Flexible Packaging

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2019 November

Among the articles in the November 2019 issue of Flexible Packaging Magazine, read about award-winning innovations in pouch packaging, the latest news from the flexible packaging industry, read the November Roundtable on static control, and much more!

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FPA Update

FPA Holds Successful Fall Executive Conference

November 4, 2019
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The Flexible Packaging Association recently held its 2019 Fall Executive Conference at the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings preceded the conference. This issue of the FPA Update highlights some of the presentations.


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Web Detectors Give Converters a Production Edge
Technology: Web Detection

Web Detectors Give Converters a Production Edge

Compensated ultrasonic and infrared array edge detectors set the standard for accuracy, reliability and ease-of-use.
Paul Henke
November 7, 2019
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Web guides have evolved dramatically since their first appearance in the 1930s. Still, the earliest electronic systems were far from perfect; they were sensitive to dust and temperature swings.


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Label Adhesives
Labeling: Adhesives

Strict Regulations Govern Food Label Adhesives

Testing can ensure use of adhesives that don’t negatively affect consumers’ health.
Wolfgang-aufmuth
Wolfgang Aufmuth
November 12, 2019
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When walking through the supermarket, have you ever noticed how many products feature labels? By labels, we don’t mean the small price tags, but rather the larger labels that are used as an advertising medium and to display the product information.


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Converter News

PPC Flexible Acquires Texas Converter

November 4, 2019
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PPC Flexible Packaging announces the acquisition of McKinney, Texas-based Popular Ink. Popular Ink is the fifth acquisition of specialty and differentiated flexible packaging firms by PPC.  Previous acquisitions include Fisher Container and Packaging Products Corporation in 2017, Temkin International in 2018 and HFM Packaging in 2019.


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Converter News

Label Company Now 100% Employee-Owned

November 4, 2019
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Macaran Printed Products a division of Van Alstine and Sons, Inc. announced that the company has become a 100 percent employee-owned entity. Macaran, one of North America’s highest definition pressure-sensitive label converters, was founded more than 44 years ago.


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Converter News

South Atlantic Packaging Named Among "Fast 50'

November 4, 2019
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For the fifth consecutive year, South Atlantic Packaging has been selected as one of the 50 top-performing, privately held companies in Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina by the Triad Business Journal’s annual “Fast 50” awards program.


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AJG Packaging Exothermix heating system
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Air-Activated Device heats Packaging

November 4, 2019
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AJG Packaging, a New Jersey-based provider for sourcing, filling and secondary packaging needs, announces the availability of the Exothermix heating system, a self-contained heating solution, which features the flexibility to fit many different applications and simplifies the use of any product requiring heat.


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