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1990 - April 1993

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September 19, 2002, ... recycled materials are represented heavily among the winners of the Flexible Packaging Assn.’s 1992 FPA Packaging Awards. One of the big winners is American National Can, whose Pringles’ pouch was believed ...

1977 - 1979

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September 19, 2002, ... noted the industry must go to higher speeds in repulping, deflaking, or in parting fibers and must develop continuous, non-stop cleaning operations. Pressman will refuse to run recycled fibers if the contain ...

May 1993 - 1994

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September 19, 2002, 1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970 - 1973 1974 - 1976 1977 - 1979 1980s 1990 - April 1993 1995 - 1999 2000 to present The Mid-1990s...May 199313th1920s and 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970 - 1973  ...

1970 - 1973

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August 26, 2002, ... plastic containers, effective July 1. If the containers are manufactured. with a minimum of 30 percent recycled materials, the tax is only 1-cent. ...The tax is imposed on the sale of plastic containers ...

Smurfit-Stone to Sell Industrial Packaging to Caraustar for $80 MIL

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July 22, 2002, ... packaging operations to Caraustar Industries, Inc. The sale includes 17 tube and core manufacturing facilities, 3 fiber partition plants, and 3 uncoated recycled boxboard mill operations, which are part ...

Sonoco Ups Paperboard (NA) & Tube/Core Prices (Europe)

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July 16, 2002, Sonoco (NYSE:SON) reports it will increase prices for paper-based engineered carriers in Continental Europe. The company will also increase uncoated recycled paperboard prices in the US and Canada. BRUSSELS, ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

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June 30, 2002, ... a useful “sales platform” in this respect. The Technical Challenge of Recycling FINAT actively participates in finding companies able to collect, recycle, and recover label by-products and is offering ...

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

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May 31, 2002, ...  Co. has acquired PolyGuard™, introducing a complete line of core plugs for protecting paper, film, and foils used in converting operations. Constructed of recycled HDPE and PPCP resins, core plug line ...

Sonoco to Raise Paperboard Prices

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May 14, 2002, Sonoco reports it will raise prices on uncoated recycled paperboard by $50 (US) per ton, effective June 4, 2002. HARTSVILLE, SC, USA—Sonoco reports it will raise prices on uncoated recycled paperboard ...

Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2002, ... of suspension packaging for rolls of plastic packaging films. The acquisition gives Badger Plug customers the option to buy new or recycled packaging components. Danaher Acquires IDC Assets SIMSBURY, ...

International Containerboard and Corrugated Meeting to Explore Fast-Emerging Markets

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April 25, 2002, ...  The Future for Recycled vs. Kraft Linerboard Session: II Driving Efficiencies into a Changing Marketplace Growing US Sheet Feeders and How They Impact the Containerboard/Corrugated Business Faster, ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

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February 28, 2002, ... considerably, he says. “On a coating or converting line,” adds Marchand, “there are very few lines today that can't justify the cost, because if you make any scrap, you can't recycle the material. Now ...

Reporter Clips

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January 31, 2002, ... Germany took a strong, early initiative in this respect and continues to provide a fully working solution to the problem. Its packaging industry collects and recycles (or incinerates to create a useable ...

'Ladies' Night at Smurfi

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January 27, 2002, ... recycled boxboard. The company produces solid bleached sulfate, folding cartons, paper tubes and cores, and labels, and is reported to be one of the world’s largest paper recyclers. For more information ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... characteristic from progressively thinner and transparent films. Increasingly, paperboard for food cartons is using recycled and secondary fiber. This requires paperboard barriers that can reduce the transfer ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2001, ... plies of spiral-wound recycled paperboard with an inner ply of 15-g LDPE for moisture protection. The total construction is 0.040 thick. The recessed paper bottom is 0.032 thick, with LDPE for moisture ...

The Miracle of Coextrusion Makes Believers of Many

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August 31, 2001, ... two layers of virgin plastic. This is an excellent way to recycle in an in-mold label operation. Coextrusion is also important in the flexible packaging area and has allowed converters to make different ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2001, ... case/carton sealing. Said to provide an excellent balance of heat resistance and freezer-grade cold adhesion, adhesive reportedly adheres well even with difficult boardstock, including recycled, high-performance ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, New products from: Adwest Technologies, Air Preheater Co., Anguil, Anver Corp., Apex, Ashe Converting Equipment, Ausquip, C.A. Litzler Co., Cloeren, Converter Accessory Corp., Daetwyler, Dec-E-Tech, DFE, ...

Award-Winning Boxmakers Think Outside the Box

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April 30, 2001, ... out of the ocean is displayed on the “screen” of the laptop box. The package also is designed as a storage box for materials that will be sent to the customer in the future. Materials include recycled ...