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TAPPI PLACE Conference Promotes Flexibility

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2008, ... “Innovations in Flexible Consumer Packaging” is by attending the 2008 TAPPI PLACE Conference, which will be held Sept. 14-17, 2008, at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel in Portsmouth, VA. The program will ...

AIMCAL, SVC Memorialize Scientist

(News | New Products)

August 25, 2008, ... Henry was a scientist renowned for his work in the field of flexible gas barrier materials. The association says that honoring Dr. Henry with a 5k run pays tribute to his strong athletic skills and involvement ...

Breakdown Breakthrough

(Green Converting)

August 11, 2008, ... Dublin, Ireland, wins a DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation. This first-of-its-kind flexible package is compostable, biodegradable, and made from renewable raw materials. Consumers can dispose of the ...

COF Testing: Why Does it Matter?

(Process Management)

July 31, 2008, ... boxes, and sacks will occur. Flexible films may bind when sliding onto filling collars. If the static COF is too low, problems in maintaining stability in stacks could result, as well as difficulty ...

Roll Out the Red Carpet

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2008, ...  Tarsus reports more than 26% of label converters in North America also produce flexible packaging. Past show figures indicate a 50% increase in attendance from flex-pack and folding carton suppliers. ...

Green Gravure

(Gravure)

July 31, 2008, At a time when many flexographic printers and converters are focused on “growing green,” one New York-based converter of flexible packaging and labels is going one better: by going green — and gravure ...

August 2008 PFFC What's New Products: Part tw

(New Products)

July 31, 2008, ... for sleeves is designed for the imaging of large-format sleeves as well as optional large format flexo plate imaging. Addressing the wide web flexible packaging market, it reportedly provides faster setup ...

August 2008 PFFC First Glance

(Magazine)

July 31, 2008, ... Organic Cereals, converted by Alcan Packaging, Dublin, Ireland, wins a DuPont Award for Packaging Innovation. This first-of-its-kind flexible package is compostable, biodegradable, and made from renewable ...

Ahlstrom Announces Price Increases

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2008, HELSINKI, FINLAND | Ahlstrom, a global supplier of high-performance, fiber-based materials, has announced price increases for Coated Specialties and Industrial Papers (flexible packaging, metalizing, office ...

TAPPI's 2008 PLACE Conference Opens Registratio

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2008, ... and processes in the flexible packaging and converting industry NORCROSS, GA| The 2008 TAPPI PLACE Conference (Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions) will be held September 14-17, 2008, ...

Trends Impacting Converters

(Editorial)

June 30, 2008, ... at over 15,000. The qualified respondents grew this year to 293, comprising converters of flexible packaging; tapes, labels, and tags; unprinted rolls and sheets (including coated substrates); and paperboard ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

June 30, 2008, ... is designed for the imaging of large-format sleeves as well as optional large-format flexo plate imaging. Built for the wide web flexible packaging market, CDI comes with a cantilever air cylinder, allowing ...

ACC Owners

(Experience Speaks)

June 30, 2008, ... contract converting business with improved services, being flexible to market demands, and customer needs. How would you describe your mangement style? Gary | Open atmosphere. We all get out on the ...

People

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... director of new business development and national accounts. Mark Andy, St. Louis, MO, promotes Jerry Henson to flexible packaging sales manager for the Comco line and adds Michael Schneider as regional ...

News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... of the shares of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT), Hod Hasharon, Israel. Ahlstrom Corp., Helsinki, Finland, announces price increases on its flexible packaging, metallizing, office, and graphic papers ...

Critical Trends: 2008 PFFC survey

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... respondents each work for an unprinted rolls and sheets or flexible packaging company. Nearly one-fourth work for a tapes, labels & tags company, and 11% work for a paperboard packaging company. The largest ...

Bobst Group Displays Range of Equipment at Drupa

(News | New Products)

June 29, 2008, LAUSANNE, Switzerland | Bobst Group Business Area Flexible Materials unveils “The Next Generation of Solutions for Flexible Packaging & Flexible Materials” at Drupa 2008 LAUSANNE, Switzerland | Bobst Group ...

Bobst Acquires Fischer & Krecke Group

(News | New Products)

June 02, 2008, ... | The Bobst Group has announced the acquisition of 100% of the Fischer & Krecke Group, in Germany, effective March 31. Bobst says the purchase is part of its strategy to expand its operations in the flexible ...

Sweet-Smelling Building

(Green Converting)

May 31, 2008, ... building comprises an Ahlstrom filter media integrated in the flexible wall structure that captures and destroys the organic pollutants to purify the air. The technology, developed and patented by Ahlstrom, ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ... for CI Presses UV dryers designed for the food packaging converter and printer are engineered for installation on CI flexo presses running flexible films. The Perfect-Cure UV lamp system guarantees complete ...