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FFTA Prepress Meeting: "Time Is Money

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2002, ... Speed to market is another. Time is money." Says Steve Miller, package printing specialist at Creo, "Printers must decrease costs, reduce cycle times, and fully automate processes. Likely steps they ...

Passion for Printing May Lead to Serious Competitive Battles

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October 31, 2002, ... the “promised land.” Vendors often preach that crossing over from commercial printing to package printing is a logical and easily taken step. It's largely true. Commercial printers have technology advantages ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

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October 31, 2002, ... wet glue in the higher-volume areas of packaged foods and health and beauty products. This trend was aided by the development, in the late 1970s, of the first film label stocks, which — when used on squeezable ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2002, ... towers so it can be placed where needed. Another reported advantage is the ease with which package security can be obtained; because cassette can be placed anywhere in-line, printers have a broader array ...

GAMIS Funds Proofing and Printing Sales Studies for 2003

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October 20, 2002, GAMIS, the Graphics Arts Marketing Information Service of the Printing Industries of America, Inc. announces it has commissioned three 2003 studies for completion that may provide converters and package ...

Digital Technology Evolution Clear at Graph/Converting Expo 2002

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October 08, 2002, ... and package-printing trade expositions and gatherings; they've also been used (maybe overused) in many industry publications and media (PFFC included). But from the looks of the wide array of digital ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2002, ... product on shop shelves.” The new package was created in collaboration with packaging manufacturer A & R Carton and Stora Enso. Kraft tested a variety of board grades, and Performa White was selected ...

It's a Color Thin

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September 30, 2002, And a speed thing, too. If you're a package printer, you know what I'm talking about and so do your proofing suppliers. The pressure on time to market And a speed thing, too. If you're a package printer, ...

1974 - 1976

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September 19, 2002, ...  What Is UPC?-- "That's a question printers, package designers, packagers, grocers, and consumers are asking. UPC is a coding system that should be 70 percent operative by September 1974; that is, hopefully, ...

1977 - 1979

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September 19, 2002, ... new packages and packaging materials in the state. Its real effect, however, would wreak havoc on the converting industry, if it were forced to comply with the burdensome provisions of such legislation." ...

(News | New Products)

September 17, 2002, Pack Expo International 2002 will feature machinery and materials exhibitions for converters and package printers. The November 3 to 7, 2002, packaging trade show at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, USA, ...

Products

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August 31, 2002, ... memory and a defect detection package that inspects 100% of the repeat, co. notes. System processes and analyzes 10 images per second, reportedly providing a substantially higher sampling ratio than competitive ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ...  Background 1952 Tetra Pak launches the first Tetra Classic package for milk and cream designed to replace glass bottles. 1952 Mr. Potato Head is the first toy advertised on television. The ad campaign ...

Our Newest Rivals

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July 31, 2002, ... that can provide the most products and services in one complete package. Expansion Strategies So how do commercial printers enter the converting world, and how successful are they when expanding their ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2002, ... accessible to flexible packagers at a higher level of service. SIG Pack's affiliate, SIG Doboy Inc.-Easy Snap Div., and Presto's Fresh-Lock Zipper Business Unit are teaming to co-market the Easy Snap system ...

Products

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June 30, 2002, ... 905/793-3000; http://www.be-ca.com Small, high-output cylindrical die package can produce at the rate of 28 lb/in. of die circumference (1.6 kg/mm die dia). Said to be well suited for producers of small ...

IMLCon2002/ASIA: New Technology to Accelerate IML

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June 02, 2002, ... injection molders, in-mold decorators of durable products, material and equipment suppliers, and consumer-product packagers worldwide. It is the only conference exclusively dedicated to in-mold labeling ...

Amidst Staffing Shortages, Working Hard Is the Norm

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May 31, 2002, "The good news is I've heard positive reports regarding a healing economy. The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) says that 'manufacturing activity slowed in April but is still showing ...

Digital Flexo Plates: From Pioneers to End-Users

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May 31, 2002, ... number of offset package printers are using CTP systems as the package design and production process becomes digital from end to end. One area in which this symbiotic relationship has not been applied ...

FFTA Campaigns for Flexo

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May 31, 2002, ... packaging workflows; more complex package designs with realistic images; retailers becoming more involved and regional specialization; the use of graphics across multiple substrates and innovative structures ...