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Sonoco Completes Purchase of Phoenix Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 01, 2001, ... the Canton area, is the leading mfr. of steel, easy-open closures in North America. Sonoco says the closures can serve as closing devices for metal, plastic, and composite containers. "Only about one-third ...

All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology

(Magazine)

June 29, 2001, ... quotes and talking to people about stand-up pouches and zippered pouches.” But as the technology and the demand for packaging with longer shelf life and better closures has increased, making zippered ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... to 1 gal. They can be topped with composite, paperboard, or plastic closures. VP Jerry Meier says, “These canisters are easy to open, easy to pour, and easy to reclose securely to keep products fresh. ...

Some Words of Caution on Dealing with the E-World

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... surveillance; careful disclosures of monitoring and judicious collection and use of information usually will suffice to avoid noncompliance issues in the US. However, labor groups have proposed legislation ...

RTO Technology Gives Best of Both Worlds to Converters

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... for turnkey installations. We don't supply just equipment anymore; we do concrete pads and support structures, even to the point of designing and installing permanent total enclosures. That's big right now ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... and specialized closures. Film Is Dominant Plastic film dominates the industry with cost, performance, and environmental advantages over other flexible and rigid materials. Demand for plastic film ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... the shaped pouches can be designed to accommodate a broad spectrum of closing/dispensing devices, such as pour spouts, zippers, peelable closures, valves, pumps, and special straw entry holes, and additional ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke new ground in technology, closures, substrates, and source reduction. The official awards were presented ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... to VAW Aluminum AG, the huge German company that is involved in all areas of packaging, from flexibles to closures. As an integral part of its holding company, VAW-Europack, Bolding was assigned the sole ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... control system, is acceptable. Industry maintains that temporary total enclosures are an expensive and rather drastic means to simply measure compliance. These testing costs do not help to reduce emissions. ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

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May 31, 1995, ... Aluminum foil, supplied by INASA, is converted into a wide range of flexible laminates by Grafiba. A major element in its business is lidding stock for yogurt and laminate closures for beer, champagne ...

Book details Japan's packaging industr

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May 31, 1995, ... The second largest packaging user is Sapporo Breweries. Fully integrated, it manufactures its own aluminum cans, crowns, closures and glass bottles. Flexible packaging products are oddly dispersed throughout ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ...  Judges selected winners for innovations in technologies, printing, closures, substrates, and advances in source reduction. The winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, opened ...