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Attendance at NPE & AWA Events Bursts Records

(Trade Shows)

April 18, 2012, ... as they prepare for increasing demand for converted products as the US economy moves forward. AWA hit another homerun with its International Sleeve Label Conference, held at the Hyatt Regency on April ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... and label applications. Goss Sunday Vpak variable sleeve presses introduce an entirely new way to exploit the inherent print quality, cost, and agility advantages of web offset, according to Peter Walczak, ...

On the Road Again!

(Yo's Yarns)

February 16, 2012, PFFC editors will be on the road, starting with Converters Expo followed by the Intl. Sleeve Label Conference, and then CPP Expo. Looks like PFFC has a few road trips lined up for the near future. ...

Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

(Flexpack)

August 18, 2011, Steady growth in sales of pet food and pet care supplies continues to drive experimentation in new delivery channels and packaging Steady growth in sales of pet food and pet care supplies continues ...

Package Design: Make an Impact

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... Milbridge, ME, and Printpack, Atlanta, GA, paid off in March when Printpack earned a Silver Award for Printing Excellence from the Flexible Packaging Assn., Linthicum, MD, for the full body shrink sleeve ...

Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... stretch or shrink sleeves over the neck and cap of bottles, which provide ready visual evidence of tampering. Other first-level devices include “hidden word” p-s label constructions. Applied as a clearly ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... Industry Leader Founded 115 years ago, Jones Packaging produces folding cartons, blister cards, pressure-sensitive labels, full body shrink sleeves, and leaflets for the pharmaceutical and personal care ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... containers, many choices are available, including the following methods: wet glue applied heat transfer pressure-sensitive (p-s) shrink sleeve in-mold labeling (IML) Each of these labeling methods ...

In-Mold Breaks the Mold

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... barbeque meats eliminates a paperboard sleeve with instructions that now appear on IML labels. Sustainable benefits are realized by saving 973 tons of paper. Integral stay-cool handles allow consumers ...

IML/IMD Competition Is Announced

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, IML/IMD Competition Is Announced SCOTTSDALE, AZ | The In-Mold Decorating Assn. announces its first annual Student IML/IMD Design Competition to recognize SCOTTSDALE, AZ | The In-Mold Decorating Assn. announces ...

Ready for Take Off

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, Printpack, Atlanta, GA, is producing five-color, flexo-printed shrink sleeves for Fuzzee Bee Beverage's ZUN (rhymes with moon) energy drink, which is packaged in a patent-pending rocket-shaped bottle Printpack, ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... (see Figure 1). Among the various types of label technologies, heat shrink sleeves have seen the fastest growth. In 2008, heat shrink sleeve labels grew 4% (see Figure 2). Key trends affecting the ...

HP Announces Winners in Annual Digital Labels & Packaging Printing Contest

(News | New Products)

October 27, 2009, ... pharmaceutical, alcoholic beverage, and nutraceutical products. In addition, the contest honored the best shrink sleeve entry and the best entry produced as a self-promotion of a converter's own capabilities. ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

August 31, 2009, ... upgrades. Work is to be completed by year end. Sleeve Report Is Available AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. offers a newly updated 2009 review of the Global Sleeve Label Market & ...

Eco Fiction

(Substrates)

August 31, 2009, ... by the Forest Stewardship Council, a better approach? Converters are beginning to break through with their roll-up-the-sleeves stories of actual eco-results. They are busy making green progress that ...

Gravure Versus Flexo Printing Part 2

(Process Management)

July 31, 2009, ... Lightweight sleeves are available now and allow for easy handling, storage, and shipping. Marketing of Gravure The Gravure Assn. of America and Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Global are good forums ...

Label Feats & Wonders

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2009, ...  Digital presses Laser die-cutting RFID Prepress and plate making In-line decoration systems Multi-process ink systems VIP substrates High technology label materials Films Sleeves and wraps  ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... and, for p-s labels, into release liners. While paper remains the prime label substrate choice, film substrates are growing faster all-round — in the glue-applied wraparound, p-s, and sleeve label markets. ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

December 31, 2008, ... substrates, including thinner flexible packaging, folding carton, label, and shrink sleeve media. Company says repeat length of 38.58 in. permits greater productivity and lower cost per label. Hewlett-Packard ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... safety brake. AzTech Converting Systems | 800-829-8351 | www.aztechconverting.com PFFC-ASAP 403 Handle Cores Effectively Core adapters with company's Cor-Lok core support technology use sleeve-based ...