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- Tobacco Packaging: The Final Billboard
- (Carton Box)
- November 30, 2010, ... usage of health warnings and explicit graphics on tobacco products also has reduced billboard opportunities on the package itself (see sidebar). This creates a challenge not unlike that facing CPG companies ...
- Materials Substrates: Building Blocks
- (Flexpack)
- November 30, 2010, ... Based on Clearfoil barrier-coated PET, plus an aggressive sealant, structure enables high-speed sealing. Oxygen barriers available to 0.0008 cc/100 in.2/24 hr, and moisture barrier properties to 0.0008 ...
- DuPont Aims to Seal Customer Loyalty
- (Flexpack)
- November 30, 2010, ... foil adhesion — eliminates tie layer Has clarity to show off product Thermoforms well Provides downgauging potential Morris discussed DuPont's Interactive Value Analysis Model, a software tool available ...
- ISO Poly Films Installs 8th W&H Film Line
- (Flexpack News)
- November 03, 2010, ... capability. ISO Poly’s president Jon McClure comments, “With Sigma Plastics Group support, we have been able to continue our aggressive growth plans and make significant investment to increase our capabilities ...
- Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2010, ... and paper grade. In summary, the study shows that the majority of packaging paper applications receive one or more surface enhancements (in addition to package forming) providing ample opportunities for ...
- Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 30, 2010, ... and upgrading existing lines. There appeared to be minimal return on investment for laboratory developmental facilities. In addition, no effective alternatives were available. The standard laboratory ...
- Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits
- (Coatings)
- September 30, 2010, ... can provide these necessary barriers and protect and preserve our food, but all have their specific properties. Glass is transparent and is an excellent barrier material, but it's less good against light, ...
- Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy
- (Flexpack)
- August 31, 2010, ... for liquid packaging and form/fill/seal applications. Converting capabilities include stand-up and quad-seal pouches, slider zipper and Inno-Lok bags, and a large variety of heavy-duty shipping sacks. ...
- Appleton Papers Sells Performance Packaging Division
- (Trends/Management)
- August 03, 2010, ... facilities located in Rhinelander, WI, Milton, WI and Turners Falls, MA. Appleton Performance Packaging will be renamed NEX Performance Films Inc. and will be owned by Mason Wells, current management and ...
- Pressure-Sensitive Coating: Ready & Able
- (Label/Tape)
- July 31, 2010, ... Westbrook, ME, variable information p-s facilities for what Guzzetti says was an inflated price of $53 million. Making matters worse, Spinnaker Coating was the largest supplier of p-s stock for th ...
- You Get What You Pay For, Part 2
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- July 27, 2010, ... in Code of Federal Regulations, 21USC351. Basically, the film supplier should know which lot of resin went into each roll of film, who made the film, conditions used to make the film, properties of that ...
- Slitting/Rewinding: Platinum Packaging Selects Elite Cameron
- (Slit News)
- July 08, 2010, ... equipment; they are competitively priced with all the facilities a customer requires to compete in the market today. Short run, quick turnaround orders are achieved for customers that hold minimal inventory ...
- Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded
- (Print)
- June 30, 2010, ... the converting industry that ultimately delivers the functional side of the anti-counterfeiting equation. This is an area that offers real opportunities for developing profitable converter business today. ...
- M&A Conference Looks at Packaging Consolidation
- (News | New Products)
- June 15, 2010, ... & Acquisitions Executive Forum—Resin and Fiber-Based Packaging, Coating, and Converting Conference” was held June 8 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. The conference was sponsored by Wells Fargo Securities ...
- Danafilms Doubles Facility & Capacity
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, ... the new line before year end. Aaron LaPoint, coextrusion technical manager, says, “With a seven-layer coextrusion, we can provide very precise properties in the most cost-effective configuration possible. ...
- Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference
- (Trends/Management)
- May 31, 2010, ... as well. While everyone enjoyed the networking opportunities that included golf outings and dinners, the true draw for the event was the quality speakers and research they presented. The event boasted ...
- Slitting Nonwovens: A Slit Decision
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, ... various densities, thicknesses, and synthetic blends, such as polyester; polypropylene; polyamide nylon 6 and 6,6; acrylic; viscose; polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl acetate; modacrylic; and low melt. NWS can ...
- Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference
- (News | New Products)
- May 05, 2010, ... not only suppliers but an increased number of brand managers and converters as well. While everyone enjoyed the networking opportunities that included golf outings and dinners, the true draw for the event ...
- Trends in technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 30, 2010, ... processing The development of flame, electrical-discharge, and plasma technology to modify substrate properties, leading to improvements in adhesion, product performance, and coating quality by improving ...
- A future for photovoltaics
- (Metallizing)
- April 30, 2010, ... properties are now much better understood. The effect of substrate quality on the barrier performance leads to the development of higher-performance substrates that have been heat stabilized, cleaned, ...