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- AGI-Shorewood is Formed by Merger
- (Materials)
- January 02, 2012, ... with International Paper to combine their consumer-packaging solutions businesses. As a result, AGI World and Shorewood Packaging have become AGI-Shorewood, said to be one of the largest and most innovative ...
- ERP Systems | The 7 Most Common Disguised Expenses
- (Trends/Management)
- January 02, 2012, ... | www.iqms.com IQMS provides real-time manufacturing, accounting, production monitoring, quality control, supply chain, CRM, and eBusiness solutions to the automotive, medical, packaging, consumer goods ...
- Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain
- (Label/Tape)
- November 10, 2011, ... equipment. Sustainability and recycling initiatives also will be future market drivers. Why Such Emphasis on Post-Consumer Waste? An Vossen, manager of Plarebel, the Belgium national recycling association ...
- Inspection: Lighting the Way
- (Controls)
- August 21, 2011, In the fast-moving consumer goods market, there can be no compromise in quality. It is not merely that a package must have high impact at the point of sale; in pharmaceuticals, tobacco, and some food markets ...
- Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- August 18, 2011, ... variations on the themes evident in the growing consumer segment termed LOHAS (lifestyles of health and sustainability), made up of consumers committed to including health, quality, environmental impact, ...
- Digital Printing: Digital Meets Demands
- (Digital)
- August 16, 2011, ... to print items such as 4-ft pieces. “The Xeikons give us a big competitive edge.” Looking ahead, Roberds acknowledges, “It’s tough to find carton consumers that fit the digital niche, but we’re going ...
- Package Design: Make an Impact
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2011, Pity the poor package designers. Their task is formidable: Create a package that appeals to consumers; is easy to open, yet tamper-resistant; meets all Pity the poor package designers. Their task is formidable: ...
- Meeting Efficiency Challenge
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... in the middle between material suppliers — that pass on continual price increases — and consumer product companies — that treat our converted materials as commodities — has made survival in this industry ...
- Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... prepared foods, toys, music CDs, consumer electronic goods, and computer software. Since packaging is the prime area to which authentication and tamper-evident devices are added, the printing process can ...
- Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing
- (Flexpack)
- January 31, 2011, ... most of 2009 had reflected the downturn in consumer confidence and order books were very thin as companies reduced stocks and inventories to minimize working capital and preserve cash levels. It was ...
- Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE
- (Trends/Management)
- January 31, 2011, ... for Static Control: Kelly Reducing Waste in Engineered Thin Film Material Manufacture Sheila Hamilton, Teknek Tungsten Carbide Tooling for the Paper Converting Using Lasers for Consumer Ease & Freshness: ...
- Optimism Returns
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2010, ... transactions. A significant majority of these transactions involved consumer packaging businesses. Contact him at 312-595-6176 or at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.mesirowfinancial.com. Managing ...
- Tobacco Packaging: The Final Billboard
- (Carton Box)
- November 30, 2010, With marketing communication shifting from traditional to more ethereal channels such as social networking, consumer product goods (CPG) companies are With marketing communication shifting from traditional ...
- Looking South
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... Industrial | Industrial applications for release liners, such as building/construction, HVAC, film casting, envelopes, etc., are dependent on the market for new home starts and office and consumer purchasing ...
- Sitting/Rewinding: A Grand View
- (Slit)
- September 30, 2010, ... K&L's first customer was a battery manufacturer that required slitting rolls of 15-pt chipboard into narrow ribbons for various sizes of consumer batteries. Their Beaver Dam, WI, manufacturing facility ...
- Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2010, ... in the future. This shift on the part of many consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies will affect each of the paper categories to different degrees and could slow or stop recent share declines for paper ...
- Produce Packaging Outlook Reported
- (Trends/Management)
- September 30, 2010, ... consumer spending in a recovering US economy. Packaging demand will be further aided by retailer preferences for display-ready packaging to hold down labor costs and a favorable outlook for fresh-cut, ...
- Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits
- (Coatings)
- September 30, 2010, Consumers are continuously changing their eating and purchasing behavior. A century ago, food was bought fresh and directly from the source the farmer, Consumers are continuously changing their eating ...
- Bag Making: Strength in Numbers
- (Flexpack)
- September 30, 2010, ... other food pouches are expected to average 6%-7% a year. That may not have been considered great during the boom times of the late 1990s, but it's far better than the “flat” growth in most consumer markets, ...
- US Demand For Biodegradable Plastics To Grow 16% Annually Through 2014
- (Flexpack)
- September 09, 2010, ... capacity growth, efforts to reduce pollution and US reliance on petroleum products, and consumer demand for sustainable, environmentally friendly packaging and manufactured goods. Polylactic acid ...