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F&K Expands Packaging Product Range with Kochsiek Buy

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August 22, 2002, ... its packaging equipment resources and product range. FAIRFIELD, NJ, USA—Fischer & Krecke's Fischer Group (comprised of Fischer & Krecke GmbH, Bielefeld, Germany) announces the acquisition of Kochsiek GmbH, ...

Packaging Strategies Study Provides Barrier-Enhancing Analyses

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August 22, 2002, Packaging Strategies reports its new study Barrier-Enhancing Technologies for PET and Polypropylene Containers and Closures offers material, container, and manufacturing-cost analyses for barrier-enhanced ...

Converting Industry News

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July 31, 2002, ...  Joint Ventures MeadWestvaco, EastPrint Form New Company in Russia STAMFORD, CT, USA—MeadWestvaco Corp. and EastPrint Ltd. announce the creation of a consumer packaging company in Russia, designated ...

Europe: The Biggest Packaging Market Open for Growth

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July 31, 2002, Europe represents the world's largest packaging market, valued at $129 billion and there remains considerable scope for growth. Average annual growth Europe represents the world's largest packaging market, ...

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, ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2002, ... a modified OPP film designed for the outside layer of laminations used in packaging fresh-cut produce. The patented technology is said to be ideal for foods and other products that require high oxygen ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

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June 30, 2002, Waste management in the packaging industry as a whole, and the self-adhesive label industry in particular, is becoming a key issue in Europe. In 1994 Waste management in the packaging industry as a whole, ...

Latest Industry Info at LatinPack

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June 04, 2002, LatinPack, slated for June 24 and 25, 2002, is set to deliver the latest on plastic converting and packaging, says event organzier LatinPack Inc. MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—LatinPack, slated for June 24 and 25, ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2002, News from: AICC, Agfa, Applied Films Corp., Bruno Machinery, Cargill Dow, Chiesa Artorige, ExxonMobil, A Freedonia Group Emulsion Polymer Study, GML Incorporated, Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Ipex, ...

Pet Food Packaging Is Big Business Worldwide

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May 31, 2002, Recently Ahlstrom, the huge Finnish-based high-performance fiber company, sponsored a two-day seminar in Barcelona, Spain, on pet food packaging for dogs Recently Ahlstrom, the huge Finnish-based “high-performance ...

Medical Packaging and Its Special Needs

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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 ...

Packaging That Takes You Away

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May 31, 2002, ... a tropical-paradise scene on a coffee package to a game piece printed and embedded into the packaging itself, the winners of the Gravure Assn. of America's 16th annual competition revealed the eye-catching ...

AWA Label Conference to Explore Industry Dynamics around Globe

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May 23, 2002, ... the first-ever global opportunity for all associated with the packaging and label market," reports sponsor AWA Conferences. Slated for June 26–28, 2002, at the Golden Tulip Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, ...

DuPont Expands Packaging Website

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May 14, 2002, DuPont expands their website, offering more information of the packaging spectrum (described and illustrated). Also offers the range of DuPont services for the packaging industry. WILMINGTON, DE, USA—According ...

ASC Call for Papers: Leading Industry Change

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May 09, 2002, ASC to hold 2002 fall Convention Expo "Leading Change in the Industry." Disscussion of various topics in sealant and adhesions, packaging, and converting. Submit papers! BETHESDA, MD, USA—The Adhesive ...

Converting Industry Exhibitions Show Promise

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May 06, 2002, ... for Packaging Machinery, Packaging and Confectionary Machinery, attracted 175,000 visitors from 103 countries and 2,557 exhibitors from 51 nations, according to show organizer Messe Düsseldorf North America ...

The European Directive on Packaging and Packaging waste

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April 30, 2002, Environmental concerns led the European Commission to establish a set of rules for waste management in the European packaging industry. The reduction Environmental concerns led the European Commission ...

Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2002, ... Badger Plug Buys Recycling Co. GREENVILLE, WI, USA—Badger Plug Co. has acquired Returnable Packaging Systems (RPS), a recycling company located in Elora, Ont., Canada. RPS specializes in the recycling ...

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

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April 30, 2002, ... can be another property of interest, especially for food packaging. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-compliant coatings can provide a barrier to cover the noncompliant ink. The coating prevents the ink ...

Foodservice Packaging Market Study

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April 04, 2002, The Foodservice and Packaging Institute Inc. (FPI) announced recently it's nearing the completion of interviews for the third wave of its bi-annual market research study on foodservice packaging products, ...