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Converted Flex-Pack to Grow

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July 08, 2006, Demand for converted flexible packaging is expected to increase more than 4%/yr to $14.4 billion in 2009, says a new study from The Freedonia Group. PRESS RELEASE CLEVELAND, OH—Demand for converted ...

Films Face Off

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June 29, 2006, ... cost make it much more economical on a cost-per-unit area ($/MSI) basis. Retort Applications One of the fastest growing applications for flexible packaging is retort, named for the cooking process ...

The 'Herrods' of Buyers Guide

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May 30, 2006, ... this month is no exception. This month’s cover story features Sealed Air’s Cryovac division. Learn from its 50-year experience in the manufacture of quality flexible packaging for fresh foods. Appraise ...

Pouch Power

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May 30, 2006, McCormick launches a line of sauces in microwavable, retorable stand-up pouches from Ampac Flexibles. Retort Pouch McCormick & Co. has launched a line of sauces in microwaveable, retortable stand-up ...

Metallizing Makeover

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March 30, 2006, Celplast reinvents its business model to focus on value-added specialty films. Metallized Films Located 30 minutes from Toronto’s bustling Pearson Intl. Airport is the headquarters and production facility ...

Converting Industry News

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February 27, 2006, ...  ClearForm is the first product to be launched by Alliantz Flexible Packaging, the newly formed joint venture between Rollprint Packaging and Acme Packaging of Singapore. Clean Room Gets a Vacuum ...

First Glance

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October 30, 2005, Innovative packaging from: Ampac Flexibles, Yupo, and IPG Imaging Professionals. Notebooks UP & Running Mark Jensen, founder of Gleukos Inc., is an athlete as well ...

Illustrated Glossary of Printing Now Available

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October 22, 2005, ... as labels, displays, corrugated and folding cartons, flexible packaging, rigid containers (plastics and paperboard), bags, pouches, and multiwall sacks. Terms are arranged in alphabetical order, with ...

Narrow Web New Products

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September 29, 2005, ... Products Div. , Strongsville, OH; 440/878-7260; fasson.com Air Release active labels feature a proprietary design that permits the controlled release of unwanted air or steam from flexible packages. Pouches ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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September 29, 2005, ... beauty aid markets. Kapak’s former president, Gary Bell, is leaving to focus independently on flexible packaging product development. The new management team will be headed by George Thomas, who has ...

Pouch vs. Bottle

(Flexpack)

July 30, 2005, ... CLP Industries, an Israel-based converter of flexible packaging and retortable pouches, has begun marketing a laminate pouch that offers consumers portability and convenience when transporting one of life’s ...

Ampac Completes Kapak Acquisition

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July 25, 2005, Ampac Packaging has completed its acquisition of Kapak Co. PRESS RELEASE CINCINNATI, OH—Ampac Packaging, the diversified flexible packaging company, has completed the acquisition of the balance of Kapak ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, India is booming and nowhere is this more evident than at Flex Industries Ltd., the nation’s largest flex-pack converter. Flexible Packaging The empowerment of women and a culture that prizes education, ...

Converting Industry News

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May 30, 2005, ... is opened, during food preparation, and during consumption. Pliant is a leading producer of value-added films and flexible packaging products for food, beverage, personal care, medical, material handling, ...

Retort Pouch Causes a Stir

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April 29, 2005, Widely hailed as flexible packaging’s "greatest innovation," the retort pouch finally is shedding its exotic image and rapidly becoming a mainline package on the supermarket shelf. Package Converting  ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2005, ... incorporate a flexible lip to enable adjustment of the exit geometry for final flow balancing. Various geometries and cross sections are incorporated to increase or decrease die lip flexibility of cast ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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March 30, 2005, ... Esko-Graphics, Totani, Cham Paper Group, Flexible Materials div. of Bobst, Glenro, TRCM, Fischer & Krecke, Kroenert, Omron Electronics, Pira Intl., Research and Markets, Freedonia Group, and Business Communications ...

Ampac Packaging Acquires Flexicon

(Flexpack)

January 16, 2005, ... flexible packaging materials for the pharmaceutical, medial, healthcare, chemical, food, and industrial markets. The amount was undisclosed. PRESS RELEASE CINCINNATI, OH—Ampac Packaging, a producer ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, Let us take the concept of universality one step further. Is there a universal film for flexible packaging? All converters and package designers know the answer to this question is a resounding no. PLC ...

Wanted: US Markets

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, Many foreign flex-pack converters have asked me to assist them in entering the huge $20 billion US flexible market. I advise them to plan a long-term strategy based on know-how and quality production. ...