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Product Protection

(Technical Reports)

February 28, 2007, ... are common with manufacturing, cartoning, shelf stocking, and consumer handling in the retail environment, they can develop pinholes and become permeable. They also can develop permanent creases and wrinkles, ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... CD trays of its Millennium Collection. “Looking at the way today’s consumers store their music, often without the jewel box, and at retailers’ focus on sustainability, the move to the packaging made total ...

Folding Carton Shows Off

(Carton Box)

February 27, 2007, Adding a special effect to a package is one of the best ways to get a new brand noticed among dozens of similar products and thousands of other items on the retail shelf. One sure fire way to obtain a ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... metallizing on the PET from DuPont Teijin Films, Hopewell, VA. The pouch converter is Star Packaging, College Park, GA. Strength Under Water A technical award in the label, retail category, was ...

Directing Design

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... before the package can be manufactured. Confronted with globalization, outsourcing, and increasing pressure from mega-retailers, brand marketers are charged with seemingly irreconcilable directives ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... Advancements in PLA films are in high demand from suppliers, converters, retailers, and end users who are seeing the clear benefit of using such environmentally-friendly bio-products. Film requirements ...

Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... and pressure sensitivity, as well as interaction with other chemicals. Although very efficient and effective, their implementation and deployment are quite costly. Authentication on the fly, in the retail ...

Super Sized

(Corrugated)

December 31, 2006, The challenging retail environment is making a significant impact on U.S. corrugated box shipments. Corrugated Boxes The retail landscape in the US changed dramatically in the past decade with nontraditional ...

Adding Up Additives

(Tech Reports)

December 31, 2006, ... films so they do not oxidize during protracted storage at converters’ facilities or during warehousing or display in retail settings. Such degradation can cause odors or film discoloration. Secondary antioxidants ...

Wal-Mart's Clean Imag

(Editorial)

November 30, 2006, However you feel about Wal-Mart’s business tactics, you gotta hand it to the world’s largest retailer: It knows what sells. And what sells better than a “clean” image? Editorial However you feel about ...

Please Touch

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2006, ... at the inception of the product, and we become an integral part of the customer’s team from concept through design, manufacturing—both theirs and ours—and on through the retail delivery stage.” “Jobs ...

Outlook: Challenging

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... the label industry—the major market for release liner—such as the dominance of brand owners and retailers, alternative labeling and product decoration technologies, and the competitive business environment, ...

Living in the City That Works

(Editorial)

October 31, 2006, ... October 16 article by Greg Hinz, “…five supercenter stores…would go into wards whose aldermen helped the mayor block a proposed minimum wage for big-box retailers like Wal-Mart.” Despite the “reward” ...

Proof is in the Process

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... is approving expensive packaging runs before seeing what the finished product will look like on the store shelf. As products compete for increasingly valuable retail space, major retailers such as Wal-Mart ...

The Changing World of Wine

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... can afford to be creative with their labeling, which is essential for on-shelf retail visibility. Conversely, specialists in wine labels in the key European countries are facing a difficult and uncertain ...

Bucking the Trend

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... printers in full production mode. GASC reports market projections indicate the worldwide retail value of wide format imaging will grow to almost $30 billion by 2007. Interactive Seminar Program Attendees ...

Ink 101: Part I

(Process Management)

August 31, 2006, ... towel and tissue, and retail bags. Typical applications for solvent-based inks are bread bags, frozen food bags, candy wrap, snack foods, meat and cheese wrappers, stand-up pouches, and towel/tissue ...

Stora Enso Joins Parelec's Certified Partner Progra

(Archive)

August 15, 2006, ... partner for RFID antennae paper substrates. The program permits customers, such as major retailers, governments, and transit systems worldwide, to acquire RFID antennae technology manufactured with Stora ...

Labelexpo 2006 Conference Program

(Archive)

August 10, 2006, ...  Learn key consumer goods industry trends and specific needs of end-users serving those markets Recognize the importance of packaging and label design to end-users, retailers, and consumers Understand ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, Ice-Age WATER How do you drink water that is 20,000 years old? In a very modern flexible pouch from Ampac Flexibles Converted Products, Cincinnati, OH. Ice-Age WATER How do you drink water that is 20,000 ...