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- Snack Food Packaging Demand to Reach $5.6 Billion in 2010
- (Flexpack)
- November 15, 2006, ... trends are addressed in “Snack Food Packaging." Best packaging advances are anticipated for nutrition bars, and flexible packaging will present above-average opportunities, with demand expected to rise ...
- Packaging M&As Continue
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2006, ... consumer packaging business of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. (folding cartons, labels, flexible packaging). Purchased business is renamed Altivity Packaging. Altivity (backed by Texas Pacific Group) purchases ...
- SSCC Packaging Plants Receive AIB Certification
- (Flexpack)
- August 28, 2006, PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO, IL—Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s Milwaukee, WI, and Schaumburg, IL, flexible packaging plants received an "Excellent" rating during a recent sanitation audit by the American ...
- Smurfit-Stone Sells Consumer Packaging Segment
- (Archive)
- May 13, 2006, ... Four coated recycled boxboard mills. Thirty-nine consumer packaging converting operations in the United States, including folding carton, multiwall and specialty bag, flexible packaging, label, contract ...
- Issues in Barrier Packaging
- (Archive)
- March 13, 2006, ... in Barrier Packaging” June 7–8, 2006, at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. With PFFC as a cosponsor, the event will bring together professionals from the entire flexible packaging supply chain to network and ...
- Personal Care Items & Packaging
- (Magazine)
- February 27, 2006, ... Converters involved with flexible webs know that both the shelf appeal and product protection necessary for personal care items depend heavily on the resins, films, adhesives, coatings, etc., that they ...
- Notable & Flexible
- (Flexpack)
- February 27, 2005, For 55 years, the Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards, sponsored by the Flexible Packaging Assn., have honored packaging and converting excellence across a broad range of the flex-pack industry. This ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Sun Chemical Raises Prices on Packaging Inks
- (Archive)
- October 28, 2004, Effective October 1, 2004, Sun Chemical increased prices three to seven percent on all packaging inks and coatings for flexible, folding carton, and paper packaging sold in the US, Canada, and Mexico. ...
- Fresh-Cut Produce Processor Pairs Products with NatureWorks PLA-Based Packaging
- (Archive)
- October 24, 2004, ... the JustFresh bowls are glossy and clear to showcase perishables to their best. The performance attributes of NatureWorks PLA make the containers slightly more flexible, which helps the lids maintain a ...
- Food & Packaging Enjoy!
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2004, ... the period over which we can store various food items. Another advantage of food packaging is it helps sustain the nutrients in the food product. A significant advantage to a flexible food package is ...
- Packaging for the World
- (Flexpack)
- September 29, 2004, ... Packaging for the World. Superbly situated in Santiago (pop. 5 million), Chile's biggest city, Alusa SA is the largest flexible packaging converter of the south cone (Chile and Argentina) and among the ...
- Agfa to Showcase Cost-Reducing Screening Technology for Packaging at DigiPack Congress
- (Archive)
- September 19, 2004, ... to 154 lpi, using 305, 355, 500 lpi aniloxes. Folding Carton Showing samples from the food, cosmetics, agriculture, and specialty markets with screen rulings of 210, 240, 280, and 340 lpi. Flexible ...
- Editorial, Wal-Mart Friend or Foe to Packaging Industry, PFFC, May 2004
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2004, ... subscriber explained his view: Wal-Mart has changed the flexible packaging industry completely—starting with cost cutting as the major change. To sell to Wal-Mart you must have a great price with ...
- New Study Says Food Manufacturers Offering US Consumers Retort Packaging to Meet Conveniency/Lifestyle Demands
- (Flexpack)
- April 28, 2004, ... and are sold without refrigeration. Composed of layers of foil and film and referred to as “flexible cans,” the pouches can keep food products fresh for extended periods, some longer than 18 months, according ...
- Esko-Graphics Installs 400th Cyrel Imager at Leading Packaging Prepress Service Provider Southern Graphic Systems
- (News | New Products)
- March 21, 2004, ... installed at SGS, the CDI Advance, produces the highest quality flexo plates, primarily for flexible packaging and folding cartons. Until recently, three productivity levels were available: Optics 15, ...
- Esko-Graphics Installs 400th Cyrel Imager at Leading Packaging Prepress Service Provider Southern Graphic Systems
- (News | New Products)
- March 21, 2004, ... installed at SGS, the CDI Advance, produces the highest quality flexo plates, primarily for flexible packaging and folding cartons. Until recently, three productivity levels were available: Optics 15, ...
- Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2004, ... stretch, and shrink sleeve) and in-mold labels — as well as direct-printed flexible packaging (e.g., pouches and sachets), where the label is integral to the package. Different technologies may ...
- Alcoa Sells Packaging Equipment Business to American Industrial Partners
- (News | New Products)
- January 11, 2004, ... customers throughout the packaging sector through its other various packaging businesses, including Alcoa Flexible Packaging, Alcoa Closure Systems, Alcoa Food Packaging, Alcoa Consumer Products, Alcoa ...