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Signs Say Economy Slowing Down, Recession Unlikely

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December 31, 2000, ... because the consumer will resist directly or indirectly through a national retailer or a manufacturer such as an automobile company....The result is a classic profit squeeze. The automotive industry, ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... According to Jim Russell, VP of Caraustar's Industrial & Consumer Products Group, "The acquisition of Arrow Paper Products fits strategically with Caraustar's long-term growth plans. Arrow expands our current ...

Digital News for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... Schawk provides advanced technology services for the food, beverage, and consumer products packaging, point-of-sale, and advertising markets. DAX Announces Marketing Promotion CHICAGO, IL, USA—Digital ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... are doing business with large global consumers. "Polyethylene demand worldwide today is very healthy and continues to growth unscathed," said Rappaport. In North America, every man, woman, and child uses ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... Westvaco sub., Rigesa Ltda., has acquired the assets of Agaprint Embalagens, a supplier of consumer packaging in Brazil. Agaprint's manufacturing assets, including prepress equipment and new offset presses, ...

Reporter Clips

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September 30, 2000, ... is reverse-printed in rotogravure in six to eight colors. The ability of the label to shrink to the contours of the can allows the cap to be sealed to the can before it is sold to the consumer. Included ...

Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow

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September 30, 2000, ...  The vast majority of Custom Tapes' inventory is used in industrial applications—its sole off-the-shelf film consumer product is a red film tape used to repair broken car headlight lenses temporarily. ...

Hologram in 3-D Makes Postage Stamp a Keeper

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August 31, 2000, ... to the consumer—and the millennium was obviously a special time. I've seen almost every hologram stamp, and this is the first one of this nature that has full motion." Assembling the Team Preserving ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... to supply the rapidly growing consumer markets of Central/Eastern Europe. During an exclusive Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER visit, Mariàn Polàk, sales director for Western Europe, explained, "Because ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

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June 30, 2000, ... "VIP" labels used primarily for logistical applications and bar codes. Caposa Labels is devoted to the manufacturing of labels and labeling systems for a wide range of consumer products. The other main ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... "A lot of those products are being made by companies that buy their paper packaging from us but purchase polyethylene and other plastic materials from other suppliers for their consumer product line."  ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... creates simplified operation for sealing snack products such as candy bars; results in easier package opening for consumers. EVOH resins and films introduced in US and Europe. Open code dating ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... segments as well as that of other packaging materials, including plastics, metals, and glass. However, because many consumers are not aware of this, the industry has formed a council to promote its environmental ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... , let's assume you as a consumer go out and buy a frozen product. You have no idea how old it is; it could be a year old, or it could be two years old. However, if that same product is packaged in a modifi ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... he notes. The Dairy-Pak plants convert gable-top containers in which consumers buy milk, orange juice, and products such as creamers for coffee. Gordon notes the company is the second largest producer ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

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May 31, 2000, ... military and aerospace; and consumer electronics. Speaking of Strong Growth... The PC film market also is expected to exhibit strong growth in the US for the near future. The film has a wide variety ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

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May 31, 2000, ... an independent research firm that analyzes "the future of technology change and its impact on businesses, consumers, and society," estimates that B2B transactions will total $327 billion by 2002. There' ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... the food processors, companies like Green Giant, Sara Lee, and Stouffer's. Then they introduced their lines of boil-in-bag frozen food products to consumers." Bell says Kapak kept at the boil-in-bag ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

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March 31, 2000, ... up with solutions that adequately balance environmental demands with consumer needs. Much emphasis will need to be placed on developing packaging products that eschew excess, are light and simple in form ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... opened new markets for flexible packaging, and delivered innovations to the consumer, office, recreation, and pet food marketplaces. John Woolford, interim president of FPA, notes, "More than ever before, ...