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Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... damage. Coextrusion process develops, combining various hot plastics to produce more desirable packaging properties. Vacuum metallized films introduced; these films provide superior oxygen-resistant ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... in the converting industry. From short-run specialty bags to the season/holiday-changing colorful foil and plastic packaging that encloses chocolate "drops," (hint: Kisses anyone?), converted products are ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... an issue. MACtac develops and makes product to fit the on-demand systems of all major press manufacturers, and each one is unique to the system." In-Line Die-Cutting Other news from the digital printing ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... the material becomes more viscous, and output drops dramatically. According to Wheeler, Windmoeller & Hoelscher equipment can convert the revolutionary raw material without change. In fact, says Wheeler, ...

Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales

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December 31, 1995, ... and introduced [N.sub.2] flushed 1-lb salads in West Coast supermarkets. Regional processing "chop shops" began to appear in Colorado Springs, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, and Pennsylvania. Growth has been ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

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June 30, 1995, ... ratio of adhesive components. If the mix ratio cannot be maintained within an operator-specified tolerance, delivery of adhesive to the applicator rubber roll of the laminator automatically stops, preventing ...

Book details Japan's packaging industr

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May 31, 1995, ... to Toyo Glass. They hold 11.3% of all Japanese packaging product sales. Kirin Brewery tops the list of major packaging users. The company's annual packaging consumption is approximately $87 million, ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... to secure a clean smooth finish to the surface. Printpack Inc. As the first super premium ice-cream novelty to shed its folding carton, Ben & Jerry's Peace Pops make a strong statement for source ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... react much better." Foley agreed one of the causes of the shortage in polyester film is China and Brazil have had poor cotton crops for the last two years. "Because of the shortage of cotton, polyester ...