Search
- PCR Milked for Flex-Pack
- (Flexpack)
- August 21, 2011, ... substantive solution that meets both needs was resolved when one of Hood’s customers suggested it take a look into using post-consumer resin (PCR) as part of its converted packaging materials. At Hood’s ...
- Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- August 18, 2011, ... to serve as the workhorses for delivering pet food. Spanning much of the price/value product spectrum, material and graphic upgrades can provide differentiation for higher quality and priced pet foods. ...
- Green Converting: Landfill Diversion
- (Green Converting)
- August 16, 2011, ... struggle with garbage. The root of our challenges with garbage and waste always comes down to one question: Where are we going to put it? Since the 1980s, population growth and advances in material and ...
- CPP Gets Converters on Track with Conference Program
- (Trends/Management)
- August 16, 2011, ... Large consumer product companies also have taken an active stance, sometimes in the absence of complete information, to produce lists of acceptable and unacceptable ink raw materials for food packaging. ...
- Meeting Efficiency Challenge
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... market circumstances we've experienced these past few years. The practice of being efficient may not represent anything new, but as the cost of materials — all materials — has risen to levels not experienced ...
- Show Preview Narrow Web & Label: Labelexpo Europe Evolves
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... pharmaceutical, or personal care label — will be printed on the same material. In the fourth session, participants will print a label of their choosing. A special Package Printing Zone will introduce ...
- Education Training: School's in Sessio
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... that seeded Gordon Graydon high school (and others) in the mid-1990s with matching funds, and Belanger gets inks and materials donated by supportive suppliers. But big-ticket items like presses are different. ...
- Retail-Ready Packaging To Grow Says Pira Intl.
- (Carton Box News)
- July 25, 2011, ... liners. Accounting for almost 75% of consumption, corrugated RRPs dominate and technology, says Pira, is enabling improved graphics and performance. However, the material is expected to lose 0.5% market ...
- Update on World BOPET Market Trends
- (Flexpack News)
- July 07, 2011, ... The report is considered a must-read for suppliers of polyester raw materials, extrusion equipment manufacturers, manufacturers of BOPET films and their competitors (including aluminum foil and paper producers), ...
- Catching Up with PFFC News
- (Trends/Management)
- June 30, 2011, Sometimes I get so caught up in reporting on others' news about machinery, materials, products, and services, that I forget about promoting PFFC's own Sometimes I get so caught up in reporting on others' ...
- Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... interesting things happening” in both the creation and use of holographic materials that have brought holograms light years from their origins. “We're still living with that sort of [inferior] image ...
- PFFC Online Buyers Guide Goes LIVE!
- (Trends/Management News)
- June 15, 2011, ... comprehensive listing of suppliers that offer equipment, machinery, materials, supplies, services, and other must-have necessities for the operation of a converting and/or printing facility. The completely ...
- Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles
- (Flexpack News)
- May 18, 2011, ... a look into using post consumer resin (PCR) as part of its converted packaging materials. Hood Packaging’s Tyler, TX, facility is a leading producer of flexible packaging products, such as: heavy duty ...
- Exclusive Research-Critical Trends
- (Trends/Management)
- April 30, 2011, ... activity in the following sectors: flexible packaging; unprinted rolls & sheets labels, tapes & tags; and paperboard packaging. While bad news comes in the form of continuing increases in materials costs, ...
- Static Beat: Off-Line Charging Measurements
- (Static Elimination)
- March 31, 2011, ... work hard to gain a performance edge or a cost advantage. The pace of change is fast, and the market rewards speed and creativity. When developing a new product or when benchmarking alternative materials ...
- Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl
- (Surface Prep)
- March 31, 2011, ... at a reasonable level and amplify the IRR. The remoisturizer should be fabricated from the highest quality materials to ensure maximum uptime and maintainability. The combination of stainless steel and ...
- Dancing Bravely on the Edge
- (Trends/Management)
- March 31, 2011, ... and well again, and from a business activity standpoint, manufacturing is on the upswing, despite the severe and continuing increases in materials costs. Lastly, PFFC's May issue Critical Trends Survey ...
- Sun Chemical Ups Prices in N.A. for Sheetfed & Energy Curable Inks
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- March 02, 2011, Faced with continued increases in the costs of raw materials and volatility in the global supply chain, Sun Chemical will raise prices on April 1, 2011, in North America PARSIPPANY, NJ | Faced with continued ...
- Experience Speaks: Cynthia White
- (Trends/Management)
- February 28, 2011, ... mistake you made and how did you fix it? In my old selling days, I sold material to a customer who went bankrupt. It was a huge hit to the company and was a naive mistake. I ended up selling the company ...
- Green Trends Prevail
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... or green packaging materials. New technologies are being developed for both paper and plastic cups. There are several directions leading to a sustainable disposable cup: making it biodegradable or compostable; ...