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Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ...  © 2006 by The Freedonia Group Inc.; *includes only 18 competitive markets The Future of Paper Vs. Plastic CLEVELAND, OH — In 18 selected markets where plastic and paper compete as packaging materials, ...

Labeling Markets Sourcebook

(Archive)

April 21, 2007, ... material suppliers, and all companies involved in the product decoration and identification market. It now includes a complete reassessment of the labeling market: Self-adhesive labeling's market position ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... toughness, heat sealing, and more, as well as offer information from end-users, material suppliers, equipment builders, and associated vendors. The new blog, which joins three others sponsored by AIMCAL, ...

Beer and its Labels

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... the opportunities to revitalize this market niche. Film producers, for example, are offering end-users a new material choice for “no label look” labels: proprietary PP films for wet glue, patch labeling ...

First Class

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, What's new at CMM 2007? Just about everything. For starters, the biennial Converting Machinery/Materials Conference and Exposition will be making its What's new at CMM 2007? Just about everything. For starters, ...

Brushfoil Attains ISO Certification

(Archive)

February 28, 2007, Brushfoil has achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system based on standards set by the Intl. Organization for Standardization (ISO). PRESS RELEASE GUILFORD, CT—Brushfoil ...

The Wow Factor

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... For more information visit flexpack.org. Gold Award Winners FPA commends flex-pack converters and suppliers for combining improvements in manufacturing, materials, graphics, and printing to produce ...

East Beats West

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... $44.5 billion in 2005 for both converted and unconverted materials. This accounted for about 15% of the total global packaging market of some $300 billion. With the exception of Western Europe, where ...

A Look at Liquid

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... cartons by plastic has been offset to some extent by new applications in packaging for juice, other foods, and nonfood packaging for dry materials such as powders. Together these new applications represent ...

the PLACE

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January 31, 2007, ... of this paper, a gel is a visible dome-shaped imperfection in the film matrix due to the embedding of an incompatible material. The size of a gel can vary from 50 microns in diameter to several millimeters. ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

(Archive)

January 30, 2007, ... on our customers’ businesses, especially their film costs. Downstream customers, especially large consumer products marketers—the big users of packaging materials—are highly resistant to accepting price ...

What's Next for China

(Materials)

December 31, 2006, The massive buildup of BOPP film capacity in China affected everyone in the supply chain, but the export figures may surprise you. BOPP Film The expansion of Chinese biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

Color 101: Part I

(Process Management)

December 31, 2006, ... company has signed off on the color for its product, two basic areas have to be managed: raw materials and procedures. This will ensure repeat runs are on target and are produced efficiently, with low ...

Super Sized

(Corrugated)

December 31, 2006, ... material per product. While suppliers prefer to pack a product as compactly as possible, club stores prefer less dense packaging so it is easier for the customer to take a product out of the display box ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... productivity and provide opportunities to achieve power savings. Manufacturers of extruded sheet and film are under incredible pressures to survive in an industry subjected to rising material and energy ...

Converting Industry News

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December 13, 2006, ... and switches between different substrates quickly.” The all-Heidelberg shop with its 68 employees produces packaging materials for high-end national clients in the pharmaceutical, medical, food, and ...

Global Wine & Wine Label Market & Technology Review

(Archive)

December 10, 2006, ... describes trends in volume growth and materials technology by region and identifies the main drivers for those trends. It highlights the opportunities for label producers, material suppliers, users, and ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

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November 30, 2006, ... earlier this year, designated the “7 Rs of Packaging”: Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew, Revenue, and Read. The metrics are as follows: 15% will be based on Material Value 15% will be based ...

Outlook: Challenging

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November 30, 2006, ... 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Outlook:Challenging The release liner industry is at a pivotal point in its development with raw material and petrochemical prices continuing to rise, the increasing purchasing ...

Wal-Mark Unveils Packaging Scorecard

(Archive)

November 05, 2006, ... experts, and internal and external stakeholders, outlined the following metrics for the packaging scorecard: 15% will be based on Material Value 15% will be based on Product / Package Ratio 15% will ...