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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; ...

Where Can I Find?

(Trends/Management)

February 28, 2011, ... Specialty and Converted Papers; Envelope and Bag; Folding and Set-Up Box; and Converted and Specialty Paper Products. Every year since then, PFFC has published a directory of materials, supplies, services, ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... and in the case of metallized products, light. This property is invaluable, particularly for packaged foods. Aesthetics | The aesthetics of vacuum-coated materials are excellent. Highly reflective metallized ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... machinery and services from all the key areas of flexible material converting, says show organizer Mack Brooks Exhibitions, Burlington MA. You can register online to order a three-day show pass for ...

Sun Chemical Named Best Ink Supplier for Six Straight Years in Brazil

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

January 11, 2011, ... “We’re proud of what this award means—that we’re working closely with our customers in providing the highest quality printed materials to their customers, and we’re doing that by providing them with high ...

An Experienced Team

(Magazine)

December 31, 2010, ... often must draw on the combined knowledge of its small, but experienced production team to solve problems. For other applications, they'll work with their suppliers or custom coaters to find a material ...

A&V Celebrates 50 Years

(Prepress)

December 31, 2010, ... this month. The company is celebrating a half-century of supplying platemaking equipment and materials to the flexo industry. “We'd like to thank our customers, representatives, suppliers, and associates ...

Green Color of Choice in Q2

(Trends/Management)

November 30, 2010, ... continue to be made to develop innovative packaging designs and material use to create more sustainable, reusable, and environmentally friendly packaging alternatives. Environmental innovation is expected ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... two years of laboratory testing, a new sustainable roll covering has been developed. Some of the used material that is taken off when rollers are recovered can be recycled by this new process. What ...

Mocon Receives Leader in Packaging Honor

(Controls News)

November 02, 2010, ... and excellence among suppliers of packaging machinery, materials and services. Packaging professionals were invited to visit the Leadership in Packaging site to vote for favorite suppliers among those ...

AWA Conferences Cover Hot Topics

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... pressure-sensitive versus glue-applied. A lifecycle analysis or carbon footprint analysis of IML likely will materialize in the future. That evening, IMDA presented awards to deserving recipients for its ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... materials are Sun Chemical, Actega, Kurz Transfer Products, and Avery Dennison, Fasson Roll. Ticket Taker Smyth Cos. Inc., St. Paul, MN, scores a first place award with The Silver Ticket, an in-pack ...