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Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... in plastics was $122 million at active manufacture level in 2003, a 40% growth over 1993. This reflects end-use growth as well as regulatory and technological changes and the growing use of biocides as ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... packaging segment of the flexographic printing industry. Data will be collected from flexible packaging and unsupported film converters, industry suppliers, end-users, and packaging buyers via Web-based ...

Foil Stamping: Let it Shine

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... yourself on the shelf keeps growing, because there are so many more products. DVDs are huge, and we see continuing interest from all end-users, including ancillary packaging." Foil stamping also is ...

Biocides in Plastics Global Report

(Archive)

March 30, 2005, ... on business and technology End-user analysis and what biocides they are using Licensing deals Alliances Mergers and acquisitions Figures are based on revenue figures at the manufacturers and formulated ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... substrates, from cartonboard to unsupported films. With flexography the dominant narrow web technology today—and UV flexo the fastest growing—the focus on inks from label converters and end-users is ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 1

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... for growth, "R&D work is not as robust as it used to be," says Korowicki. He cites the lack of attention to product development at both the end-user and supplier levels due to cost reductions, as related ...

Simplifying Holography with Wide Web Performance

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... technology knowledge with holography. That’s the difference we think we can bring to the market. We’re going to make a holographic package that end-users can be assured will run on their equipment. It’s ...

Supplier News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2004, ... and, surprisingly, sometimes even higher. Rohm and Haas defines its challenge as satisfying converter needs by improving their productivity while it meets end-users' needs with products that can be differentiated ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... A total of 17 awards were presented at a special ceremony during the FINAT World Congress held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June. In the group of categories devoted to marketing and end-use applications, ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, Reporting on all aspects of release liners, including AWA's roundtable forum held during the 2004 Global Release Liner converence, North American facts and figures, and an end-user market study. Part ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... sometimes even higher. Rohm and Haas defines its challenge as satisfying converter needs by improving their productivity while it meets end-users’ needs with products that can be differentiated on store ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... of release modifiers allows coaters to tailor the release profile to their end-use requirements. In customer trials, there has been increased cure performance with very low platinum requirements, and ...

Implications of Bioterrorism Act

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... under TSCA. Thus, to assure compliance and avoid shipment delays, a comprehensive understanding of the materials being sold, the intended end-use application, and the applicable law is needed. For ...

Converting Industry News, Part 3

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... International organizers have created an event to address converting solutions for end-user needs. The Consumer Packaging & Converting Connection Event is a by-invitation-only conference that hopes ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, Creating packaging that allows consumers to see clearly the food they are purchasing — and also promises the food is fresh — presents converters and end-users with a unique manufacturing challenge.  ...

Avery Dennison Creates RFID Division

(Archive)

September 23, 2004, Avery Dennison Corp., manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labeling materials, says it has formed a new business unit dedicated to the manufacturing and marketing of low-cost radio frequency identification ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... and end-users. The council members include Accenture (ac.com), GlobeRanger (globeranger.com), HighJump Software (highjumpsoftware.com), Intermec (intermec.com), Manhattan Associates (manh.com), and Provia ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 3

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... rumors are false. "EPCglobal strongly supports both the current Class 1 and Class 0 published standards," it said. "We encourage vendors to offer products based on those standards, and we encourage end-users ...

A Touch Above

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... “Everything about Raflatac and its products is built on quality, consistency, and reliability in end-use applications. We really feel we offer an extremely high quality, consistent product that works in ...

A New Definition

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... is certainly what the product manufacturers — our end-user customers — are doing. They are not in the business of buying “labels.” They are looking for product decoration and identification solutions ...