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CPP Expo 2005 Announces PMMI Partnership

(Archive)

August 28, 2004, ... Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), says the three-day exposition will feature more than 700 companies that supply packaging machinery, materials, containers, and components. The show is expected to attract ...

CSR Must Be a Balancing Act

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... sectors. This will result in potentially using less or alternative materials, a possible advantage for the converting industry. At the same time, growing pressure to promote recycling and reuse poses ...

Flex-Pack & Recycling in Japan

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... Facing significant shortages in available waste disposal capacity (the government estimated only 3.9 years of industrial landfill space remained), Japan sought to reduce waste and improve its material ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... offered by Decorated Paper, a div. of the Hazen Paper Co., is said to make short-run display materials appear to sparkle and shimmer. When Mira-Jet, a transfer medium, is used to print full-color digital ...

The Latitudes of LEAN

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... packaging for fast food vendors. “We produce a lot of materials with not a great number of people. … We've implemented shop-floor reporting in production so that data entry is instantaneous with our raw ...

Modified Clays May Boost Oxygen Barrier, Reports Piranet

(Flexpack)

June 27, 2004, ... properties of some packaging materials so effectively that it could wipe out the need for oxygen scavengers. PRESS RELEASE LEATHERHEAD, SURREY, UK—According to Piranet.com's consumer technology news ...

CMM Pavilions to Deliver Latest on Digital and Latin American Markets

(Archive)

June 06, 2004, The Converting Machinery/Materials (CMM) Exposition and Conference is slated for April 18-21, 2004, in Chicago, IL, USA. Organized by Paperloop, the 2005 show will include several specialized areas, including ...

Retort Pouch Conference a Hit

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... or hydroxyl functional materials that react with an isocyanate terminated adhesive. In both cases, the resultant polymer is a polyurethane polymer.” Marcelo Valdivia, general manager of Alusa, a leading ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... of the tape? High density, medium, low, etc. What type of plate material and thickness will be used? And, of course, the obvious would be a sample, previous proof, or in the case of a new job, the customers ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... quality, dust attraction, tearing, or jamming are problems. The 9-in. stock length is suited to standards of many common materials. Force can be adjusted from a “blast” to a “breeze.” Air consumption has ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... of its high-speed color ink jet press designated the.factory at Gardners, a specialty printer offering technical and promotional applications including POP materials, signs, labels, and outdoor media. ...

Ritrama Reels in New Biz with Innovative Adhesive Coatings, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... exploit opportunities to improve operations. The groups focus on technical solutions, manufacturing, sales and marketing, materials, and quality. Ritrama’s employees also have a keen focus on quality ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... work on-hand, raw material costs, capital investment, economic conditions, and more. The report is based solely on the responses of converters that have agreed to become members of our economic panel. ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... of winding or unwinding material rolls. Hand-wheel adjustment positions material roll laterally for accurate entry into manufacturing process. Standard models allow for side-lay travel of ±1 in. Special ...

Editorial, Wal-Mart Friend or Foe to Packaging Industry, PFFC, May 2004

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... about-face. Can you blame them? Converters are not unfamiliar with cost controls on materials. Their natural inclination, like everyone else’s, is to buy the best quality at the most reasonable price. ...

IR Industries Invests in ABB Motor Brake System for Retrofits on Coating Machines

(Rolls/Sheets)

April 29, 2004, ... instantaneous. Obviously, you don’t have as much waste. That is where the savings is—in the material,” Stasko says. As for the company’s choice of ABB, Stasko explains convenience and familiarity played ...

Optimum Release

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... but still might be deciding factors. In the end, the decision comes down to end-use performance — the compatibility and stability of all the materials combined. Silicone release coatings with different ...

RFID News

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2004, ... Technologies, has created an RFID Informational Toolkit to assist solution providers in their RFID sales efforts. The contents include materials such as papers on basic RFID technology, RFID market data, ...

The Secret's Out

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... to offer more to our existing customers and give us an advantage in attracting new types of business.” Company officials concluded a multi-substrate press, one capable of converting diverse materials ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, ... first importer, or franchiser that generates Ontario sales in excess of $2 million Canadian and whose product, related packaging, or printed material (including newspapers) generates more than 15 tons ...