chairman and CEO. Pactiv, a $2.9 billion company, is a leading provider of advanced packaging solutions for the consumer, foodservice/food packaging, and protective/flexible packaging ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... technology, and consumer packaged goods, is designing the critical elements and creating global standards for the next-generation bar code—called the EPC Network. EPC is an evolution of the traditional ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... review of the plant's operations, available capacity within the company's Consumer Packaging division, and current economic market conditions. Additional factors in the decision included operating costs ...

Think Lean

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... waste will shorten the time between order placement and product delivery and deliver a healthier bottom line. With “convenience” being the mantra of today's consumer, the flexible packaging industry ...

Paperboard Packaging Co. Is Result of Riverwood Holding Graphic Packaging Deal

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2003, ... create a global paperboard packaging company. According to the companies' press release, the new paperboard packaging entity will have "leading market positions" serving the beverage, food, and consumer ...

Economic/Marketing Trends in the Global Converting Industry at CMM

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2003, ... world wide trends and industry drivers that are creating a competitive advantage in today’s converting environment. Also examined are the value chain changes from the perspectives of consumers, end users, ...

Flexo Prepress for Boxes; SunGraphics in Bay Area

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2003, ... boxes, folding cartons, and retail point-of-purchase displays." Adds Dave Garnache, SunGraphics' business manager, "It's been positioned in the Bay Area to provides services to consumer goods companies and ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... a single, high-powered manufacturing center in Enfield, CT. “These plants share a common client base,” says John Taylor, general manager of Envelope Products for MeadWestvaco's Consumer & Office Products ...

Why Do Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2003, ...  also the printing…and a package's seal integrity, its shelf life; and consumer-convenience or die-cut features. The list goes on and on. So many variables with which to contend could be seen, by some ...