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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... at Chicago’s McCormick Pl. October 29–November 2. CPP organizer H.A. Bruno says 22% of those attending indicated converting/package printing and related services as the primary business. The number ...

Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... (Crypto = encryption, glyph = marks), which combines two elements: Printing of invisible micro-points over the entire surface of the primary or secondary packaging, such as the blister foil for foods ...

De-Demonizing Wal-Mart

(Editorial)

December 31, 2006, ... management has one primary responsibility, and that is to make money for their shareholders. And through their analysis, they have found that this is a path that will help them to do that. So Wal-Mart’s ...

Adding Up Additives

(Tech Reports)

December 31, 2006, ... reduce coefficient of friction (COF). This large class of additives extends from traditional primary amide slips to specialty grades used at elevated temperatures or to hold COF constant before and after ...

Curwood Earns Ocean Spray Supplier of the Year 2006 Award

(Archive)

December 11, 2006, Flexible packaging company Curwood has been named Supplier of the Year 2006—Primary Packaging by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Ocean Spray CEO Randy Papadellis praised Curwood for “their penchant to commit ...

Outlook: Challenging

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... Hanson, expanding its positioning in the field of silicone-coated release papers and films. P-S Labels & Tapes AWA’s current assessment of the p-s labeling market is that the primary label segment ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... coding and marking solution is designed for applying high-speed, on-demand variable information to primary packaging materials. The process, which uses a laser reactive coating that undergoes a color change ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... meter, mix, and dispense equipment. 100% solids adhesives are extensions of the urethane chemistry that is well known in the packaging industry. The primary difference between 100% solids adhesives ...

Labelexpo New Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2006, ... appletonideas.com Label facestock selection tool makes it easier for converters to match direct thermal paper performance with label requirements. Includes 21 label applications, calculates primary and ...

Ink 101: Part II

(Process Management)

September 30, 2006, ... are used in litho printing where high viscosity ensures the ink stays on the essentially flat ink image areas of the litho plate. All inks contain three primary components. The carrier is the major ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... labels. Demand for primary pharmaceutical containers will increase 8.0% annually through 2010. Prefillable inhalers and prefillable syringes will generate the fastest growth opportunities among all ...

Ink 101: Part I

(Process Management)

August 31, 2006, ... and Canada) market for packaging materials is approximately $125 billion in annual shipments. Ink is a relatively minor cost component of the packaging, yet it is the primary link to the consumer market ...

Driving Performance

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... and execute a perfectly designed retrofit to replace the aging equipment. A Phased Approach The facility was running two primary coaters: Coater 21, commissioned in the 1980s, and Coater 22, commissioned ...

Are Universal Products Possible?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... leads us to the primary point of this column: Do not use any adhesive, coating, or ink for any purpose other than that for which it is intended. A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that works well in ...

Better Labels Through Chemistry

(Magazine)

July 09, 2006, ... the application of laser energy. The DataLase solution reportedly is extremely flexible and can be used for a wide range of marking applications, including on-product, primary packaging and labels, ...

Stretching Boundaries

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2006, ... located up the road in Duncan. The Duncan campus is the divisional headquarters for Food Packaging, Medical Products, and Shrink Packaging, and it is the site of the primary Research, Development & ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... then extrusion coated with properly oxidized polyolefin resins. Excellent oxygen barrier transmission rates are possible. A primary factor influencing the oxygen barrier performance is continuity of the ...

Speakers Announced for TAPPI RFID Symposium

(Archive)

April 18, 2006, ... “RFID Packaging—Ready or Not its Coming,” will examine the primary drivers behind the emergence of RFID technologies in packaging markets. LeBlanc will be joined by a number of other notable RFID researchers, ...

Critical Trends in the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... Please contact me directly with any suggestions or ideas you feel may make this annual effort even more valuable in the future. —Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor Each primary business ...

Huston Patterson Gets a Makeover

(Archive)

March 22, 2006, ... is focusing the primary business on the large-format packaging with enhanced and expanded equipment. The company chose to bring a fresh look to their logo. The lettering was changed to block type, while ...