Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving
Spain's flexible packaging market is booming, and Enplater S.A. is right there among the leaders.
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Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market
Long dominated by PVC, the bottom web market for pharmaceutical blister packs now is facing increased competition from a variety of new materials. Although...
Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper
Harrier Packaging is targeting the food industry as it converts PaperFeel, a coex PE film that reportedly combines the best of paper and film.
...Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow
Needing better service and more attention from its polyester supplier (along with good quality, of course), Custom Tapes turned to Filmquest and found its wish list fulfilled.
...Synthetic Paper from Plastics
Application: A mixture of linear low density polyethylene and polystyrene with 40% filler consisting of 80% dolomite and 20% talc is very promising for synthetic paper uses.
...Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways
Chemosvit's flexible packaging operation includes just about every aspect of converting, and it all comes together for award-winning products. Located...
The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth
With three decades of expansion and acquisition, Vacumet has come a long way from its beginnings, but strong company values remain the same. Newspapers...
Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches
Optimanufacturing is turning out a new product designed to protect the surface of a compact disc. A unique laminating process makes it work. Compact discs...
Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade
This month we bring you our annual summary of the converting-related industries from the US Industry & Trade Outlook, published by The McGraw-Hill Cos....
Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting
"Cellophane brought about the first transparent...packaging concepts." So said Dr. Richard Podhajny, one of PFFC's contributing editors, in his feature,...
When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending
The "closing" of a former Champion-owned paper mill and several converting facilities proved to be a blessing for the employees—now owners—of one-year-old Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc....
Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure
Allied Converters Inc., reportedly the largest sheeter of cellophane and polypropylene in the US, has just gotten bigger. The driving force behind this...
It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Films
When I was in college, one of my classmates who lived in my dorm tried heating a pot pie on a plastic plate in the oven. Needless to say, the oven and...
Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact
In 1455 Johann Gutenberg printed the Bible with movable metal type and, in doing so, changed the world. His invention was ranked by The History Channel...
Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call
Ray Glenn, VP of Apollo Plastics, Jersey City, NJ, never went to medical school, but his company's approach to customer service sometimes makes him wish...
FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke...
Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group
Uruguay's leading flexible packaging converter, ISMA S.A., is located in Montevideo, the nation's capital city and the center of Uruguay's industrial...
High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice the "image" of a product-basically, its packaging. But what about the product's overall performance:...
Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority
In an aggressive effort to increase sales, the management team at Autotype Americas Inc. decided to make some bold moves that have paid off handsomely...
Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader
Dixie Toga's flexible division—Itap Bemis—settles into a new home with top-flight equipment producing both gravure and flexo products....
Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche
With all the hype in recent years about transparent barrier films, one would think that applications could be found almost anywhere in the supermarket....
Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.
Himac helps Phoenix by downgauging its susceptor film, giving greater coverage for the material.Phoenix Packaging has parlayed its expertise in microwave...
The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.
It is entirely possible that a low- or no-fat product that is packaged and distributed in the same way as its full-fat counterpart will experience consumer...
Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.
How do you perforate tough materials that are constructed not to tear? New perforating technology reportedly has the answer.When we attempt to perforate...
Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treating
Treating is an important operation in the converting industry. Flexible packaging as practiced today would not exist without this significant factor,...
