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- Economic Forecast: More of the Same, Unless...
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- December 31, 1995, ... expected to receive in February or March didn't arrive until May, and that cut into discretionary consumer spending, especially on big-ticket items like cars. Those three factors cut very sharply into consumer ...
- Opportunities abound in an emerging Indian market
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- December 31, 1995, ... in the field of converting technology today may be India's growing market for flexible packaging. Consumers in that country are stretching the current capabilities of manufacturers by demanding more packaged ...
- Voluntary environmental standards are on the way
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- August 31, 1995, ... of corporate citizens. The corresponding benefits to be gained from this process, say these proponents, include the fostering of good public relations and community and consumer support, the simplification ...
- Recycled paperboard mfrs. unite to promote usage.
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- July 31, 1995, Fourteen leading US manufacturers of recycled paperboard have responded to increasing consumer demand for 100% recycled paperboard and booming production Fourteen leading US manufacturers of recycled paperboard ...
- Recovered materials content guidelines for packaging change.
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- July 31, 1995, ... question for paper products is fiber, which can be derived from wood, textile or agricultural products. EPA has defined "recovered materials" to include both preconsumer (prior to its intended end use) ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
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- July 31, 1995, ... reduction is a major concern for leading consumer product companies - smaller packages and thinner gauges of materials. The challenge is to produce lower-gauge materials but still deliver the performance ...
- Building quality into the web printing process
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- April 30, 1995, ... software failure. Most of the lower priced systems on the market today don't do this, but rather employ consumer-grade personal-computer chassis, electronics and hard drive to store and manipulate the data. ...
- Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible
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- March 31, 1995, ... new markets to flexible packaging, and delivered innovations to the consumer, distribution, institutional, and scientific marketplaces. The winners, listed alphabetically by Converter company, are: ...
- Company develops line of cost-saving packaging
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- March 31, 1995, ... and consumer. Hargro Packaging's, Boyertown, PA, plant had a request from one of its customers, who supplies the private-label diaper market, to develop these high-performance compression diaper bags ...
- Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL
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- March 31, 1995, ... Inc., Minneapolis, MN, with substrate supplied by Dayton, Smith and Associates, Excelsior, MN. Anagram wanted to create a "fun product that would appeal to a fun-loving group of consumers." The initial ...
- Investment to help growth for converter
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- February 28, 1995, ... WA. They manufacture and convert flexible-packaging films for consumer products companies who package fresh and frozen vegetables, disposable diapers, snack foods, paper towels and bathroom tissue. ...
- Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry
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- February 28, 1995, ... The new company is the former industrial division of the original MPI, while its consumer products division became a different company. Weisman had been a director and consultant to MPI. "Polyester film ...
- AIMCAL selects 3 finalists for technology award
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- February 28, 1995, ... has been incorporated into a microwave browning and crisping bag sold direct to consumers via direct-response television. It's being marketed to other converters and food companies. "This new technology ...
- Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.
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- February 28, 1995, ... effects can be achieved. Add the mixture of translucent and opaque areas of printing and the end result is something unique to secure a product or catch the eye of a consumer." A key consideration is ...
- Latin American industry remains untapped market
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- February 28, 1995, ... and competitive. Consumer demand is still high and because of the peso devaluation, it's anticipated more worldwide firms will be looking at greenfield expansion or joint-venture possibilities. Many ...
- Dutch converter expands in worldwide flex-pack market
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- January 31, 1995, ... BT acquired the flexible-consumer packaging activities of Stone Container Corp. These packaging activities have been integrated with those of Sengewald USA, Marengo, IL. Since 1988, this KNP BT company ...
- Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995
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- January 31, 1995, ... unless all short-term rates go sharply higher. And, they're going to," he said. "To slow us down, consumer spending must be reduced to offset the influence of capital spending and exports. The economy ...
- Direct-mail group introduces green stewardship challenge
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- December 31, 1994, ... and to send a confidential survey of their findings to an independent research firm. DMA members include marketers from consumer and business-to-business segments, the service industries that support ...
- Czech exhibition offers look at Eastern European market
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- December 31, 1994, ... and consumer-sack industries. P+P '94 reflected newly found interest now influencing the packaging of the former Socialist Bloc. All the exhibitors I spoke to, from glass bottle manufacturers to plastic ...