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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

FTA Awards Exemplify High-End Flexo

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... retail will be. With all these things considered, I then ask myself, ‘Does that package get the most out of the flexo process?…I really look at the entry to determine if the designer really understood ...

Tetra Recart Wins EAFA Award Makes Inroads for Retort

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2003, ... retailing cycle. For the consumer, a tear-off laser-perforated closure strip provides easy opening. Thanks largely to the key part the aluminum foil barrier performs in the laminate, there is now a strong ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... the speed of the AFR-18 high-speed aluminum foil and food film rewinder to 2,000 fpm. Designed to run all industry-standard, consumer-size retail roll lengths, rewinder is infinitely adjustable from 16—500-ft ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... the specifications in development at the Auto-ID Center, headquartered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (autoidcenter.org). The Center, supported by leading companies in manufacturing, retail, ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... The disks, considered the world's largest mass-produced embossed holograms to date, were produced for a holiday retail display for A/X Armani Exchange, New York, NY, featuring PROMA's 80# HoloPRISM holographic ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... to run all industry-standard, consumer-size retail roll lengths, rewinder is infinitely adjustable from 16—500-ft lengths. Handles both 12- and 18-in. foil widths and allows core O.D. sizes of 1.25—1.75 ...

AmeriStar Calls for Package Entries

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2003, ...  Package Categories: Food : Any processed food package available thru retail channels Food, Institutional : Any food package intended for use by hotels, retaurants, cafeterias, hospitals, ...

Flexo Prepress for Boxes; SunGraphics in Bay Area

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2003, ... newly opened "state-of-the-art facility provides package design and finished flexographic printing plates used in the production of paper packaging such as corrugated boxes, folding cartons, and retail ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ...  Forte solid-fiber board and created a new look for Data Viz's Conversion Plus data-conversion software applications. “The trend is toward smaller and smaller cartons, so retailers can offer more merchandis ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... at all levels, from raw material suppliers and self-adhesive laminators to label converters, end-users, and retailers.” Following a short history of wine bottle labeling, the report moves through the ...

Boxes That Rock

(Folding Cartons)

February 28, 2003, ... allows the product to be shipped to retail stores without assembly, the company notes. “This package combines consumer trends, lifestyle choices, marketability, and a high-tech manufacturing method,” ...

Pouches on the Cutting Edge

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... annually. A new Valmet Rotomec laminator is designed to convert retail packaging, which requires the application of a precise amount of adhesive. Notes Sigal, “If it has to be 12 grams, it has to ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... of add-ons and accessories. Make Flat Crepe Paper Packages Automatically Elsner Engineering Works, Hanover, PA; 717/637-5991; elsnereng.com Model ACR-500 machine is designed to produce retail packages ...