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Industry News

(Magazine)

December 13, 2006, ... and e-business services. Banta also provides a wide range of procurement management and other outsourcing capabilities to the world’s largest technology companies. With operations in the United States, ...

Capturing Growth in Paper

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2006, ... come at the expense of paper-based packaging materials to a large extent. The growth in manufacturing outsourcing also has had a negative impact on domestic paper packaging demand, as packaged goods ...

Clean Coating

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2006, ... has led to rising costs in monitoring and updating compliance in manufacturing practices. By outsourcing processes such as coating, responsibility for these issues is transferred to specialist companies ...

If China Were Not To Blame

(PLC Probe)

August 31, 2006, ...  Perhaps India would rise to the role of popular whipping boy. That country already takes considerable blame for much of the job loss due to outsourcing overseas. So we could simply shift responsibility ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... is the increasing customer demand in the wine industry for self-adhesive labels. Until 2000, VollherbstDruck served these customers by outsourcing. However, when demand continued to grow, the company ...

Labelexpo 2006 Conference Program

(Archive)

August 10, 2006, ...  “Low hanging fruit”—opportunities in developing markets Building partnerships—becoming a global player Outsourcing—threats and opportunities Creating leaders and empowering employees Characteristics ...

Labelexpo Revs Up

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... studies 10:30-11:30 A.M. Global label perspective “Low hanging fruit” — opportunities in developing markets Building partnerships — becoming a global player Outsourcing — threats and opportunities ...

Indian Plastic Manufacturer Strikes Alliances

(Archive)

May 14, 2006, PRESS RELEASE Kabra Extrusiontechnik, India's largest manufacturer and exporter of plastic extrusion machinery, will offer equity stakes to Battenfeld Extrusiontechnik and American Maplan Corp., both ...

2005 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ... TI’s EPC Gen 2 products, which are planned for volume production beginning in the third quarter of 2005. April 2005 SAMSys joins Oracle PartnerNetwork to simplify RFID reader sourcing for Oracle ...

Facing a Slowdown

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... trend to global business has been moving more quickly in the last three or four years with the rise of China and the likes of Wal-Mart, Sears, and Kmart getting increasingly big and sourcing more and more ...

Why Isn't Your Slitter Running

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... you could eliminate your slitter by sending material to a contract converter. But be careful—outsourcing the slitting process has expenses of its own that may wipe out any savings. “Why isn’t your slitter ...

Mountain Valley Adds Recycling Capacity

(Archive)

December 14, 2005, ... from Mountain Valley's sourcing partner, NextLife Recycling. NextLife collects and provides Mountain Valley with millions of pounds of post-consumer plastic film each year, with material recovered from ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... deployment of Gen 2 products, such as labels, hardware, and system solutions, to offer multiple sourcing for implementations of RFID around the world. The EPC Gen 2 standard is the newest and most advanced ...

Profit Squeeze

(Flexpack)

September 29, 2005, ... European countries, especially Poland, and sourcing flexible packaging locally. These packagers, who originally used their Central European plants to supply only within the region, now increasingly are ...

More of the 411 on RFID

(Archive)

August 30, 2005, ... market deployment of Gen 2 products, such as labels, hardware, and system solutions, to offer multiple sourcing for implementations of RFID throughout the world. The Univ. of Arkansas formally opened ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... supply chain security by offering the pharmaceutical market the advantage of sourcing identical blister film from two separate production locations. SHOW NEWS A New ICE Show on the Way OBERAUDORF, ...

Myllykoski Sponsors Environmental Workshop

(Archive)

August 09, 2005, ...  VP of national accounts and conference chair, "The Alsip mill was designed with long-term sustainability in mind. By sourcing fiber in the urban forest of Chicago, Alsip diverts waste paper from landfill ...

Global Events & Trends

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... in Western Europe, is becoming more intense. It is clear that overcapacity remains a problem there and increased interest from end-users in sourcing converted products from Turkey and some low-cost Asian ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... reduce packaging design times. GCS also employs flexible labor and leverages IP’s global sourcing capabilities to provide continuous cost reduction. Martin Sells in China ROCKFORD, IL—New installations ...

How to Gain Ground

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, Last December I wrote an editorial about "Finding Our Footing" and asked readers to share their personal experiences regarding jobs lost to China. It was my second request for this information, leading ...