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Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2003, ... also are used in the parks. These ingredients, which include limestone, starch, and other biodegradable materials, are said to result in packaging that is environmentally preferable compared to traditional ...

Good News Hunting Is Easier Than It Sounds

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January 31, 2003, ... & Meier AG, based in Bülach, Switzerland, from Jagenberg AG in Neuss, Germany. Yet other M&A news involves materials suppliers that convert self-adhesive laminates, including UPM's proposed acquisition ...

Consolidation in the Self-Adhesive Laminating Industry

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January 31, 2003, ... material producers and self-adhesive laminators are facing profitability issues due to increased costs, overcapacity, and (as among the converters) demand-side pressure. Global Suppliers Now that the ...

Today's Portfolio of Product Decoration Technologie

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January 31, 2003, ... as beer labeling are at risk as container styles, materials, and marketing approaches are changing. In-mold labels — particularly those applied during blow-molding — continue to grow at around 8%/annum ...

Automotive Industry Opportunities

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January 31, 2003, The market for coated and laminated materials in the automotive industry is large and complex, despite continuing consolidation. For reasons ranging from litigation to cost reduction, the North American ...

Metallized Products Sourcebook Predicts Increased Demand

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January 31, 2003, ... It includes more than 65 profiles of leading metallizing companies, raw material suppliers, and equipment sources. “Metallized Papers and Films: World Sourcebook 2002” offers insights into the industry' ...

SPI Study Ranks Plastics Industry 4th Largest in US

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2003, ... and accessories; and petroleum refining. The creation of plastics materials and synthetics ranks 15th," adds SPI. According to SPI, the information was released in The Definition, Size, and Impact of ...

Reporter Clips

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December 31, 2002, ... of 20 self-adhesive stamps. MACtac, a worldwide supplier of p-s label materials, supplied the self-adhesive construction for the 111 million stamps printed. As a qualified supplier for USPS commemorative ...

South America and the Self-Adhesive Label Industry

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December 31, 2002, ... interest on the future possibilities — but the timing is unpredictable, given South America's general regional economic instability. Nevertheless, South America has attractive growth trends in material ...

Canadian Converter: Labelad

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December 31, 2002, ... The company's key materials supplier is Avery Dennison, and it looks to Webmark for its dies. Leader of the Pack One of Labelad's most recent achievements is being the first authorized Pantone Hexachrome ...

Die-Cutting: Never a Dull Moment

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December 31, 2002, ... a bit maddening for die-cutting suppliers, maybe even (despite the new product opportunities) at a pace frustrating for converters themselves. “There are always new materials coming out,” says Lyle Archer, ...

EarthShell Packaging Expands at Wal-Mart

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2002, ... packaging thorugh the careful selection of raw materials, processes, and suppliers, states the California-based packaging manufacturer. "The products, primarily, are made from natural limestone and potato ...

Is Your Laboratory Safe?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... broader aspects of the converting industry can include raw material suppliers, compounders, formulators, and applicators. Many such organizations have laboratories. Some laboratories might involve R&D ...

Reporter Clips

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November 30, 2002, ... Association (FTA) have joined forces to provide narrow web and tag and label machinery and materials suppliers with a cost-effective method of showcasing their products and technologies at CMM International, ...

Energy-Curable Inks

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November 30, 2002, ... materials that form free radicals or ionic species when exposed to UV light or high-energy electrons. These reactive species then combine with other materials to build a polymer network. UV-curable ...

Establish Latin American Market Links at LatinPack 2003

(News | New Products)

November 14, 2002, ... "LatinPack conferences have been praised by attendees as the premier bilingual plastic converting and packaging conference in Latin America. Equipment and material suppliers call it 'the path to [establishing] ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2002, ... the production of paper bags. UPM-Kymmene Corp. Adds MACtac to the Fold HELSINKI, FINLAND—UPM-Kymmene Corp. will acquire p-s materials business MACtac from the US-based Bemis Co. Inc. for US $420 million. ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportMedical/Healthcare Use

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October 31, 2002, ... papers or embossed polyvinyl chloride or PE films without a silicone release coating. Liner Material and Applications Film liners represent a 20% share of the market at 143 million sq m. They offer ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

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October 31, 2002, ... producers and material suppliers. To put the market into context, world demand for self-adhesive labelstock in 2001 was around 13,300 million sq m. Of this total, North America accounted for 36% and ...

New Sourcebook Covers Metallized Papers and Films

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October 31, 2002, ... studies to include worldwide market data, as well as company profiles on raw material suppliers, equipment suppliers, and individual metallizing companies. The study details a global perspective for ...