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- Packaging and the EnvironmentEarthShell Technology to Grow Green Pkg. in US and Asia
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- December 05, 2001, ... with greater regard for the environment, and we see tremendous opportunity in the United States for alternatives to disposable diaper and plastic food-service packaging. He adds, "With the environment in ...
- Packaging Mfr. Gets Efficient with Concord Software
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- November 18, 2001, ... by Dominic Imburgia and Phyllis Muccianti, Packaging Personified provides extruding, converting, design, and printing services to companies in such diverse industries as paper/plastic goods, bakery, frozen ...
- Sonoco Completes Purchase of Phoenix Packaging
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- November 01, 2001, ... the Canton area, is the leading mfr. of steel, easy-open closures in North America. Sonoco says the closures can serve as closing devices for metal, plastic, and composite containers. "Only about one-third ...
- Exceptional Packaging Solutions: The FPA Wants You
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- October 01, 2001, ... Mardon, Rollprint Packaging Products Inc., Printpack Inc., Phoenix Packaging, Ampersand Label Co., Pechiney Plastic Packaging, and Stone Container Corp. For registration and entry information, contact ...
- CPSC: The Other Packaging Regulatory Agency to Watch
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- August 31, 2001, ... other packaging, from 5-gal plastic buckets, to tin, aluminum, and other cans, to child-proof packaging. It will also evaluate whether packaging — particularly packaging of toys — has intrinsic play value ...
- Electron Beam Curing in Flexible Packaging
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- August 31, 2001, ... such as wetting a plastic substrate. This is not necessarily an easy task for EB materials since the surface energy of many preferred materials are higher than most of the substrate materials used for ...
- All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology
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- June 29, 2001, ... lot pouches for cookies, snacks, dog foods, dog treats. We make back-seam bags, the plastic bags with coffee in them. We make a lot of those with the valve on them. We make a lot of agricultural bags, ...
- There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities
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- January 31, 2001, ... A plastic yogurt container with a flexible, peelable lid is one example. In some Asiatic countries, this product is exactly the same as found in the US, except it has a clear plastic snap-on lid over the ...
- Flexible Packaging Committee News
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- December 31, 2000, ... or the common "fold, roll, and hope" techniques. His development was a totally new approach to reclosable needs. It is a patented, inexpensive plastic strip that causes an opened package to remain open ...
- New Packaging Technology Will Star at Pack Expo
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- September 30, 2000, ... & Competition. High-Barrier Plastic Packaging for Food , Jeff Kellar, Tetrapak. Markets & Technologies for Case-Ready Meat Packaging , Dan Carr, Pactiv Corp. Extended Shelf Life & Aseptic ...
- Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch
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- July 31, 2000, ... production, performance, and distribution advantages over rigid and other packaging mediums. Plastic films will extend their leadership based on extensive applications and the availability of improved ...
- Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting
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- June 30, 2000, ... of Ziegler-Natta catalysts (see 1953). These chemists both contributed to high polymer development, which has proven to be useful in the manufacture of films, plastics, fibers, and synthetic rubber. ...
- Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary
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- March 31, 2000, ... and coextrusions are used. Usually referred to as agchem, the agricultural chemical industry is growing at 4%. The use of high-barrier, reclosable, plastic pouches (including standup) for odor control, ...
- High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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- January 31, 2000, ... by the package may help sell the product, but product performance keeps customers coming back. And performance is exactly what today's high-barrier plastic films deliver. High-barrier packaging can comprise ...
- Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging
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- December 31, 1999, ... images by the above camera process or combine the process with special computer programs that produce the same effect. The images then are printed on the smooth bottom side of the lenticular plastic. The ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
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- August 31, 1996, Beer bottlers are now looking at several innovative new plastics for their containers. For flexible label suppliers, these present new and exciting challenges Beer bottlers are now looking at several innovative ...
- Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth
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- June 30, 1996, ... fits comfortably within Courtaulds." Vladimir Wolpert publishes reports dealing with paper and plastics technology, marketing, and environmental matters. He has been in the industry for more than 50 ...
- Guide to European packaging will keep converters up to date
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- April 30, 1996, ... structural realignment and expansion in the face of significant raw material price increases. Referring to the plastics market, Volume I states that, "in terms of total output, Germany and Italy are ...
- European equity supplier acquires plastics division
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- February 29, 1996, NatWest Ventures announced the acquisition of three companies comprising the core of the Plastics Laminate Div. of Laporte PLC for $27 million.The companies NatWest Ventures announced the acquisition of ...
- Plastics society urges repeal of Clean Air Act provisions
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- September 30, 1995, In testimony before the House of Representatives in July, the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) stated that Clean Air Act provisions requiring companies In testimony before the House of Representatives ...