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“Green” Agreement Between DuPont and Yingli

(Green)

February 13, 2012, ... agreement expands a current commercial relationship between DuPont and Yingli into a more strategic relationship with long-term benefit to both companies, and to end-users of solar energy," says David ...

PPC Calls for Competition Entries

(Carton Box)

February 11, 2012, ... market, and protect a product and must consist of at least 50% paperboard visible to the end-user. (Laminated grades made from E-flute, F-flute, and other small flute paperboard qualify.) In addition, ...

Release Liners in the Spotlight at AWA Conference

(Label/Tape)

December 19, 2011, ... Product Printing; Developments in Packaging and Labeling Law; and Developing Tailor-Made Products with the End-User in Mind. A concurrent exhibition accompanies the program, and there will be networking ...

AWA Conference Will Address Sleeve Labels

(Label/Tape)

December 15, 2011, ... properties, converting technologies, and application methods. The key challenge presented to end-users, brand managers, designers, packaging technologists, and converters, notes AWA, is to maximize the ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... this year’s event took place in Brussels, Belgium, and attracted more than 80 participants from the full breadth of the label release liner supply chain, from end-users and label converters to raw material ...

Inspection: Lighting the Way

(Controls)

August 21, 2011, ... in several languages, sophisticated inspection is vital to safeguard against total recalls. A new generation of systems gives both the converter and end-user assurance of total quality. Key areas of ...

Green Converting: Landfill Diversion

(Green Converting)

August 16, 2011, ... channel, which delivers it to bakeries, grocery stores, or other end-users. Typically, this is a product that gets used once and then tossed away.  “So, users either have to throw it out or compost it, ...

Flexographic Printing: A Push for Growth

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... newly expanded 120,000-sq-ft facility in Clinton, MO. This investment has allowed the company to expand its reach and serve more end-users of high quality low density polyethylene (LDPE), oriented polypropylene ...

Multilayered Solutions: One Stop Shop

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... product and to the end-user — all in its Cranbury, NJ, facility. “We do everything under one roof,” he says. “Lots of people talk about it, but we actually do it. We do our own chemistry, originations, ...

Mission-Critical Microchips Adopted for DOD Applications

(Print News)

June 21, 2011, ... a forensically secure supply chain from the source to the end-user.  APDN believes that the project could be a significant first step for the company toward a major role in supply chain defense with government, ...

Coating Matters: Open Up the Coating Process Window

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2011, ... end-user) can be achieved up to 400 mpm. However, as the speed is increased, the coating head needs to be moved farther away from the substrate. This picture of coating quality gives the operator a good ...

H.B. Fuller, Nordmeccanica Hold Flex-Pack Symposium

(Adhesives)

October 31, 2010, ... converters valuable insight and advice from some of the largest packaged goods manufacturers in the world. End-user panelists presented overviews of their company's challenges and future vision in flexible ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... have a lot in common. This includes similar papermaking and converting operations in many cases, a common set of competitive substrates and materials, similar end-user/supply chain requirements, and similar ...

Bag Making: Strength in Numbers

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... end-users are turning to woven bags to replace paper as the packaging of choice. Between its two facilities, CEI produces high quality products in a variety of markets, including ream wrap, food packaging, ...

Flex-Pack Subject of Symposium

(Adhesives)

August 31, 2010, ... September 22 at its St. Paul headquarters. The symposium includes guest speaker Manfred Römer highlighting flexible packaging trends in Europe; an end-user discussion including industry panelists from ...

Motion Control: Drives

(Controls)

August 23, 2010, ... end-user. Long-range plans call for this machine to be implemented into a worldwide marketing effort by the DTS customer.  Choosing a Supplier Based on previous experience with Siemens, the DTS engineering ...

H.B. Fuller To Hold Flexible Packaging Symposium

(Adhesives)

August 15, 2010, ... highlight flexible packaging trends in Europe, an end-user discussion featuring industry panelists from Frito Lay, Pepperidge Farm, and Wm. Wrigley Jr., and a new adhesive demonstrated on H.B. Fuller’s ...

Bill Smith

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2010, ... almost solely upon other area converters/brokers/distributors to bring opportunities to us. In 2000, we began a national sales campaign to become more visible and promote our capabilities to end-users ...

Conference Program

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... Production Chain Integrating of web ordering and web-to-print solutions On-line color management and proofing Efficiency, response time, and communication with end-users Speakers: Peter Dhont, business ...

You Get What You Pay For, Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 27, 2010, ... a supplier. First and foremost is product quality. The end-user should take a long look at the converter’s lab test equipment, the personnel operating that equipment, the tests that are actually done ...