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Innovations in E-Commerce: Converter Benefits

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ...  a problem. Hordes of companies with similar preferences are outsourcing on-line contest creation and maintenance to companies like ePrize (eprize.net). Essentially, ePrize offers turnkey sweepstakes product ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... Laminations, Longview Fibre, Lovejoy, Nipson America, Outsourcing Services Group, Packaging Dept., PAF, Plassein, Pomco Graphic Arts, Raflatac, Roosevelt Paper, SICPA North America, Smyth Cos. Inc., Sonoco, ...

Tufco Sales Up 2.1 MIL from Q2 This Year

(News | New Products)

August 06, 2002, ...  number-one specialty nonwovens products outsourcing partner. The company adds its flexo printing is going gangbusters too. "Our Windmoeller & Hoelscher flexographic printing press is at full capacity.  ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 8

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... manufacturing industries. And we continue to see strong activity in this arena around enterprise sourcing initiatives, auctions, and supplier-consolidation programs. In a recent Raine survey, over 65% ...

Our Newest Rivals

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, Squeezed profit margins, downsized print buyers, and single sourcing -- this potent combination is turning general commercial printers into... Our Newest Rivals. It's a fact: The general commercial printing ...

Internet and Catalog Orders to Boost Protective Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 11, 2002, ... role played by distribution networks in the marketing and sale of protective products and services as well as the proliferating free-trade agreements that are promoting greater global outsourcing activity, ...

Protective Packaging Study Says Demand to Expand Due to E-Commerce

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2002, ... and sale of protective products and services, and proliferating free-trade agreements that are promoting greater global outsourcing activity. Best opportunities are anticipated for inflatable bags, bubble ...

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

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April 30, 2002, ... are striving to reduce costs. Some are sourcing staple (low-margin) products for their home markets from a new overseas partner or acquisition. Middle-tier and larger regional flexible packaging groups ...

Disc Is the Package

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... Group was formed to create and implement new technology, and this brought about a new type of outsourcing, which is common in many industries,” reports Univenture, “wherein Univenture manufactures, installs, ...

Diverse Products Meet Many High-End Needs

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... structures. Otherwise, if you want, for example, a color metallized film with a pressure-sensitive and liner, you have to work with several companies, or the company would be sourcing materials from other ...

Converters See Hurdles Ahead in Digital Printing

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January 31, 2000, ...  versus outsourcing to somebody who has already made that investment. So there's a place for outsourcing, but you do lose control." -- Marketing Director, Tapes, Labels, and Tags There are still mor ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... supply chain, it's virtually impossible. This is the strength that is offered by an integrated solution. Sourcing an ERP Solution Once a converter is ready to implement an ERP solution, the key question ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... some cases, reduce them. Being a low-cost producer of microwave popcorn rollstock, we have been working closely with companies like Himac to reduce costs in ways that include downgauging and sourcing low-cost ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... 400 people and have a total of about 300,000 sq ft of manufacturing floor space. Walle's Ship Comes In Keeney credits his father and chairman of the board, Cecil Keeney, as the architect of the insourcing ...

Downsizing reversal?

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... many of which are outsourcing various business functions to their smaller suppliers. These midsize companies are building or acquiring new facilities and, as a result, need to hire new production workers ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... available, only one, H.B. Fuller, St. Paul, responded with a "can-do" attitude in promising to develop the proper product and sourcing the right adhesive proportioning system. Fuller immediately went to ...