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Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... Packaging, Maple Grove, MN, is a niche converter offering innovative and cost-effective solutions for branded, specialty packaging. Using patented susceptor technology, the company is a leader in microwave ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... million last fiscal year - a 600% increase! And it wasn't by following the above advice. Walle, a converter and printer of high quality, multicolor labels, has concentrated on gaining total, start-to-finish ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

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July 31, 1996, Daan Bolding has history on his side as the head of Bolding Verpakkingen, a converting operation started by his grandfather almost 100 years ago.Just Daan Bolding has history on his side as the head of ...

Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry

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June 30, 1996, ... the "net profit for flexible packaging converters dropped to a five-year low of 3.5% in 1995, the smallest profit the industry has recorded since 1988." Perhaps this information could be ignored if it weren' ...

International Converting Industry News

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May 31, 1996, ... reports it largest single machine order in recent years is a custom-built Model 613 surface wind automatic slitter that will convert a variety of papers for the Pfleiderer Mill at Teisnach, Germany.  ...

Guide to European packaging will keep converters up to date

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April 30, 1996, Pira's done it again! Long the leader in international converting/packaging publications, PIRA International's recently published two-volume "European Pira's done it again! Long the leader in international ...

Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales

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December 31, 1995, With flexible packaging forecast to hit almost $15.5 billion in 1995, many converters are frantically looking toward the emerging fresh produce market With flexible packaging forecast to hit almost $15.5 ...

Islamic marketing opportunities opening up for converters.

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November 30, 1995, ... for Islamic use. And, while flex-pack converters must seek (and do seek) rabbinical approval for the use of certain symbols stating that their material is "kosher-approved," no converter operating in the ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... plastics/packaging industrial expansion (particularly for pharmaceuticals), many other Caribbean nations are rapidly gearing up to develop new flex-pack converting capabilities. Located just 90 miles ...

Tissue converter accrues benefits of AC servo drives

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September 30, 1995, Wepa & Co., a German tissue converter, discovers firsthand the advantages afforded by electronic line shafting on its new C.G. Bretting converting machinery. Wepa & Co., a German tissue converter, discovers ...

Czech converter pursues new free-market direction

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August 31, 1995, ... aluminum foil converting plant of Kovohute Bridlicna. With bauxite coming from Russian Siberia, Kovohute rolls, anneals, coats, prints, laminates and embosses foil for a wide variety of industries throughout ...

Converter combines profit with environmental concern

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May 31, 1995, ... cutting. Recently, instead of waiting for tougher regulations and increased customer demands to dictate its schedule, the Wisconsin converter decided to take a proactive stance in fulfilling the dual ...

Costa Rican converter expands Latin market

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April 30, 1995, Empaques Universal, headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, is Central America's largest flex-pack converter with sales of $25 million.The firm has plants Empaques Universal, headquartered in San Jose, Costa ...

Investment to help growth for converter

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February 28, 1995, ... WA. They manufacture and convert flexible-packaging films for consumer products companies who package fresh and frozen vegetables, disposable diapers, snack foods, paper towels and bathroom tissue.  ...

US converter sells Brazilian interest

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February 28, 1995, Riverwood International Corp., Atlanta, GA has announced it has completed the sale, of just under 50% interest in Riverwood's Brazilian operation, Igaras Riverwood International Corp., Atlanta, GA has ...

Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.

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February 28, 1995, ... a wide range of issues facing this industry today. This article presents a recap of some of the papers with an interest to the converting industry that were presented during the 1994 edition of Holo-pack/Holo-print, ...

Dutch converter expands in worldwide flex-pack market

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January 31, 1995, KNP BT is Holland's largest producer and converter of packaging materials with $6.7 billion in worldwide sales.Their headquarters are located in Hilversum KNP BT is Holland's largest producer and converter ...

Waterjet slitting beneficial to this tissue converter.

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January 31, 1995, ... the benefits received when a Wisconsin producer investigated the use of a waterjet-slitting system to ensure peak efficiency in the production of its tissue-paper products. A Wisconsin converter of ...

Reassessing market brings growth to this converter

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December 31, 1994, Looking at its niche market six years ago brought a Maine converter to realize it needed to expand to maintain growth. The decision to add high-quality Looking at its niche market six years ago brought ...

Converter's expansion plan brings clean room for bags

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December 31, 1994, A Wisconsin custom blown-film and bag converter has been growing steadily for the last several years, primarily because they use low-density polyethylene A Wisconsin custom blown-film and bag converter ...