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Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... Intl. (GPI), Marietta, GA, has walked away with the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators' AIMCAL Metallized Product of the Year Award, named in honor of PFFC's former publisher, Peter Rigney. ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, Graphic Packaging Intl. juices up AIMCAL’s metallized competition by winning the Peter Rigney Product of the Year award for its 10-count multipack carton for Disney juice pouches For two consecutive years ...

Packaging Conference Features Brand Owners, Tech Leaders

(News | New Products)

December 08, 2009, ... sugar cane and molasses, a byproduct of sugar production, into a key component for PET. Unlike other plant-based plastics, the PlantBottle can be processed through existing manufacturing and recycling ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... release liner market are said to be the declining costs of materials; the need for shorter lead times; the crisis in the automotive industry; financial stability of companies in the supply chain; competitive ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... of uncertain raw material costs, currency exchange rate problems, and competition at all levels of the value chain simply won't go away. Margin, plant utilization, and cost pressures continue to create ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

December 31, 2008, ... are applied. Warner Electric | 800-234-3369 | www.warnerelectric.com PFFC-ASAP 412 Concentrates for Biodegradable Use PLA-carrier color concentrates have a petrochemical carrier resin and are recommended ...

Narrow Web & Label

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... for sustainability. All are made from 30% PCW and facesheets are paired with a 1.2-mil PET recyclable liner and wash-away adhesive that allows consumers or recyclers to remove labels cleanly from bottles ...

A Golden Opportunity

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2008, ... and increase marketing opportunities. He summed up: “Digital printing can complement your flexo capacity, not compete with it.” Gail Wong of General Mills told the audience end-users want a cohesive ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... Rio Tinto Alcan, appears to have zeroed in on Russia by building two new plants in St. Petersburg. Although Russian producers meet as much as two-thirds of demand in the overall packaging materials market, ...

One Step Ahead

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... we know our customers and the trends in their markets, the more effective we'll be in providing the service and support they need in the highly competitive retail space. Faster Time to Market Speed ...

Reduce & Comply

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, Going green? Be prepared to face the challenges of today’s complex environmental compliance regulations. Green Converting Sustainable. Renewable. Low carbon. Product-to-package ratio. These are only ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, Competitive Paper & Plastic Packaging Demand (million pounds) % Annual Growth Item 2000 2005 2010 00/05 05/10 Total* 22,916 23,620 25,660 0.6 1.7 Paper Competitive Paper & Plastic Packaging Demand (million ...

Reclying Plastic Materials

(Archive)

June 20, 2005, ... book is concerned with processing and recycling of post-customer wastes. The report index includes: PET film recycling. The importance and practicality of co-injected, recycled PET/virgin PET containers. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... EastPark Commerce Center facility and create 75 new jobs, according to an announcement by Virginia Governor Mark R. Warner. Virginia competed successfully with North Carolina and New York for the project. ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, ... PET bottles, HDPE bottles, plastic film and plastic laminates, PS, and “other plastic.” Stewardship Ontario recently has proposed to increase the fees for such wastes by 43.6%. The program seems to adopt ...

K Show Coming Attractions: Goebel Slitter/Rewinder and EREMA Booth Highlights

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2001, ... process in its technical center in Linz, Austria. According to the co., FDA-certified Vacurema allows the direct reclaim of washed post-consumer PET bottle flakes into high-quality, food-contact-grade ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... in the weight of a two-liter PET soft drink bottle and a 21% reduction in the weight of a 12-ounce aluminum cans since 1980. Americans are now recycling more than 45 million tons of various materials, ...