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Battling the Biothreats

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, ... problem has waned, but the industry still is investigating ways to protect our mail and our nation's life-sustaining food supply. Thank Goodness for Converters, Indeed! A few months ago, I can remember ...

What's New in Digita

(Magazine)

July 30, 2001, ... 14.7 mpm (24.7 cm/sec), which co. says makes its productivity level one of the highest in the digital label industry. Typical applications include labels, variable information promotional food labels, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... La Rue Holographics, Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K.; +44 1256-463000 Flexible Package Slider Closure Applied In-Line A joint effort between Pactiv Corp. and Sargento Foods has resulted in the commercial ...

Tamper-Evident, Tamper-Proof Packaging Part of Life Today

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... of tampering with an over-the-counter medication for pain relief in the early 1980s, many other instances of tampering with medicines or foods have occurred. Today, it's essentially impossible to find a ...

Planning That Annual Meeting

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... there is for a company when your reps enjoy an expensive trip to a nice place where they eat good food, cut their golf game down by a stroke, are dazzled with flashy entertainment — and that's about it. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... labels offer significant cost savings for products that need to convey a great deal of information to consumers, particularly pharmaceutical and food and beverage products. What was traditionally accomplished ...

Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again

(Materials)

December 31, 2000, ... ones that are used in the bathroom, for instance, are subjected to steam, water immersion, conditions such as that. And in food packaging, what about freeze-thaw cycles? How well does the ink perform? ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... Co., Bridgewater, NJ; 800/797-4992; nationalstarch.com Duro-Tak 424A 100% solids, hot melt PSAs are said to bond securely to foods with irregular surfaces, such as the uneven surfaces of fruits and vegetables. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... annually. The customer was not named, but the contract is in the snack food market. The company expects to begin phasing in new production under the contract during the first half of next year. According ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... who was the organizer of the event, "We wanted to provide an opportunity for all meeting attendees to have an entire evening at a premier networking experience. The food, drink, entertainment, and spectacular ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... lab employees: 50 Mylan Technologies Inc. 110 Lake St., St. Albans, VT 05478 Ph: 800/532-5226 Fax: 802/527-8151 Web site: mylantech.com Markets: Frozen foods, medical/pharmaceutical, photographic/graphic ...

New Packaging Technology Will Star at Pack Expo

(Magazine)

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 ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... polypropylene toll metallizing. Within a year and a half, we changed that to probably 10 percent. Now, our business is pretty well concentrated on food packaging, balloons, the decal and label industry, ...

Corporate compliance audits may save legal hassles.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... a host of other federal laws, including tax, occupational safety and health, food and drug, and certain environmental laws. Second, willful violations of certain laws can result in the imposition by ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... to VP David Koopman. Reflex Technologies became the exclusive sales agent, except for capacitor films, for Bolmet Inc. in January. "We're working with them to develop markets in wide widths such as food ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... t ways of marketing food," Matteucci said. "Aluminum foil itself will probably never totally go away. Neither is the transparent coating going to replace metallized film that is being used for its barri ...

AIMCAL selects 3 finalists for technology award

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... for a variety of new and existing applications. Some of these applications relate to segmented capacitor electrodes, microwave-food packaging, electronic article-surveillance labels, anticounterfeit currency ...

Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... a warning about the use of holographic materials for food packaging. "The legislation regarding the use of materials for food packaging is complex and will undoubtedly become more so as health and environmental ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ...  increase at a rate of 1.6% annually. Two-thirds of growth in containerboard capacity will be in recycled grades. Solid bleached paperboard, a category that includes liner, folding, milk carton and foo ...