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Dow to Up Prices on Surfactants

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2003, ...  Carbowax MPEG Industrial and SENTRY Grades 350, 550, 750—$0.05/lb According to Dow, the price increase is being implemented in response to continued rising costs for energy and key raw materials. In ...

First Quarter Performance Mixed

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2003, ... strong volume increases, the impact of the company's productivity program, and cost-containment efforts more than offset a significant increase in raw material costs and lower pension income. "Core" earnings ...

Going, Going... Gone

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... that require more consultative selling, unique knowledge, and experience. For example, personalized direct mail requires both detailed planning and flawless execution to move a customer from raw data to ...

National Starch Reports Price Increase for Adhesives

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2003, ... energy and raw material costs, including natural gas prices at "historic pricing levels," according to Charles Call, VP, US Adhesives. "At the same time," states the co., "sustained high prices for crude ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... face of raw material price increases they cannot pass on and heavy pressure on margins. Those in the middle of the value chain in the release liner market are experiencing pressures, too, and it is here ...

PET Film: Mitsubishi Increases Price

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2002, ... one. With the escalating cost of raw materials and the lowest variable margins ever recorded in the polyester film industry, we were compelled to adjust our current pricing structure. On a positive note," ...

Ashland Specialty Chemical Company Ups Resin Prices

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2002, ... with shipments on and after May 13, 2002. "The price is due primarily to rapidly escalating costs of raw materials, particularly styrene monomer, which are impacted by current global pricing instability ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... about long-term profitability, due to the increasing competition in almost every sector. Price fluctuations in raw materials exacerbate the situation and make a stable pricing structure impossible to maintain). ...

Searching for a Lemonade Recipe

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... Vacumet, Wayne, NJ: “Right now, my impression of our economy in the US is that we are in a recession. Raw material suppliers are feeling it more in their industries than we are. We're basically in the industrial ...

Shared Focus Makes for One Successful Company

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... films, and more using raw materials from companies including DuPont, FLEXcon, Fasson, Emtech, and MACtac. “The combination of the two facilities,” says Sellers, “has allowed both sales forces to offer ...

Trends in Flexible Packaging Markets: Two Different Views

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... projection of the top five flex-pack markets in the next five years (2000-2005). I must differ with the association. Over the course of a year, I visit scores of raw material suppliers, flex-pack converters, ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... and exit “S” wrap pull rolls with adjustable “draw” control; IMC interchangeable slitting assemblies for shear, score, and razor slitting; vacuum edge trim removal; and auxiliary winder to take up extra-width ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... of emulsifiable and non-emulsifiable Epolene polymers by 3¢/lb due to escalating costs of raw materials. Хотите провести приятно время? Заходите https://dosug27.su по ссылке Representatives AapexX ...

Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... inventory of raw materials to meet virtually any customer tape need. Custom Tapes buys more than 5 million lb of paper annually from Kimberly-Clark and smaller suppliers, along with 5,000-10,000-lb rolls ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... its doors in 1934. Founded by Tomas Bata, of shoemaking fame, as a source of raw material (viscose) for hosiery production, the company's products soon included cellophane film (1936). The product line ...

Study Assesses the Future of Release Liners in Europe

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, Manufacturers of release liners and the converters and laminators that use them, in Europe and beyond, are experiencing a challenging trading environment. With pressure building on prices due to raw material ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... US packaging industry. As such, beyond food industry trends, vendors of converted flexible packaging are subject to a number of factors, including raw material prices, technological developments, environmental ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... utilizing the FlexoSource system, "Our inventory reduction has been unbelievable," notes Marquart. Printpack has slashed its raw materials storage area from 370,000 to 90,000 sq ft. The company orders ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... critical. Wrightstown was chosen carefully. Because it is centrally located between Green Bay and Appleton, CEI can draw personnel from both cities, and employees have relatively short (20-mile at most) ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... 1970 PET was the major drawable film used in thermoformed cured meat packaging. Replaced by nylon in the 1970s, PET's real leap forward was as the soft drink bottle replacement for glass in the late 70s. ...