Flexible Packaging articles from June 2003

Flexible Packaging archives from June 2003

Make new customers, but keep the old. (My Point is).(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... Let me get right to the point. A few years ago, my #1 buddy Myron Troschuk decided to get married and asked me to be his best man. All of the guys in the wedding party went as a group to Chicago's largest shopping mall to be fitted for...

H.B. Fuller, Darex form joint alliance. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Darex, a strategic business unit of W.R. Grace, and H.B. Fuller Co. have formed a joint marketing and distribution alliance. Under the terms of the agreement, H.B. Fuller will sell Darex's Daran[R] PVdC latex for flexible packaging in...

ISO issues first standard for printing presses. (News Briefs).(International Organization for Standardization)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Intl. Organization for Standardization (ISO) has issued the first international safety standard for printing press systems--ISO 12648:2003 Graphic technology--Safety requirements for printing press systems. The standard was developed...

Exhibit space for drupa 2004 sold out. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Exhibitor registrations received more than one year before the start of drupa 2004 sold out all 17 halls with 1.7 million sq ft of net exhibit space. Organizer Messe Dusseldorf expects more than 1,800 companies to display their products at the...

Packaging Personified purchases Davis-Standard blown film system. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Packaging Personified, a leading converter of flexible packaging, recently purchased a new Davis-Standard blown film system, which will complement two existing blown film lines from Davis-Standard. "We chose Davis-Standard because of our...

Battenfeld, polytype form alliance. (Industry News).(Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering Company Inc. and Polytype S.A.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Battenfeld Gloucester, Gloucester, MA, and Polytype, Fribourg, Switzerland, have formed a strategic alliance to integrate advanced extrusion coating and laminating technology into complete converting systems for the converting industry. The...

Flexible bulk packaging demand to reach $6.3 billion in 2007. (Industry News).
June 1, 2003... Flexible bulk packaging demand in the US is projected to advance 4% per year to $6.3 billion in 2007, creating a market for more than six billion pounds of raw materials, of which more than half will be plastics. According to the recently...

Industry fights proposed California tax on Plastic Bags. (News Briefs).(Film and Bag Federation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The formation of a national Plastic Bag Coalition is under way to fight California legislation that would place a tax on all plastic bags used by retailers in the state. The coalition is being led by the Film and Bag Federation, which is a...

Exopack to purchase Plassein flexible packaging plants. (News Briefs).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Exopack LLC, Spartanburg, SC, and Plassein International Corp., Willington, CT, have signed letters of intent with respect to Exopack's acquisition of Plassein's flexible packaging facilities located in Thomasville, NC, Longview,TX, Ontario,...

Reynolds Foodservice and Ivex Packaging form Reynolds Food Packaging. (Industry News).(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
June 1, 2003... Reynolds Foodservice Packaging and Ivex Packaging Corp. have integrated and combined into Reynolds Food Packaging, an Alcoa business. The combined company is headquartered in Lincolnshire, TL. Alcoa acquired Ivex in July 2002. "The...

Alcan completes acquisition of VAW Flexible Packaging. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Alcan Inc., Montreal, Canada, has completed the acquisition of VAW Flexible Packaging, Kent, UK, from Morsk Hydro for approximately 345 million Euro. The acquisition enhances Alcan's global leadership in packaging by adding one of the world's...

ITW Richmond Technology. (Milestones).(promoted Todd Somers )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... ITW Richmond Technology-Flexible Packaging, Houston, TX, has promoted Todd Somers to sales and marketing manager.

Mark Andy Inc. (Milestones).(Paul Brauss become president and John Cavey contact administration manager)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... John Eulich, who has served as president of Mark Andy Inc., St. Louis, MO, for the past 18 years, will hand over the top job to Paul Brauss, current senior VP Also at Mark Andy, John Cavey has been appointed contact administration manager.

PCMC. (Milestones).(William J. Malooly)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... William J. Malooly has been elected to the board of directors of PCMC, Green Bay, WI.

Tidland Corp. (Milestones).(hired Sean Craig )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Tidland Corp., Camas, WA, has hired Sean Craig to serve as product manager for its line of core shafts, chucks, safety chucks, and all other winding accessories.

Pechiney Plastic Packaging Inc. (Milestones).(Scott Lamerand)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Pechiney Plastic Packaging Inc., Chicago, IL, has named Scott Lamerand as product manager for Food Flexible Packaging.

Valeron Strength Films. (Milestones).(Joseph Lambert )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... At Valeron Strength Films, Houston, TX, Joseph Lambert has been named product sales manager for the Specialty Films division.

Westlake Group of Companies. (Milestones).(Warren Wilder and Jeff Taylor )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Westlake Group of Companies, Houston, TX, has named Warren Wilder VP, Olefines & Styrene, and Jeff Taylor VP, Polethylene.

Vifan USA Inc. (Milestones).(appointed Thomas Mohr)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Thomas Mohr has been appointed president and CEO of Vifan Group's North American companies, including Vifan USA Inc., Vifan Canada Inc., and Vibac Canada Inc.

Pliant and Black Clawson team up to produce cast film products. (Industry News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Film producer Pliant Corp., Schaumburg, IL, has teamed with Black Clawson Converting Machinery; Fulton, NY, to produce high speed, high output cast film products. The team has produced one line for stretch film and a second for a family of...

FPA's 2003 State of the Industry Report: paints a positive outlook. (FPA Update).(Flexible Packaging Association)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... As indicated in the Flexible Pack aging Association's recently published 2003 State of the Industry Report, the US flexible packaging industry rebounded to the $20 billion level in 2002. This estimate is based on FPA analysis and information...

Changes in employment law presented at FPA's Human Resources Committee meeting. (FPA Update).(Flexible Packaging Association)
June 1, 2003... The Flexible Packaging Association's Human Resources Committee met at FPA headquarters on May 8 to review the preliminary data from FPA's Compensation Surveys and learn about changes in employment law from Gil Abramson of Hogan Hartson, LLP....

FPA engaged in packaging-related California initiatives. (FPA Update).(Flexible Packaging Association on disposable bag and cup tax and metals in packaging bill)
June 1, 2003... The Flexible Packaging Association is proactively engaged in the opposition of a California bill that would impose a tax on disposable bags. Additionally, FPA is closely tracking two other California-based initiatives with implications for the...

FPA resources are available to all: employees within our member companies. (FPA Update).(Flexible Packaging Association)
June 1, 2003... For the past several months, I've had the opportunity to personally share information about FPA's studies, resources, and reports as I've traveled across the nation to meet with our members, give formal presentations on the flexible packaging...

FPA's SPMC launches new web site. (FPA Update).(Flexible Packaging Association's Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Sterilization Packaging Manufacturers Council of the Flexible Packaging Association (SPMC) has launched a new web site designed to increase its visibility within the US medical device manufacturing industry and raise awareness for...

When shrinking means growth. (Targeting New Markets).(shrink labels)
June 1, 2003... Shrink labels were just a fad, said many in packaging, and the market would shrink as quickly as these materials do in a heat tunnel. But it has continued to surge, easily exceeding the I 19% annual growth Keymark Associates projected for it in...

Trends in coating and laminating. .(Cover Story)
June 1, 2003... Laminating adhesives typically comprise less than 5% of the total cost of the flexible package. Yet if the adhesive fails the package, the product, and the converter's reputation, may be rendered worthless. For converters of flexible...

The stiffness of lonomers: optimizing packaging performance. (Technical Report).
June 1, 2003... The packaging industry uses ethylene ionomers for their unique balance of properties, such as high stiffness and low heat seal initiation temperature. These properties result from complex interactions between ionic and crystalline phases. We...

Converter, know thy customer. (Up Close).(New England Extrusion's Melissa Gardiner and Joe Gagne)(Interview)
June 1, 2003... Flexible Packaging sat down with New England Extrusion's Melissa Gardiner, marketing manager, and Joe Gagne, VP technology, to get an insider's view of the film extrusion business. Q: How sophisticated is the typical film buyer? Do they...

How Eagle Film raises the bar on quality.(Eagle Film Extruders)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Len Fouty and David Kraai of Walker, Michigan decided to bar by providing the finest monolayer film in the world. They that to fulfill their mission, they'd need to bring together the best people and the finest equipment available. That's why...

Recent developments in long-range static elimination. (Technical Report).
June 1, 2003... Contamination is a major problem for packaging producers, especially where highly insulating materials are used. Until recently, the only way to provide effective long-range static neutralization was to use conventional AC powered static...

Blown film extrusion line for high quality film production. (Product Focus).
June 1, 2003... Windmoeller & Hoelscher, Lincoln. RI; (800) 854-8702; www.whcorp.com. This three-layer Varex(r) blown film extrusion line. This line, designed for the production of high quality film, is equipped with Optifil(r) P-2 automatic die control...

Rotogravure printing conveys quality. (Flexible Solutions).
June 1, 2003... With its dramatic new pillow bags for Cadbury Trebor Allan's Cremello[TM] brand hard candies, Sonoco delivers a new type of "eye candy. "The nine-color rotogravre-printed bags feature exquisitely rendered graphics that immediately communicate...

Coex films for lidding applications. (Product Focus).
June 1, 2003... NEX Grades C2lO9A and C2219 are polypropylene coextrusions with HDPE backbones designed to seal to PP cupstock. Both films meet FDA guidelines for retort packaging and for hot fill products. C2109A is designed to offer normal peel strength...

Blown film line for high clarity film. (Product Focus).
June 1, 2003... Battenfeld Gloucester's three-layer blown film line combines the latest technology innovations aimed at lowering the cost of providing high clarity film for packaging applications such as bread bags and similar items. The system lets a...

QFP modular equipment decreases installation time. (Product Focus).
June 1, 2003... Black Clawson expands its QFP modular design to cast film and coating and laminating product lines. QFP (quality, functionality, and performance] equipment relies on modular, plug and play components that reduce equipment, total project costs,...

Static neutralizer offers plug-and-play setup. (Hot Products).
June 1, 2003... The Virtual AC[TM] Intelligent static neutralizing system offers a convenient, modular design that provides easy plug-and-play setup and installation. The design allows converters to easily connect multiple neutralizing bars to a single power...

Blown film extruder is powerful and versatile. (Product Focus).
June 1, 2003... The HS120 is a powerful grooved feed extruder that can process a wide range of materials for virtually any blown film application simply by modifying the screw configuration. Features include through hardened tool steel screws, bimetallic...

Calender.(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... 2003 July 15-18: Process Color Seminar, Fox Valley Technical College and Flexographic Technical Assn., Appleton, WI (631) 737-6020; www.flexography.org. July 22-26: GASC/GATFTeacher's Update, Graphic Arts Technical Foundation,...

Winder features "no-foldback" starts. (Editor's Choice).(Reinhold Filmatic-R winder )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Filmatic-R[R] winder is capable of producing up to 59-inch diameter rolls weighing up to 6,600 lb and with a perfectly square cut, allowing no-foldback roll starts. The no-foldback starts were achieved by the concept of mounting the film...

Drying technology improves print quality. (Editor's Choice).(Heidelberg USA Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... CoolCure UV is a process that simplifies printing of plastic films or aluminum-coated paper with UV ink. The oxygen-reducing UV drying technology is designed for Heidelberg's Speedmaster CD 102. The chamber between the printing stock and UV...

Rigid handle improves performance of large bags. (Editor's Choice).(2N2 Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... 2N2 Inc. has designed and developed a patent-pending handle to be used as a reinforcement for standard die-cut handles on medium to large standup pouches or bags. The molded plastic handle is completely enclosed and sealed between the two sides...

Mark your calendar.
June 1, 2003... For These FPA Conferences! Fall Executive Conference "Optimizing Opportunities" October 29, 2003 Hotel Inter-Continental Chicago, IL This powerful one-day conference will focus on the findings of FPA's in-depth market research...