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- Green Converting: Landfill Diversion
- (Green Converting)
- August 16, 2011, ... mind, and that’s where the fear begins,” he says. There is a real hesitancy to invest in a concept without a measurable payoff, particularly in light of the fact that many efforts already have been made ...
- Multilayered Solutions: One Stop Shop
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... just don't have that kind of money. They can't go out and buy a special reader. So what does every cop have? A flashlight!” explains Carey. “If you hold the flashlight about a half an arm's length from the ...
- Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... onto the surface of the foil to create the customer's unique image. The image then can be reflected using a normal light source. The new generation OVDs from API Holographics, trademarked Hologuard and ...
- Bottled Water Volume Grows
- (Label/Tape)
- June 30, 2011, ... Assn. (IBWA) has released 2010 statistics compiled by research firm Beverage Marketing Corp. that show overall consumption of bottled water has increased by 3.5% after slight losses in 2008 and 2009 due ...
- Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans
- (Yo's Yarns)
- June 21, 2011, ... having a guilty conscience.“ It would be preferable to enlighten the population to collect carrier bags and recycle them correctly. This is also valid for all other product areas. We only can protect ...
- US Bottled Water Volume Grows 3.5% in 2010
- (Trends/Management News)
- May 30, 2011, ... the overall consumption of bottled water has increased, by 3.5%, after slight losses in 2008 and 2009 due to poor economic conditions. It also shows the bottled water category’s overall share of the liquid ...
- Interpack 2011 Claimed Most Successful Ever
- (Trends/Management News)
- May 22, 2011, ... the stability of the positive economic trends.” Highlights included the following: • A special highlight was the US Pavilion, organized by Messe Düsseldorf North America. A total of 33 exhibitors ...
- Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity
- (Label/Tape)
- May 10, 2011, ... applications such as dairy. Not only contoured bottles, but metal cans are also candidates for PETG roll-fed sleeve applications. The latter—metal cans—highlights additional monetary advantages of PETG ...
- Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!
- (Print)
- April 30, 2011, ... to market at lightning speeds, and you've got the Herculean feats packagers perform on a daily basis. Industry leader Jones Packaging met its proofing challenges head-on with the installation of GMG ...
- Label Converters Look to the Future
- (Label/Tape)
- March 31, 2011, ... with an informative, insightful, and humorous look at the current economic climate and the ray of light that is finally coming in to view for the next few years. Tuesday's session opened with Steve Farber, ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... back. Transfer metallizing is said to help the relatively lightweight insert lay flat because it permits moisture loss and gain on both sides of the sheet. Transfer metallizing achieves source reduction ...
- Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?
- (Label/Tape)
- February 28, 2011, Although sustainability means different things to different people, it generally includes minimizing use of energy and non-renewable resources as well Although sustainability means different things to ...
- Burrows Paper Receives FSC Certification
- (Flexpack News)
- February 09, 2011, Burrows Paper Corp. announces its recent Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain-of-custody certification. This certification recognizes that Burrows, a world leader in light weight paper and packaging ...
- Core Savings
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- December 31, 2010, ... in thickness and thus in O.D., even by just a few thousandths of an inch, it is not atypical for the operator to set the splice diameter slightly higher than if the cores were consistent. In this way, ...
- ICE Gets Social
- (Trends/Management)
- November 30, 2010, ... “We are delighted to share the ICE USA social media network with the converting industry and look forward to building the communities that will be beneficial to the industry,” says Michael Boyle, show ...
- In-Mold Breaks the Mold
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... in greenhouse gas emissions while imparting structural strength that results from the internal diamond lattice surface. Top-load performance is maintained despite significant light-weighting. A laser-engraved ...
- Looking South
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... movement in many end-use market sectors. Our annual “state of the industry” online survey, conducted between December 2009 and January 2010, highlighted a number of challenges and issues. Costs Are ...
- FTA Co-Sponsors Educational Conferences at CPP Expo
- (Trends/Management News)
- October 14, 2010, ... a much finer writing beam, reaching a fully addressable resolution of 4000dpi without lowering CTP throughput. Using more pixels in the screening dots (especially in the highlight area where the dots are ...
- Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits
- (Coatings)
- September 30, 2010, ... We Need Barriers in Packaging Products? Barriers prevent interchanging actions between packed food products and their environment (see Figure 1). This can be anything from dust, contamination, light, ...
- Press Meets Demands for Short Runs
- (Flexography)
- September 12, 2010, Short run demand continues to dominate discussions in the label printing industry, and Mark Andy reports that it has a strong, proven solution ST. LOUIS, MO | Short run demand continues to dominate discussions ...