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A Problem Solver's Solutio

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2004, ... Flexicon's custom-engineered laminations and converted products for the medical and pharmaceutical arena, the converter's 70-person-strong workforce manufactures packaging for the growing “wet wipes” (nonwoven, ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... the workforce at Bosch Rexroth Korea to 130. Industry Studies A Look at the European PE Market BRISTOL, UK—PE film extruders are increasing in size as a result of market growth combined with restructuring ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... son, Lance, now runs Valley (with the close counsel of his father), leading a workforce of 55. PFFC covered Valley Packaging in July 2001. Read that story at pffc-online.com/mag/paper_zipped_hardtobeat_valley. ...

Norampac Inc. Acquires Johnson Corrugated Products Corp.

(Archive)

April 19, 2004, ... Providence, RI, USA. Norampac's release about the buy reports the Johnson facility has an annual capacity of more than 750 million sq ft and a workforce of about 100 employees. States Norampac president ...

Smurfit-Stone Reports Q4 Loss; Widens from Same Time Last Year

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2004, ... and cost reduction initiatives. The rationalization process will result in a total workforce reduction of approximately 1,400 employees and projected savings of $140 million on an annualized basis.  ...

Considering China, Part II

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... in public opinion. “If you look at the total employment at universities and lawyers in the United States today, it amounts to 20 percent of the entire manufacturing workforce. And so what you have is an ...

Green Bay Packaging Folding Carton Div. Achieves 10 Yrs with No Lost-Time Accidents

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2003, ... Bay Packaging's folding carton division workforce. "This is their award," he says. "I'm very proud to be associated with these employees." The company hosted a formal awards ceremony late this summer, ...

Slow-Recovering Economy, Imports Cause Stora Enso NA to Cut Jobs

(News | New Products)

September 03, 2003, ... Stora says the new program includes a reduction in Stora Enso NA's total workforce of about 12%, or 700 employees by mid 2005, which the company adds, by then, the program "will have its full financial impact ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... mill will reduce their workforces by 40 positions as officials reorganize the mills' work process. The cuts will come from the mills' production and maintenance areas and are effective immediately.  ...

Tequity Takes Over Lemo

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2003, ... AG. Lemo specializes in the production of plastic film welding machinery used in making carrier bags, sacks, and pouches, according to the co. It has a workforce of 200 and in 2003, generated sales ...

Industry Comes Together to Fund High School FFTA Flexo

(News | New Products)

April 22, 2003, ...  comforting and a very positive sign to see industry and education working together to strengthen America through building an educated workforce," says Cisternino. "We are proud the FFTA members Harper ...

Filtration Transformation

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... with a full-time workforce of six and a part-time staff of three. “Think about our production in terms of a glue gun,” describes Kraus, “except on an industrial scale. Instead of having a gun that puts ...

From Concept to Completion

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... be performed on low-cost, widely available equipment with a large workforce of skilled operators. The model is based on a “never convert/always link” concept, which means packaging graphic data can remain ...

Blue Ridge Paper to Close Jersey DairyPak Packaging Operation

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2003, ... division, "We are deeply saddened by the thought of losing the entire workforce of Morristown, and this closure in no way reflects negatively on the quality, work ethic, and abilities of this group of long ...

SPI Study Ranks Plastics Industry 4th Largest in US

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2003, ... were employed by plastics industry upstream suppliers, which brought the employment impact to nearly 2.4 million—about two percent of the US workforce. The 20, 562 plastics industry establishments operating ...

EUROMAP Surveys Converting/Flexo: Data on European Plastics/Rubber Industry Now Available

(News | New Products)

December 26, 2002, ... France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, EUROMAP reports, for the first time ever, its releasing data on the number of operations, workforce, and production volumes of the European ...

An Uplifting Experience

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2002, ... making — with a workforce that openly pushes for less work and more play — and still stay in business? Well, there are a few things that were obvious to me as an outside observer: Merrill for one. I ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... of Jagenberg Querschneider GmbH in Neuss, including the American sub. Jagenberg Converting, based in Enfield, CT, as well as the entire 133-person workforce. The company continues operations at the ...

What's Ahead for Bagmakers

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... in Asia and other areas with low workforce costs make a further impact on flexible packaging production in Europe. The Challenges But what does all this mean for plastic film bagmaking? First of ...

1940s

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... women take their place as the power behind America’s workforce. Radio takes over American culture, as radio programs become family fare, and Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore are the musical celebrities of ...