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ILS Adds Newest HP Digital Press

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... rPET packaging employing recycled materials, and the use of biopolymers. While folding cartons and corrugated containers—which, he said, are tied to the market—are experiencing greater decline, more traditional ...

Rx for ER

(Flexpack Main)

April 30, 2009, ... that can help a customer be the most competitive they can be.” And the company certainly has the resources to do just that. Rollprint's two Addison, IL, converting facilities encompass a combined 200,000 ...

Gaining Ground

(Offset)

April 30, 2009, Thanks to a hybrid press from Heidelberg, the ability to switch between water-based and UV inks gives Carded Graphics a competitive edge. The fruits of more than two years of hard work are paying off for ...

Not Just a Pretty Face

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2009, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators, Fort Mill, SC, bestowed this year's top Metallized Product of the Year Award, named in honor of PFFC's former publisher Peter Rigney, to Graphic ...

Flexible Packaging Association 2009 Award Winners

(Flexpack Main)

February 28, 2009, The Flexible Packaging Assn. (FPA), honors 24 packages in its 2009 Achievement Awards Competition. Here is a look at the top award winners. Innovation in flexible packaging takes many forms. It comes from ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... is offered in clear or opaque sealant film, providing an improved printing base for lamination to reverse-printed PET or PP. This multilayer, coextruded film is designed to withstand cold temperature burst, ...

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 ...

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

(Archive)

January 28, 2009, ... North America continue to utilize 48-g PET.  It is the most readily available and one of the most cost-effective gauges on the market. Recently, several PET suppliers have been developing their thinner-gauge ...

Color Control

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2008, ...  department is a Kodak Prinergy workflow system, which provides fast and accurate control over color separation and trapping, automates repetitive daily tasks, enhances print quality, cuts costs, reduce ...

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 ...

Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... the best future volume growth. Barrier coatings for gable-top and aseptic packaging have become a major area of focus in the packaging world, creating new impetus in the available coating processes ...

Bag Sits Flat

(Bag Pouch)

November 30, 2008, ... a variety of markets and end uses. The company serves the food packaging, pet food/treat, consumer products, lawn/garden, industrial, healthcare, and security markets. The SG-6 is the fourth Totani ...

CPP 2008 Has it All

(Trends/Management)

September 30, 2008, ... Profits by Aligning Your Assets — Richard Henry, VP, The Advanced Team 12:40-1:20 P.M. — Over-Treatment of PET-Fact or Fiction (Part 1) — Jessica Bodine, technical sales representative, MICA Corp. Wednesday, ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ...  Starting at the bottom of Figure 1, the substrate — usually polyethylene terephthalate (PET), oriented polypropylene, polyethylene, or a metallized film — acts as a surface to accept the printing. It ...

Weight Reduction

(Archive)

August 31, 2008, ... sack three years ago that has successfully reduced the weight of its finished bags by as much as 50% over the multiwall bags that traditionally have been used to package bulk items like pet foods. It subsequently ...

New Product Digest

(New Products)

August 31, 2008, ... with most of the latest generation printing presses. Allows user to switch between dedicated digital and hybrid-process printing runs without needing to change presses or rolls. Said to offer competitive ...

Demand for Pouches to Reach $7.9 Billion in 2012

(News Eclips)

July 20, 2008, ... are increased line speeds to lower production costs thus making pouches more competitive with such packaging as cartons and cans. The study says food and beverage markets, accounting for 78% of demand ...

Edible Markers

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... and animal feeds. It is this deliberate market assault that has turned food security into food defense. Fraudulent brand intent is counterfeiting. The recent pet food and toothpaste recalls remind us ...

Sustainable Packaging for Specialty Meat

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... our customers with cutting-edge packaging technologies that also lock-in the deli-like freshness of our Italian specialty meats," says Joe Petruce, VP of sales for Citterio USA. CITTERIO fresco represents ...

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, ...