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Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects

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December 31, 1999, ... is designed to automatically detect defects in the printing process. Ultra Flex sells to Fortune 500 companies within the food service and textile industries. The company has more than 250 workers and ...

Two states adopt regulations for rigid-container laws

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January 31, 1998, ... and source-reduction requirements or reusability/refillability requirements. Manufacturers of rigid-plastic containers used for food and cosmetics were given a temporary reprieve with the passage last ...

Web-inspection system supports label operation

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July 31, 1996, ... with many jobs delivered much sooner. "We take delivery time very seriously. We're there to please the customer." Those customers come from a variety of market niches, from food and beverages to hardware ...

Tetra Pak plant in Spain is environmentally certified.

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July 31, 1996, Tetra Pak's converting facility for aseptic paper/poly/foil liquid food packaging materials in Arganda, near Madrid, Spain, has become the first factory Tetra Pak's converting facility for aseptic paper/poly/foil ...

Supreme Court decisions will restrict certain lawsuits

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June 30, 1996, ... of actions against the states, including private suits to enforce federal food and drug law, copyright, patent, bankruptcy, and environmental laws. (Union Gas specifically dealt with enforcement of the ...

The challenge of formulating FDA compliance.

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April 30, 1996, Many application of adhesives, coatings, and inks for flexible packaging and other uses require compliance with regulations of the Food and Drug Administration Many application of adhesives, coatings, ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... and pollution prevention by flexible packaging manufacturers and suppliers. Food and Drink Shelf Life Extended Andy Boy Broccoli Florets and San Francisco Stir Fry packages, one of three award-winners ...

Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality

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December 31, 1995, ... with the need for a new viscosity control system. Lally Pak provides printed film and bags to a variety of industries, including packaged frozen food, medical and pharmaceuticals, confectionary, and ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, ... approval for the Poly-Pak project. The company was founded in the 1930s, primarily as a manufacturer of dryers and ovens for such firms as General Foods, Kellogg's, Nestles and Nabisco. In the late 1970s, ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ...  * American National Can Co., Chicago, IL, Food-Service Retort pouch. * Bell Flexible Packaging, Columbus, CA, Child-Resistant Recloseable Easy Open (CRREO) bag. * Com-Pac International Inc., Carbondale, ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... t ways of marketing food," Matteucci said. "Aluminum foil itself will probably never totally go away. Neither is the transparent coating going to replace metallized film that is being used for its barri ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

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February 28, 1995, ... that meets all US Food and Drug Administration requirements for direct food-contact packaging, including moist and oily foods. It's said to print and convert as well as the company's virgin bleached board, ...

Direct-mail group introduces green stewardship challenge

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December 31, 1994, ... - The Foodservice & Packaging Institute (FPI), Washington, DC, has succeeded in exempting California's food-service establishments from compliance with onerous state-container regulations. Many food-service ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

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December 31, 1994, ... film production to serve hygiene, medical and food packaging markets. Taco Holdings' films range in thickness from 15 to 250 microns and width up to 1,800 mm, supplied in reels to converters' requirements. ...