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Material Science | The Future of Packaging ...

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, ... and development teams in the industry are providing customers with new category opportunities through a combination of material science and advanced process technology capabilities that enable patented ...

Sino-Label 2016 Expected to be One-Stop Sourcing Shop

(Label/Tape)

July 17, 2015, ... as a one-stop sourcing platform covering the entire labeling/packaging industry chain and providing an array of solutions for different end-user applications. Offered will be conventional label materials, ...

New Material-Neutral Organization Focuses on Packaging & Environment ...

(Trends/Management News)

July 14, 2011, ... on public policies impacting the packaging value chain on topics related to packaging and the environment. The new organization will represent the interests of the industry, which includes raw material ...

Tekni-Plex, Inc. To Participate in Annual Contracting & Outsourcing Conference

(Trends/Management)

August 29, 2010, Tekni-Plex, a global, diversified manufacturer of packaging products and materials for the healthcare, consumer and food packaging industries, will participate in Contract Pharma's 9th Annual Contractin ...

Menasha Packaging Folding Carton Achieves Fiber-Sourcing Certifications

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2010, ... Menasha achieved these certifications following in-depth audits of its procurement practices and verification that raw materials are sourced from responsibly managed forests. All of Menasha’s corrugated ...

Are We Outsourcing our Future?

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, Over the last four decades, I have observed the America’s R&D fall from its high pedestal. In fact, I would suggest we are in a free fall. Material Science For most of my career, research and development ...

ANI Reports Raw Material Supply Crisis for UV and Water-Based Inks ...

(Archive)

January 23, 2005, Based on recent negotiations with its key suppliers, ANI Printing Inks reports a drastic shortage of acrylic acid, one of the key base raw materials used to produce binders for UV and water-based inks. ...

Outsourcing Protects Trade Secrets

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... icly traded forest products and energy company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nexfor has 7,000 employees at facilities in Canada, the US, and the U.K. Fraser's mission is to manufacture and  ...

Outsourcing Is Trendy, But Is It Right for Process Expertise?

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ...  breaks, deformation, and winding defects. Take the time to calculate the cost of waste. Material and labor losses are the easiest to calculate, but there may be a secondary effect: downtime. If your wast ...

Smurfit-Stone Streamlines Sourcing with Perfect Commerce Software

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2002, Perfect Commerce, Inc., a supplier of enterprise supply management (ESM) software and services, recently announced a Smurft-Stone investment in its product technology.

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... tice. Sources confronting material managers include manufacturers (domestic and off-shore), merchant converters, distributors, marketing representatives, resellers, brokers, traders, and even compet ...

Sustain the World: the Case for Flexible Packaging

(Case Studies)

May 06, 2019, ... implications of these versatile materials. Included in the report were six Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) case studies comparing flexible packaging to other packaging formats across a range of products. An ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ...  the spoon is an integral part of the lid. The ice cream cup shows increased production efficiency, a commitment to responsibility, and a clever use of materials thanks to the IML spoon-in-lid. Judges Ob ...

Monadnock Offers Guide to Environmental Options

(Flexpack)

May 15, 2018, ...  This tool shows marketers how to source print and packaging materials within the context of their or their clients’ corporate sustainability objectives. The benefits in sourcing these products reportedly ...

Flexo Printing | FTA Honors 2018's Top Print Jobs

(Print)

May 06, 2018, ...  materials partners in the U.S. to keep the environmental footprint to a minimum, while supporting the American manufacturing industry.   HALL OF FAME FTA inducted its 56th member, Lon Robinson, int ...

Shanghai Hosts World of Packaging

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2017, ...  entire value chain of packaging—from packaging materials production and processing, primary and secondary packaging, and logistics/e-commerce packaging to packaging materials and containers—all in on ...

Drug Packaging | Holography Gets in on the Act

(Carton Box)

November 06, 2017, ...  material goods…" i.e., specifying performance criteria and evaluation methodology for authentication solutions, but track and trace technology by itself is not a security solution. However, in conjunctio ...

Avery Dennison Shows Sustainable Solutions

(Label/Tape)

October 16, 2017, ... bright appearance, and opacity as its non-recycled counterparts. Carefully selected post-consumer waste (PCW) streams are used to ensure good material properties for high quality, pressure-sensitive labeling ...

PPC Names Disrupter Structures as Paperboard Trend

(Carton Box)

September 01, 2017, ... sustainability story to tell. Yet over the years, converters have been working diligently to perfect that story by embracing sustainable manufacturing practices like material reductions, use of clean energy, ...

PPC Reports on Packaging Design Trends

(Carton Box)

August 14, 2017, ... perfect that story by embracing sustainable manufacturing practices like material reductions, use of clean energy, and sourcing from managed forests. Nearly every entry in the 2017 Carton Competition incorporated ...