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PCR Milked for Flex-Pack

Published: August 22, 2011
Consumer demands to preserve the environment is a trend Hood Packaging takes seriously. The biggest challenge is simultaneously keeping upcharges for more sustainable converted products within reason

Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

Published: August 19, 2011

Steady growth in sales of pet food and pet care supplies continues to drive experimentation in new delivery channels and packaging

Seeing Red

Published: August 11, 2011
Curwood, Oshkosh, WI, has introduced FreshCase material technology designed to deliver all the advantages of vacuum packaging — superior flavor, quality, and extended shelf life — while maintaining the fresh red color consumers prefer.

Facility Tests Carbon Fiber Composite Materials

Published: August 02, 2011
Web Industries opens a new 10,000-sq-ft Composites Automation Development Ctr. in the Atlanta area to help its customers test new and emerging carbon fiber composite materials for qualification and use in the automated fiber placement manufacturing process.

Package Design: Make an Impact

Published: August 01, 2011
Pity the poor package designers. Their task is formidable: Create a package that appeals to consumers; is easy to open, yet tamper-resistant; meets all

Reifenhuser Reports Record Orders

Published: August 01, 2011
TROISDORF, GERMANY | According to the Cast Film Business Unit of Reifenhuser Group, the engineering industry in 2010 showed clear signs of financial recovery

Polinas Adds Nuroll

Published: August 01, 2011
MANISA, TURKEY | Film manufacturer Polinas has acquired 100% of the shares of Nuroll, a manufacturer of BOPET located in Pignataro Maggiore, Italy. The

Web Lines: Wrinkling of Foils

Published: August 01, 2011

In our everyday lives, our main experience with foil likely comes from wrapping a potato in kitchen-grade aluminum foil. Wrinkling thin aluminum foil

Overlaminating Films Resist Heat

Published: August 01, 2011
XL-1600 and XL-1601 high-temperature, clear overlaminating films reportedly offer high heat resistance, dimensional stability, and excellent resistance

Flexographic Printing: A Push for Growth

Published: August 01, 2011
Myron Geiser, general manager of Capri Packaging, modestly suggests that everyone's got presses and laminators. So, we've got a new W&H pressanybody can

Get Stainless Look in Film

Published: August 01, 2011
Company now offers cross-hatch and Tru-Stainless patterns for what is said to be a rich, stainless steel look in a film. Patterns are available with any

FlexSol Packaging Grows with W&H Blown Film Line

Published: July 29, 2011
The Nashville, TN, facility of FlexSol Packaging, a wholly-owned div. of Lyndhurst, NJ-based Sigma Plastics Group, will accommodate growth with the installation of a high-output, five-layer VAREX line from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp

Report Examines Development of China's Paper Industries

Published: July 27, 2011
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), among the leading manufacturers of paper in China, has invested in new technology as China's government forces inefficient, high-polluting paper mills to close

Awash in Chocolate

Published: July 14, 2011
The Wonka Wondrously Whirled Waterfall Bar, converted by Printpack, Atlanta, GA, is printed in nine colors with cold seal on 48-ga PET and laminated in-line to holographic film. It uses lavenders and purples with gold accents to create a store shelf standout

ALOX Coater & CPP Film Line Debuting in Egypt

Published: July 14, 2011
FLEX Group, and India-based manfuacturer of flexible packaging materials, will commision an aluminum oxide coater, dubbed ALOX, on Oct. 6, 2011

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