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Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

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February 29, 2000, ... deserve." With recognition from major flex-pack consumer companies in the area, powerful production machinery, and a highly professional staff, ISMA is right at home in the big leagues that are the ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice the "image" of a product-basically, its packaging. But what about the product's overall performance: Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... again. Packaging very often is the determining factor for consumers. In the fight to grab a browser's attention, end-users today know the importance of the printing, the color, and the design of a package. ...

The Good Times Keep Rolling -- At Least for Now

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December 31, 1999, ... per barrel and now it is selling [in the] low 20s. That's like a tax on the American consumer. It's money you can't spend on other things. The price of crude might come down a few dollars this spring and ...

Czech retail developments could affect converters.

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October 31, 1996, ... large Prague stores. "(Krone) is stealing from the consumer," said Radek Svitil, spokesman for the Czech environmental association Recycling Group, which specializes in waste and packaging legislation. ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... of consumers. That's why label printing is far more critical than some commercial printing." The company's insourcing philosophy is key to attaining these high standards. "To get that consistency, we need ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

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June 30, 1996, ... film will look the same as a white container. Because only the graphics remain visible, it seems to the consumer that there is no label on the container. This is the obvious origin of the "no-label-look" ...

A look at the world of German Packaging today.

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March 31, 1996, ... that the consumer can send the entire empty package (by mail?) back to the Adler company. For a nation heavily involved in life-cycle analyses, this design appears to violate the very concept of environmental ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... Armour Big Ones Meat Sticks package, said to bring new light and extra convenience to packaged, smoked meat snacks. Ultra-high-barrier, nonfoil film maximizes product protection and allows the consumer ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... optimistic, because "The consumer isn't looking for the so-called natural look. Today, consumers are attracted by the integration of graphics and metallizing." Products made with Van Leer's metallized ...

Emerging markets: doing business in Latin America.

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January 31, 1996, ... consumer is benefiting. The price the Latin American countries are paying for that situation in terms of the shutdown of industries and unemployment is not well known yet. I would like to emphasize ...

Economic Forecast: More of the Same, Unless...

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December 31, 1995, ... expected to receive in February or March didn't arrive until May, and that cut into discretionary consumer spending, especially on big-ticket items like cars. Those three factors cut very sharply into consumer ...

Opportunities abound in an emerging Indian market

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December 31, 1995, ... in the field of converting technology today may be India's growing market for flexible packaging. Consumers in that country are stretching the current capabilities of manufacturers by demanding more packaged ...

Voluntary environmental standards are on the way

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August 31, 1995, ... of corporate citizens. The corresponding benefits to be gained from this process, say these proponents, include the fostering of good public relations and community and consumer support, the simplification ...

Recycled paperboard mfrs. unite to promote usage.

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July 31, 1995, Fourteen leading US manufacturers of recycled paperboard have responded to increasing consumer demand for 100% recycled paperboard and booming production Fourteen leading US manufacturers of recycled paperboard ...

Recovered materials content guidelines for packaging change.

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July 31, 1995, ... question for paper products is fiber, which can be derived from wood, textile or agricultural products. EPA has defined "recovered materials" to include both preconsumer (prior to its intended end use) ...

Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain

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July 31, 1995, ... reduction is a major concern for leading consumer product companies - smaller packages and thinner gauges of materials. The challenge is to produce lower-gauge materials but still deliver the performance ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... software failure. Most of the lower priced systems on the market today don't do this, but rather employ consumer-grade personal-computer chassis, electronics and hard drive to store and manipulate the data. ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... new markets to flexible packaging, and delivered innovations to the consumer, distribution, institutional, and scientific marketplaces. The winners, listed alphabetically by Converter company, are: ...

Company develops line of cost-saving packaging

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March 31, 1995, ... and consumer. Hargro Packaging's, Boyertown, PA, plant had a request from one of its customers, who supplies the private-label diaper market, to develop these high-performance compression diaper bags ...