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The Future of Foil

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... oxide coatings. Metallized paper replaced foil labels on glass bottles years ago, and metallized film dominates snack food packaging and fractional coffee packs. In the mid-1980s, dual-ovenable containers ...

Will We Soon be Eating the Film Along with the Food?

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... with the heading “Edible Wraps.” It described a new edible film made at the Agricultural Research Service of the US Dept. of Agriculture in Albany, CA, saying, “With the increasing demand for healthy snacks, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... additional 300 exhibitors of equipment in the food, beverage, dairy, and snack food industries. Registration is available on-line at packexpo.com. For more information, contact show sponsor Packaging ...

All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology

(Magazine)

June 29, 2001, ... lot pouches for cookies, snacks, dog foods, dog treats. We make back-seam bags, the plastic bags with coffee in them. We make a lot of those with the valve on them. We make a lot of agricultural bags, ...

Trends in Flexible Packaging Markets: Two Different Views

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May 31, 2001, ... evalute trends. Based on replies from some of its members, FPA names fresh produce the top market for growth by 2005, followed closely by drugs, medical/surgical, pet food, and snacks. Let's analyze ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... will demonstrate. When packaging crispy snack foods such as potato chips, consumer product companies usually will use a package that is itself stiff and has very little softness. A laminate for such ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2000, ...  MISSION, KS, USA—Packaging Products Corp. (PPC) converts a variety of films and laminates for snack foods, bakery products, candy, and beverages. The company recently installed an eight-color Infiniti ...

Materials

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, New from: AdLamCo. Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., Kraton Polymers, Metallized Products Inc., Proma Technologies, Russell-Field Paper Co., Rohm and Haas Co., Sun Chemical Ink, and Unifoil Corp. Holographic Paper ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ...  Web site: blkclawson.com Markets: Beverages, frozen foods, health/beauty, magnetic media, meat/poultry, medical/pharmaceutical, photographic/graphic arts, sanitary/disposables, snacks, industrial ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... arts, sanitary/disposables, snacks, industrial Services: Corona/surface treating of all substrates Substrates: Film, foil, foam, paper, paperboard, nonwoven, tissue, to 1Ú4 in. Coating processes: Corona ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... director is Don Carli, president of Nima Hunter. For more information contact NPES, 1899 Preston White Dr., Reston, VA 20191; 703/264-7200; npes.org Convenience Drives Snack Food Sales ALEXANDRIA, ...

Technology Puts Converter "In-Line" for More Succes

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... such as cookie and cracker bags. Phoenix's most recent press, a six-color, 42-in. machine, was designed specifically to print, laminate, and slit snack bags in-line. Jackson explains that the process ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... industry is being challenged by rising material costs and greater demand for products such as low-fat snacks, which require innovative technologies and substrate combinations to meet packager needs for ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... for polyester film and more than 78% of the revenues for nylon film. Main packaging applications for polyester film include baby food and snack food containers; yogurt pots and candy wrappers; lids ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... of product areas: lawn and garden, industrial, health and beauty, coffee, snack foods, bird seed, pharmaceutical and medical, retort, and more. Bells adds that the company makes the products out of ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... is important to prevent dough from rising prematurely. Dry Foods Graphic appeal is necessary for many markets, especially snacks and candy, since these items often are purchased on impulse. Many require ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... other market segments-snacks, cheese, and confectionery items-began to feature some of the same technologies, especially in the new area of diet-conscious snack food. As the amount of fat in food is reduced, ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... across categories, with healthier products forming the fastest growing category in the supermarket since the beginning of the decade. In fact, reduced- or no-fat items comprised nearly one-quarter of snacks ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, ... Downes, Michigan State Univ. Peter Rigney, publisher of Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER, served as competition moderator. The Package of the Year, Nabsico's Ritz Snack Mix stand-up pouch, was touted by ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... sponsored by the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators, praised new applications for metallization along with the creative incorporation of holograms into packaging for snack foods ...