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Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

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August 31, 2000, ... about every aspect of converting, and it all comes together for award-winning products. Located near the High Tatras of Slovakia, Chemosvit A.S. ($70 million) is one of the top three flexible packaging ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... School was sponsored by the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and Laminators. Held this past July 18-20, the program offered practical and highly technical information in an elegant setting ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... and Important Supplier News Supplier News Operating Profits Enhanced by Defect Detection Systems EAST YONKERS, NY, USA—Excelsior Packaging Group is a high quality flexo packaging printer serving the ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... most rapid growth based on their high-barrier properties. Cellophane demand will continue to decline because of cost and performance disadvantages compared to other resins, notably PP. Paper and Foil ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... almost 100 years ago—a material that would enable the customer to see the product and protect it from moisture—the world of packaging has grown into a domain that includes high polymer research and discovery; ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... rolls could be good two years later, but there is technology available to do that." He adds that advances will be made to allow converters to wind larger diameters and wider rolls at higher speeds with ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... styrene-butadiene copolymer could provide the required premium look, feel, and performance. "Our goal," explains Ellenbogen, "was to have a highly transparent film with bright colors and a crisp feel ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... notes. According to Bell, this caused Kapak's business to begin to falter. But it wasn't long before the innovative converter targeted and entered another niche area with its high-barrier pouch. "The next ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

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March 31, 2000, ... highlight one domestic regulatory program that bears mention. Without exception, the biggest environmental challenge the converting industry has confronted in the past ten years has been complying with ...

Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line

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March 31, 2000, ... new equipment was a highly desired attribute, along with the ability to accommodate various materials and weights with a finished "excellent presentation." Created specifically to develop technical textiles ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, ... including meats, produce, and other refrigerated and frozen foods. Usually located at the perimeter of the supermarket, these foods often use high-value ($2.49/lb) oxygen barrier films. Growing 21% ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... Different styles of bars were tested, including high-speed bars and blower assisted bars. "Neither of those styles performed that well," Davis says. "The Virtual AC system works well at knocking down ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... layer has elastic memory that allows the material to better resist bumps and dimples from hard, dry pet food. The plastic bag is highly resistant to moisture and grease, providing better protection than ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

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December 31, 1999, ... printed flexo and gravure material for meat, fish, cheese, dairy, and pasta applications. Most of Itap Bemis's high-barrier films are manufactured in Cambe, where Bemis (Curwood) films imported from the ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... cups, and more. For the highest possible quality, web offset is the printing method best suited to his process, notes Jacobsen, but he adds that flexo, gravure, and rotary letterpress methods are possible ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... poly-coated products and laminated products, such as sugar pouches, gum and ice cream bar wraps, paper ream wraps, and labels. Nowak explains, "A lot of the things we're producing aren't the highest margin ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... than 5 million [m.sup.2]/yr, or 188,000 lb/yr. The Tetra Pak gable top construction of PE/SiOx/PE/Paper/PE (recently withdrawn from the market) was highly touted for citrus juices and juice blends. There ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

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October 31, 1996, ... food packaging, it made sure that bare roll corona treating was included as a means of increasing quality control and minimizing slowdowns. Flex-Pak Inc., a high quality printer for the snack food industry, ...

Supreme Court throws out punitive damage award

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August 31, 1996, ... struck down punitive damages as being "excessive" and has issued guidance on when such damages are too high. The decision will significantly aid businesses and others facing damage suits and could also ...

New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP

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August 31, 1996, ... These developments include improved oxygen and water barrier, higher temperature resistance, higher strength, and intrinsic ultraviolet light barrier. At present, PEN provides approximately five times ...