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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, ...

Plants for Pretzels

(First Glance)

April 30, 2010, ... properties, the film was laminated to another plant-based plastic layer that incorporates a thin metallized layer. A bright yellow graphic on the corner helps differentiate the bag on the shelf and directs ...

Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 28, 2010, ... to enter the die from the outside, so the carbon comes from either the resin itself or the extrusion manufacturing process. In my experience, it is usually the latter of these two possibilities. While ...

Harper Experts Available at FTA's Info*Flex Exhibitio

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2010, ... for May 3–4, Info*Flex has grown the past three decades into one of the most recognized, best attended networking opportunities in North America for those doing business in the package printing and in-line ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... delivers the convenience needed by today's “grab-n-go” lifestyles. Coupled with a broad range of materials and converting properties, flexible packaging creates the recognition brand owners want and consumers ...

Board Has Many Green Features

(Carton Box)

March 31, 2010, Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging applications, has barrier properties for oils, fatty acids, and moisture. Mineral-based layer is Earthboard, now engineered for use in food packaging ...

Pilot Coating: Coater Clone

(Coating/Laminating)

March 31, 2010, ... of high-performance labels and signs, safety devices, printing systems, and software, has 7,000 employees, 100 facilities in 35 countries, and annual sales of $1.2 billion. But sales manager Eric Maercklein ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ...  Brilliant silver film acts as a base for the final rich gold background color and holographic stamping. Of special note was the precise registered embossing of the holographic “jewels.” Family Ties ...

Riding the Rails

(Web Handling)

March 31, 2010, ... it works now is perfect,” Keckhaver said. “We just take the cradle off and reuse the pallet. We often ship material to our other facilities for converting. When the product is returned here to Green Bay, ...