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AmeriStar Awards Honor Best in Packaging

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October 30, 2003, The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP) recently announced the winners of its AmeriStar Package Awards, honoring the best in packaging for 2003. The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP) ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

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September 30, 2003, This second article in a series on the impact of solid waste laws on converters examines packaging waste regulation in the European Union (EU) in light This second article in a series on the impact of ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... and comparing high barrier polymers and structures provides guidelines for matching film performance with application. The manufacturing process for high barrier heat-shrinkable packaging films is the ...

Green Bay Packaging Folding Carton Div. Achieves 10 Yrs with No Lost-Time Accidents

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September 30, 2003, Green Bay Packaging reports its folding carton division has achieved 10 years with no lost-time accidents. GREEN BAY, WI, USA—Green Bay Packaging reports its folding carton division has achieved 10 years ...

LatinPack 2003 Opened Doors to New Converting Packaging Ideas

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August 28, 2003, More than 90 plastics converting and end-users from Latin America gathered on July 9 and 10, 2003, at LatinPack 2003 to learn about the latest developments in plastic materials and converting and packaging ...

Pack Expo: Winning Packaging Materials Pavilion Spotlighted in Vegas

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August 10, 2003, The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), organizers of the upcoming Pack Expo Las Vegas show, report several international associations are slated to showcase packaging innovations in the ...

Active Packaging Product Update

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July 31, 2003, New products available related to active packaging. Products from: G7 Productivity Systems, Milliken Chemical, Power Coating Institute, Toray Plastics (America), and Uvitec Printing Ink. Antimicrobial ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. explores the options and opportunities in security, brand protection, and product authentication with today's active packaging. AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. explores the options ...

Star Packaging Prints Up to 10 Colors with New Nordmeccanica Press

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July 15, 2003, In early May, Star Packaging Corp. announced the purchase of a new Nordmeccanica SprintFlex 10, "a state-of-the-art, 10-color, quick-change flexo press." According to the company, the new press will provide ...

Packaging Jobs Trackable with Dalim Web-Based Software

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May 11, 2003, Dalim Software reports it has launched DALiM FiCELLE ProPack, a web-based program aimed at those within the packaging supply chain. KEHL, GERMANY—Dalim Software reports it has launched DALiM FiCELLE ProPack, ...

Despite Problems, China Presents Hot Market for Packaging

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... factor in global economics, demographics, politics, and competition. To paint a small picture of the role China is playing in the converting and packaging industries, consider two areas: in-mold labeling ...

Lithotype Adds 8-Color Capability for Flexible Packaging

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February 06, 2003, ... "EB coating rapidly is becoming the standard technology in the food packaging industry for printing, coating, and laminating," reports Lithotype. "With the Sanden press, we can now offer customers the latest ...

Achieving Drug Compliance through Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, Honeywell's magnificent corporate campus in Morristown, NJ, was the venue for the Showcase 2002 conference, “Delivering Innovation through Packaging” (Sept, 17-18, 2002). Attended by more than 200 packaging ...

PIRA Study Breaks Down Security Packaging Outlook

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December 12, 2002, Pira's latest report The Future of Anti-Counterfeiting, Brand Protection, and Security Packaging II provides exclusive new data, detailed quantitative forecasts, and expert analysis that provides an overview ...

EarthShell Packaging Expands at Wal-Mart

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December 01, 2002, ... Wal-Mart intends to expand the availability of its plates and bowls by more than ten times to select stores in the US. According to the manufacturer of food-service packaging "designed with the environment ...

LatinPack's Plastic Packaging Seminar Location Chang

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October 10, 2002, LatinPack seminar, Plastics in Packaging, is relocated to Hotel Fiesta Americana, Reforma, Mexico. The two day seminar, slated for October 16 and 17, 2002, will include discussions and presentations on ...

Bayer BP Intros Enhanced Tamper-Resistant Packaging

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September 24, 2002, ... the announcement of this innovation, says the manufacturer, Bayer BP becomes the first company in the biological products industry to introduce enhanced tamper-resistant packaging in response to recent ...

Luxe Pack in Monaco: Luxury Packaging Shows Creative Foiling Solutions

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September 12, 2002, October 23 to 26, 2002, the Grimaldi Forum at the Principality of Monaco will host the 15th annual Luxe Pack, the trade show geared toward luxury goods packaging for fragrances, cosmetics, jewelry, food, ...

Quality Controlled Music Packaging

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, The music packaging industry continues to debate digital file format merits but globally agrees on the importance of preflighting for quality control. Since the advent of computer-to-plate (CTP) manufacturing, ...

Agfa Calls Young Creatives for Packaging Contest

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July 11, 2002, ... an important experience." Agfa says the design will be via three packaging formats: a folding carton box; a tin can label; and a sticker to put on the lid of the can. "Eventually," adds co., "we will put ...