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Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... capabilities is appealing to a growing number of end-users as they themselves try to reduce the number of vendors they utilize. "Another benefit we offer our clients," he notes, "is the ability to produce ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... The company recently announced it can provide end-users with custom-made, die-cut shaped pouches for medical and pharmaceutical applications (as well as for food, industrial/agricultural, and health/beauty ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

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April 30, 2000, ... allows Apollo to produce film from 0.0006 to 12 mils. End-use products converted from the film products include box liners, bags, shipping sacks, pallet covers, shrink bags, and more. The factory, located ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

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January 31, 2000, ... moving into the shorter-run, specialized realm. Where does an end-user, or a non-custom converter, go when he or she wants customized work? One place is Ferrisgate Ltd., Thetford, U.K. While specialized ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... converter, says Faletti, "so we're small enough to be customer-service oriented with quick turnaround yet sophisticated enough to service the larger end-user." All-Pak's 60,000-sq-ft facility houses a ...

Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth

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June 30, 1996, ... of the century, when the technique will reach maturity in many of its end-use applications. The distribution market for MAP is expected to exceed the growth in the retail market as supermarkets continue ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... cooking. They can be designed with a reclosable zipper. The package, which was flexo-printed in eight colors, was designed by end-user Mann Packing. Prepacked Apples Stay Fresh The packaging system ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... in general is still growing in terms of the consumption figures that I've seen. Our focus will be - and some of the end-users of metallized film are going to be concerned with this - looking at alternative ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

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July 31, 1995, ... and packaging. Surface Film yield losses can often be directly related to the film core's surface. For example, films such as polyester are very sensitive to surface imperfections. While end-use application ...

Strong growth predicted for flex-pack industry

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March 31, 1995, ...  This growth rate is faster than the estimated 4.5% for 1994. New end-use markets, increased end-user demand, and the ability of the industry to meet technological challenges will drive this growth, ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... published a comprehensive report on the industry. He projects "total demand for metallized materials will grow from 161-million lb. in 1993 to 195-million lb. in 1998. Packaging end-uses, including labels, ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

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January 31, 1995, ... in some end-use markets, such as snack foods, is another factor working in favor of metallized packaging. The Omega report concludes that despite the diminished growth rate, metallized packaging materials ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

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December 31, 1994, ... offer flexibility by being accessible 24 hours a day seven days a week. A typo or trapping change can be made instantly in the end-user's design department, and the new file sent to the converter's prep ...