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Barrier Wanted

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... will bring onstream new, higher-value and higher-margin products. This is a strong, active sector of the converting market. It offers good opportunities for profitable business — not just in the world' ...

New Green Company

(Green Converting)

December 31, 2007, ... the packaging value chain, including raw material suppliers, converters, contract packagers, brand owners, retailers, machinery manufacturers, logistics providers, trade associations, government and nongovernment ...

Medley of Media Announcements

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, ... to work with the mantra: I saved it so it must be used! Unlike my closet, the difference here is that this medley of media announcements carries value and each is recent. Let's tackle these subjects ...

Global Sleeve Label Market and Technology Review

(Tapes)

October 31, 2007, ... in label materials, adhesives, ink systems, origination, and printing technologies. These developments have impacted every step of the value chain, and have contributed to fresh concepts and new approaches ...

Release Liner Special Report, Part 1

(Tapes)

October 31, 2007, ... liner has no place. The Good News It is not, however, all bad news for release liner manufacturers in market terms. Their high-performance, high-value products are still at the heart of the p-s label ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... showed much better values than one would expect from its density. Troubleshooting The Film Extrusion Process: The Principles Involved by George W. Ealer, Polyfect, Inc. APPLICATION: Although equipment ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... the macro pressures on the European packaging industry. The value chain is complex, involving a variety of supply sources—raw materials and chemicals, coating and lamination, conversion—and end-users. ...

Be A Good Citizen

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... pickups within a small geographic area. TRUCS also helps determine the value and status of return loads of packaging and containers, allowing for quick reprocessing and remediation of shipping materials, ...

A Smarter Future for Labels

(Tapes)

August 31, 2007, ... Converters A whole new world is developing for label converters. Forget just competing on price to produce multi-color labels. Think about the opportunities to produce added-value labels that eliminate ...

Labeling Markets South American Market Study & Sourcebook 2007

(Archive)

August 14, 2007, ... markets and market trends. The major labeling technologies are described in detail, with AWA value chain diagrams provided for the leading pressure-sensitive and glue-applied label formats. Market sizes ...

Track & Trace

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... developments are aimed at eliminating the silicon chip to achieve so-called chipless RFID labels. The 0.1-1.0 cent RFID tag will be required in order to roll out RFID label technology to lower-value, ...

Working Undercover

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... “policing” their manufacturing and distribution chain but at the single-item level via a product’s packaging and particularly its label. With most brand owners in the high-value goods sector choosing ...

Up to the Task

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... a distinctive, brushed-metal look for brand identification and warning/instructional labels. Includes Value, Better, and Supreme products for a range of needs. Backed with either a 50# kraft roll liner ...

Cut to the Quick

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... to give the company greater control over its business activities and add value to its commercial offerings. That decision was not without risk. “We had no real experience in slitting and rewinding,” ...

AWA Publishes Vacuum Coated Papers & Films Sourcebook

(Archive)

June 16, 2007, ... value chain analysis by key areas, vacuum coated product market AWAreness trends, and a review of technology developments and new application opportunities. It details papers and films that are vacuum ...

Intl. Conference on Specialty Papers

(Archive)

May 05, 2007, ... as well as the issues faced by producers across the value chain. The introductory session will set specialty papers in the context of the overall paper market, and will feature the conference keynote speech ...

Cradle 2 Cradle

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... the business value of designing products for sustainability. These business values include such benefits as tangible social responsibility; improved reputation; reduced liability, risk, and regulatory ...

10 Inlay Mfrs. Choose TI Silicon

(Archive)

March 24, 2007, ... help deter theft in the supply chain and ultimately protect brand value. TI’s HF-I silicon enables UPM Raflatac to produce a tag that is small enough to accommodate the range of product shapes and sizes ...

East Beats West

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... growth has been very small in value terms in the past five years, all other regions of the world have experienced solid growth, ranging from around 4%/yr in North America to about 7% in Asia Pacific and ...

AWA Publishes P-S Outlook

(Archive)

February 13, 2007, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has published the North American Pressure-Sensitive Graphic Arts Film Market Outlook 2006. PRESS RELEASE AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLAND—AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has published ...