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Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... and materials markets, I see packaging buyers increasingly choosing a variety of technologies — mixing and matching the packaging and decoration technologies they use to achieve the best possible cost/performance ...

A Snapshot of Today's European Converting Industr

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, As European GDP grinds along slowly, the growth of the packaging industry is moving in parallel. European manufacturers of packaging materials are overburdened As European GDP grinds along slowly, the ...

Avery Dennison to Sell European Package Label Biz

(News | New Products)

July 22, 2003, ... for Avery Dennison to provide pressure-sensitive base materials to CCL Industries. This supply contract is expected to generate revenue for the company in 2004 that will partially offset the decrease in ...

A Small Part of Big Performance

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... with demand for low cost.” This being the case, Kraton, as well as hot melt adhesive suppliers like H.B. Fuller (hbfuller.com), St. Paul, MN, face quite a challenge when it comes to investing in material ...

Rexam Intros Bulk Drug Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2003, Rexam Healthcare Flexibles reports late this spring it introduced a range of LDPE (low density polyethylene) and foil laminate bags and drum liners manufactured in a cGMP-compliant environment for use ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... to save on the amount of premium resins by filling with lower cost materials; and the possibility to make multi-layer, multi-functional structures in a single pass.” A group at Battenfeld Gloucester ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... of producing flexible packaging materials mainly for confectionery and the food industry, for both domestic markets and export markets in northern Europe Supplier Information Valmet Rotomec SpA, San ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... even on absorbent materials such as paper; PG-3 is similar to PG-2 but features an integrated micro-pump that can deliver accurate droplets in 0.5-µl steps. Handle Rolls to 2,000 lb Safely Converter ...

Appleton Launches Line of Thermal-Transfer Security Papers for On-Demand Labels

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2003, ... "The TechMark read/write threads go beyond visual authentication; they are embedded into thermal-transfer material and carry a secure, encrypted code, which can be read by a hand-held reader to authenticate ...

CFPA Recognizes Cascades or Environmental Efforts

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... and continues through the pulp/paper-making process. This certification ensures the delivery of products that are manufactured from sustainable raw materials in a chlorine-free process." Adds the assn., ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... of labels, packaging materials, and supports, thin, flexible substrates are modified and combined to produce a product with enhanced properties that could not be obtained from any single substrate.  ...

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.” ...

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 ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... fine adjustment of printing pressure; four stepping motor color stations; and computer controls with powerful supervisor software. Rotary Die-Cut Many Materials Sohn Manufacturing Co., Elkhart Lake, ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... thermal transfer ribbons with four new label and tag substrates from General Data. These included polyolefin substrates PolyMax Tag, PolyTherm, and PolyDura, and OilTak, a polyester material. Five Sony ...

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 ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... technologies.” Innovation with a Twist Toray Plastics (America) Inc., North Kingston, RI, was selected as finalist in the Material Category for its LumBrite U6E PET film. Claimed the first directly ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... design are said to save money on material waste. An optional eXtreme dryer is available for press speeds above 550 fpm (to 750 fpm) or other drying challenges. This Evolution press model featured a ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... Industries, Toray, Uteco, and Valmet Rotomec. Machinery, Accessories, Services, Materials Magnetic Hot Stamping Cylinders Suited for High Temps Bunting Magnetics Co., Newton, KS; 316/284-2020; 800/835-2526; ...

National Starch Reports Price Increase for Adhesives

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2003, ... energy and raw material costs, including natural gas prices at "historic pricing levels," according to Charles Call, VP, US Adhesives. "At the same time," states the co., "sustained high prices for crude ...