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Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... began printing in 1971 and two Kroenert wax laminators were added several years later. By the mid-1980s, FFP had become a leader in supplying converted flex-pack to the U.K.'s rapidly growing retail industry; ...

Sonoco to Sell High Density Film Biz

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2003, ... density film business produces plastic grocery, retail, produce, and quick-service bags and agricultural film in five plants in the US. Hilex is a member of the Los Angeles, CA-based HPC Group of Companies ...

Pack Expo LV Venue for New Toray Films

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2003, Toray Plastics (America) Inc. says it will showcase "innovative packaging films that create excitement on retail shelves" at the upcoming Pack Expo Las Vegas (October 13 - 15, 2003). Pack Expo Las Vegas ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... by heightened manufacturing and retail activity as well as the rise of home centers, club stores, and other mass retailers offering a wide variety of products packaged in bulk and utilizing secondary packaging ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... in the European label and product decoration market are the result of increasing domination of the marketplace by fewer, more powerful, world-leading brand owners and retailers. This consolidation at ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... to expand plastic film recycling. Fumigation, mulch and greenhouse films, and irrigation drip tape are said to be possible candidates for improved recycling, as are smaller retail and distribution industries ...

The Big Showdown?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... the technology. Revolutionizing the Business Bar coding has been the mainstream method for inventory management since the early 1970s when it revolutionized the retail industry with the introduction ...

Green Stands for Go

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... in which supermarkets are projecting their environmental message, and a fully compostable window bread bag is a marketing natural. Pushed along by retailers such as Iper, Standa, Essellunga, and Carrefour, ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... they need to be aware of a number of other issues related to the life of their products: branding — the first consideration; product authentication and security from tampering; protection against retail ...

Avery Dennison to Sell European Package Label Biz

(News | New Products)

July 22, 2003, ... these label package converting operations in Europe is an important part of our strategy to focus on our key global businesses in pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, office products, and retail information ...

FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... communication of the product, the layout and the design, and what I think the overall impact at retail will be. With all these things considered, I then ask myself, ‘Does that package get the most out ...

Nashua Label Products Label$Dollars Agreement to Deliver Instant Savings to Supermarket Consumers

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2003, ... Label$Dollars to offer consumer products goods (CPG) manufacturers and supermarket retailers' in-store, redeemable coupons for supermarket meat, deli, and bakery products. NASHUA, NH, USA—Nashua Corp. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... a national Plastic Bag Coalition is under way to fight California legislation that would place a tax on all plastic bags used by retailers in the state. The coalition is being led by the Film and Bag Federation, ...

Avery Dennison Adds SynCarta BOPP to Fasson Rapid-Roll Line

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2003, ... C1S matte provide "outstanding" opacity; both have high tear strength as well as incorporate water, grease, and oil resistance; and both are UV stable for use up to one year. Applications include: retail ...

Splash & Pop

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, ... Corp.'s Langley plant eye-popping flexible packages with the splash afforded by printing with ten colors. A retail grocery consumer may not notice the trade-off at all. That eye-catching vignette and ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... LLC, Greenville, WI, reports Brian Verkuilen is now sales rep for the company's Roll Express program. BYK-Gardner USA, Columbia, MD, adds two to the Retail Color Systems Div.: Mike Burns will be director ...

Pack Strat Study IDs Alternative Pouches as 'Next Wave

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2003, ... was authored Allied Development Corp. and in it, "retailers; users; converters; material, component, and equipment suppliers alike will discover the leading alternative pouch formats..." WEST CHESTER, PA, ...

Exopack Signs to Buy Plassein Flex-Pack Plants

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2003, Exopack LLC and Plassein International Corp. recently announced the companies have signed letters of intent with respect to Exopack's acquisition of Plassein's flexible packaging facilities in Thomasville, ...

Industry Responds to California Plastic Bag Tax

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2003, The formation of a national Plastic Bag Coalition is underway to fight California legislation that would place a tax on all plastic bags used by retailers in the state, says The Society of the Plastics ...

Packaging Jobs Trackable with Dalim Web-Based Software

(News | New Products)

May 11, 2003, ... system for publishers and their prepress and printer partners. Dalim reports ProPack "unites the whole production chain, including retailers, designers, prepress and printers, in a shared workflow via ...