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The Wow Factor

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, FPA Achievement Awards prove that development of diverse, innovative flexible packaging remains strong. Flexible Packaging A retort “pouch within a pouch” designed to contain liquid yeast for beer and ...

Folding Carton Shows Off

(Carton Box)

February 27, 2007, ... it’s true that folding cartons as a packaging format have taken a direct marketing hit from flexible film pouches in the areas of wet and dry pet food, agro/chemical products, certain dry mixes, and eat-on-the-go ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... packaging lines. Glass Tradition Broken Celplast was honored with a marketing award in the food category for metallizing a film Siptop Packaging, Mississauga, ON, Canada, uses for its pouched IV-Iced ...

February First Glance: Part 2

(First Glance)

January 31, 2007, ... by putting the product in a stand-up, quad-seal PET pouch with press-to-close zipper resealability. The pouch is said to yield operational benefits including outstanding machinability and superior COF ...

Metallizing Matures

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... current vogue for barrier-coated pouches and other packaging has been central to making the vacuum coating and metallizing processes such dynamic niche converting markets in recent years. Today, metallized ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

(Archive)

January 30, 2007, ... product selections today. Witness the rapid rise in retort packaging that enables families to have prepared rice from a pouch in five minutes instead of 35 minutes on the stove. Not too many years ago, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... customers’ success in the pouch and shrink sleeve business. CPP Expo with Pack Expo is an ideal venue to maximize our exposure into the marketplace.” The shows again will co-locate Oct. 15–17, 2007, ...

Taking Chances

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... seven-color Gallus Arsoma EM 280 press, in 1996. That press reportedly allowed Label Graphics to efficiently and effectively produce a wide variety of new products, including coupon labels, pouches, and ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, Non-polar process aids improve extrusion; troubleshooting corona treatment issues; electron beam curable gas and aroma barrier technology; and the role of adhesives in the retort pouch. Providing practical ...

Curwood Earns Ocean Spray Supplier of the Year 2006 Award

(Archive)

December 11, 2006, Flexible packaging company Curwood has been named Supplier of the Year 2006—Primary Packaging by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. Ocean Spray CEO Randy Papadellis praised Curwood for “their penchant to commit ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... be integrated easily into existing roll printing presses or converting machines. Technology is called ideal for the production of gable-top cartons, juice pouches and boxes, and other packaging applications. ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... These have particular interest for food packaging and stand-up pouches. Clarifier technology trials on lines ranging from pilot scale to commercial production equipment have shown the same trends ...

Snack Food Packaging Demand to Reach $5.6 Billion in 2010

(Flexpack)

November 15, 2006, ... 4.3% annually through 2010. Best advances are anticipated for pouches, including stand-up and side seal types, the result of cost, performance, convenience, and differentiation advantages. U.S. Snack ...

Why Flex-Pack Keeps Growing

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2006, ... with those from recent years. Use of stand-up pouches for an increasing number of items also is contributing to the growth of flexible packaging. The aging baby boomer population is contributing to ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Archive)

October 30, 2006, ... Markets: medical/pharmaceutical (pouches and bags); industrial (bags, liners and drop cloths, covers and films), consumer goods (trash bags, pouches, storage bags), flexible packaging (films, bags, and ...

Zip-Pak Exhibits at Pack Expo

(Archive)

October 09, 2006, ... horizontal form/fill/seal system will be running live in Zip-Pak’s booth to demonstrate the development of this pouch format. Zip-Pak also will highlight its new capabilities for large-format, gusseted ...

Emerging Technologies in Plastic Packaging Symposium

(Archive)

October 01, 2006, ... the entire supply chain of the packaging film/bottles/pouch industry. Besides the breaks, there will be a cocktail hour to promote networking opportunities and the sharing of new ideas and concepts. For ...

Pack Expo Plus!

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... Pouch Materials — Tuesday, 8:30-9:15 A.M. Smart Packaging: How Smart is it and Where is it Going? — Tuesday, 11:25-12:10 P.M. Chipless RFID Label Technology Progression — Wednesday, 11:25 A.M.-12:10 ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... from June 15-June 29 to view the company's range of servo-driven plastic pouch- and bagmaking equipment. Included were the Vega W-800 and Vega W-800 Plus wicketers featuring mechanical outputs to 350 ...

The Changing World of Wine

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... bottles can be “labeled” with head-to-toe shrink sleeves or decoratively etched to give an elegant bottle a second life as a decanter. Wines packed in PET bottles, bag-in-a-box, pouches, and even barrier-coated ...