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Converting equipment

Be inspired at Package Design 2006

This year the Package Design conference includes the Package Inspiration Exhibition Showcase and a unique audience-participation session.

December 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-volume retailers pile demands on packaging

Retailers expect a lot from packaging, and few require more than club stores and other high-volume outlets.

December 31, 2005

Converting equipment

December Forecast continued

Arnie Orloski was kind enough to let me borrow his Pipeline space this month when I told him I’d run out of room for all the new developments in food and beverage packaging that overflowed from my December Forecast (see main story on page 44).

November 30, 2005

Converting equipment

Adhesive pattern control

The MCP-4 is a low-cost, full-featured adhesive system pattern control from Valco. Offers 4 channel outputs, each capable of multiple glue patterns, 4 product sensor inputs, and optional integral automatic glue flow control.

October 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

'Stellar' year for packaging machinery shipments

U.S. packaging machinery shipments surged 9.3% to an estimated $5.344 billion last year according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s 11th annual Shipments and Outlook Study.

October 31, 2005

Converting equipment

PACK EXPO LAS VEGAS SETS RECORDS

Held September 26-28 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 reached new highs in visitors, with 21꽫 attending (up 19% from PELV 2003).

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

CPP EXPO SET FOR OCT. 29-NOV. 2, 2006

Converting & Package Printing Expo will co-locate with Pack Expo Intl. and Food Processing Machinery Expo in Chicago’s McCormick Place. The cooperative initiative demonstrates the supply chain from packaging design and conception to product placement on the shelf.

October 31, 2005

Converting equipment

PENNWELL ACQUIRES CMM TRADE SHOW

Global media and information company PennWell Corp., acquired CMM International, the converting and package printing trade show held biennially since its 1978 launch.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Prepress progress through new and old technologies

CPG companies want color accuracy that is dead-on, but they also want to squeeze out more efficiency from the package printing process. Prepress is where it all has to happen.

October 31, 2005

Converting equipment

Pack Expo Las Vegas sets records

Held September 26-28 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 reached new highs in visitors, with 21꽫 attending (up 19% from PELV 2003).

September 30, 2005

Flexibles

Seafood tray redirects microwave power

Trays of Cape Cod Cuisine frozen foods manipulate microwave energy to mimic conventional oven cooking results.

September 30, 2005

Converting equipment

Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 highlights

Our from-the-show coverage turns the spotlight on Las Vegas where packaging took center stage for the three-day run of Pack Expo.

September 30, 2005