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PPC AWARDS

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... Ruvo, also a judge, said he detected an overall expansion of quality in the entries. Packaging enhancements that he normally associates with cosmetics, such as embossing and gold stamping, are now being ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ...  The site serves packaging buyers, brand managers, and others involved in buying and specifying packaging in the personal care, cosmetic, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, chemical, automotive, ...

International Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... cosmetics) retained their position as the number one market in Europe at just under 15% of total carton consumption. On the raw material front, 1999 marked the end of a prolonged period of relative ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... effective way to print bar code labels in medical labs; sterile food, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical processing plants; clean rooms; and most other sterile industrial environments. Features include a print ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

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January 31, 2001, ... laminate for a flexible package. Although foil or a metallized substrate often has a good reason for being there, such as providing barrier properties, foil is sometimes in a laminate only to provide cosmetic ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... Also provides automatic preregistration of all print or rotary screen cylinders. The press is recommended for high-value markets, including wine labels, cosmetics and health/beauty labels, nutriceuticals ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... lay out cosmetic cartons and nest them across the sheet without interruption. Their only concern is how the cartons can be cut out. "We didn't get rid of the plate line," says Stewart Glazer, VP of sales ...

Forging Ahead into the Digital Printing Frontier

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January 31, 2001, ... he started his post in 1985. The company now specializes in a number of narrow web applications, including pressure-sensitive labels and hangtags used by pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies. His experience ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... of investing in its first Omnius roll-fed press at the end of 1998, Ste-Julie experienced a dramatic increase in sales, particularly in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic areas. Increased demand on the ...

Work Life StyleSurvival Takes Balance

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October 31, 2000, ... ravaged as a result of the Everest climb—with an amputated right arm, partially amputated left hand, and a disfigured nose—Dr. Weathers refused cosmetic facial surgery beyond what was necessary. He wished ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... They combine to form a single holographic inner seal said to be ideal for a wide variety of packaging applications, including pharmaceuticals, luxury perfumes, petroleum, and cosmetic products. Because ...

Is Food Contact Notification a Proprietary Right?

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October 31, 2000, ... of the intended use of the food-contact substance. Can the notifier transfer, assign, or license its FCN to a third-party? Under Section 409(h)(2)(C) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a ...

UV Protection of Hot Melt Adhesives for Packaging Applications

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October 31, 2000, ... A discolored adhesive may retain its physical properties, but the discoloration can be cosmetically unattractive and imply that the product is inferior or has been on the shelf for an excessive time.  ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... and coffee bags. We metallize holograms for point-of-purchase displays, cartons for liquor and golf balls, and cosmetics. Holograms are now showing up on flexible packaging as well." Adds Korowicki, ...

Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE

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April 30, 2000, ... survey of NPE 2000 exhibitors, packaging drew the most responses when participants were asked to indicate their key markets. Pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging were selected by 40% of respondents, ...

Two states adopt regulations for rigid-container laws

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January 31, 1998, ... and source-reduction requirements or reusability/refillability requirements. Manufacturers of rigid-plastic containers used for food and cosmetics were given a temporary reprieve with the passage last ...

Food Quality Protection Act limits Delaney Clause

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October 31, 1996, ... President Clinton signed the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) into law on Aug. 3, 1996. The FQPA amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) specifically as it applies to pesticides. ...

FDA proposes to reduce environmental filing burdens.

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July 31, 1996, ... substance in food, food packaging, or cosmetics (e.g., the withdrawal of approval of the use of a food or color additive) are excluded from the current EA requirements. These exclusions would be very ...

Congress is considering FDA reform bills

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May 31, 1996, ... as the House and Senate debate a number of measures. Packaging that directly contacts food must, of course, be cleared for use under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and regulations. Thus, changes in ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, ... p-s structure using DuPont substrates. Techprint Inc. was the converter, and the metallizer was Ultra Vac Metallizing Corp. Health Care, Cosmetics, and Toiletries-Technical The Nutra Soothe Natural ...