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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... businesses. The portfolio itself is printed on the recently reformulated Strathmore Script, offering a range of sustainable choices including 30% and 100% recycled options. The entire line is made using ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... Church, VA, offers a new leaflet on “Foodservice Packaging and the Environment,” addressing issues related to solid waste, litter, recycling, waste-to-energy, and sustainable materials and packaging. For ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... tour of the company’s “systemservice” support call center. An evening keynote speaker, John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations, addressed the importance of sustainable business operations in a packaging ...

Up to the Task

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... PET water bottles, is said to offer label performance with the sustainable packaging advantages of paper. Local production in Stevens Point, WI, reduces supply chain costs. Features a high-fidelity print ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... is made from wood pulp produced from sustainable forestry. Reportedly, it will enhance and protect print quality and finish in a wide range of major packaging market sectors, including perfume, health/beauty ...

TLMI Announces 2007 Technical Conference

(Archive)

March 11, 2007, ... on press, discussing down-gauging trends and printability. Sustainable Packaging: Addressing sustainability issues with your customers, and moves label converters can begin making to address sustainable ...

Peelable PLA for Fresh Produce

(Archive)

March 11, 2007, Amcor Flexibles has been granted the exclusive sales license from Rockwell Solutions Ltd. to market its Sustainable Peelable PLA film for the global fresh produce market. PRESS RELEASE Amcor Flexibles ...

Folding Carton Shows Off

(Carton Box)

February 27, 2007, ... through weight reduction, and occupy less landfill space at the end of the product’s life cycle. A counter argument is that paperboard cartons and corrugated media are made from sustainable natural materials ...

Metallizing Matures

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... PP films for wraparound labels on soft drinks and mineral waters. We are seeing innovative developments in glue-applied film label bases, and the new wave of “sustainable” films, such as polylactic ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... life is necessary. The ideal sustainable package would be made entirely of PLA film and perform exactly as the produce type requires. Compounding this difficult situation is that each type of produce has ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

(Archive)

January 30, 2007, ...  Q. How do you see the market for packaging products shifting? A. The push for sustainable packaging is creating interest in alternative films. A prominent alternate film that the general population ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, ... develop a composting infrastructure. Biodegradable polymer producers have invested in product and process improvements, and consumers and brand owners are beginning to recognize the benefits of sustainable ...

Narrow Web & Lable Reporter

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ...  These shrink sleeves and tamper bands made from Earthfirst PLA are said to offer a plentiful, renewable, sustainable resource. Adds Theresa Sykes, Gilbert's new product manager, “Because PLA is derived ...

Clean Coating

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2006, ... sustainable in light of expected future legislation. The precision coating of engineered films is performed on the web, with any solvent emissions routed into the oxidizer during the drying process ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ...  Paper grade for self-adhesive labeling applications used by breweries is designed for optimal performance in high-speed bottle labeling operations. Company reports product offers a cost-effective, sustainable ...

Profit Squeeze

(Flexpack)

September 29, 2005, ... to unsustainable levels and resulting in company closures. Consolidation As a result of recent structural changes and consolidations, the top ten European converters in 2004 accounted for ,5,158 million, ...

European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... are substituting for many conventional systems today. Modern packaging adhesives fulfill the ideals of “Responsible Care” and “Sustainable Development” and help establish a well-functioning global packaging ...

Neither Boom Nor Bust

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... or exports.” But, he cautions, they can't keep it up indefinitely. “If the economic recovery is to continue, investment and exports must pick up while growth in consumer demand fades to more sustainable ...

Division Conference Offers Varied Program

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... strengths. Conclusion PLA, a new sustainable thermoplastic, brings a unique set of properties to the coating extrusion and packaging markets. The ability to control rheology and polymer architecture ...

Reassessing market brings growth to this converter

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December 31, 1994, ... above the previous year. Neal expects growth of about 23% this year, a rate he feels is sustainable for some time. "Because we're so small we can continue to gear ourselves toward getting a few good customers," ...