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High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ... stand-up pouches to high gloss form, fill, and seal packages for food items. Such packages require low haze, high gloss film for their sophisticated multicolor graphic printing. The haze and gloss of standard ...

Fido's Food Goes GLOSS

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March 31, 2001, With the help of a Prime UV ultraviolet curing system, Canadian-based Bonar Packaging has given glamour to the plain pet food packaging bags of the past. Pet cuisine is like everything else these days: ...

FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

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February 28, 2001, ...  Alcan Lawson Mardon, Northbrook, IL, earned a highest achievement award in the packaging excellence category for the Kettle-Rich Soup Pouch, developed by United Signature Foods. The resealable stand-up ...

New Test May Detect Pathogens in PE Food Wrap

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January 31, 2001, Searching for expiry dates and sniffing food to detect spoilage soon may be things of the past. A development in food packaging will alert consumers to Searching for expiry dates and sniffing food to detect ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

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January 31, 2001, ... are many different reasons for the variety of flexible packaging laminates. The most important reason is the requirement for product protection. Some food products must have protection from oxygen, ...

Is Food Contact Notification a Proprietary Right?

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October 31, 2000, The Food Contact Notification (FCN) program of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), effective Jan. 18, 2000, provides an expedited means for converters The Food Contact Notification (FCN) program of ...

New Packaging Technology Will Star at Pack Expo

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September 30, 2000, Packaging and processing innovations will coexist harmoniously at Pack Expo 2000 and its companion event, the International Exposition for Food Processors. When Pack Expo International 2000 opens its ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... materials. Food packaging markets will remain dominant because of diverse uses and the need for lower-cost packaging options with longer shelf lives. Technology Challenges The converted flexible packaging ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, ... flexible packaging plays an increasingly important role in many markets. Multilayer stand-up pouches have helped invigorate markets such as pet foods and agricultural chemicals. Films and pouches are providing ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice the "image" of a product-basically, its packaging. But what about the product's overall performance: Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... trading cards, direct mail tip-ons, FDA-approved food in-packs, magazine inserts, backlit and reflective posters, and many more. Jacobsen says that, while three-dimensional printing on lenticular has ...

Food Quality Protection Act limits Delaney Clause

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October 31, 1996, The FQPA action suggests there may be some momentum for eliminating the Delaney Clause as it applies to food and color additives in any food safety reform The FQPA action suggests there may be some momentum ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... content can produce off-odors and off-flavors. A study examines the problem and evaluates which barrier materials can overcome the problem. The array of low-fat/no-fat food products is steadily increasing ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

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October 31, 1996, When Flex-Pak purchased a new laminator for snack food packaging, it made sure that bare roll corona treating was included as a means of increasing quality When Flex-Pak purchased a new laminator for snack ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... Foods. Founded in 1985, the company has expanded into other food packaging areas as well, utilizing the knowledge of paper and thin-gauge metallized film gained from its microwave popcorn packaging ...

New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP

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August 31, 1996, ... more barrier for carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water vapor transmission than PET. This can be of obvious advantage as a flexible film or in rigid containers for beer. Final Food and Drug Administration approval ...

Canadian show highlights packaging industry up north

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June 30, 1996, ... a wide range of food and drug applications. Ye Ming reports that the "response to their exhibits were excellent in spite of the rather tight space." Alan M. Robinson, president/CEO of PAC, writes in ...

Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth

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June 30, 1996, ... to develop the role of central distribution centers. MAP is a technique in which the air surrounding food in a package is flushed out and replaced with a carefully formulated gas mixture such as carbon ...

A look at the world of German Packaging today.

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March 31, 1996, ...  An interesting stand-up pouch was "HIPP" brand powdered baby food. Packaged in a polyester/foil/polyethylene material, the stock is made by 4P Verpckungen Ronsberg GmbH and is considered to be an environmental ...

A new book on packaging is recommended reading

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February 29, 1996, ... improvement of the material when it developed moisture-proof cellophane, allowing the material to be used as a protective covering for food. This clear, flimsy product remained close to invisible, however, ...