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Knowledge = Power = Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... Torino says. Demand Exceeds Supply Jim Reineke, package and label printing instructor at Fox Valley College (FVTC) (www.fvtc.edu/flexo), says the hands-on nature of FVTC's program, combined with limited ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... says The ULS Report. The study examined the energy used, waste created, and greenhouse gas emissions generated by a number of common packages made from plastic, including drink cups, water bottles, ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... products, and drinks. Several Shows, One Fee PARAMUS, NJ — When the Converting and Package Printing Expo (CPP) returns to Las Vegas for its third edition, it will be bolstered by the support of both ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... labels; all types of sleeving; in-mold labels; and more, including flexible packaging and direct-printed packages. Prices are as follows: TLMI Members: Hard copy or CD is $495 + $15 shipping for ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... package engineering at Rutgers, the state university of New Jersey. The fund, now at $140,000, is named for the late publisher of PFFC magazine. It was conceived in 2000 by Jim O'Leary and established ...

Lasting Impression

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, Exceeding clients’ expectations results in double-digit growth for large-format package printer Huston Patterson. Large Format Trust, integrity, commitment—these are the three tenets by which Huston ...

Keep Moving

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2007, ... converted products that package foods such as potato chips and biscuits; and products for industrial applications such as steel interleaving tissue, paper ream wrap, and insulation facing. In the past, ...

The Wow Factor

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... a Gold Award for Technical Innovation. Wow indeed. Retort Innovation To activate the yeast in the Smack Pack, the inner package (containing a liquid malt nutrient base) is guided externally to the ...

East Beats West

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... over the long term. For example, currently barely 2% of food products in India are sold to the ultimate consumer pre-packaged. The demands of the rapidly growing food processing industries will increase, ...

Product Protection

(Technical Reports)

February 28, 2007, Manufacturers of perishable products are well aware that a later “sell by” date on a package can affect a customer’s decision to purchase one brand instead of another. New OPP films offer extended shelf ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... ACGIH safety guidelines for UV exposure. PFFC-ASAP 403 Measure Oxygen and Leak Rate Mocon, Minneapolis, MN; 763/493-6370; mocon.com The bench-top Pak Check Model 840 Package Integrity Test ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... promotion of Puffs tissues from Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH. Designed and contract packaged by Specialized Packaging Group, London, ON, Canada, and Rock-Tenn Co., Norcross, GA, the holographic, acrylic-coated ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... at Chicago’s McCormick Pl. October 29–November 2. CPP organizer H.A. Bruno says 22% of those attending indicated converting/package printing and related services as the primary business. The number ...

Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... printing domains, the incident described above has two important implications. First, an industrial package printer could produce secured packaging for manufacturers using standard printing machines and ...

Pouch Progress

(Flexpack)

December 31, 2006, ... Pouch 2006 Conference in Atlantic City, NJ, reports a consumer preference study conducted by Sonoco found that consumers prefer the retort pouch over other package forms for ready-to-eat soup, rice, and ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ...  Upgraded BKS010 Series ultra-compact web guide is said to offer better dynamic control for narrow web applications. Standard package includes an ultrasonic or optical edge sensor; built-in position controls; ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... equipment and comply with FDA regulations. Knowing interactions by the adhesives with package materials is also important. Making retort pouches uses multilayer laminations. This paper reviews the various ...

Wal-Mart's Clean Imag

(Editorial)

November 30, 2006, ... can’t compete based on price. Closer to home, a lot of package manufacturing has been lost to offshore suppliers to bring pricing in line with retailer expectations. In all of this, Wal-Mart doesn’t suffer ...

Please Touch

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2006, ... from Sealed Air Corp., which allows shrinkwrapping at speeds up to 100 packages per minute. “It is fully servo driven and stores jobs in memory for automatic recall and setup of repeat jobs. It is the ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... melt strength resins, additive packages with better heat and color stability, and advanced clarifier technology. Combining these can create films with the optics of BOPP and the flexibility of the blown ...