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- Pack Expo in Chicago: Online Discount for Those That Pre-Register
- (News | New Products)
- April 04, 2002, Slated for November 3–7, 2002, Pack Expo will be held in conjunction with the International Expo for Food Processors (IEFP) at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, USA. ARLINGTON, VA , USA—The Packaging Manufacturers ...
- A Day in the Lives of Some Very Smart Packages
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- March 31, 2002, ... other to see if they met the requirements of the recipes the household previously indicated it would prepare for the next few days. The bread packages and peanut butter containers always experienced a ...
- New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry
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- March 31, 2002, ... to provide a “no-label” look on crystal clear and dark colored containers. Topcoating is said to ensure optimum ink anchorage for a number of different printing methods, including letterpress, flexographic ...
- Every Trick in the Book
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- March 31, 2002, ... with opaque white, to communicate to consumers that this clear finish for wood is ten times more abrasion resistant than competing brands. Labels applied to the containers camouflage the fact the “cans” ...
- Materials
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- February 28, 2002, Products from: AdLamCo, Avery Dennison, Discovery Chemical, DuPont Packaging, Flint Ink, Linpac Plastics Pontivy, Metallized Products, and Toray Plastics. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers PE Films ...
- Overcoats Offer Protection (and You Don't Have to Button Up
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- January 31, 2002, ... necessary in labels for containers that will hold cooking oils, motor oils, ketchup and other condiments, etc. As the properties for an overcoat become more demanding, using a curing system often may be ...
- Products
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- January 31, 2002, ... a PLC with graphic interface from which the press operator can control all print stations at once or individually as needed. Ink and flush containers are said to be readily accessible and offer quick changeover. ...
- Reclosability & Flex-Packs
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- January 31, 2002, ... elevated into new and more expansive markets by the introduction of a wide variety of novel package closures. No longer used solely for rigid containers, bottles, and tubes, the “flex-pack closure” has ...
- The Future of Foil
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- January 31, 2002, ... foil, semi-rigid foil containers, and flexible packaging. Household/institutional foil still accounts for more than 40% of all packaging foil consumption. It is found in more than 90% of all households, ...
- 'Ladies' Night at Smurfi
- (News | New Products)
- January 27, 2002, ... editor of Boxboard Containers International (BCI, sister publication to PFFC), the event highlighted Smurft's C1PC. Beth O’Connor, general manager of Smurfit-Stone Container’s sheet plant, Naperville, IL, ...
- Anilox Roll Inspection: So Simple, So Important
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- December 31, 2001, ... since some new/reconditioned rolls sit in their shipping containers until needed. Any significant passage of time can complicate the warranty process if and when damage is found. The time to discover damage ...
- Flexo Printing to Outpace GNP in 2002, Says FTA
- (News | New Products)
- December 09, 2001, ... market share as it replaces rigid containers in current product lines and is identified as the most viable option for new products. Above average growth levels are being credited to continued utilization ...
- The Cadillac of Corrugated: Tri-Wall
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- November 30, 2001, ... Tri-Wall's GM, “largely due to our strong quality programs and customer focus.” Tri-Wall makes industrial packaging, “triple-wall” containers from four layers of linerboard and three layers of corrugated, ...
- International Converting Industry News
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- November 30, 2001, ... plants in Europe. The purchase is supported by a supply contract of thin-wall plastic containers with Arla Foods, the controlling shareholder of the Danapak group. Installations CreoScitex Platesetter ...
- Automated Sortation System Boosts Customer Satisfaction
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- November 30, 2001, ... then are shrink-wrapped and put into cartons for shipment to customers that will label cans, bottles, and other containers at their packaging facilities. The process begins in the sheeting department ...
- Battling the Biothreats
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- November 30, 2001, ... as I struggled to remove a particular seal, "they’d have to go to a lot of trouble—and expense." I don’t think I’ve ever removed a safety foil lid intact; all my sealed containers at home indicate ...
- Battling the Biothreats
- (News | New Products)
- November 27, 2001, ... as I struggled to remove a particular seal, "they’d have to go to a lot of trouble—and expense." I don’t think I’ve ever removed a safety foil lid intact; all my sealed containers at home indicate ...
- Sonoco Completes Purchase of Phoenix Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- November 01, 2001, ... the Canton area, is the leading mfr. of steel, easy-open closures in North America. Sonoco says the closures can serve as closing devices for metal, plastic, and composite containers. "Only about one-third ...
- One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach
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- October 31, 2001, ... at the forefront of in-mold label converting 20 years ago. At the time, Procter & Gamble was looking for a process that would attach labels to plastic detergent bottles and other large containers more ...
- IML Conference Transcends Packaging with Broader Range of Topics
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- October 31, 2001, ... cycle-time penalty, inventory of pre-labeled containers, longer machine set-up time, and additional costs and time to produce molds for in-mold labels. Four technical papers addressed IML production, ...