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Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... in the EU have given rise to various trends reflecting the differences in national characteristics. Here is a summary gleaned from both personal observations and informed interviews: Bioplastics in ...

PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

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November 30, 2007, Is there a problem with your process? Fix it! These technical facilities stand ready to help. Adherent Laboratories 3804 Dunlap St. North, St. Paul, MN 55112; 651-247-3364; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

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August 31, 2007, ... and plastics, including low-surface-energy substrates. RF-Based Security Agreement THOROFARE, NJ | Checkpoint Systems announces a strategic agreement with RENO, part of the European shoe retailer ...

Reduce & Comply

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ...  Directive 2004/12/EC also establishes material-specific recycling targets for glass (60%), paper and board (60%), metals (50%), plastics (22.5%), and wood (15%). REACH System On June 1, the EU’s new ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

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May 31, 2007, Upgrading Brings Savings TAIWAN Wen Lung Printing Industry Co. prints labels, and the company reportedly has been printing them lately with a 33% improvement Upgrading Brings Savings TAIWAN — Wen Lung ...

Converter Clips

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April 30, 2007, ... plastic is expected to increase its share of the market to 53% (in pounds) in 2010. This is the finding of a new study from The Freedonia Group, which notes this percentage actually understates plastic' ...

A Scrappy Competitor

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March 31, 2007, Rich Shaw, general production manager of Mohawk Northern Plastics, says the 35-year-old company has enjoyed sustained success by operating state-of-the-art Rich Shaw, general production manager of Mohawk ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... including the x-ray sensor technology. EGS reports the x-ray technology will accelerate EGS’s growth in non-nuclear building products and plastics markets and bring it into the galvanizing market. It ...

Biopolymers May Lead to Zero-Waste Communities

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March 06, 2006, ... plastics entering the waste stream have the potential to impact existing recycling programs, NatureWorks LLC has worked with Future 500, a non-profit research and technical assistance organization, to ...

Converting Industry News

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January 30, 2006, News from: Master Arts, Pregis Corp., Alliantz Flexible Packaging, Skeist, Liberty Carton Co., ABN AMRO Capital, Cello-Foil, Society of the Plastics Industry, Sonoco, Harper Corp. of America, Sartomer, ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... that we can leverage well into the future.” Zipper Portfolio is Broadened MANTENO, IL—Zip-Pak, an ITW co., has purchased Supreme Plastics Ltd.’s reclosables division, London, England. The division ...

Reclying Plastic Materials

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June 20, 2005, ... materials, paper, car batteries, plastics used in car interiors, and tires. Large companies such as Agfa-Gevaert, Kodak, du Pont, BMW, and Metallgesellschaft share their experience with recycling. Papers ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... leaders, reports Vanguard Plastics, Dallas, TX, has joined the alliance. Sigma Stretch Film Corp., Lyndhurst, NJ, also is a founding member. The alliance is designed to recycle—not dispose of—used stretch ...

EDI Appoints ZAO Axiom Polybag Agent in Russia and Ukraine

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March 23, 2005, ... be the sales agent in Russia and Ukraine for the complete line of flat-die systems from Extusion Dies Industries (EDI). Axiom is an international supplier of plastics and converting equipment and plant ...

CMM 2005 Exhibitors Listed by Product Categories Continued

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February 27, 2005, ... Plastics, 1706 Nordson Corp., 1816 NRD Infrared Engineering, 3676 Polytype Converting, 2552 Stratis Corp., 3105 TAKK Industries, 3276 Windmoeller & Hoelscher, 1641 FINANCIAL SERVICES MidAmerica ...

Platics Machinery Named EREMA Agent

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February 10, 2005, EREMA North America has named Plastics Machinery, LLC, as the exclusive sales agency for EREMA in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Virginia. PRESS RELEASE IPSWICH, MA—EREMA North America—a developer ...

Converting Industry News

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December 30, 2004, ... Chemical Digital—sunchemical.com Inca Digital Printers—incadigital.com Plastics and the Environment MISSISSAUGA, ON, CANADA—The Environment and Plastics Industry Council (EPIC) reports the availability ...

People & Places

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April 29, 2004, ... and Trading, MD-Both Industries, MetalFX, Miltec Corp., Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses, Mohawk Paper Mills, Niels Thorup Aps, NPES, PCMC, PIA, Rasch Graphic Services, Sheffield Plastics, Smurfit-Stone ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... complies with the German packaging regulations. Most member states achieved or surpassed the Directive's minimum recycling and recovery targets well ahead of the June 2001 deadline, but plastics recycling ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

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July 31, 2003, ... Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWB) has commissioned a plastics white paper to help define the state's current plastic waste issues and develop future policy options. The draft report argues the widespread ...