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Carton Zips Open & Close

(News Eclips)

December 21, 2009, ... stand-up pouches and canisters. According to T.H.E.M. CEO, Neil Kozarsky, “This unique package responds to the critical need for better cube utilization, allowing more product to be shipped and displayed ...

Time To Say Goodbye

(Process Management)

November 30, 2009, ... in the package. There are very few retention standards established by consumer product companies, so in effect, converters have to decide on their own standards, testing methods, testing equipment, and ...

Henkel Launches Water-Based Heatseal for Recycled PET at PRINT 09

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2009, Henkel introduces new Latiseal B7707AR at PRINT O9. This water-based heatseal provides perfectly bonded recycled rPET blister packages and does not crystallize over time, the company reports. BRIDGEWATER, ...

Eco Fiction

(Substrates)

August 31, 2009, ... are working actively on upfront design for improved product-to-package ratios and increased bulk packaging, even removing some intermediate packaging elements. Source Reduction | This is potentially more ...

Narrow Web & Label

(Narrow Web)

June 30, 2009, ... 360 x 360 dpi and a 60-mpm production speed, press is said to provide efficient and economical single-pass inkjet printing of primary and secondary packages, labels, tags, and other applications. Atlantic ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200

(New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... properties in a pressurized sample chamber, said to reduce edge effects and potential contamination and improve repeatability. Software package allows users to create their own testing protocol, selecting ...

What's Ne

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2009, ... web-fed flexo and gravure environments. Can be incorporated with anti-counterfeiting features and is said to be environmentally friendly if used with UV inks and coatings. Can make packages more recyclable ...

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

(Archive)

January 28, 2009, ... they become increasingly green conscious and energy policy has become a major political issue. The converting industry and CPGs [consumer packaged goods companies] are critical to sustainability’s success, ...

Tune Up Your People

(Process Management)

October 31, 2008, ... output. Presses can be set up with alternate substrates and equipment for use as a virtual diagnostic and training program. In addition, custom-designed software packages allow the student to interactively ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... also acts as a functional barrier between the ink layers and the packaged goods. The functional barrier can prevent migration of species, especially organic materials, water, oxygen, and nitrogen. In ...

Sun Chemical Receives PIA/GATF 2008 InterTech Technology Award

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2008, ... improved color separations, and reduced costs. UV rotary screen white inks have long provided high opacity and brightness for package printing. However, rotary screen printers are restricted to low ...

Web Exclusive: Are Sleeves Ready for Narrow Web?

(Archive)

July 31, 2008, While the number of machines with sleeve technology is growing in label printing, many users still are hesitant about using them. Sleeves became a standard on flexographic presses for package printing ...

Drupa Tour Covers Digital, Color & Proofing

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2008, ... a roll-fed liquid electrophotographic printing (LEP) dual-engine solution that can produce up to 7 million A4 color images/month. For label and package converters, the WS6000 prints seven colors and ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... and set screws. Stafford Mfg. Corp. | 800-695-5551 | www.stafford.com PFFC-ASAP 415 Calibrate Presses to Spec Company reports its CMYK Optimizer now is available in a single package with IDEALink ...

One Step Ahead

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... tools that brand owners use to stand out in the retail environment include compelling graphics printed on attractive substrates, new package shapes, and attention-getting devices such as hang tags and ...

Thomas E. Tyndall

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... and training on specialized graphic art cameras designed for package printing. From there I moved into sales of prepress equipment and finally printing presses. This background gave me experience in packaging ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... packages or tray and F/F/S pouch applications. Digraph Distributes ECRM TEWKSBURY, MA | ECRM reports a distribution agreement with Digraph, Pomezia, Italy. Says Francois Boverat, ECRM’s business ...

Reduce & Comply

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, Going green? Be prepared to face the challenges of today’s complex environmental compliance regulations. Green Converting Sustainable. Renewable. Low carbon. Product-to-package ratio. These are only ...

Scoring the Scorecard

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... supplier number and product SKU, the scorecard requires details about dozens of package-related variables, including product and package weight, number of items sold, testing/product performance results, ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... Donahue acknowledged the skepticism of many consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) regarding the scorecard, at least as far as the Feb. 1, 2008, deadline is concerned. Of 66,000 suppliers to Wal-Mart, ...