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Catty Corp.: Flex-Pack Converter

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, ... market and began using thinner structures, materials, and foil laminations. Catty engineers replaced mechanical line shafts with custom-built vector drives from Baldor Drives that used motor pulses to ...

Pack Strat Study IDs Alternative Pouches as 'Next Wave

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2003, ... was authored Allied Development Corp. and in it, "retailers; users; converters; material, component, and equipment suppliers alike will discover the leading alternative pouch formats..." WEST CHESTER, PA, ...

Shows Reflect Tough Times, But Happier Days Will Come Again

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... common? The war in Iraq; the US economic recession; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS); and travel budget cuts. Answer: The Converting Machinery/Materials Conference and Exposition (CMM) held ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... documents, labels, cards, packaging, materials, and technology operate under an agreed-upon set of operational standards and security protocols. The new consensus standards committee will develop a ...

Complete Solutions

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... The web path is reduced, meaning less waste, and less material to web to press,” Dennis explains. “The press also allows quicker changeover, so you can get in and out of the units easy and make changes.” ...

International Flava

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... of the exposition, says H. Gunther Hoyt, chairman of NPE 2003. Hoyt notes most of the industry's leading multinational raw material and machinery suppliers will be exhibiting, including US subsidiaries ...

Going, Going... Gone

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... were printed marketing materials (flyers, brochures, etc.) and packaging. This was followed by low-complexity products, such as one-to-two ink color products, business stationery, and forms. What proved ...

SARS Concerns Delay PACex in Canada

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2003, ... PACex Intl., reportedly Canada's 5th largest industrial trade show, includes FOODtech Marketplace and the Canadian Materials Handling and Logistics show. The biennial exhibition will remain at Toronto' ...

Guts and Glory

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... with equipment supplied by Dusenbery, Kampf, and Bimec. As for materials, Tech Pak extrudes its own low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film and purchases biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and polyester ...

A Clear Winner

(Tapes)

March 31, 2003, Thirsty for new business, forms converter BBF Printing Solutions finds success in the private label beverage market with help from material supplier Raflatac. Thirsty for new business, forms converter ...

Latin American Seminar Added to CMM Show

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2003, ... of providing converters with an overview of Brazilian equipment and materials, the Pavilion reportedly also will familiarize exhibitors with the opportunities of exporting and importing with Latin America. ...

Economic/Marketing Trends in the Global Converting Industry at CMM

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2003, Be sure to sign up for the PFFC-moderated CMM conference session, "Marketing Trends in the Global Converting Industry," slated for Monday, April 14, 2003, 8:30am-12 noon, McCormick Place, Room S102 B-C, ...

Movin' on Up into New Markets

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... room to quiet the unwind process. (Materials suppliers are proprietary.) Already Looking for More Currently, Venture Tape employs 180 people in the US. Warehouses and sales offices are located in Great ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has launched the Global Wine and Wine Label Market Study — Market Overview, Materials Trends and Industry Trends for Wine Producers and Suppliers. AWA's research indicates ...

Why Do Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2003, ... and production issues, capital expenses, and new-product-innovation-for-gaining-greater-market-share strategies that flexible packaging converters face daily, there are the materials. Of course, there' ...

Pouches on the Cutting Edge

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... scoring packages by the millions, it's scoring big points with its customers as well. CLP, headquartered in Kibbutz Negba, Israel, is a worldwide supplier of pouches and flexible packaging materials ...

H.B. Fuller Reports Price Increases

(News | New Products)

February 25, 2003, ... for North American customers. H.B. Fuller says increased cost of key raw materials and inflated transporation expenses—due, in large part, to the uncertainty surround the political situation in the ...

Graphics of the Americas Reports Strong Numbers

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2003, ... and material suppliers in Miami Beach in 2003: Mark Andy, Paper Converting Machinery Co. (PCMC), Korber Paperlink North America, Crown Roll Leaf, Valco Cincinnati, and Rotoflex International. "Our exhibitors ...

Concern over Phthalates in Food Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... materials, vinyl floors, and many children's toys. The majority of plasticizers fall into a broad class of chemicals called esters. These include esters such as stearates, citrates, and benzenedicarboxylic ...

Russian Revolution

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... of packaging and labeling equipment, or suppliers of print substrates, including self-adhesive label stocks and other materials. The annual exhibition in Moscow, LabelShow (which takes place March 17-21, ...