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ERPs Tricky for Converters

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... selling standard ERP packages to converters aren’t tricksters, Usry explains; rather they tend to oversimplify the converting industry. "I don’t think there is an intent on their part to really pull a fast ...

Die Options Explained

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... ordered by customers—from packages in the shape of Chinese food containers to pyramids or baseball diamonds—often makes optically registered die-cutting systems the better method for cost-effective and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... to Integrated Waste Management, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover Energy, and Retention in landfill. Visit plastics.ca/epic. Explore GOA in Miami Beach MIAMI BEACH, FL—Package printing gets its ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... packaging solution comprising an automatic cartoning machine, a novel package design, and a specially developed board material. The targets of the concept are the pharmaceutical industry, contract packagers, ...

Good News Hunting

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... growth is booming, you might have the perfect formula for success. Speaking of China, recently I came across some package printing figures released at Graph Expo (held Oct. 10-13, McCormick Pl.) during ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... facility is an Egan triplex coater with two modular coating stations and a three-zone oven that’s especially suited for retort and condiment package development. Accommodating substrates to 24 in. wide ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... packaging. In addition to the expo and conference sessions, the Entertainment Packaging Summit featured the annual Alex Awards. Among the converters/package printers honored with an "Alex" for their ...

Converting Industry News, Part 3

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... Package Tagging Basics; Practical Applications of the "Smart Label"; The Dept. of Defense and RFID; and more. The conference program is wide-ranging, with many other topics of interest to converters. ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... of its unique combination of mechanical, barrier, and aesthetic properties. Common examples of foods packaged in PVdC-coated OPP films include tortilla chips, extruded corn snacks, pork skins, crackers, ...

Avery Dennison Creates RFID Division

(Archive)

September 23, 2004, ... tags to its label converter customers. Says Avery Dennison CEO Philip Neal, "Retail, pharmaceutical, and packaged goods companies throughout the world are confirming that pressure-sensitive labels are ...

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...