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Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... TransOcean Capital. Stronghaven operates three corrugated box plants and one corrugated sheet plant in the Southeast. Mesirow says the sale represents its 32nd completed packaging merger and acquisition ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... Technical Consulting Services. Closures SSCC Closes Facilities CHICAGO, IL, USA— Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (SSCC) has discontinued operations at its Anderson, IN, and San Jose, CA, corrugated ...

York Container Purchases KBA's New Corrugraph Pres

(Archive)

May 25, 2004, York container has purchased KBA's new "highly productive" Corrugraph, a flexo sheet-fed press for corrugated substrates. PRESS RELEASE YORK, PA, USA - KBA North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Koenig ...

Leading POP Producer Simpsongroup Installs First Scitex Vision CORjet in UK

(Archive)

May 16, 2004, Scitex Vision reports its customer, Simpsongroup, a UK-based manufacturer of point-of-purchase (POP) and point-of-sale (POS) corrugated displays, is the first converter to install the OEM's CORjet, "the ...

Esko-Graphics ArtiosCAD 6.0 Receives Major Productivity Enhancements

(Archive)

May 02, 2004, ... draft their own designs from scratch." Adds the producer, "As one of the core components of Scope, the Esko-Graphics end-to-end supply-chain management workflow, ArtiosCAD is the ideal product for corrugated ...

Koerber PaperLink Schneider XT System Helps Converters and Paper Mills Eliminate Dust

(Archive)

May 02, 2004, ... OEM. According to Körber PaperLink, the new system is suitable for converting paper, tissue, cardboard, corrugated board, plastics, and all other materials capable of being printed. The dust removal ...

Alternative to Solid Fibre

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, Technology Container Corp., Shrewsbury, MA, offers a full line of hexagonal corrugated drums that ship knocked-down, store flat, and save space for shipping Technology Container Corp., Shrewsbury, MA, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... USA, offers a full line of hexagonal corrugated drums that ship knocked-down, store flat, and save space for shipping powders, dry goods, etc. Hex drums feature one-piece construction that erect without ...

Gussets Lead to Growth

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... bulky and hard-to-package items. True to its name, the “Expand-A-Mailer” has opened up a range of new markets for the 70-year-old converter of envelopes, cartons, and corrugated packaging as the product ...

People & Places

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... Clare Reagan in the exhibit sales area of TAPPI, Atlanta, GA. She will remain part of the Corrugated Packaging Div. team with accountability in the technical program area. Aellora Digital, a Markem ...

Kodak Polychrome Graphics to Demo Flexo Plates at Drupa

(Flexpack)

April 25, 2004, ... of flexo plates "deliver superior resolution and excellent color reproduction on any packaging substrate—from the thinnest polypropylene to the thickest corrugated board." KPG says Flexcel plates are ...

Software Upgrade for SCRAP TRAKKER Version 5.0

(News | New Products)

April 22, 2004, Tescusil-Corr is said to be a suitable food grade release lubricant for Corrugator Razor or Thin Blade slitting tooling. Adhesion of starch on the flanks Tescusil-Corr is said to be a suitable food grade ...

Converting Machinery/Materials Conference Asking Industry for Package Printing/Converting Topic Abstracts

(Archive)

April 14, 2004, ...  Tag & Label and/or Narrow Web Printing Technologies Inspection/Imaging Folding Carton, Boxboard and Corrugated RFID (radio frequency identification) and Bar Coding Technology and Applications  ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, ... (e.g., a “club-pack” box of cereal, a corrugated flat holding multiple beverage six-packs sold as a unit, or furniture or computer packaging). In other words, packaging placed in the residential ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... and micro-flute corrugated board offers modular design that can be configured into more than 30 possible versions, allowing customers to have line configured to their needs and also to adapt it to different ...

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2004, ... share. Lower selling prices and higher energy, fiber, and employee benefit costs are affecting earnings in the quarter adversely, says the Chicago-based manufacturer. According to SSCC, prices for corrugated ...

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2004, ... share. Lower selling prices and higher energy, fiber, and employee benefit costs are affecting earnings in the quarter adversely, says the Chicago-based manufacturer. According to SSCC, prices for corrugated ...

Smurfit-Stone Q1 Affected by Lower Selling Prices and Higher, Energy, and Benefit Costs, Says Mfr.

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2004, ... share. Lower selling prices and higher energy, fiber, and employee benefit costs are affecting earnings in the quarter adversely, says the Chicago-based manufacturer. According to SSCC, prices for corrugated ...

Bobst Group's Acquisition of Valmet Expands OEM's Position in Flexible Materials/Packaging Marke

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2004, ... General, Midi, Titan, and Rotomec join the Bobst Group," says Bobst . "Together, with Schiavi and our other brands in folding carton and corrugated board, we are continuing to strengthen the world’s largest ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, ... or other waste container while preventing screen contact. Developed for separating nonwovens, films, corrugated board, and other materials from conveying air, system features a proprietary design that ...