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Sonoco Helps Home Guard Get Homeland Security Products in Stores for National Preparedness Month

(Archive)

September 07, 2004, ... its original point-of-purchase (POP) display designer could not deliver assembled kits or displays in time. "Approximately one-half of the Ready Kit and Ready Kit Plus' pieces were coming from overseas," ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... packs. The system reportedly provides shorter lead times, enhanced cost-efficiency, and personalized packages for all CD and DVD formats. Appointments Appointments Part of Integration ATLANTA, ...

Rock-Tenn Dotrix Partner to Revolutionize Digital Inkjet for Packaging and Display

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August 19, 2004, ... copy or graphics," reports Jim Einstein, EVP of Rock-Tenn’s Alliance Division that specializes in point-of-purchase display and promotional packaging solutions. “Most digital printing technologies have ...

The Digital Edge

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July 31, 2004, ... NC. Founded in 1991 as a point-of-sale display company, Alliance was purchased by Rock-Tenn in 1995. Since then, the division has grown into a business that sells $230 million worth of both promotional ...

Extreme Makeovers

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June 30, 2004, ... company thrived as a producer of high-end corrugated displays and brown boxes (with 60% of its business being high-end point-of-purchase and corrugated display and 40% being brown box). In June 1999, the ...

Wal-Mart Revisited

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June 29, 2004, ... an export credit, which certainly cannot meet WTO rules — at one point it was 15% and I believe it is dropping, but still exists at least at 7%. If that is not enough, the Chinese currency being fixed ...

Converting Industry News

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June 29, 2004, ... for process-oriented packaging production, will be held for the first time June 15 - 18, 2005. The objective of P is to show the entire packaging production process. The focal point of the trade fair ...

Keeping Score

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June 29, 2004, ... of the odd month when the earlier numbers don’t appear to be reaching “bonus” level. And, says Carmany, that’s the whole point. “It’s kind of like the Masters golf tournament,” explains Carmany. “They ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, ... to duplicate my grandmother’s recipe. The point is this: If one operator prints the initial job and is not required to document settings and conditions, it would be virtually impossible for the next operator ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, News from: Checkpoint Systems, Cory Printing and Packaging, DVT Inc., Economic Monitor, Freedonia Group, FPA, Harper Corp., Humidipak, Lamart, Litho Supply Co., Pitman Co., Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., ...

Leading POP Producer Simpsongroup Installs First Scitex Vision CORjet in UK

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May 16, 2004, Scitex Vision reports its customer, Simpsongroup, a UK-based manufacturer of point-of-purchase (POP) and point-of-sale (POS) corrugated displays, is the first converter to install the OEM's CORjet, "the ...

Fast & Flawless

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April 29, 2004, ... and other productivity factors.” Conway said he was particularly impressed with two features of the slitter: the four touchscreen operator monitors, which are positioned at key points on the unit to ...

Gussets Lead to Growth

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... retail point-of-purchase, and parts. According to Inwood, the Expand-A-Mailer creates a new category of postal mailer by allowing offset-quality printing in custom colors, sizes, and images across 100% ...

People & Places

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April 29, 2004, ... Appleton, WI, is the recipient of the 2003 Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Small Business Manufacturer of the Year Award. Patrick Bartling is appointed VP, operations — North America, for ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, ... the supply chain to packaging producers, including converters. A case in point is Ontario's Blue Box Waste Program. In 2002 the Ontario Parliament enacted the Waste Diversion Act (WDA), which requires ...

Bio Break Down

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2004, ... and what is truly “biodegradable.” Once these products are broken down and understood, it is obvious there is not one “best” product but many. More to the point, it is more important to evaluate a product ...

A Century Salute

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March 30, 2004, ... have really been a focus for us. It also provides one of the best tests for our machines. We can do a lot on the shop floor, but the real test is to get it into the client because they will quickly point ...

Gardners Selects Digital Inkjet Press to Expand and Diversify its Customer Offering

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2004, ... its high-speed colour inkjet press is underway at speciality printer Gardners. Gardners, which employs over 100 people, produces various technical and promotional applications including point of sales ...

Scitex Vision's CORjet at Drupa: Taking Inkjet to the Top of the Short-Run Corrugated and Rigid Display Market

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March 09, 2004, ... production run for Wertheimer. Experiences like this one led Wertheimer Box to establish its Digital Point-of-Purchase Solutions business unit in September 2003. Wertheimer Box president, Jay Wertheimer, ...

Competitive Investment Strategies for Packaging Converters

(News | New Products)

March 08, 2004, ... manager will express only their needs and wants in a particular area. They may appreciate other points of view, but individual personalities and subjective thinking generally become the driving force. ...