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Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, FL, March 20–23. Forum session topics will include prepress, inks and coatings, business and procurement, corrugated/preprint, flexible packaging, paperboard, ...

Film Trends Focus of of Plastic Packaging Conference

(Flexpack)

January 23, 2005, ... LA. The conference will be preceded by an optional course on the "Fundamentals of Flexible Packaging." PRESS RELEASE BRUNSWICK, GA—InnoPlast Solutions and Gehrke, Kaas, & Assoc. announce the second annual ...

Bemis Acquires Majority Ownership of Dixie Toga

(Flexpack)

January 18, 2005, ... preferred stock of Dixie Toga for approximately $250 million, financed with commercial paper. PRESS RELEASE MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Bemis Co., a supplier of flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive materials ...

Ampac Packaging Acquires Flexicon

(Flexpack)

January 16, 2005, ... flexible packaging materials for the pharmaceutical, medial, healthcare, chemical, food, and industrial markets. The amount was undisclosed. PRESS RELEASE CINCINNATI, OH—Ampac Packaging, a producer ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... table. Other equipment in operation included the Cartonpack II automatic packer and the Easyfeeder II with a loader/batch inverter. Bobst’s Flexible Materials division demonstrated a Schiavi Compact ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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December 30, 2004, ... Co., Amcor Flexibles, Erie Plastics, and Multi-Color Corp. for Folger’s AromaSeal shaped plastic coffee canister, called a packaging paradigm shift for coffee, replacing a 150-yr tradition of metal cans; ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

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December 30, 2004, New products from: NDC Infrared Engineering, Scitex Vision, Woodward Joggers Aerators, CAC, Fife, Exanet, ICS, Creo, Bruckner, Electromatic Equipment, PCMC, Reifenhauser, Anver, Omet, Adhesives Research, ...

A Universal Film for Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, Let us take the concept of universality one step further. Is there a universal film for flexible packaging? All converters and package designers know the answer to this question is a resounding no. PLC ...

Wanted: US Markets

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, Many foreign flex-pack converters have asked me to assist them in entering the huge $20 billion US flexible market. I advise them to plan a long-term strategy based on know-how and quality production. ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... Otto Plassmann, BP Koln Gmbh In flexible packaging, extrusion coating and extrusion lamination for converting aluminium foil is almost omnipresent. The benefit of corona treatment of foil is not obvious ...

Hit the Brakes!

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, Petroleum literally and figuratively lubricates the world’s business. Petroleum products are everywhere: from the gasoline pump to the frames for eyeglasses to flexible packaging materials, the computer ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... in Kempten, Germany, with the US office in Saline, MI. Ceradyne Inc. is a specialty ceramics company based in Costa Mesa, CA. "A lot of the demand for our boats," Sedlak says, "revolves around flexible ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 3

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... "labeling" technologies continue to dominate, there is increasing competition from direct-printed packaging such as cans and flexible pouches in the beverage sector. Asia is as focused on innovation as ...

Bobst Group USA and ei³ Enter Partnership

(Flexpack)

December 28, 2004, Bobst Group USA has entered into a partnership with ei³ Corp. to provide customers in the flexible materials business are with 24/7 engineering support and productivity software. MONTVALE, NJ, AND CHARLOTTE, ...

Lamart Approved for Phase II of NASA Project

(Archive)

December 12, 2004, ... company reported that the ultimate objective will be to develop an extremely thin, exceptionally strong, and highly flexible material for the unmanned blimp—controlled by a computer on Earth. According ...

Model Mock-Ups

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November 29, 2004, ... graphic design services to local and regional clients for collateral materials, print ads, and more. While working with flexible packaging client James River Corp., the Haney brothers recognized a need ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... problematic substrates…. We needed a registration solution which was flexible as well as fast and simple to set up, especially on a combination press. Here we often run two jobs at once controlled by the ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, New products from: Rotatek, HCI Converting Equipment Co., Maguire Products, Sterling Toggle, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, NexGen Enviro Systems, Pinnacle Converting Equipment, Davis-Standard, Agfa, ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

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November 29, 2004, ... diffractive gratings. Applications include labels, flexible packaging, folding cartons, gift-wrapping sundries, and advertising/ promotional displays. Available in rolls to 32-in. dia and web widths to ...

Simplifying Holography with Wide Web Performance

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... easy-to-use holographic film. AET Films believes that embossed holographic materials are under-utilized in both flexible packaging and label production so they have installed a custom-made embossing ...