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Group Focuses on Innovation

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December 30, 2005, ... is at the heart of IFPN’s uniqueness. The sole US member is NS Flexibles, Greensboro, NC. In a telephone interview with Tim Mages, general manager of NS Flexibles, he said, “We discuss all sorts of ...

Facing a Slowdown

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December 30, 2005, ... lies. Take Wal-Mart, for example. “What Wal-Mart does is on everybody’s radar screen,” McLelland says. “They have recently introduced an initiative to make packaging ‘green.’ Wal-Mart is arguably one ...

ICC Introduces New Website

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December 05, 2005, The Intl. Color Consortium (ICC) has introduced a new Web site at www.color.org, designed to make information more accessible and easier to use. PRESS RELEASE RESTON, VA—The Intl. Color Consortium (ICC) ...

People & Places

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November 29, 2005, ... Green Bay, WI. Erik Adams is named global sales manager for Precision AirConvey Corp., Newark, DE. J.H.R. Madern, chairman, president, and CEO of Madern Graveerindustrie en Gereedschappenfabriek, ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... more information contact Pira at +44 (0) 1372 802262 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS MEGtec Helps State Stay Green DE PERE, WI—MEGtec Systems reports it became the first Tier 2 ...

Reporter Clips

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October 30, 2005, ... used by Greenland, a leading Netherlands body care products manufacturer, for its 100% natural Fruit Extracts shower gels. The perfect reproduction of the label design was achieved in a single pass through ...

Testing Machines

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October 30, 2005, ... gray balance, and trapping sequence, all automatically and and all without touching any buttons. Printing tolerance “traffic lights” flash green for good (in tolerance) or red for stop (out of tolerance). ...

Spellbound

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October 30, 2005, ... in the Offset category. The label is offset printed with six colors including two hits of white using a 150-line screen. Screens are used effectively in both the white and green backgrounds, with smoothness ...

First Glance

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October 30, 2005, ... E-flute cardboard houses each will contain four samples of Eckrich meat products in zip-locked bags, as well as Eckrich product information. The boxes measure 12 x 12 x 9 in. and are a forest green with ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

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October 30, 2005, ... for product development, testing, consulting. Hot melt pilot coating to 12 in. wide. Argotec Box 1167, 49 Greenfield St., Greenfield, MA 01302; 413/772-2564; argotecinc.com; argotecinc.com Markets: ...

The Fashion Side of Flex-Pack

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September 29, 2005, ... Square (right near the recent bus bombing), contained a new guidebook rating the “greenness” of common household products. From this, I thought that “green packaging” would be the next commercial interest, ...

Getting Top Dollar

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September 29, 2005, ... through a “Greenfield approach,” in which buyers enter either a new geographic area or product market by developing their own operation and sales base from scratch. The advantages of entering a market ...

First Glance

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September 29, 2005, ... they’re all “green”). Shiny & Strong Carton manufacturer Oracle Packaging joined forces with Filmtech, a metallized film producer, to develop a new laminated board product for the beverage carrier ...

People & Places

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September 29, 2005, ... Gloucester Engineering Co. , Gloucester, MA. Appointed president of the ABS Group, Malmo, Sweden, is Fredrik Groth. At Precision AirConvey, Newark, DE, president Larry Green is named chief market ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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September 29, 2005, ... track on Friday, September 9, with sessions on digital printing, workflow management, and “green” opportunities. For more information, visit tlmi.com. MERGERS Flint and XSYS Come Together ANN ...

UV/EB Technology Helps Reduce VOCs

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September 04, 2005, Reductions of volatile organic compound (VOC) and greenhouse gas emissions go hand in hand with ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technologies, according to a position paper just released by RadTech—The ...

More of the 411 on RFID

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August 30, 2005, ... adds converting equipment for smart labels to its Greenville, WI, supplies facility. With in-house production, Zebra now provides one of the broadest selections of high quality, cost-competitive smart ...

Continuing Squeeze on Converter Profitability

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August 06, 2005, ... Leading multi-plant converter groups, such as Amcor Flexibles and Alcan Packaging, are establishing a much stronger manufacturing presence in the East through acquisition and green field investment. More ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, ... solutions. Indacomp founder Chris Grootenboer joins the new company as director of automation. Barry-Wehmeller to Acquire PCMC GREEN BAY, WI—Paper Converting Machine Co. (PCMC) has signed a letter ...

COF in Printed Packaging

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June 29, 2005, ... by the ink formulator for the specific application. Key to COF behavior over 24 hrs is setting appropriate green and final specifications. Significant changes to COF that may occur on prolonged storage ...