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Sun Chemical Introduces High-performance Anilox Cleaner

February 3, 2015

Printers looking for a high-performance and environmentally friendly cleaning agent that effectively helps scour heavily soiled plates and anilox rollers, can now use Sun Chemical’s new SunVisto Anilox Renew and the SunVisto Power Scrub.

Technology: Static Control

How to Control Static in Web Converting Applications

Kim West

February 2, 2015

You walk across the carpet, reach for the light switch and……….ZAP!! You get a shock. That’s static electricity alright, but in industrial manufacturing environments, it’s a little bit more complicated.

Cover Story: The Snack Boom

Snack packaging explodes as snacking bursts into new opportunities

Rebecca Eve Schweitzer

January 13, 2015

Getting three square meals a day has become, well, a bit square. Hectic schedules, commutes, conflicting family schedules, pressing to-do lists and ever-buzzing phones have most consumers too busy to eat, let alone cook.

PMMI Corner

The state of snacks

Global snack market faces big growth opportunities.

Julie Ackerman

January 13, 2015

No country in the world loves a snack like the United States. Whether due to Americans’ level of disposable income, demand for convenience, interest in meal replacements or desire to indulge in exotic flavor options at a reasonable price, the U.S. remains the globe’s single largest market for snack foods.

Market Trends: Prepared Foods

Prepared foods take the guesswork out of mealtime

Liz Cuneo

January 13, 2015

You’ve heard it before, today’s consumer wants convenience, convenience and more convenience.

Materials Technology: Flexible Packaging

An abundance of pouches

As flexible packaging continues to grow, pouch makers expand and improve offerings.

Rebecca Eve Schweitzer

January 13, 2015

According to the Flexible Packaging Association, the U.S. flexible packaging industry grew 2.8% to $27.2 billion in annual sales, but we don’t need statistics to see that flexible packaging is on a roller coaster that only goes up.

Machinery Technology: Cartoning

Cartoning machinery packages cold beer cans

Liz Cuneo

January 13, 2015

The Denver Beer Co. was co-founded by Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford in August 2011.

Technology: UV/EB Curing

EB Litho for Flexible Packaging Applications

Don P. Duncan, Contributing writer

January 1, 2015

Ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curing (also known as energy curing, or EC) of printed products, especially for food packaging, have been commercial processes for over 25 years.

Labels & Labeling: NFC Tags and Smart Label Technologies

NFC Labeling Technology: An Emerging Opportunity for Flexible Packaging

Kori A. Winters

January 1, 2015

The development and gradual commercialization of NFC-enabled (Near Field Communication) products show how companies such as Thin Film Electronics (Thinfilm) are pushing the integration of electronic intelligence into everyday products, like packaging labels.

CoverStory: Best New Packages

Year in review: New packages from 2014

Liz Cuneo

December 11, 2014

What I like most about writing about packaging is seeing the endless innovations and the new and improved products that help us out in our daily lives.