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POP Goes the Platemaker

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... market. The six-color Scitex Vision CORjet Premium inkjet press provides high quality print using water-based pigmented inks that have been certified for use on food packaging. The CORjet Premium incorporates ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, News from: KWH Plast, Kuen Yuh Machinery Engineering, Excelsior Packaging Group, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, Presto Products, Transpac Comercializadora, Freedonia Group, Foodservice & Packaging ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... Kapak Now One Cincinnati, OH—Ampac Packaging has completed the acquisition of Kapak Co., Minneapolis, MN, a manufacturer and innovator in stand-up pouches for the food, medical ag-chem, and health and ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... in food and non-food packaging. When compared with lacquers, the resins have lower seal initiation temperature. The resins therefore have use with thicker substrates in a lid or with substrates having ...

Churning Out Quality

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2005, ... in the seafood market and competes mainly with rotogravure from the Orient. Notes Frank, “Our flexo is very close to their gravure, but we have the ability to supply both. Having partnered with an off-shore ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... used mainly for the production of laminated films and the slitting of other multilayer films used in the packaging of food and tissue products. Says Ari Olkinuora, production director, “Proslit was ...

New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... of table sets and tray covers printed by flexo in one or more colors, with or without embossing. Can produce food packaging and more. Reposition While Slitting Mario Cotta, Cincinnati, OH; 800/792-9302; ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... Saini and Nicole Millick, OxySense Inc. APPLICATION: A new non-invasive method allows testing of packages in-line before shipment to the consumer. The method measures oxygen content within food packages ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, ... Packaging Group, Yonkers, NY, has purchased a Heliostar GE rotogravure press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. Excelsior provides packaging to the food, industrial, medical, and healthcare industries. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... NY—Macaran Printed Products, whose customers include prominent companies in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, health and beauty, office, pet, and household products industries, recently installed ...

NPTA Alliance to Launch Trade Show

(Archive)

July 25, 2005, ... packaging systems, and support, plus shipping room supplies and foodservice packaging materials handled by distributors. The show will be open to distributors, suppliers, manufacturers’ reps and customers ...

Reporter Clips

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June 29, 2005, ... colors available and the four silk screen units, we will be able to create even more vibrant labels. …The expanded capabilities will also allow us to provide clients in nutraceutical, food and beverage, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... for various regulations covering direct food contact. The choice of heat seal coatings depends not only on the factors previously listed but also on the converting equipment and the technical expertise ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... bakery products, frozen foods, personal hygiene products, and detergents for major consumer product manufacturers including Nestlé Purina, Unilever, Danone, Dànica, Las Marias, and Molinos. SUPPLIER INFO: ...

"Small Guy" Equipped for Mega Growt

(Archive)

May 30, 2005, ... Mega Plastics' senior management team saw the new addition as a way of gaining share in markets that require "higher barrier and superior strength films," such as food processors and packaging converters. ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... construction. Flex Industries reports it is the only company in India to have DFRL (Defense Food Research Laboratory) approval. There is overall capacity to produce 5 million pouches/mo—enough volume ...

Positive Projections

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... areas for paperboard converters are pharmaceuticals, frozen foods, and retail carryout, with the lowest markets for folding cartons being soap, tobacco, and paper products. Consequently, for specific grades, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... technologies to assist in developing food packages for the US military that will enhance the aroma and taste of field rations. Pliant has been awarded several R&D contracts from the US government to ...

Biodegradable Films Today

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, ... These include drugs and healthcare products packaged in blister packages, snack foods in flexible packages, and similar items. In fact, consumers want more and more items available in easy-to-use and convenient ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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April 29, 2005, ... trends have led to a clear change of packaging in recent years, especially in the direction of high-quality and technically demanding structures. In response to changing food consumption habits, producers ...