For Consolidated Packaging Group, staying ahead of the competition requires speed, top quality, and total commitment to customer service—a goal that is easily met with the right laminating process and the right suppliers.
The role of roll handling is especially crucial as the need to maintain protection and positive control is increasing along with the value and size of film rolls.
With an estimated cost to the worldwide economy of $700 billion per year, counterfeiting is top of mind for brand owners as well as their suppliers. Converters are meeting the challenge head-on, with printing and coding technologies that provide product authentication and enable tracking through the supply chain.
Label
and packaging consultant Mike Fairly looks at the changing character of
environmental requirements, evolving sustainability standards and legislation,
brand owner waste management responsibility, and assesses some of the actions
that converters should be taking.
A new family of films from Pliant aims to standardize the battle against Coefficient of Friction, resulting in more throughput, fewer line stoppages and smoother processing of plastic films.
