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Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2003, ... determinations. The obvious result is that manufacturers favor cap-and-vial closures over unit dose formats for drug products that are going to be sold in the States.” He adds, “In the [US], most pharmaceuticals ...

Weyerhaeuser to Shutdown Oregon Containerboard Mill Lumber Plant

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2003, ... take a $25 million after-tax charge, or 11 cents per share, in the third quarter for costs associated with the closures. Weyerhaeuser adds it will provide the affected employees with severance pay and ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

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June 30, 2003, ... in NEMA 1 or NEMA 12 enclosures (without de-rating). Freestanding enclosures of the drives in the range from 150-600 hp turn easily to fit into deep, narrow spaces or wide, shallow spaces, co. notes.  ...

Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2003, ... of its QuadPAK side-gusset, stand-up pouch featuring Hefty Slide-Rite slider closures from Pactiv Corp. The slider option, reports Kapak, enables pouches to be used for applications with particulates ...

Transferring HR Data to US from EU May Hit a Snag

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March 31, 2003, ... is broadly defined to include “any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.” “Processing” includes collection, storage, disclosures, and transfers of any personal data (involving ...

What's New in Narrow We

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January 31, 2003, ... predecessors) are available in NEMA 1 or NEMA 12 enclosures (without de-rating). Servo-Driven Press Converts Cartons, Flexible Packaging Paper Converting Machine Co., Green Bay, WI; 920/336-4300; pcmc.com ...

Bone Up on Environmental Awareness/Compliance at NEHS Spring '03

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2002, ... including ergonomics; toxic release inventory; test methods; injury and illness reporting; effective health and safety programs; permanent total enclosures; air sampling; calculating your emissions; and ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

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October 31, 2002, ... of heavy mist and must be changed often to be effective. This method is not to be discounted, however, as supplemental to other methods when mist already is reduced greatly. Large enclosures are added ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

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October 31, 2002, ... raw material suppliers, label stock producers, and label printers to serve the end-users' needs better and more profitably. They offer real opportunities. Multi-layer leaflet labels, reclosures, time-temperature ...

Protecting Trade Secrets in an Electronic World

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September 30, 2002, ...  Recent disclosures that sensitive classified information was obtained by breaking into government networks or stealing laptops from government personnel are a sobering reminder of just how vulnerable ...

Corporate Responsibility: Congress Adopts Broad New Requirements

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August 31, 2002, ... and customers, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 creates new requirements regarding financial disclosures and corporate fraud, and imposes an independence standard on corporate audit committees and certification ...

Packaging Strategies Study Provides Barrier-Enhancing Analyses

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August 22, 2002, Packaging Strategies reports its new study Barrier-Enhancing Technologies for PET and Polypropylene Containers and Closures offers material, container, and manufacturing-cost analyses for barrier-enhanced ...

DOVIDs: Functional Beauty

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July 31, 2002, ... closures for all sorts of packaging. Developments include 8-15-mm-wide holographic stripes on rigid PVC shrink sleeves for bottle closures, providing heightened security and tamper evidence. Devices ...

Packaging That Really Works

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June 30, 2002, ... or caps/closures rather than employ loose sachets. Aside from select fresh food, pharmaceuticals, and various specialist industrial areas, the other key application market for oxygen scavengers is likely ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... and service network for Presto's popular Fresh-Lock zipper closures. Presto's Fresh-Lock zipper sales team and SIG Doboy's sales and service experts will support packagers using the Easy Snap system. The ...

Q1 2002 Reports a Mixed Bag for Some of Converting Sector in Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

June 05, 2002, ... of $6 million, or 2 cents/diluted share, for Q1 2002. The results include a pretax restructuring charge of $7 million, or 2 cents/diluted share, related to facility closures. The co. earned $12 million, ...

Converting Industry News

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May 31, 2002, ... the containerboard market. The closures will be completed by the end of 2002. They represent 595,000 tons of annual containerboard production. Of that total, 425,000 tons were produced at Antioch and ...

Spills Are Out with New Spout

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May 31, 2002, ... Spout flexible pouch, featuring Seaquist Closures' SimpliSqueeze dispensing technology, is said to mark the first commercially available flexible package that combines state-of-the-art shaped pouches with ...

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

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April 30, 2002, ...  Pressures in mature markets look set to continue for the next five years, forcing reduced margins and ongoing rationalization in Europe and America. This will involve plant closures and other measures ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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January 31, 2002, ... elevated into new and more expansive markets by the introduction of a wide variety of novel package closures. No longer used solely for rigid containers, bottles, and tubes, the “flex-pack closure” has ...