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Galas de Mexico Installs Daetwyler Line

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May 22, 2006, ... the MDC electro-mechanical engraving and plating line for its production. Galas is packaging printer owned by the Carso Group. The converting division of the Carso Group includes Galas de Mexico, Agusa, ...

Milliken Features Enhanced Lineup of Polymer Additives at NPE 2006

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April 11, 2006, ... and increased productivity of high density polyethylene (HDPE) in extrusion blow molding (EBM). Use of Hyperform technology in HDPE packaging applications can yield cycle time improvements of 10 to 15 ...

Personal Care Items & Packaging

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February 27, 2006, ... and their attendant need for packaging, is the increasing global demand for such products. In many ways, the packaging required for personal care items is very similar to that used for food. For example, ...

HealthPack 2006 Offers Online Discount

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January 31, 2006, ... requirements and healthcare practitioner/patient needs.) What to expect from consultants. (Contract manufacturing, regulatory and packaging consultants.) Internal customers. (New product development, ...

Blurring the Lines

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November 29, 2005, ... and even flexible packaging for such demanding (and potentially more lucrative) markets such as health and beauty and pharmaceuticals. These enterprising converters have been supported by press manufacturers ...

Packaging 2006: What's Ahead

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November 29, 2005, As 2005 comes to a close, we review a few selected legal and regulatory developments likely to have an impact on the converting industry. Legal Briefs Packaging innovations continue to offer consumers ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

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October 30, 2005, ... laminate, and finally, by the apparent process/packaging waste—the used release liner. Take away the release liner, it is argued, and you can get up to 50% more labels on each roll, which not only saves ...

curious Packaging Wins Fibermark's 'Best in Sho

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September 19, 2005, ... innovation in over 50 categories, including 23 packaging categories. Entries are judged on overall appearance, decoration, printing quality, design, use of color, construction quality, and the relationship ...

Testing for Toxins in Packaging

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August 30, 2005, In September the Toxins in Packaging Clearinghouse (TPCH) is planning to commence a pilot testing program, funded by the EPA, to randomly test product packaging for toxic materials that violate state laws. ...

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

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July 30, 2005, ... printing in the form of a matrix of stationary print heads above a transport system for the material and into production and manufacturing lines in the converting and packaging markets. A number of factors ...

Obesity: Can Packaging Help?

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July 30, 2005, ... affordable cost, as well as on portion control. The result will be a continuing stream of new opportunities for the converting industry and other packaging producers. At a workshop on the topic of “Perspectives ...

COF in Printed Packaging

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June 29, 2005, Automatic packaging operations require a specific range of lubricity to process packaging products. Printing inks contribute to the package lubricity and affect both the static as well as kinetic coefficient ...

Release Liner Recycling Program

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June 25, 2005, ... a program with a logistics and packaging expert in a company’s area. Some generators are shipping spent liners direct to paper mills. Here’s how you can participate in the program: STEP ONE—All arrangements ...

Packaging Workflow Symposium at P 2005

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May 28, 2005, The Packaging Workflow Symposium will accompany the P show and examine the topics of "Packaging Converting Workflows," "Smart Packaging Systems," and "Advanced Converting Technologies." PRESS RELEASE STUTTGART, ...

PPA Launches Online Resource

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March 06, 2005, The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) has launched a new Web site to be an online resource for marketers, package designers, retailers, and consumers interested in understanding paperboard packaging ...

The ABCs of Retort Packaging

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March 06, 2005, PFFC contributor Stanley Sacharow and his company, The Packaging Group, present the Retort Pouch/Tray/Lid 2005 Conference, April 12-14, 2005. PRESS RELEASE Contributing editor Stanley Sacharow’s company, ...

Mondi Inaugurates Flex-Pack Line in Poland

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March 01, 2005, Mondi Packaging Solec (formerly Frantschach Flexible Packaging Poland) added a new flexible packaging line at its Solec facilities. PRESS RELEASE SOLEC, POLAND—Mondi Packaging Solec (formerly Frantschach ...

Is a Packaging Makeover Ahead?

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February 27, 2005, ... only because of the proposals themselves, but because they reflect different policy approaches to addressing packaging wastes. Legal Briefs The basic principles behind extended producer responsibility ...

Innovative Packaging Sets Two Production Records

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February 17, 2005, Innovative Packaging Corp.’s (IPC) second shift team set a production record on its 98-in. BHS corrugator. The third shift team also set a time record, going over six consecutive shifts with zero downtime. ...

Ampac Packaging Acquires Flexicon

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January 16, 2005, Ampac Packaging, a producer of high-performance film structures for bags and food packaging—ranging from monolayers to nine-layer coextruded barrier films—has acquired Flexicon, a manufacturer of high-performance, ...