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Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... growing global interest in the reduction of packaging in the waste stream and the reduction in shipping costs through lower packaging weights, flexible packaging is positioned to enjoy strong growth over ...

Special Causes: Enemy or Opportunity?

(Process Management)

November 30, 2008, ... “tweaking” is required, leading to waste of time and materials. In my experience, special cause variation seems to be inevitable, even in the best-run manufacturing operations. That being the case, ...

AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry

(Metallizing)

November 30, 2008, ... waste by securing product integrity and freshness. The program began and ended with two joint sessions that served to unify the diverse but similarly discriminating tastes of both vacuum and web coaters/laminators ...

AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2008, ... healthy environment, and it even can reduce municipal solid waste by securing product integrity and freshness. The program began and ended with two joint sessions that served to unify the diverse but ...

Pregis Dedicated To Sustainability

(News Clips Archive)

October 31, 2008, ... reintroducing it back into the manufacturing process; density reduction programs across all product lines to limit material entering the waste stream; products engineered to maximize packaging efficiency ...

Martin Automatic to Exhibit at CPP/PackExpo

(News | New Products)

October 28, 2008, ... waste. In today’s economy, notes Thomson, converters must look even more closely at waste reduction. “PackExpo has for years been an important show in the packaging industry,” says Craig Thomson, Marketing ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... Labelling, is waste reduction. The CHECKpress has been programmed to measure the density of ink using its greyscale value, and this allows advance warning before ink runs out, which, in turn, saves operator ...

October Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

September 30, 2008, ... control of waste. Manufactured by RTC Technologies, Scrap Trakker is an automated system that replaces the manual process of collecting scrap data on the plant floor and significantly improves data accuracy, ...

Earth-Friendly Print

(Print)

August 31, 2008, ... savings in terms of faster startups, waste reduction, and efficient job operations. Sharing approaches and experiences is helping to propel individual companies forward. Ink suppliers also can help ...

New Product Digest

(New Products)

August 31, 2008, ... minutes, units reportedly can make package production more profitable by reducing labor costs, makeready times, and start-up waste. Visit booth 5924. Muller Martini | 631-582-4343 | www.mullermartini.com ...

Cleaning at the Cutting Edge

(News | New Products)

August 17, 2008, ... the boundary layer to remove particles down to the micron level, reportedly minimizing material waste and machine downtime for cleaning, while improving throughput and product yield. Company's contact ...

Predators Team with Smurfit-Stone to Go Green

(News Eclips)

August 12, 2008, The Nashville Predators, the Sommet Ctr. where the team plays, and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. are partnering to encourage recycling and waste reduction throughout the facility NASHVILLE, TN | The Nashville ...

Green Gravure

(Gravure)

July 31, 2008, ... equipped with an Autotron Packaging 2600 register guidance system from Quadtech. The Autotron 2600 is designed for maximum quality, flexibility, and waste reduction. It incorporates an expanded selection ...

A Golden Opportunity

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2008, ... How are they transported? What about waste handling and reduction? Other topics in this session included substrate sustainability, solvent recovery/recycling, and cube utilization. Tuesday also featured ...

ACC Owners

(Experience Speaks)

June 30, 2008, ... person. What sustainability efforts has your company made? Mark | One of the biggest things we've done is a dramatic reduction of waste going to landfill. Now it goes to a recycling facility. Other ...

Roll Stock Inventory Control for Paperboard Industry

(News Eclips)

June 15, 2008, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA | VantagePoint Systems announces advanced software features for its Roll Stock Inventory Control Module VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA | VantagePoint Systems announces advanced software features ...

A Look at the North American Label Market Today

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... responsibility and waste management issues are impacting the growth of p-s labels negatively, with state and federal government legislation now beginning to control the use and disposal of packaging materials ...

Film- and Foil-Free Materials Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... notes that Unifoil’s recyclable packaging and printing papers and boards can be made from recycled post-consumer waste, which helps further reduce a company’s carbon footprint and makes them even more ...

DuPont Awards Recognize Packaging Innovation

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... improved transport efficiency and energy conservation while retaining brand appeal. Reducing food waste with a new approach for single-serve ambient food packaging. Reducing energy usage in the manufacturing ...

Coating Provides Superior Printing of Plastic on HP Indigo Presses

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, CINCINNATI, OH | Michelman and Utopia Digital Technologies have teamed up to develop an advanced printing surface designed to enhance the printing of polymer and plastic media on HP Indigo presses. CINCINNATI, ...