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Appleton Buys Two Wisconsin Packaging Manufacturers

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, Last week, Appleton announced it has acquired two privately held comanies, C&H Packaging Company Inc., Merrill, WI, and American Plastics Company Inc., Rhinelander, WI, USA. APPLETON, WI, USA—Last week, ...

Concern over Phthalates in Food Packaging

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January 31, 2003, Plasticizers are used extensively to soften plastics, building products, blood bags, cosmetics, and personal care products, as well as packaging inks Plasticizers are used extensively to soften plastics, ...

Achieving Drug Compliance through Packaging

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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 ...

Opportunities in Medical Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, The medical packaging market continues to expand at a slow but steady growth rate, despite a general economic slowdown throughout the world. North America The medical packaging market continues to expand ...

PIRA Study Breaks Down Security Packaging Outlook

(News | New Products)

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 ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, Success in business usually comes from finding ways to overcome barriers. But in the flexible packaging business, success is all about barriers, and in some cases, the higher the barrier, the better. Success ...

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 ...

Bemis Finishes Walki Films Buy

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October 03, 2002, Bemis Company, global converter of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials, reports the completion of the purchase of Walki Films from UPM-Kymmene. MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA—Bemis Company reports ...

Packaging That Really Works

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June 30, 2002, Active packaging has been present as a concept for many years in varying forms, but interest has grown recently thanks to a rash of publicity about the development of newly enhanced oxygen absorbers, ...

Medical Packaging and Its Special Needs

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, Medical packaging has many applications today. They range from a simple unit dose plastic package that might contain two aspirin tablets to a plastic Medical packaging has many applications today. They ...

Antioxidants, Oxygen Scavengers, Free Radicals, and Packaging

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March 31, 2002, ... property is explained as two electrons in the molecule that are not paired to each other. These “free unpaired” electrons can interact with a variety of packaging materials and food products to create ...

DuPont Installs W&H Line at Euro Tech Center: Reaffirms Packaging Promise

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March 28, 2002, DuPont reports it has reaffirmed its commitment to the packaging industry with a $3 million investment in a blown-film line at its European Technical Centre. According to DuPont, the Windmoeller & Hoelscher ...

IML Conference Transcends Packaging with Broader Range of Topics

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October 31, 2001, ... held September 24-26, at Marriott's Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, AZ, departed from the strong emphasis on packaging applications featured in previous years. The expanded program included injection in-mold ...

Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging

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August 31, 2001, Application: Recent advances in electron beam curing chemistry and equipment encourage the increased use of this type of material in flexible packaging applications. PEER-REVIEWED TECHNICAL PAPERS Following ...

A Winning Bet: Profile Industrial Packaging

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, With the help of a few bold equipment manufacturers, Profile Industrial Packaging finds itself winning in the industrial packaging arena. Zero to six million in two years. Certainly good odds for ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses. ...

High Clarity Linear Low Density Polyethylene for Packaging Applications

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April 30, 2001, ... paper available on the TAPPI web site at tappi.org. On the page, click "the PLACE" in the section designated "Journals." For most consumer items, “eye-appeal” is an important consideration in packaging. ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

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March 31, 2001, ... sheet-fed BOPP to its operation successfully. After 90 years as a converter of sheet-fed, offset lithographic labels, boxwraps, premium envelopes, and packaging materials, Hammer Lithographic Corp. ...

FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, The Flexible Packaging Assn. has announced the winners of its 2000 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards, which honor packaging and converting excellence. The Flexible Packaging Assn. has announced the ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, Do you ever wonder why so many different constructions can exist for a flexible packaging laminate? Do you think life would be much simpler if all items packaged in a flexible laminate product used the ...