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- the PLACE
- (Magazine)
- 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
- (Magazine)
- 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
- (Magazine)
- 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
- (Magazine)
- 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 ...
- Why Flex-Pack Keeps Growing
- (Flexpack)
- October 31, 2006, ... began in earnest almost 70 years ago with the requirements of the military in World War II and the development of polymeric materials. The flexible packaging industry has seen many changes from those humble ...
- Challengers Press On
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2006, ... the competitors once again prove there are many ways to print a winning label. Despite the difficulties posed by industry consolidation, slimmer profit margins, and higher cost of materials, this year’s ...
- P-S Graphic Arts Film Market Outlook
- (Archive)
- October 24, 2006, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.'s North American Pressure-Sensitive Graphic Arts Film Market Outlook 2006 provides a current market overview and highlights trends and opportunities for converters and material ...
- Narrow Web & Lable Reporter
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2006, ... from a natural, renewable resource [corn], availability and pricing should be more predictable than [with] materials derived from oil.” Sykes also says the labels and bands produced from Earthfirst ...
- Capturing Growth in Paper
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2006, ... come at the expense of paper-based packaging materials to a large extent. The growth in manufacturing outsourcing also has had a negative impact on domestic paper packaging demand, as packaged goods ...
- A Team Effort
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2006, ... of filmic materials ranging from a thickness of 0.5-20 mils and from 2-74 in. wide. “Our old spring-loaded knives took workers with 30 years experience almost ten minutes to reposition each pair. With ...
- CPP: Season Two
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2006, ... tag and label, corrugated, folding cartons, finishing, flexible packaging, security in packaging materials, and substrates/materials, “The interest by and interaction among all attendees and exhibitors ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2006, ... will split the group into three independent businesses: Graphics, HealthCare, and Materials. The Materials business will group all of the film manufacturing activities with the niche products of Specialty ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Archive)
- September 17, 2006, ... 660 3.3 2.7 ©2006 by The Freedonia Group Overall price advances will be restrained by the commodity nature of most products and moderating raw material costs, which will recover from the high ...