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AmeriStar Awards Honor Best in Packaging

(Flexpack)

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 ...

PEF Elects Four Packaging Pros to Packaging Hall of Fame

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2003, Members of the Packaging Education Forum (PEF) have elected four packaging professionals into the Packaging Hall of Fame. Those packaging professionals named to the Class of 2003 include: William H. Archibald, ...

Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch to Develop Software That Cuts Packaging Cycle Time

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September 11, 2003, Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch report plans to jointly develop "next-generation" tools to automate and speed the creative and production cycle in packaging goods product development. LUDLOW, MA & STAMFORD, ...

Agfa to Demo Packaging Version of Apogee at Labelexpo in Brussels

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2003, Agfa reports it will demonstrate its latest developments in workflow software, proofing, and screening technology for packaging and label applications at Labelexpo, slated for Sept. 24-27, 2003, Parc des ...

US Market Erosion Results in New Packaging Association for Carded Packaging Market

(News | New Products)

August 17, 2003, A new association of packaging manufacturers has formed in order to address growing concerns over plant closings and lost jobs to overseas competition. According to Rick Thomas (from Card Pak Inc., Solon, ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, The converting industry has brought flexible packaging options, with their attendant source-reduction benefits, to a great number of customers interested The converting industry has brought flexible packaging ...

Active Packaging Product Update

(Magazine)

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 ...

Packaging Groups Form Coalition to Fight FDA

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2003, Packaging associations, such as the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), have formed a coalition to fight the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reports a recent AICC release. ALEXANDRIA, ...

Pactiv Launches Revamped Tuff-Kraft Mailer Line

(Office Products)

July 27, 2003, ... brands, says the packaging manufacturer. LAKE FOREST, IL, USA—Pactiv Corp. recently unveiled the latest version of its Tuff-Kraft mailer line with new and repositioned product offerings under the Hefty ...

Rexam Intros Bulk Drug Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2003, ... in packaging bulk drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). MUNDELEIN, IL, USA—Rexam Healthcare Flexibles reports late this spring it introduced a range of LDPE (low density polyethylene) and ...

Packaging Jobs Trackable with Dalim Web-Based Software

(News | New Products)

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, ...

MeadWestvaco Seals Deal with Women in Packaging

(News | New Products)

April 17, 2003, Women in Packaging Inc. (WMPKG) and MeadWestvaco Corp. report the two entities recently sealed a new corporate partnership "that promises to expand the frontiers of possibility for generations of packaging ...

EPA Packaging Design Winners to Display at Pack Expo LV

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2003, ... Challenge for E-Commerce Shipping Packaging and Logistics" at Pack Expo Las Vegas, October 13-15, 2003. Pack Expo Las Vegas, October 13-15, 2003 Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA; packexpo.com ...

Stora Enso Streamlines Core Product Areas

(News | New Products)

April 03, 2003, ... around Stora Enso's core product areas, paper, packaging, and forest products, says the Finnish company. HELSINKI, FINLAND—Stora Enso recently announced it's changing its organizational structure to reflect ...

GN Packaging Launches Newly Redesigned Internet Portal

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2003, ... Packaging's newly redesigned website. MISSISSAUGA, ON, CANADA—Pouches, pouches, pouches—they're standing tall these days among flex pack structures. Converters that want more information about the manufacture ...

Blue Ridge Paper to Close Jersey DairyPak Packaging Operation

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February 20, 2003, A Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc.-owned liquid packaging production facility in New Jersey is slated for closure late this summer. According to the North Carolina-based paper manufacturing and converting ...

Lithotype Adds 8-Color Capability for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

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 ...