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Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, Application: Examining and comparing high barrier polymers and structures provides guidelines for matching film performance with application. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL PAPER: Following is an expanded summary ...

Pactiv to Buy Plastic Packaging Assets of Rock-Tenn Company

(Flexpack)

September 23, 2003, ... Company. According to Pactiv, the purchased assets are related to the manufacture of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) and polypropylene (PP) products for food packaging. "This business had net ...

Pack Expo: Winning Packaging Materials Pavilion Spotlighted in Vegas

(News | New Products)

August 10, 2003, ... E-Commerce Shipping Packaging and Logistics Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) Packaging Achievement Awards Foodservice & Packaging Institute Best of the Best Foodservice Packaging Awards The Glass ...

Active Packaging Product Update

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... of regulatory approvals for food contact, co. says, adding that silver zirconium phosphate is thermally stable to 800 deg C, making it suitable for use in high-temperature resin processing. Milliken Chemical, ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... of fresh foods and chilled ready meals has resulted in the development of many forms of active packaging — including the interest in anti-microbial packaging. Anti-microbial packaging is a method of ...

Packaging Groups Form Coalition to Fight FDA

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2003, Packaging associations, such as the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), have formed a coalition to fight the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reports a recent AICC release. ALEXANDRIA, ...

U.K.-Based ALS Co-Develops "Innovative" Label Solution for Food Industry: Tray-Fi

(News | New Products)

June 22, 2003, Advanced Labelling Systems (ALS) Ltd. reports the development of 'Tray-Fix,' an "innovative labelling solution for the food industry." According to ALS, Tray-Fix is a result of "the experience and close cooperation ...

Riverwood Graphic Packaging International Name New Co.

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2003, ... company with leading market positions serving the beverage, food, and consumer products industries. The pro forma 2002 revenues for the combined company as presented in the registration statement on Form ...

Appleton Buys Two Wisconsin Packaging Manufacturers

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... flexible plastic packaging materials for companies in the food-processing, household and industrial product, and medical device industries; American Plastics produces high-quality, custom multilayered ...

Paperboard Packaging Co. Is Result of Riverwood Holding Graphic Packaging Deal

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2003, ... create a global paperboard packaging company. According to the companies' press release, the new paperboard packaging entity will have "leading market positions" serving the beverage, food, and consumer ...

Lithotype Adds 8-Color Capability for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2003, ... "EB coating rapidly is becoming the standard technology in the food packaging industry for printing, coating, and laminating," reports Lithotype. "With the Sanden press, we can now offer customers the latest ...

Achieving Drug Compliance through Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... PA Consulting, spoke about using advances in food packaging as precursors to pharma packaging. In one interesting example, developed by PA consulting in the U.K., a dessicant was added to a polymer film ...

Global Packaging Market

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... factor in the food chain, product marketing and merchandising, and logistics. Clearly there is a need to identify winners and losers, the end-user markets, and trends in materials and consumer product ...

Opportunities in Medical Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... packaging include fiber-free surfaces, the ability to withstand sterilization (by ETO, steam, or gamma radiation), clean room manufacturing, and ultimately, Food and Drug Administration approval. A ...

EarthShell Packaging Expands at Wal-Mart

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2002, ... Wal-Mart intends to expand the availability of its plates and bowls by more than ten times to select stores in the US. According to the manufacturer of food-service packaging "designed with the environment ...

LatinPack's Plastic Packaging Seminar Location Chang

(News | New Products)

October 10, 2002, ... coextrusion technology, food packaging innovations, and polymer packaging trends. Plastics in Packaging, International Seminar, sponsored by LatinPack, Inc., October 16 - 17, 2002, Hotel Fiesta Americana ...

Luxe Pack in Monaco: Luxury Packaging Shows Creative Foiling Solutions

(News | New Products)

September 12, 2002, October 23 to 26, 2002, the Grimaldi Forum at the Principality of Monaco will host the 15th annual Luxe Pack, the trade show geared toward luxury goods packaging for fragrances, cosmetics, jewelry, food, ...

Rohm and Haas to Intro Total Packaging Solutions at Pack Expo

(News | New Products)

September 12, 2002, ... series of solventless laminating adhesives for flexible packaging applications promises extremely low monomer adhesives specially formulated to meet a wide array of food packaging needs," adds the co. ...

More Food for Thought

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, A few months ago the column in this space addressed the use of edible wraps. It discussed a new edible film made at the Agricultural Research Service A few months ago the column in this space addressed ...

Packaging Strategies Study Provides Barrier-Enhancing Analyses

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2002, Packaging Strategies reports its new study Barrier-Enhancing Technologies for PET and Polypropylene Containers and Closures offers material, container, and manufacturing-cost analyses for barrier-enhanced ...