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In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... of high quality food and beverage labels for a customer base located nationally and internationally. It also produces overwraps for the toy, game, and retail industries, as well as specialized printing ...

Foil and potatoes can be a dangerous combination

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January 31, 1996, I recently came across an interesting article in Food Chemical News (Oct. 9, 1995) with implications for converters of foil intended for foodservice applications. I recently came across an interesting ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

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December 31, 1995, ... with the need for a new viscosity control system. Lally Pak provides printed film and bags to a variety of industries, including packaged frozen food, medical and pharmaceuticals, confectionary, and ...

Opportunities abound in an emerging Indian market

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December 31, 1995, ... One result is a higher demand for prepackaged convenience foods, creating, in turn, a new demand for food packaging. Pulp Shortages Boost Film and Foil India's converting industry primarily manufactures ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, ... colors and the printing of fine type. An FDA-approved overcoat would be put down over all of this. The five colors were to be changed frequently, depending on the requirements of the specific food label. ...

Measurement technique improves metallized PP

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November 30, 1995, ... thanks in part to advancements in noncontact, quantitative surface measurement techniques. In the snack food industry today, metallized polypropylene is generally accepted as a replacement for metallized ...

Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain

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July 31, 1995, ... all along the line. Amplas bagmakers fit perfectly into that philosophy. Sengewald USA, Marengo, IL, is a manufacturer of plastic mono-films, laminations and coextrusions for the food, nonfood and medical ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

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June 30, 1995, ... residual monomers in CSD/WestPac's laminations. This also reduces resulting problems with food contamination and anti-sealing. H.B. Fuller's Robert Arquette, who helped formulate the flexible packaging adhesive, ...

Educate the consumer to become a better customer.

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June 30, 1995, Future Probe '95, a recent conference, sponsored by Packaging Group Inc., featured more than ten presentations on the nature and future of the food service Future Probe '95, a recent conference, sponsored ...

Costa Rican converter expands Latin market

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April 30, 1995, ... vacuum-forming operation to produce polystyrene food trays and cups There are 18 internally designed bag making machines and 320 employees About 85% of Plastinic production goes to the domestic market ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, ... manager. In addition, a new study is being worked out for the realization of two-ply bags with or without twisted-paper cord handle in-between, which is common in the pet food, charcoal and diaper industries. ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ...  * American National Can Co., Chicago, IL, Food-Service Retort pouch. * Bell Flexible Packaging, Columbus, CA, Child-Resistant Recloseable Easy Open (CRREO) bag. * Com-Pac International Inc., Carbondale, ...

Solid-waste proposals still considerable at state level.

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March 31, 1995, ... targeting packaging issues decreased only slightly in 1994, according to Single Service News, the newsletter of the Foodservice & Packaging Institute Inc. (FPI), Arlington, VA. "Considering that nine ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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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

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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 ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

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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 ...

Converter's expansion plan brings clean room for bags

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December 31, 1994, ... for food, produce and medical products, or more specifically, as those bags subject to regulatory agency requirements. President Jack Riopelle explained the reasoning behind this move. First, the market ...

Direct-mail group introduces green stewardship challenge

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December 31, 1994, ... - The Foodservice & Packaging Institute (FPI), Washington, DC, has succeeded in exempting California's food-service establishments from compliance with onerous state-container regulations. Many food-service ...