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Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... department as well as two W&H bagmakers that produce all types of pouches for products in the chemical and medical fields. Complex Structures Key to Operation A true measure of the technical proficiency ...

Flexible Packaging Committee News

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December 31, 2000, ... of form-fill-seal machines could add this new closure device. Another development from the same inventor addressed reclosing of gussetted bags or stand-up pouches with a single piece of molded or folded ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... pouches with single-sheet construction, running two-up, and features automatic wicket stacking capabilities. Triple AC servo drive drawroll is said to result in controlled tension through sealing process. ...

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

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November 30, 2000, ... during the antioxidant experiment to an accelerated aging test in acetic acid. Pouches made from the structures were filled with a 3% acetic acid solution. The pouches were stored at 40øC and periodically ...

Pouchmaking Equipment Adapts as Materials Advance

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November 30, 2000, The materials used to make pouches are changing. We are seeing specialty films that are thinner, stretchier, multilayered. While multiple thin layers The materials used to make pouches are changing. We ...

The Digital Advantage... More Than Just Printing

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October 31, 2000, ... very important; a majority of the company's product is made for the medical industry - products that need to maintain strict sanitary and quality specs. "We produce either rollstock or pre-made pouches, ...

New Packaging Technology Will Star at Pack Expo

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September 30, 2000, ...  Using Packaging to Overcome Toxins in Food , Barbara Blakistone, National Food Processors Association. Markets and Opportunities for Retortable and Standup Pouches in Japan and Asia , Masahiro ...

Assessing Real-Life Sealant Performance in Flexible Packaging

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September 30, 2000, ... pouches on a vertical form/fill/seal machine, and tested to determine leaker rates. The paper examines four comparisons. In the comparison of a POP material to a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... containers/min. Compact footprint and low operating cost make it ideal for in-plant container forming, co. reports. Cartoner Top Loads Flexible Pouches Dimension Industries LLC, div. of Douglas, Maple ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ...  area we entered was that of law enforcement. [We created pouches] for evidence collection, for capturing or containing all types of evidence, most of which were for drug paraphernalia. The kit also contain ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, ... flexible packaging plays an increasingly important role in many markets. Multilayer stand-up pouches have helped invigorate markets such as pet foods and agricultural chemicals. Films and pouches are providing ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... poly-coated products and laminated products, such as sugar pouches, gum and ice cream bar wraps, paper ream wraps, and labels. Nowak explains, "A lot of the things we're producing aren't the highest margin ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... lb/yr. The applications include lidding stocks for modified atmosphere packages (MAP), MAP meat packaging, dried soup pouches, pharmaceuticals, and chocolates. "Buss" brand retortable ready-meal trays containing ...

Czech retail developments could affect converters.

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October 31, 1996, ... When Tesco reported that shelf-stable retort pouches and trays could sell in the U.K. market, British converters soon supplied the packaging materials. The superb packages at Marks and Spencer (U.K.) were ...

Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.

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July 31, 1996, ... of running them." Pouches are the Hot Ticket Today's hot bagmaking markets, according to Gary Gould, president of GN Packaging Equipment, Mississauga, Ont., Canada, are zippered pouches, stand-up ...

Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth

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June 30, 1996, The detailed report, "Modified Atmosphere Packaging: U.K.," issued by Marketing Strategies for Industry (U.K.) Ltd., Chester, U.K., shows that U.K. retail The detailed report, "Modified Atmosphere Packaging: ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

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May 31, 1996, ... boil-in-bag pouches constructed from "Mylar/polyethylene" Coated with a thin layer of reflective aluminum (MET/PET), Mylar film reached outer space as the inflatable Echo I satellite. Between 1959 and ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminatots rewards outstanding packages and labels in its annual competition. The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminatots rewards outstanding ...

A look at the world of German Packaging today.

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March 31, 1996, ... stand-up flex-pack pouches of shampoos, detergents, and juices used to refill rigid packages. They're used more extensively in Germany than in the US. Germany is a world leader in both cured meat consumption ...