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Meeting Efficiency Challenge

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... a true art form. As I learned at the TLMI webinar, there are many dynamics in play that impact pricing well beyond “plastics and packaging markets,” says Kafalos. In fact, one can get lost in the various ...

FlexSol Packaging Grows with W&H Blown Film Line

(Flexpack News)

July 28, 2011, The Nashville, TN, facility of FlexSol Packaging, a wholly-owned div. of Lyndhurst, NJ-based Sigma Plastics Group, will accommodate growth with the installation of a high-output, five-layer VAREX line ...

Eco-One Plastic Additives To Be Used for Food Service Containers

(Green Converting)

July 27, 2011, EcoLogic, a worldwide technology organization that provides environmental solutions for plastics, has an exclusive supply agreement to provide Eco-One organic plastic additives to Letica Corp. OAKBROOK ...

Blown Stretch Film Line To Boost Growth for Sigma

(Flexpack News)

July 10, 2011, Sigma Stretch Film has purchased a three-layer Davis-Standard blown film line for its Shelbyville, KY, facility to support business growth. Planned for a mid-2011 installation BRIDGEWATER, NJ | Sigma Stretch ...

Update on World BOPET Market Trends

(Flexpack News)

July 07, 2011, ... flexible packaging converters, and major end users and brand owners. Financial institutions, it is suggested, may also find the report useful for identifying opportunities in the oriented plastics industry. ...

AICC To Focus on Independents

(Carton Box)

June 30, 2011, ... box, foam, plastics, product pack-out and fulfillment, and even wood to the product mix they provide their customers. In that respect we have embraced serving the needs of these segments for quite some ...

Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans

(Yo's Yarns)

June 21, 2011, ... on a possible European ban of plastic carrier bags EU-Commissioner Potocnik apparently aims for a ban of carrier bags made from conventional plastics. At least it seems this way with the way the EU commission ...

In-Mold Competition Deadline Extended

(Label/Tape)

June 08, 2011, ...  (PFFC) and Package Design Magazine. This year’s judges will include the following: • Clare  Goldsberry, senior editor, Modern PlasticsWorldwide • Rob Krebs, director of market innovation, Plastics ...

MPI Release Projects 20% Sales Increase

(Label/Tape)

June 07, 2011, ...  exceptionally high quality performance.  The company supplies release liners for pressure-sensitive labels, the graphic arts field, plastics and rubber processors, converters, composites and structural ...

AICC Expands To Focus on Independent Producers of Folding Cartons & Rigid Boxes

(Carton Box)

June 06, 2011, ... Over the years many have added folding carton, rigid box, foam, plastics, product pack-out and fulfillment, and even wood to the product mix they provide their customers. In that respect we have embraced ...

Industry Associations

(Uncategorized)

June 01, 2011, ...  Washington, DC; 202-331-1770; www.personalcarecouncil.org Pharmaceutical Printed Literature Assn. (PPLA) Batavia, IL; 630-777-5709; www.pplaonline.org Plastics Industry Assn. Washington, DC; 202-974-5200; ...

Laser Levels Playing Field

(Die-Cutting)

May 31, 2011, ... it is critical that the laser beam is absorbed efficiently rather than reflected or transmitted. But the absorption of light by paper and plastics is very dependent on wavelength. Therefore, the most ...

Capacity Needed

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... Plasticos Especializadoes de Monterrey S.A. (Plemsa) to purchase a Titan ER610 compact slitter from Atlas Converting Equipment. Armando Vazquez Castillo, director of the Plemsa Plastics Div., saw the unit ...

Stone & Interactive Media-Enhanced Labels on Display at Interpack

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... make conventional plastics, so its carbon footprint is much lower.  And calcium carbonate and PE are both commonly handled in today’s waste and recycling systems, so it fits right into the recycling stream.” ...

NEWS CLIPS

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, ... three corona systems to Andritz Biax, Graz, Austria, for BOPP pretreatment. P&M Corporate Finance, Chicago, IL, serves as exclusive financial advisor to Progressive Plastics, Cleveland, OH, in its ...

Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa

(Slit News)

April 19, 2011, ... director of the Plemsa Plastics Div. “We have other older Titan SR Series slitters which have been running well for the last 10–15 years, so we knew that reliability of the new Titan machine would not ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

March 31, 2011, ... Competition until June 1. The judging panel includes Rob Krebs, director of market innovations, American Chemistry Council Plastics Div.; Clare Goldsberry, senior editor, Modern Plastics Worldwide; and ...

Ink for Outdoor Use

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2011, Ink made of 60% bio-based material and containing no hazardous air pollutants or heavy metals is said to enhance the value of company's ValueJet 1608HS-Hybrid Ink made of 60% bio-based material and containing ...

Films Suited for Stand-Up Pouches

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2011, Expanded line of Torayfan TreaTear directional-tear PP sealant films includes LT52 and LT72 films for non-retort applications. Said to allow the manufacture Expanded line of Torayfan TreaTear directional-tear ...

Toray Turns to Solar Power

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

February 28, 2011, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) will begin construction in Q2 2011 on a $2 million, 446-kW solar photovoltaic field on its 70-acre campus NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) will ...