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- Experience Speaks: Myron Geiser
- (Trends/Management)
- June 30, 2011, ... you get into the converting business? Schreiber Foods, a customer-brand dairy company, was challenged with sourcing flexible films for the private brand market, hundreds of SKUs with quantities as small ...
- When Will Digital Printing Tip?
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... packaging (folding cartons and flexible). The research was limited to production printing and excluded equipment under $50,000 as well as desktop printers or copier/MFP devices. The research found that ...
- Industry Associations
- (Uncategorized)
- June 01, 2011, ... www.fibrebox.org Flexible Packaging Assn. (FPA) Linthicum, MD; 410-694-0800; www.flexpack.org Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Assn. (FPPA) Bel Air, MD; 443-640-1045; www.fppa.net Flexographic ...
- Automated Ink Logistics Have Sustainable Lean Features for Flexo
- (Flexography)
- April 04, 2011, ... Ctr., Indianapolis, IN. The company’s Colorsat range of gravimetric ink dispensing systems is said to offer solutions for such graphics-related flexo-print categories as narrow-web, flexible packaging, ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter
- (Narrow Web)
- March 31, 2011, ... Vision Technology. RotoMetrics, St. Louis, MO, launches flexible die manufacturing at its new full-service facility in Bangkok, Thailand, to serve Southeast Asia, China, and India. UPM Raflatac, ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... with the company’s PulseForge tools that dry, sinter, or anneal functional inks in milliseconds. The ICI-020 formulation (a successor to ICI-003 inkjet ink) for screen-printed/flexible electronics can ...
- Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion
- (Surface Prep)
- February 28, 2011, ... amazed by the continually changing landscape of technically innovative products and processes. They elevate the profitability and productivity of the industry. Most notably, flexible packaging relies ...
- Plastic Trash Becomes Treasure?
- (Yo's Yarns)
- February 22, 2011, ... may have some merit. See for yourself! Aknori Ito of Blest Corp. has devised an oil conversion machine, employing Japanese technology, that takes plastic waste, such as plastic flexible packaging, plastic ...
- Converter Industry Events
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2011, ... 9-11 | FPA Annual Meeting, Flexible Packaging Assn., Ritz-Carlton Resort, Naples, FL; www.flexpack.org 9-11 | PLGA Global Operational Conference, Packaging & Label Gravure Assn., Hilton Hotel Downtown, ...
- Carton & Box Reporter
- (Carton Box)
- January 31, 2011, ... reportedly combines the stability of a carton with the convenience of a resealable flexible package. It incorporates an attached flexible film header containing a DoubleZip zipper profile. The proof-of-principal ...
- Coating Matters: Defects | Finding the Cause
- (Coating/Laminating)
- December 31, 2010, ... — the interactions and the limitations of the equipment and materials — the more you will be able to directly influence defect reduction and product yield. Let's take an example: A flexible web coating ...
- RotoMetrics Opens New Converting Technology Center
- (Die-Cutting News)
- December 01, 2010, ... products that keep RotoMetrics and our customers at the forefront of technology." Featured is a 26-in. Rotary Processing Module, designed to convert a wide range of materials such as flexible packaging, ...
- Calendar of Events: Converter Datebook
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2010, FEBRUARY 9 | FPA Safety Conference, Flexible Packaging Assn., TradeWinds Island Grand Resort, St. Petersburg Beach, FL (410-694-0800; www.flexpack.org). FEBRUARY 9 | FPA Safety Conference, Flexible Packaging ...
- Year Finishes Upbeat
- (Trends/Management)
- November 30, 2010, ... were on to something big,” with numbers up for every sector, including tag and label, flexible packaging, folding carton, and corrugated products. “From all accounts, everyone had a great show, exhibitors ...
- H.B. Fuller, Nordmeccanica Hold Flex-Pack Symposium
- (Adhesives)
- October 31, 2010, ST. PAUL, MN | H.B. Fuller Co. held a Focus Forward Flexible Packaging Symposium September 22 at its St. Paul headquarters. Fifty flexible packaging converters ST. PAUL, MN | H.B. Fuller Co. held a Focus ...
- Paper Report Issued
- (Carton Box)
- October 31, 2010, ... Report. FLXON, Charlotte, NC, forms a market development alliance with WINK Stanzwerkzeuge GmbH, Neuenhaus, Germany, a manufacturer of precision flexible dies. American Forest & Paper Assn., ...
- Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2010, ... While many also are being pursued by flexible packaging/film-based suppliers, the opportunities are clearly available to paper producers and converters as well, and they have the potential to change the ...
- Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2010, ... 3). This is a very flexible coater that reproduces quality product with attractive economics. It can function as a pilot coater as well as a small-volume coater. Two versions are available to provide for ...
- Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits
- (Coatings)
- September 30, 2010, ... Plastic films are very flexible and offer medium protection against moisture, gases, and aromas. However, consumers expect not only product protection from packaging, they want to see the food they buy; ...
- Experience Speaks: James E. Hammer
- (Trends/Management)
- September 30, 2010, ... and sharing the successes with the entire Hammer team. What is the key to growing business in a bad economy? Be flexible and remember that you can't steal second base with one foot on first. ...