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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2001, ... his product in a virtual display to the retailer. It's a great sales tool.” Supplier Information Genline, Portland, OR; 770/918-0640. Industry Studies Triple-Digit Growth Seen for Oxygen Scavenger ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and business development for United Parcel Service, the average US business loses half of its customers every five years. Improved communication among supplier, converter, distributor, retailer, and end-user ...

E-Commerce Can Yield New Growth

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... like you and me, our families, and our friends have become comfortable enough with the Web to opt for purchasing practically any grocery or retail product via the Internet. As well, certainly e-commerce ...

New Test May Detect Pathogens in PE Food Wrap

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ...  Toxin Alert says the wrap could be adapted to detect pesticides or even proteins characteristic of genetically modified foods. It could be used by food packagers and retailers, as well as to wrap leftover ...

Printer Helps Customers Manage Printing Needs

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... with every transaction, and sales themselves are growing with every click of a mouse. That's one of the reasons financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and retail giants are turning to printers like ...

Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again

(Materials)

December 31, 2000, ... to ask yourself is: `How much of that return am I getting by spending more in ink cost?' In the point-of-sale market, retailers just hammer the converters on price, price, price. It's very difficult for ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

December 30, 2000, ... Also suited for direct packaging, retail tags, decal signs, and banners. Co. reports ribbon is highly opaque; prints well on silver, black, blue, and clear substrates; is suitable for shrink-wrapping applications; ...

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...