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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

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January 31, 2001, ... materials in the microelectronics industry; barrier layer deposition for the packaging industry; and sterilizing biologically contaminated materials. For polymer films, the technique offers the following ...

UV Protection of Hot Melt Adhesives for Packaging Applications

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October 31, 2000, Application: Light stabilizers can improve the resistance of hot melt adhesives to UV light induced degradation in packaging applications. Email the author at neal.earhart@cibsc.com Application: Light ...

Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market

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September 30, 2000, ... in the flexible packaging industry for more than 35 years. His company, The Packaging Group, is an organizer of targeted conferences and a consultant to the international packaging/converting industry. ...

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

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September 30, 2000, ... to seal completely through the folds, contaminants, and wrinkles that occur in an actual packaging environment. Testing the integrity of flexible packages allows better prediction of "real-life" performance ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, Demand for converted flexible packaging in the US is projected to increase more than 2% annually to 7 billion lb in 2003, valued at $12.7 billion. The Demand for converted flexible packaging in the US ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, "Cellophane brought about the first transparent...packaging concepts." So said Dr. Richard Podhajny, one of PFFC's contributing editors, in his feature, "Cellophane brought about the first transparent...packaging ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

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May 31, 2000, ... to the oven and then to your table without a hitch. From food packaging and novelty balloons to the membrane switches in our appliances and the printed circuit boards in our computers and electronics, ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, With improving technologies in materials and processing, flexible packaging plays an increasingly important role in many markets. Multilayer stand-up With improving technologies in materials and processing, ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice the "image" of a product-basically, its packaging. But what about the product's overall performance: Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... barrier films, one would think that applications could be found almost anywhere in the supermarket. But in a course given this past October during International Polyester Week '96 (IPW '96) by the Packaging ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... to maintain product taste until consumed. A new study done by Aspen Labs of St. Paul, MN, and sponsored by the Films Div. of Mobil Chemical Co., looks at the role of flavor and aroma barrier in packaging ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

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October 31, 1996, When Flex-Pak purchased a new laminator for snack food packaging, it made sure that bare roll corona treating was included as a means of increasing quality When Flex-Pak purchased a new laminator for snack ...