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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2000, ... it on the retail shelf. The canister is formed from web-fed bottom stock and preprinted sidewall blanks on a PMC-1500NR machine from Paper Machinery Corp. (PMC). The sidewall blanks are die-cut from ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... high growth is the PSA label market, where the explosive growth in retail shopping over the Internet has led to greater use of p-s materials such as labels and bar codes. German-based Henkel will see its ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... and Germany. Domestically, the driving force among Spanish converters is the retailing industry. Similar to the U.K., the multi-chain retailers approach food manufacturers for new packages. In Spain the ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... retailers. NextPak is intended to increase "e-tailer" profitability by integrating packaging, fulfillment, and shipping activities into one seamless operation. Raymond M. Curran, president and CEO of Smurfit-Stone, ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... custom label production. Key customers are from the medical device, manufacturing, retail, and food industries. Capabilities include one- to seven-color web flexo printing, in short or long runs, on a ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... e-retailing and e-business, mergers, acquisitions, contract negotiations, flex time, health-care coverage, time/life/work issues—take a breath—the list could go on and on, company owners and plant managers ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2000, ... & Label, Franklin, PA. According to Brad Welshans, manager of retail marketing at Pennzoil, "As a new product launched into a growing but well-established niche, Pennzoil Synthetic needed to jump off ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... Paper at internationalpaper.com. Aseptic Carton Extends Shelf Life NEW ORLEANS, LA, USA—Fat Tuesday, a national chain of specialty drink bars has launched a line of premium retail drink mixes packaged ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, ... and rotary die-cutter to its plant in Lucca, Italy. The custom-designed Legend, accurate to 0.25 mm, produces laminated printing for retail packaging. As the original equipment manufacturer, SHS was put ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... sequential numbers, bar codes, clip art, and print data from most popular databases. Labels for industrial, retail, or freight labels are printed easily with Sinelsoft, the company reports. Self-adhesive ...

Strong, Versatile Cartons Offer Plenty of Shelf Appeal

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... inner bag and finishing the gluing. This allows the customer to produce the boxes in many designs and market them to a wide variety of retail outlets. At its Mentor, OH, plant, Caraustar manufactured ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... notched, effortless opening, and portability. Substrates were supplied by DuPont, Print-pack, AET Packaging Technologies, and Toray Plastics of America Inc. Label Retail-Marketing The Black Ice ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... more than just hot stamping on labels! For runs as low as 250 up to 50,000, Fast Track Labels in Huntington Beach, CA, is having tremendous success in manufacturing not only retail stickers, its primary ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... of high quality food and beverage labels for a customer base located nationally and internationally. It also produces overwraps for the toy, game, and retail industries, as well as specialized printing ...

Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... (Salinas, CA) the market leader, topping almost $200 million in sales. Pioneered in Europe in the 1970s, fresh-cut salads were introduced on a retail level in the US by Bruce Church Inc. In 1966 the ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... and one rotogravure printer (Cellugrafica Urania). St. Kitts, St. Lucia and Guyana have small extrusion facilities producing PE retail bags and printed film. In the Dutch West Indies, there is an extrusion ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... direct mail and primary retail product identification. Video inspection on the 4200 press is done with a SUPER HANDYScan system from Pro Mark. The system is used to scan the back and front of the web ...

Recycled paperboard mfrs. unite to promote usage.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... use a brand strategy to showcase 100% recycled paperboard as the economically and environmentally preferred packaging material. "RPA-100% will drive home to customer companies, retailers and consumers that ...

Educate the consumer to become a better customer.

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... by Packaging Group Inc., featured more than ten presentations on the nature and future of the food service industry. With retail sales at $295 billion and manufacturer's shipments of $97 billion, the industry ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... brings a new level of sophistication to retail packaging. These stand-up pouches are perforated for easy opening and boast a zipper closure to preserve freshness and prevent spills after opening. When ...