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(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... films in gravure printing for food packaging. Designed for maximum performance on PET, product's reduction in retained solvents reportedly makes it ideal for use in applications such as juice pouches or ...

Every Trick in the Book

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... for a rotogravure-printed, stand-up pouch for dry soup mix from Inn on the Creek Foods, Midway, UT. Judges cited the absence of stress cracks even in seal areas, where there is considerable variation between ...

Materials

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February 28, 2002, ... process temperatures for improved taste and odor. Resins can be used in snack and dry food structures and in other foil-containing pouches and sachets for non-aggressive products. Also can be used in non-packaging ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... coatings—clear films for microwavable retort pouches, higher- barrier films and paper, and functional metallized papers; for cost-reduction breakthroughs; and for the development of new applications both ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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January 31, 2002, ... and Sargento Cheese, “zippers” have rapidly evolved into a popular consumer requirement. The zipper has become the driving force for the current rage over stand-up pouches and the increasing use of ...

The Future of Foil

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... due to a less vibrant economy and decreased disposable income. The third category, flexible packaging, includes bags, pouches, overwraps, laminated tubes, aseptics, pharmaceutical blister packs, and ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2002, ... Turner Falls, MA; 413/863-3171; nex-films.com Inflex grade M927 film features a 22% increase in gloss over co.'s standard pouch film and is said to offer enhanced stiffness and seal characteristics. Improved ...

Mark Andy/Comco Flexo Feast Feeds Minds of Converting Industry

(News | New Products)

January 01, 2002, ...  for instance, that carton packaging method goes into a pouch structure, the converter doesn’t have to lose it to a flexible packager; he can keep it in-house. Or if a tag-and-label guy wants to print pressure-sensitiv ...

Flexo Printing to Outpace GNP in 2002, Says FTA

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2001, ... migration of print jobs from offset, letterpress, and screen over to flexo. Whether it is stand-up pouches, in-mold labeling, thinner flute/higher quality corrugated board or fiber substitutes for the ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... Maxwell, Mica Corporation, as moderator. Questions from the audience led the group to make comments on subjects such as the future of stand-up pouches, environmental aspects of a package, possible elimination ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2001, ... nations where Western consumer goods in quality packaging are desired. Flexible pouches will gain wider acceptance for products such as tuna, pet food, and coffee, as metal cans become more expensive and ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... toothpaste/toothpowder and skin and fairness creams in laminated pouches. Tobacco and betel nut-based intoxicants/mouth fresheners are the other unit-dose-packed unique products catering to the local taste. ...

FREE Mark Andy/Comco Flexo FeastWhere Flexo Printers Can Gobble Up Ideas

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2001, ... and stand-up pouches; live demos of folding-carton and flexible-packaging finishing equipment; technology presentation of DuPont Fast processorless flexo plate-making system; investment ...

Die-Hard Creativity Keeps Converter Growing and GROWING

(Office Products)

September 30, 2001, ... envelopes. With the recent addition of two custom-designed/assembled GN packing-list pouch machines, the 22-year-old converter has created yet another successful chapter in the company's flourishing chronicle. ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... co. reports. POUCH EQUIPMENT ADDS SLIDER HCI/Karlville Development USA, Miami, FL; 305/533-1051 The HCI single-web pouch machine can produce bags using the new Minigrip/Zip-Pak® Slider as well as ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... been shared across our business units.” Joint Ventures Kapak, GIPSA Join to Produce Pouches MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA—Kapak Corp. and GIPSA, Guadalajara, Mexico, have formed a new company called GIPAK ...

DuPont Packaging Unveils Resin "Transcend" at TAPPI Conferenc

(News | New Products)

August 30, 2001, ... on foil (as compared to metallocene and polyethylene), reports DuPont. Typical applications for the new resin include towelettes and swabs, dry soup, powdered drink mix pouches, and gravy and flavor-mix ...

NYC Operation's Top Gear Is Gearless: Fischer & Krecke Styl

(News | New Products)

August 13, 2001, ... while offering strength, high-speeds, wider widths, and repeats of a larger wide web press, says F&K. Established more than 25 years ago, Ultra Flex manufactures a wide variety of bags, pouches, and ...

All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology

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June 29, 2001, ... quotes and talking to people about stand-up pouches and zippered pouches.” But as the technology and the demand for packaging with longer shelf life and better closures has increased, making zippered ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2001, ... heart of the sphere. Supplier Information Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, TN; 423/229-4853 Retort Pouch Materials Meet Rigid Demands Kapak Corp., Minneapolis, MN, has a new line of retort pouch ...