Flexible Packaging

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Brampton Engineering ships first 11-layer blown-film line
5/8/2008
In what is reportedly a world first, Brampton, Ontario, Canada-based Brampton Engineering says its has shipped an 11-layer blown-film line from its plant to a proprietary customer. More

Optimum Plastics to install
Kiefel 9-layer blown-film line
05/06/2008
Delaware, OH-based film and bag converter Optimum Plastics purchases a new 9-layer blown-film system from Kiefel. Founded in 1997, Optimum has since diversified into production of multiple-layer films for food packaging applications. More
Nordenia Intl. installs AVT inspection at four plants
05/05/2008
Flex-pack maker Nordenia International of Greven, Germany, installs more than US$1 million of AVT PrintVision/Argus process-control and QA systems. More
Amcor sells two European flex-pack plants
04/25/2008
Australian converting giant Amcor enters an agreement April 15 to sell its flexible-packaging plants in Lund, Sweden, and Somerset, UK. More
Mexico's Altopro to add Galileo metallizer at new BOPP plant
04/21/2008
Altopro S.A. de C.V., a leading OPP producer in Mexico, will add metallizing capacity to its new Irapuato BOPP-film plant. Galileo Vacuum Systems will install the site’s first metallizer—a GOLD 2812. More
Bobst Group completes acquisition of Germany's Fischer & Krecke
04/14/2008
Lausanne, Switzerland-based Bobst Group completed its purchase of 100% of the Fischer & Krecke Group (Germany) on March 31. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
AEP Industries sells Dutch subsidiary for $28 million
04/08/2008
South Hackensack, NJ-based flex-pack maker AEP Industries sells its subsidiary in the Netherlands (AEP Industries Nederland B.V.) on Friday. More
FDA okays UV tech for direct food contact in packaging
04/08/2008
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Food Contact Notification (FCN) 772 to allow direct food contact with UV or electronic-beam formulations. More
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The Converting Curmudgeon
Mark Spaulding, Editor in Chief, Converting
May 4, 2008
Flexo that rivals gravure?
I visited Williamson Printing in Dallas last week during the FTA's Info*Flex and...
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The Converting Curmudgeon
Mark Spaulding, Editor in Chief, Converting
April 29, 2008
All shows should be this busy
Info*Flex in Dallas was a pleasant change of pace for shows--really crowded aisles. A...
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The Converting Curmudgeon
Mark Spaulding, Editor in Chief, Converting
April 22, 2008
How the "recession" is affecting you
Whether President Bush wants to call it a recession or not, the economic slowdown by ...
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Substrate Secrets
Eldridge M. Mount, President, EMMOUNT Technologies LLC
April 17, 2008
Viscosity driver of coextrusion melt disturbance
In my last post, I spoke of making sure the outer layer was lower viscosity than the ...
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