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How Dirty Is Your Money?

(Magazine)

December 31, 2003, ... have thousands of different types of bacteria and can be the source of disease and infection, according to medical experts. So, what can be done to improve the situation? Recent steps have been taken ...

Converting Less Ordinary

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... and medical equipment. Powerful Paper One of the most exciting of GSI's new technology ventures is its production of thin, flexible batteries. Power Paper Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel, a leader in flexible ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... of tapes. The study provides marketing, technical, and economic analyses and forecasts of all significant end uses including tapes (consumer, industrial, electrical, medical and personal care), labels/decals, ...

6 Sigma Success

(Tapes)

December 30, 2003, ... from apparel and medical instruments to plastics and pharmaceuticals. One such facility is Checkpoint Systems, a manufacturer of retail asset tracking and protection products. With 17 manufacturing ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... first surface and a gloss second surface. Film Suited for Medical Products Scapa North America, Windsor, CT; 860/688-8000; scapatapesna.com Bioflex 235 is a breathable, medical-grade, thermoplastic ...

Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, ... foil, thermoformed trays, cable wrap, plastic shrink sleeve body labels, and Reynolon shrink film—serving the world’s leading consumer products manufacturers within the pharmaceutical, medical, food & ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... Big Picture Case Studies in Extrusion Coating Additives with Film Biodegradable Materials Adhesive Laminations Web Handling and Winding Peelable Adhesive Applications Medical Packaging. Wells ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... paper liner. Release Coating Suited for Medical Uses CPFilms Inc., Martinsville, VA; 276/627-3332; cpfilms.com S10 fluorinated polysiloxane system is a thermally cured release coating on 1.5- to 3-mil ...

Security Inks Raise Our Level of Protection

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... of our daily living have been affected. Packaging for food and medical supplies is a lifeline we need to protect us, not only from counterfeiters but terrorists as well. We expect our currency and mail ...

Film Supplier Klockner Pentaplast Acquires Greenway Plastics, Slated to Open Brazil PVC Plant

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2003, ... copolymer blown film that is used for thin film and sheets in packaging for the pharmaceutical, medical device, food, cosmetics, general-purpose consumer, and industrial market sectors. Klöckner says ...

Ashe Converting Equipment Reports Signs of Improvement in US

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2003, ... sectors peformed better than others. "Most notably flexible packaging and 'specialist' converting, i.e. medical and security products," reports Fordham. A US Ashe rep in Vermont—Guy Carrington, Guilford, ...

Drug Dispensers

(Archive)

September 30, 2003, ... is managing director of Greystone Associates, a medical technology consulting group located in Southern New Hampshire. He earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry, with an emphasis in organic synthesis, ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... Mardon, Greg Garde of Pliant Corp., David Lisk of Bostik Findley, and John S. Ozcomert of Rexam Medical Packaging. These panelists covered a wide range of converting operations including the medical and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... “We are seeing increasing industry attention to the elimination of particulates in the manufacture and packaging of medical devices, particularly for invasive devices such as coronary stents and catheters,” ...

Division Issues Call for Papers

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... be part of the program. Packaging subjects will include barrier, medical, and microwaveable packaging and recycling and environmentally friendly packaging. The meeting will also include topics relating ...

A Global Focus on the Market

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... economies change to disposable medical, healthcare, and personal care products. Meanwhile, in terms of geographical usage, North America's lead — at 42.6% of the world release liner market — is extending ...

New Market Study on Asia

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... and medical. It evaluates material trends in terms of base papers and films, silicones, and raw material prices, as well as detailing current market structure and preferences. Present and future opportunities ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ... tapes (including envelopes) at 5%; label stock at 4%; applications in healthcare, medical disposables, and hygiene at 3.5%; and graphic arts applications (including covering films) at 2.1%. Market Characteristics ...

BBA Group to Acquire Italian Nonwoven Manufacturer Tecnofibra Spa

(Disposables)

September 18, 2003, ... presence in the higher value-added sectors of the industrial and medical materials technology markets. Tecnofibra enhances [our] position in the industrial nonwoven marketplace, particularly in the growing ...

Sonoco to Sell High Density Film Biz

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2003, ... Unfortunately, this action is necessary to reduce Sonoco's overall cost structure in light of general economic conditions and rising costs associated with raw materials, energy, medical, and pensions and ...