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Ahlstrom Announces Price Increases

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2008, HELSINKI, FINLAND | Ahlstrom, a global supplier of high-performance, fiber-based materials, has announced price increases for Coated Specialties and Industrial Papers (flexible packaging, metalizing, office ...

Paper's Pledg

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... the industry as a whole — the converters and printers, the paperboard manufacturers, and the tobacco companies — have been looking at.” For example, Vlahcevic notes that the company can enhance the materials ...

Trends Impacting Converters

(Editorial)

June 30, 2008, ... new rivals now: India and Eastern Europe. One other major factor impacting business for US converters is materials costs (duh) that for 33% of the respondents increased 8%-10% this year. For 14% of the ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

June 30, 2008, ... and Graphics Multicheck image inspection solution can verify 100% of the copy and graphics on cartons, labels, and other materials by performing image comparisons, text comparisons, reading and verifying ...

News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... manufactured at the French Rottersac and Stenay plants. The increases are a result of the continuous rise of raw materials and energy costs, the company says. Gould Paper Corp., New York, NY, completes ...

Critical Trends: 2008 PFFC survey

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... India and Eastern Europe impacting revenue compared to last year. Raw materials costs continued to increase for nearly all respondents. The percentage of increase in costs appears to have increased ...

Dow Chemical Announces Hollow Plastic Pigment Latex Price Increase

(News | New Products)

June 03, 2008, The Dow Chemical Co. has announced price increases for all hollow plastic pigment latex products by $0.11/lb (dry) MIDLAND, MI | The Dow Chemical Co. has announced price increases for all hollow plastic ...

Bobst Acquires Fischer & Krecke Group

(News | New Products)

June 02, 2008, ... materials market worldwide and to strengthen its presence in the flexographic printing area. The company reports that the one-time costs to integrate Fischer & Krecke’s operations will lead in 2008 ...

A Look at the North American Label Market Today

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... responsibility and waste management issues are impacting the growth of p-s labels negatively, with state and federal government legislation now beginning to control the use and disposal of packaging materials ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

May 31, 2008, ... Accurately The Lippke 4000 Series of package test systems performs leak and seal strength tests on a variety of materials. Said to provide precise, accurate, and reproducible test results under a wide ...

Dr. J. Keith Good to Keynote Applied Web Handling Conference

(News | New Products)

May 11, 2008, Web handling expert Dr. J. Keith Good will present the keynote address, “Winding Models: Using Science to Profit,” at the Applied Web Handling Conference Fort Mill, SC | Web handling expert Dr. J. Keith ...

Dow Chemical Announces Paper/Paperboard Price Increase

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2008, ... or as contracts permit. The company says the price increase is required to help offset the continued rising costs of hydrocarbons and raw materials, such as benzene, styrene and butadiene, used to manufacture ...

Elegance & Speed

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... sleeves and in-mold labels has created great opportunities for both Tadbik Pack and its customers. It can handle paper and films as thin as 20 microns and is able to work with materials that meet the different ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... Rio Tinto Alcan, appears to have zeroed in on Russia by building two new plants in St. Petersburg. Although Russian producers meet as much as two-thirds of demand in the overall packaging materials market, ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... entered the corporate vernacular. It started, he says, by identifying ways the company could be more planet friendly, using less hazardous materials and only “clean” sources of energy such as wind and ...

Quality Time

(Gravure)

March 31, 2008, ... offset and noting that the web-fed process aids workflow. Passarelli also offered tips for success in shrink label gravure printing that included working on more stable and cost-effective materials, remembering ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ... the Full Spectrum IR sensor and the new X-Ray Master and ShadowMaster sensors. Covers a broad range of materials and processes. Intelligent measurement system communicates efficiently by broadcasting final ...

Rohm and Haas Announces Price Increase

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2008, Rohm and Haas Co.'s Packaging and Building Materials business announced a list and off-list price increase for all acrylic, vinyl acrylic and styrene acrylic based emulsions PHILADELPHIA | Rohm and Haas ...

No-Wait Welding

(Coating/Laminating)

February 29, 2008, ... as two months to get materials from overseas suppliers in Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam — just one more incentive to extrude the films. “Our customers have a lot of major concerns; a lot of things happen, ...

Metal Is in the Mix

(Metallizing)

February 29, 2008, ... materials than frequently seen in the high-volume dry baking mix category. It also provides better graphic reproduction and better shelf life over paper or fabric bags. Grafo Regio provided design and ...