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Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

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September 30, 2000, ... n as fast as they want to. But if they can attain a certain goal without sacrificing quality, they're rewarded for it," says Wisinski. The reward surfaces where it counts the most—in their paychecks. Not ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... cellulose acetate from Eastman Chemical. Cards made from this material will bend and flex without breaking and can be polished to a high surface gloss. Precision Polymer Processors, Carbondale, PA, a joint ...

Strong, Versatile Cartons Offer Plenty of Shelf Appeal

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June 30, 2000, ... Awards. A gable top-style carton, created at the company's Fort Wayne, IN, plant for Kellogg's Country Inn Specialties, provided a greatly improved printing surface and increased shelf presence, as well ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

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January 31, 2000, ... to the adhesive. We use a two-side corona treater in this case to treat the untreated surface for adhesive key, while giving the supplied C-treated side a secondary boost for excellent printability. Obviously, ...

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

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October 31, 1996, ... placed upright inside a sealed bell jar with all surfaces exposed. Measured quantities of the solvents were dripped down the sides of the bell jars and soon completely evaporated. These packages remained ...

Foil and potatoes - Aluminum Assn. presents a response.

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July 31, 1996, ... one of those products Americans use regularly without a second thought - and well they should. Recently, however, a rehash of unfounded concerns has resurfaced. An article by Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

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June 30, 1996, ... better appearance. The first in-mold labels consisted of two-side, clay-coated paper. One side had a heat-seal adhesive, and the other side had an inked surface with an overprint coating to provide ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... ethylene vinyl acetate/LLDPE custom blend. The film is extruded, slit, and surface flexo-printed in five colors by Maine, who also adds the zipper attachment, converts the bag, registers the punchout, ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... $70,000 of its product to 16 high schools and colleges. The company also contributes $100,000 annually to the five-year-old Walkingseminar[TM] program at its Advanced Surface Technology Center. The seminars, ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

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July 31, 1995, ... selection of the proper core for a specific application. When examining the core in a system costs analysis, converters should give attention to the core's surface, straightness, moisture content, strength ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

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June 30, 1995, ...  We have only scratched the surface of potential. Voice-activated control systems, wireless network linking, integration with all other press-control systems, closed loop control...the possibilities ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ... components surface mounted? The answers to all of these questions have an impact on reliability and durability and should be high on your list of requirements. Obviously, the construction and quality level ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ...  Standard Melinex 813 is a pretreated PET film offering improved surface adhesion for inks and adhesive laminations. It's favored by many food packagers and converters over other films both PET and non-PET, ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... to secure a clean smooth finish to the surface. Printpack Inc. As the first super premium ice-cream novelty to shed its folding carton, Ben & Jerry's Peace Pops make a strong statement for source ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... e. Because the PVOH layer is very smooth, we think you can get a much brighter-looking film. Converters can print on the PVOH surface, if they want to, using a solventborne ink. Rhone Poulenc is the o ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

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February 28, 1995, Legislative activity on the state level for environmental issues relating to flexible packaging continued to surface during 1995, however, no major legislation Legislative activity on the state level for ...