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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... IDTechEx, and TAPPI, the program will focus on the most important and significant technologies and applications likely to change brand management and the supply chain during the next ten years. Topics ...

Exercising Environmental Responsibility: Part 1

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... The incumbent has voted against a bill that would have required construction of a new, very expensive treatment plant to reduce the arsenic level in a water supply to a specific level. The response ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ... players active in supplying this market — including the in-house coaters themselves. Global Release Liner Conference 2004 AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. organizes, through AWA Conferences, industry-specific ...

Reporter Clips

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... processes to produce UV and water-based inks, bringing the supply chain closer to the customer. Facilities in Southern California, Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Toronto will continue to provide ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... for reductions in inventories and costs. Such changes in structure force changes in the supply of labels: Innovative packaging and labeling have become key criteria for brands. Reductions ...

A New Attitude

(Corrugated)

August 31, 2003, ... with Specialty Papers Masters Forum Electronic Product Code Early Adoption Strategies Supply Chain Waste Management Roundtable Energy Saving Solutions for Corrugated Box Plants Industry Innovations ...

AIMCAL Tech Vacuum Web Coating Meeting Slated for October

(News | New Products)

August 28, 2003, ... a joint session on managing supply-chain dynamics with presentations on applying the Six Sigma concept to supply-chain interaction; adapative supply-chain networks; and the AIMCAL Coating Defects Dictionary. ...

Mark Andy Offering Supplier Support

(Magazine)

August 28, 2003, ... customers? Being so active in TLMI is one of the best ways for us to find the right solutions for the supply chain.” Mark Andy's early involvement with TLMI was hardly the company's first “first.” Founder ...

Labelexpo Europe: Unparalled Access to Latest Label Trends

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2003, ... It has placed pressure on margins and forced prices down in relative terms. At the same time, more end-users and brand owners look for integrated label and packaging services, backed by supply chain ...

Hello DBS, Good-Bye Jaded Jewel

(Folding Cartons)

July 31, 2003, ... Hugh Cleveland, “To support their growth — in CDs, DVDs, as well as in VHS — QC looked at ways of streamlining their supply chain and controlling their production flow. So they decided to bring their printing ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... BOPP Increases in China OXON, U.K.—According to a new study, planned BOPP capacity increases in China may not have as great an effect on the world supply/demand balance as some expect. PCI Films Consulting, ...

The Big Showdown?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... standards to create a universal, open network for identifying individual products and for tracking them as they flow through the global supply chain. The Auto-ID Center is developing the Electronic ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... if millions of units of the simplest designs are ordered, limiting current usage to higher-priced consumer goods and supply chain management applications. For fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) applications, ...

A Snapshot of Today's European Converting Industr

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... utilization is the reality today. In this market, all material manufacturers can do is to seek new opportunities and design materials — and increasingly — material laminates. Further along the supply ...

Lean Leadership Workshop: Do More for Customers for Less

(News | New Products)

July 20, 2003, ... of waste across an entire organization and supply chain. Overcapacity in the market, the surge of electronic media, and the competitive pricing environment we live in today has increased the demand for ...

A Small Part of Big Performance

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... needs travel back up the supply chain. “Broadly speaking, what's required of a hot melt adhesive is low cost with reliable performance,” he says. “So you have a real high-performance demand that's in contrast ...

Rexam Intros Bulk Drug Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 30, 2003, ... of a robust, secure supply chain to ensure FDA compliance," states Nic Hunt, global pharma business director at Rexam Healthcare Flexibles. "Rexam ensures compliance through dedicated health-care packaging ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... Price compression in second generation polyolefins will occur with the continued encroachment and erosion of low density polyethylene supply and margins,” Williams reports. Christie sees focus on scrap ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... concepts into ‘smart’ inks, printed electronic solutions, and RFID technologies for next-generation intelligent packaging and supply-chain applications." Launches Black Clawson Converting Machinery ...

Appleton Launches Line of Thermal-Transfer Security Papers for On-Demand Labels

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2003, ... announced the development and release of a new line of thermal-transfer label security papers that include its TechMark taggants and Read/Write threads. According to the mfr., the line offers supply-chain ...