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Converter's Niche: Innovatio

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... as a finished composite directly to the customer's converting line. A further development for the customer group is a thin, high-strength film for packaging a new household hygiene product. Demands for ...

Our Newest Rivals

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... sales growth continues to under-pace GDP growth and is highly dependent on advertising. According to the Printing Industries of America, more than 44% of print demand comes from advertising, and the outlook ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... to conform well to irregular surfaces. Uses a high-tack adhesion to reliably pick up the splice, which is then completely recyclable, co. says. Tape is mounted on an easy-release, silicone-coated 60# liner. ...

Latest Industry Info at LatinPack

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2002, ... America's Plastic and Converting Industries; Resealable Options for Pre-Formed Stand-Up Pouches; New High-Barrier Plastic Materials; and more For more information contact: In the US: ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... polymers is forecast to rise more than 6%/yr to more than $20 billion, benefiting from shifts in product mix toward higher priced emulsions, particularly acrylics. These are among the findings presented ...

Pet Food Packaging Is Big Business Worldwide

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, Recently Ahlstrom, the huge Finnish-based high-performance fiber company, sponsored a two-day seminar in Barcelona, Spain, on pet food packaging for dogs Recently Ahlstrom, the huge Finnish-based “high-performance ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... of the educational experience at DFI…. Our graduates are prepared to be efficient on the production floor, and they contribute directly to the company's bottom line with improved productivity, higher quality, ...

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... the quality of the package. The package buyer is looking for performance: a specific gloss level (high, satin, or matte) or a particular coefficient of friction (COF). These are critical surface properties. ...

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... Small (often family-owned) converters faced with higher investment costs and increased price pressure are selling out to larger companies. This is happening across the world. To survive, converters ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... and Westvaco. Doctor Machine Suited for High, Low Tension Stanford Products LLC, Woodridge, IL; 630/739-9255;stanforddivision.com The Model 152 reversible LT Doctor Machine® can provide high or low tension, ...

Antioxidants, Oxygen Scavengers, Free Radicals, and Packaging

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... fresh produce, wines, and vitamins. Nature does a good job in controlling the degradation process by maintaining high levels of antioxidants. A major role of food packaging is to retard the natural ...

Every Trick in the Book

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... The metallized lamination not only protects the soup mix ingredients but also serves as an excellent substrate for high-end graphics designed by Kapak to provide strong shelf impact with eye-catching metallized ...

Agfa Ships Apogee 3, Renews Enfocus Contract

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2002, ... opportunity for more streamlined production. It's an open solution that elminates barriers between various groups and offers a high level of automation. More information is available about Enfocus ...

Interpack 2002: A Look at the Packaging Industry's Adaptabilit

(News | New Products)

March 12, 2002, ... poses a constant challenge to the packaging industry. The upcoming Interpack event again be highlighting the adaptability of the packaging industry. Paper and carton-based packaging is always one of ...

Food Packaging and Safety: 9/11 Continues to Resonate

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... protection. Among these technologies are oxygen scavenging and the use of antimicrobial materials, where I am spending considerable time developing new products. Throughout high school, college, and ...

Helping Bring Home the Bacon

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, With high-tech tools and equipment, Precision Label and Tag prides itself on pleasing some pretty tough customers. With high-tech tools and equipment, Precision Label and Tag prides itself on pleasing ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... of working in high- and low-speed applications in a torque range from 1 lb.-in. to 500 lb.-in., the brake applies torque to the unwind shaft by pneumatically actuating a series of cylinders (from one to ...

Metallizer Makes a Winning Wager

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2002, ... as well as for complete opacity. The web is cooled in the third vacuum zone, where it is possible to maintain the web's temperature “within two degrees, even at a high level of metal deposition,” says ...

FPA Honors Both Flexible & Flashy

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... Achievement Awards competition, taking home a Highest Achievement Award in the Packaging Excellence category and Gold Awards in the Technical Innovation and Environmental Achievement categories. A New ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... facilitating crisp die-cutting; enabling high-speed automatic label application; and aiding adhesive wetout on the pack for the best possible “no-label look.”   Following are the major types of film release ...