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FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... poly-coated products and laminated products, such as sugar pouches, gum and ice cream bar wraps, paper ream wraps, and labels. Nowak explains, "A lot of the things we're producing aren't the highest margin ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... and the stand-up retort pouch. Mitsubishi Kasei "Tech-barriar" films have been marketed in Japan for dry seaweed, liquid products, and lidstock. Europe consumes about 40 million [m.sup.2]/yr or 1.5 million ...

Czech retail developments could affect converters.

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October 31, 1996, ... When Tesco reported that shelf-stable retort pouches and trays could sell in the U.K. market, British converters soon supplied the packaging materials. The superb packages at Marks and Spencer (U.K.) were ...

Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.

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July 31, 1996, ... of running them." Pouches are the Hot Ticket Today's hot bagmaking markets, according to Gary Gould, president of GN Packaging Equipment, Mississauga, Ont., Canada, are zippered pouches, stand-up ...

Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth

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June 30, 1996, ...  * the pillow pouch format used for foods such as fresh salads; * the flowpack format used to package cheese and bakery products. Courtaulds Acquisition - UCB Films, U.K., part of the Belgium-based ...

PET supplies increasing as markets expand

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May 31, 1996, ... boil-in-bag pouches constructed from "Mylar/polyethylene" Coated with a thin layer of reflective aluminum (MET/PET), Mylar film reached outer space as the inflatable Echo I satellite. Between 1959 and ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... laminating is performed on a 54-in.-wide Faustel laminator, and a Proven Designs Inc. machine handles pouchmaking duties. An inking system on the press with end-sealed, chambered doctor blades allows ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, ... packages and labels in its annual competition. A stand-up pouch that extends product freshness over a six-month shelf life was selected Package of the Year by the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters ...

A look at the world of German Packaging today.

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... stand-up flex-pack pouches of shampoos, detergents, and juices used to refill rigid packages. They're used more extensively in Germany than in the US. Germany is a world leader in both cured meat consumption ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... Minneapolis, MN, for reducing packaging weight by 80%. The Avitene[R] MCH (microfibrillar collagen hemostat) stand-up pouch uses a peelable stand-up pouch containing a plastic tray with a peelable lid ...

Opportunities abound in an emerging Indian market

(Magazine)

December 31, 1995, ... paper bags as the container of choice. Films are also becoming more popular for pouches, envelopes, and garbage liners. Yet, despite this, about 70% of the packaging producers are small; only 5% to 10% ...

Islamic marketing opportunities opening up for converters.

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November 30, 1995, ... US government contract to supply retort pouch meals (RTE) to the armed forces serving in Saudi Arabia as well as to the Saudi Arabian forces. The food was all "halal"-approved and kosher-approved as the ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... pouches for cosmetics and rat poison packaging) and decorative balloons. The balloons presented a special challenge for video inspection. Bredendick explains, "Some video inspection systems don't see ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, Bags and pouches demonstrating innovation in reducing waste and increasing cost effectiveness were rewarded with top honors by judges for the Flexible Bags and pouches demonstrating innovation in reducing ...

Packaging films edible, water soluble

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February 28, 1995, ... water-soluble pouches will offer bakers and other food processors the convenience of accurate dosing and dust control in mixing and batching operations. The company also offers the M8630 for chemical ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

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February 28, 1995, ... America combined. The Argentine market is large and varied. There is excellent packaging-machine production and many converters serving the domestic-food industry. Stand-up pouch production is available ...

Dutch converter expands in worldwide flex-pack market

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January 31, 1995, ...  producing a line of stand-up flexible pouches for the food industry. The Sengewald German operation was a pioneer in extending the use of mono- and multilayer films to the meat and sausage industry ...