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International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... process capabilities and expand its product line with a range of high-performance films. Helping to accomplish this is a five-layer cast film line from Battenfeld Gloucester. The line will produce films ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... adhesives, heat-sealable coatings, or extrusion lamination. In such laminated structures, the printing could be “buried” in the package. In this way unique products could be created that provide high ...

Materials

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, New material products from: Air Products and Chemicals, Environmental Inks and Coatings, Johnson Polymer, MeadWestvaco, and Mitsui Plastics. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... AlOx Offers High ...

Innovation on Board

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... the Innovation Award, the Perfect Popper is described by judges as a “highly unique and visible package versus the traditional methods of packaging popcorn.” According to Smurfit Stone, Family Time ...

Foil Packs Offer Multiple Solutions

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... of resources. Entered by Alcan Packaging Singen. (1) Dalehead Sausages — The first UK “cook-in-the-tray” high-barrier, aluminum foil pouch for sausages allows the consumer simply to remove the sealed ...

The Mettle of Metallizers

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... and as a result, for multiple-use vacuum coating equipment,” notes Galileo's Raugei. “Examples include aluminum metallizers with high refractive index (HRI) material coating capabilities as well as sputtering/evaporation ...

A Secure Alternative

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... requires the greatest capital investment and highest level of technical capability. Research has focused on thwarting this method by increasing the sophistication of the original. The most sophisticated ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... packaging, products offer marked visual differentiation and high recognition rates that strengthen the purchaser's trust in the brand, Kurz reports. Optical security features can self-destruct, if required, ...

Stora Enso Boards Div. Predicts Paperboard Cups to Take Slice of Snack Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

March 28, 2004, ... brands look for new applications and consumers in the highly competitive confectionery sector. " States the Stora Enso release: One example of this trend is confectionery manufacturer Leaf's recent ...

Stora Enso Boards Div. Predicts Paperboard Cups to Take Slice of Snack Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2004, ... brands look for new applications and consumers in the highly competitive confectionery sector. " States the Stora Enso release: One example of this trend is confectionery manufacturer Leaf's recent ...

Patent Pending

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, Technology and innovation earn high honors in the Flexible Packaging Association's flex-pack competition. Technology and innovation earn high honors in the Flexible Packaging Association's flex-pack competition. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... configuration, said to ensure a highly responsive tension control system for the high-volume production requirements of the PSA industry. Supplier Information Titan (Valmet Atlas); valmetconverting.com ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... ultrasmooth and said to offer a level, luxuriously tactile surface. Company adds paper delivers consistent excellence in printing and image performance, brilliant “balanced” white surface results in high-impact, ...

Migration of Fluorescent Whitening Agents from Food Packaging Made from Recycled Paper

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ...  Potential contaminants in food packaging made from recycled papers are optical brighteners or fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs). Deinked pulps made from papers treated with FWAs exhibit a high degree ...

Converted Flexible Packaging Demand to Expand and Reach 6.8 Billion lbs. in 2008

(Flexpack)

February 23, 2004, ... stand-up pouches, as well as manufacturers' needs for higher performance packaging with enhanced graphics capabilities, will contribute to growth. These and other trends are compiled in Freedonia's latest ...

Precisia Presents Key RFID Developments at Intelligent Packaging USA; Packaging Supply Chains to Experience '(R)Evolution' of RFID

(News | New Products)

February 03, 2004, ... discussed how RFID tags will be implemented in the supply chain at the event; in addition, he emphasized the critical role high-speed printing and printed electronics technology will play in the rapid ...

The Global Metallizing Market

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, Dr. William Llewellyn, senior consultant, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., highlights current market trends from AWA's forthcoming Metallized Films and Papers: Global Sourcebook 2004. Dr. William Llewellyn, ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... a central processing unit, which provides higher measuring accuracy and stability over time, according to the AIMCAL citation. The new plant has an electronic kiosk that is linked to all the process ...

RFID and Conductive Inks: What You Need to Know

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2004, ... the future for conductive inks? Rohrkemper: We see a future for printed electronics where a significant amount of electronic circuitry and components will be printed using high-speed printing processes ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... to install easily in-line with AB Dick and other small-format, sheet-fed presses. Transports sheets through UV unit for the immediate, total cure of inks and high-gloss coatings. With this, company says, ...