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New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... torayusa.com LumBrite U6E is described as durable, cost-effective holographic film. It is directly embossable, simplifies and speeds the converting process, enables excellent registration, and reduces ...

Why Do Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2003, ... you're under a lot of pressure for [price reduction. Plus,] you have to replace and upgrade your machinery, your systems for hygiene, equipment for the environment, etc., constantly. It costs a lot of money…to ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... excellent adhesion to print treated PP and PE for film-to-film and film-to-paper laminations. Provides high yields combined with cure speeds to 400 fpm/300 W/in. lamp to yield significant cost savings ...

Achieving Drug Compliance through Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... LaRoche. He touched on the costs involved in pharma development and losses incurred by the noncompliance of a prescribed drug regimen. Mentioning the “statins,” which, once started, are normally used on ...

Opportunities in Medical Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... also is gathering momentum. Changes in medical and hospital practice, including the drive for cost reduction, shorter hospital stays, and less invasive surgical procedures have slowed the growth of ...

Technology Improvements and Emerging Markets Drive Growth in Metallizing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... plastic films in New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, and Illinois and metallizes paper in Indiana and Tennessee. “We continually reinvest in state-of-the-art hardware to bring down our variable costs ...

Automotive Industry Opportunities

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, The market for coated and laminated materials in the automotive industry is large and complex, despite continuing consolidation. For reasons ranging from litigation to cost reduction, the North American ...

Six Sigma Keeps Intelicoat Technologies on Target

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2003, ... substrates, and the Six Sigma methodology, predominately, "is being used to achieve a significant step improvement in cost reduction by removing variation and, therefore, eliminating waste throughout [the] ...

Chromas Offers Lean Manufacturing to North America

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2003, ... (EFTA). EFTA is promoting the philsophy with a series of courses "targeted at cost reduction through manufacturing improvements," says the group. "We have produced an introductory seminar to explain the ...

It's a New YearTime to Ask, What Does the Future Hold

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... of 100 lb/in. Requirements for chemical resistance, heat resistance, and similar properties will increase. Lower costs must accompany all improvements. These are just some of things on which to reflect ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, ... off a roll. “You reduce the cost of your lid by about 40 percent,” he says. In choosing the right film, the conditions of use are critical in determining barrier performance and often are overlooked ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, Using a high-speed cross-linker is a cost-effective solution to reduce mist. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 In the early 1980s, machines that applied silicone release coatings ran ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 11

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... This month, we go beyond the concepts of "being lean" in manufacturing and accelerate this very important practice right into the sales environment. Lean Selling: The Next Imperative We know that cost ...

What's Ahead for Bagmakers

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, Faced with competition from Asia and pressure from packagers to lower costs, bagmakers in Europe are finding ways to trim expenses and reduce downtime. Faced with competition from Asia and pressure from ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... customers' demands for lower-cost labels—and their own efforts to replace high-performance laminates with lower-cost constructions that simply cannot meet the die-cutting and stripping criteria. Such compromises ...

That e word

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... Most European label converters are small, locally/regionally focused companies. However, in today's buyer-driven marketplace, cost reduction is essential for profitability, and e-commerce has proven it ...

1995 -1999

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... for food-contact materials. October 1997 EPA informs Congress that UV-curable inks and coatings served as an example of innovative and cost-effective advancements to comply with the Clean Air Act. ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ...  Milprint announces price increase from 6 to 20 percent on packaging materials, "due to escalating costs of raw materials, energy, and transportation." July 1974 Pakex 74, The International Packaging ...

1960s

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... that by using magnetics, the method costs more but also saves time for mounting rubber plates. February 1963 The world expects a revolutionary white paper that will eliminate the need for carbon paper, ...

May 1993 - 1994

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... new. Better extrusion technology leads to better film and offers several related benefits: easier, faster converting; better cost-performance ratios; better barrier properties; and lower scrap rates and ...