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- Education Training: School's in Sessio
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... at Henkel, says his company is using online training more and more. “Even in times that are economically better, we still can save the travel costs. Also, it gives people a chance to train at their own ...
- Second Half M&A Activity Expected Slower But Still Strong
- (Trends/Management News)
- July 11, 2011, ... and healthy stock prices, and valutions," the newsletter reports. It's observed that M&A is once again being used as a vehicle to achieve objectives as organic growth and cost reductions are challenging ...
- Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans
- (Yo's Yarns)
- June 21, 2011, ... any problems. They are commonly reused packages and eventually often end up as bin bags. This use immediately contributes to a reduction. In Germany, the consumer usually pays a fee covering the cost for ...
- Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity
- (Label/Tape)
- May 10, 2011, ... as old information becomes irrelevant. Instead of having an inventory surplus of obsolete pre-labeled cans, blank cans may be used to match demand by line item, keeping overall inventory costs low. New ...
- Exclusive Research-Critical Trends
- (Trends/Management)
- April 30, 2011, ... activity in the following sectors: flexible packaging; unprinted rolls & sheets labels, tapes & tags; and paperboard packaging. While bad news comes in the form of continuing increases in materials costs, ...
- DuPont Packaging Graphics Increases Price, Adds Fuel Surcharge
- (Print News)
- April 26, 2011, ... price of fuel and increased transportation costs, also will take effect at the same time globally. This fuel surcharge will be charged on a sq ft/sq m basis, indexed to the price of Brent Crude Oil. ...
- Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl
- (Surface Prep)
- March 31, 2011, ... and cost effectively process label stock into a finished product. Curled stock can jam equipment, slow printing, and cause other inefficiencies in downstream processing. When faced with a choice of supplier, ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... Holding the Gavel Awards Committee Chair Steve Sedlak, sales manager for ESK, Ceradyne Inc., Costa Mesa, CA, moderated the judging panels for all competitions. The Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 17, 2011, ... Copper-Oxide Reduction Electrically Conducting Screen Ink. (14). A built-in reduction agent converts the low-cost copper oxide ink into a highly conductive copper thin-film after printing and post-processing ...
- Menasha Packaging Announces $10M Pennsylvania Expansion
- (Carton Box)
- March 09, 2011, ... of Menasha's continuing commitment to innovation, the fully automated unitizing system will increase production efficiency and reduce maintenance costs. The second phase, scheduled for the second quarter ...
- Carton & Box Reporter
- (Carton Box)
- February 28, 2011, Freedom Corrugated, Hazelton, PA, implements an energy management system from WPS Global, Milwaukee, WI, to achieve a 20% reduction in energy costs. Smurfit-Stone Freedom Corrugated, Hazelton, PA, implements ...
- Good Q4 for Flexotecnica
- (Trends/Management)
- February 28, 2011, ... costs,” says sales manager Tom Jacques. “This new drying system achieves that goal by providing more drying for less energy expenditure.…” What's happening at your company? Send your news to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ...
- Monadnock Is EPA Transport Partner
- (Green)
- February 28, 2011, ... as greenhouse gas emissions‚ fuel consumption‚ criteria pollutants (NOx and PM), and overall costs associated with over-the-ground transport. The goal the EPA has set for reductions in environmental ...
- Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion
- (Surface Prep)
- February 28, 2011, ... heavily on these innovations to meet ever-increasing packaging cost and weight reduction requirements from sustainability-conscious consumer products companies. One key technology supporting the flexible ...
- Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... while offering sustainability and cost reduction across its supply chain. Ease of use features, such as handling, pouring, resealing, and storage, are equal to the package it replaced. Packaging Excellence ...
- Counting Clicks
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2011, ... carbide blades are said to offer long lifetimes and substantial cost savings. Benefits reportedly include lower long-term blade costs; reduction of machine downtime and setup costs; extreme sharpness; ...
- Core Savings
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- December 31, 2010, ... tailgrabbing systems. A WRS does have its considerations, however. As with tailgrabbing with optical sensors, the stock must be opaque and differ in reflectivity from the core. In terms of cost, such ...
- Blades Cut Downtime
- (Slit)
- December 31, 2010, Diamond-coated carbide blades with plasma-sharpened cutting edges are said to provide long lifetimes and cost savings. Other reported benefits include Diamond-coated carbide blades with plasma-sharpened ...
- Flexotechnica Has 'Significant' Q4 Sales Increas
- (Flexography)
- December 15, 2010, ... are acutely focused on those aspects of printing that our customers can better control, in order to increase their efficiency and reduce their costs,” continues Jacques. “This new drying system achieves ...
- Materials Substrates: Building Blocks
- (Flexpack)
- November 30, 2010, ... costs and less downtime. Although Sony usually makes the main announcements on E3, for several years, the company has been holding its own event dedicated specifically to games on the PlayStation, called ...