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- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- January 30, 2004, ... and consumer product companies and converters will share their experiences and offer insight on why and how their companies moved to UV/EB. Among those on the schedule are M&M/Mars, E&K Gallo Winery, Microsoft, ...
- Products and Materials
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2003, ... Alto, CA; 650/857-1501; hp.com Based on Electroink technology, an invisible security ink is said to increase protection of consumers and businesses on a wide variety of printed materials, pharmaceutical ...
- PFFC Moves 'Uptown
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2003, ... director Jay Gorga left the company in November. McDermott and Gorga left to launch a new trade show in the consumer cosmetics industry while Nadolske left to pursue other opportunities. PFFC wishes everyone ...
- Coming to America
- (Folding Cartons)
- November 30, 2003, ... fully enclosed packaging, open-basket carriers, and top bridges for bottles — that serve several markets including beer and beverages, consumer goods, specialty packaging, confectionery, and tobacco. ...
- Materials
- (Materials)
- November 29, 2003, ... consumer electronics; and hardware. Tear-proof foldover board is reported to be economical and to allow packagers to run their equipment more efficiently due to shorter dwell times and lower temperatures ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2003, ... variables is crucial, as are careful press fingerprinting and attention to graphic layout. Consumers want a quality product and one that fits their décor. Demands are for three- and four-color process ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2003, ... brand marketers, consumer goods package designers, and printers with an easy, inexpensive way to produce package prototypes for test marketing and presentations. Images are printed directly on the media ...
- Freedonia Group Nonwovens Report Forecasts Demand Hikes thru 2007
- (Disposables)
- October 26, 2003, ... 2002, with a 64-percent share. Disposable consumer products—which primarily include baby diapers, adult incontinence and feminine hygiene products, and wipes—was the largest market for nonwovens in 2002. ...
- Appleton Launches MoistureBloc, Moisture Vapor Barrier for Folding Carton Packaging
- (Folding Cartons)
- October 19, 2003, Appleton reports it has launched MoistureBloc folding carton barrier packaging, "a substrate engineered to provide superior protection from moisture vapor damage for consumer dry goods like detergents, ...
- Meeting the Need
- (Materials)
- September 30, 2003, ... PET is said to withstand brewery conditions, such as pasteurization, and to offer stiffness that allows it to be removed easily by the consumer. FLEXcon; flexcon.com PFFC-ASAP 319 The brightness level ...
- Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch to Develop Software That Cuts Packaging Cycle Time
- (News | New Products)
- September 11, 2003, ... final packaging materials, incorporating all critical steps in-between." Esko says, "The joint product development effort will help consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and the creative-services industry ...
- Considering China
- (Magazine)
- August 31, 2003, ... — probably would agree. But would it be enough? Not likely, as Young also points out, because most of the damage is done already. “We have pretty much ceded all the manufacturing of small consumer items ...
- Let's Talk Trend
- (Tapes)
- August 28, 2003, ... the effects of which still linger throughout the overall economy. As a result, the last few years have seen less demand for consumer products — and fewer labels needed to accompany them. When the Tag ...
- An American Success: Unifoil Honors 25-Year Company Vet Joseph Funicelli
- (News | New Products)
- August 24, 2003, ... Unifoil Corporation into an innovative, award-winning company that produces eye-catching foils, films and holographic materials for prestigious consumer goods manufacturers. "Joe Funicelli is Unifoil ...
- Active Packaging
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2003, ... flexible and rigid plastic containers, pouches, cartons, blister packs, cans, sachets — all these and many other options are in use today. The fast-moving consumer goods manufacturers know their markets ...
- European Meeting Presents Large Technical Program
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2003, ... With Innovative Adhesives” was the title of a talk by Hermann Onusseit of Henkel KGAA. He noted that consumers are demanding more and better information about products they buy. A trend therefore exists ...
- First Quarter Performance Mixed
- (News | New Products)
- May 01, 2003, ... L. Wambold, Pactiv's chairman and CEO. Pactiv, a $2.9 billion company, is a leading provider of advanced packaging solutions for the consumer, foodservice/food packaging, and protective/flexible packaging ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... technology, and consumer packaged goods, is designing the critical elements and creating global standards for the next-generation bar code—called the EPC Network. EPC is an evolution of the traditional ...
- As Good as It Gets: PPC Awards
- (Folding Cartons)
- March 31, 2003, ... are able to fit into a case and pallet, thereby reducing shipping and warehousing cost. One judge comments, "From a consumer’s perspective, one of the best handles I’ve ever seen." A second judge adds, ...
- Think Lean
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... waste will shorten the time between order placement and product delivery and deliver a healthier bottom line. With “convenience” being the mantra of today's consumer, the flexible packaging industry ...