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Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... as a result of windowed cartons’ loss of share to blister packs and clamshells in non-food uses. The slowest growth is expected for skin packs. Food will remain the leading high-visibility packaging market, ...

Sonoco Helps Home Guard Get Homeland Security Products in Stores for National Preparedness Month

(Archive)

September 07, 2004, ... a 2,400 calorie food bar, 10 water pouches, 4-D and 4-AA batteries and 1,250 milliliters of water in tear-and-pour packets — in palletized point-of-purchase displays and then custom-designed corrugated ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 1

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... learning up to 40 percent of RFID tag and label trials are failures. AIM NA Inc. (aimglobal.org) applauds the efforts of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it issues a report highlighting specific ...

New Product Digest

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... ideal for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food, beverage, and medical packaging. Inks are balanced for use with company's Ink Miser computerized ink blending system. Test Release and Adhesion Testing Machines, ...

Antimicrobials: On the Fast Track

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... only on the antimicrobial additive but on the substrate and the perishable food products themselves. There are many antimicrobial products that work for selected food packaging products. These can be ...

Bayer Bio Products Announces Latest Efforts to Combat Product Tampering and Counterfeiting

(Archive)

July 26, 2004, ... He adds, "We take an all-encompassing approach to the challenge of counterfeiting and tampering. As the Food and Drug Adminstration's recent report Combating Counterfeit Drugs points out, tamper-evident ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... food pouches. Company says the film has excellent layflat characteristics for easy lamination and good seal strength for producing durable pouches. Silver Foils Added to Line Metal Foils, Willoughby, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... conference was TechCon, featuring 160 exhibitors from this niche of the industry. Attendees could ingest info along with their food by attending Technology Forum Breakfast Sessions and TechCon Lunchtime ...

Nanotech The Next Big Thing

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... with close to $1 billion in funding requested for 2005. Multiple federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Inst. of ...

High & Low

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, Winpak Technologies is a global packaging group that manufactures and distributes high quality machines and packaging materials for the food, beverage, Now Winpak can offer broader capabilities with its ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... back to metal for other uses. Entered by Nicholl Food Packaging. (2) Migros Golden Beans Coffee “Pods” — This reclosable, high-barrier, aluminum pouch was judged “an outstanding combination of product ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... care, household/chemical, and food applications. Coated with a removable acrylic PSA, films are said to provide consistent resealability and remain cleanly removable from most flex-pack substrates and ...

FDA Report Calls for the Adoption of RFID

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2004, ... enchance safety." According to AIM, in a report issued earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlighted specific steps the agency is taking to keep the U.S. drug supply secure.  ...

FDA Report Calls for the Adoption of RFID

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2004, ... enchance safety." According to AIM, in a report issued earlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) highlighted specific steps the agency is taking to keep the U.S. drug supply secure.  ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... and effective use of ExxonMobil films. Taking home Golden Mummy awards for packaging were the following: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (Kraft Foods and Cello-Foil); Bicor AB-X film Hershey Milk ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ...  Paper Suited for Food Uses Seaman Paper Co., Otter River, MA; 978/939-5356; satinwrap.com Under its SatinWrap brand name, co. offers FDA-compliant colored papers available in three distinct basis ...

Cast Film Lines for Barrier Films

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... with polyethylene and polypropylene in layer configurations gives excellent barrier properties against water, steam, and moisture. Applications focus on packaging of food, pharmaceutical products, and ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... he said. “Oxygen scavenging films remove residual headspace oxygen, remove oxygen entrapped in the food product, block oxygen ingress, and provide a simple, non-intrusive means of scavenging oxygen.” The ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... promotional uses, and fast food. Supplier Information Stora Enso Consumer Boards — PFFC-ASAP 390. Imatra, Finland; +358 2046 22166; storaenso.com Longhorn Lassos an Eight-Color Press When San Antonio, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... to offer a number of services to help international attendees make the most of their experience at the event. Registration fees include participation in the Food Processing Machinery Expo 2003, which ...