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Landec and Chiquita Announce Supplier Agreement; Landec Intelimer Packaging to Extend Banana Shelf-Life

(Flexpack)

September 12, 2004, ... packaging," says Landec. "To maintain the exclusive license, Chiquita must meet minimum purchase thresholds of Intelimer-based banana packages. Commercial shipments of Chiquita products utilizing Landec' ...

Eval Co. of America Expanding Resin Production

(Archive)

September 02, 2004, ... trusted as a food packaging material used to preserve the freshness of a product. EVAL keeps oxygen from migrating into a package, while simultaneously preventing aromas and flavors from migrating out ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 3

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... was meant to give the company the ability to offer a comprehensive RFID package. With analysts expecting manufacturers to be spending $3 billion on RFID technology in 2007, IBM has opened up a new test ...

A Problem Solver's Solutio

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2004, ...  Though Flexicon tackles a variety of what can be wince-inducing high-performance structures used to package sterile and/or chemically aggressive products, the converter does it with a relatively modest ...

Protecting Brands

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... traceability, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags represent a compact package of transmit-receive coil antenna circuit, transponder microchip, and capacitor. They can be scanned at any point in ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry News, Events & Activities Reclosable Retort Package Comes to America Blue Star Food Products, Burlingame, CA, USA, selected the 1-lb Zip’n Store, a reclosable ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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August 30, 2004, ... packs. The system reportedly provides shorter lead times, enhanced cost-efficiency, and personalized packages for all CD and DVD formats. Appointments Appointments Part of Integration ATLANTA, ...

Completing the Circle: Quality Assurance for the New Digital Workflow

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July 31, 2004, ... new product we're working on, we may make some recommendations on how to set the package apart, such as integrating foil, lamination, or new die-cuts. For an existing customer, we may also make recommendations ...

Roots & Realized Dreams

(Magazine)

July 30, 2004, ... Paper has taken its distinctively successful mix of people and technology and put it toward growing the company further with a more than $30 million investment in a new, state-of-the-art package converting ...

Tarsus Group Announces Launch of Packaging Services Expo

(Archive)

July 12, 2004, ... packaging services, including contract packaging, package design, package testing, and more. IoPP members will come to PSE to meet the leading packaging service companies, at an expo and conference program ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... Integrity in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Packages” by Anton Stauffer of PTI-Packaging Technologies and “The Interrelationship of Regulations, Standards, and Test Methods in Medical Packaging” by ...

The Latitudes of LEAN

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... is the converting industry already seems to be well aware of the reason for “doing” lean, so finding specific resources may not be as difficult as it initially may seem. “Converters and packagers actually ...

Retort Pouch Conference a Hit

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... pouch. “The retort pouch is not a machine-friendly package.” he noted, “High speeds result in a higher-cost package in many instances. Manufacturing has a responsibility to make the process faster, stressing ...

Less (Thinner) Film, More Uses

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May 31, 2004, ... bring in packaged goods instead of selling fresh goods, for example, that growth will continue. It's exploding in China and starting to come up in South America.” In thin film deposition equipment, Josephson ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... combines data collection and administrative software with a hardware package utilizing touchscreen and bar code technologies. Said to enable users to collect corrugated and paperboard waste data faster ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... Exposition and Conference, scheduled for April 18-21, 2005, at Chicago's McCormick Place South, is inviting converting and package printing professionals to submit an abstract for possible presentation ...

International Converting Industry News

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May 30, 2004, ...  Cheaspeake's Field Group subsidiary produces the package at its plant in Bradford, England. Bringing Sheeting In-House South African converter Paarl Print chose an SHM 1450 SR sheeter from Pemco, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... 0.5%-2%. Product is a salt, water, and gel solution contained in a water vapor-permeable package that can keep products as diverse as cigars, musical instruments, wood, paper, coffee beans, and beef ...

Precisia First Company to Produce Complete RFID Devices with High-Speed Printed Antennas

(Archive)

May 09, 2004, ... at pace with packaging throughput,” adds Rohrkemper. "We want to work with customers to produce RFID enabled labels, packages and tags at the source, as well as to support the current "slap and ship” method ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2004, ... a clear majority —almost 55% —of packaged goods companies saying an environmentally positive image is important in marketing their products. Of this total, 70% recognize the consumer appeal, value, and ...