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Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS Keep up to date on LLDPE, PVC pr... : NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS   Keep up to date on LLDPE, PVC pricing developments.  Follow  @ quickpakinc on  Twitter For the third time th...

NEWSWIRE SNIPPETS   Keep up to date on LLDPE, PVC pricing developments.  Follow  @ quickpakinc on  Twitter For the third time this year, major polyethylene film makers are seeking non-resin price increases for their products. AEP Industries Inc., Sigma Plastics Group and Berry Plastics Corp. each recently have sent letters to customers indicating price increases effective Dec. 1. Hackensack, N.J.-based AEP and Lyndhurst, N.J-based Sigma each are seeking increases of 4 percent. The increase amount cited by Evansville, Ind.-based Berry is 3-5 percent. Plasticsnews.com November 2014

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Stretch Film pricing for December 1st 2014. : Berry Plastics General Price Increase. Berry is announcing a non-resin price increase effective with shipments December 1, 2014. PVC and pa...

Berry Plastics General Price Increase. Berry is announcing a non-resin price increase effective with shipments December 1, 2014. PVC and pallet wrap. (Read letter) Sigma Plastics General Price Increase (Read letter) AEP General Price Increase (Read letter) IPG Intertape General Price Increase (Read letter) "With spot Ethylene dropping in relative freefall, domestic processors are looking for a share of the savings; perhaps that ever elusive price decrease might finally come through in November. The last decrease was $.02/lb back in November 2012, there has since been $.21/lb of increases, the most recent was $.03/lb this September." "US resin producers have maintained their pricing power and domestic resin selling prices have only been descending slowly." EXPECT LLDPE TO FALL SOON "It is likely that the Polyethylene market will recoil a little in the coming week as sales pressure is relieved at the beginning of the month." FILM MAKERS TO...

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Printwiz tape dispenser from quick pak inc : Printwiz - New from Quick Pak Inc What is Printwiz: Printwiz is a hand-held print on demand tape gun that allows plain tape to become p...

Printwiz - New from Quick Pak Inc What is Printwiz: Printwiz is a hand-held print on demand tape gun that allows plain tape to become printed tape.  The unique and patented printing mechanism in the Printwiz dispenser places the image to be printed onto the adhesive side of the tape.  This avoids smearing as well as the normally necessary drying time of the ink for the imprint and as the imprint is captured between the film of the tape and the corrugated carton, the image is absorbed and transferred into the corrugated creating security tape. The Printwiz dispenser also helps create brand recognition for the product, can be used for coding or dating, storage instructions, locations and identification, and is lightweight, easy to use, and economical and needs no operator training. Hasn't this been tried before: Yes, but what makes the Printwiz system different is that we are transferring the print onto the adhesive side of the tape. This exclusive and protected method avoi...

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Low Cost Overhead Pallet Wrapper : COMING Soon…The NEW Revolution E3 2100 Overhead Wrapper @ $3,500/EA ...

COMING Soon…The NEW Revolution E3 2100 Overhead Wrapper @ $3,500/EA About the Revolution E3 2100 Wrap Concept. Introducing a Great Innovation in Pallet Wrapping. Simple, Affordable and High-Quality Unit. The newest standard version of Revolution E3 2100 pallet wrap machine now includes photocell for pallet height detection. Space Saver:  The Revolution E3 2100 saves precious working space by “parking” the arm out of the way. The Revolution E3 2100 Wrapper uses a 28” wide HYBRiD Plus converted film which enables the wrapper to wrap a standard pallet with minimum number of revolutions Simple Modern Technology Equipped with a 24VDC Gear Motors which you can depend on.  It can wrap more than 100 pallets per shift. Simple yet effective design, engineered for efficiency, easy to install and maintenance friendly. Revolution E3 2100 Wrapper uses less film, less power, less...

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Sigma Stretch Film non industry price increase. : Non Resin Increase from Sigma Stretch Film.  Oil prices low and business going in to slow period.  Curious to see what happens.

Non Resin Increase from Sigma Stretch Film.  Oil prices low and business going in to slow period.  Curious to see what happens.

Quick Pak - What the Packaging Trade is Saying!: Resin Pricing News November 1st 2014 : RESIN SALES WAKE "The resin market awoke from a two week nap, finishing October with quite a bang. Resin prices were weak" ...

RESIN SALES WAKE "The resin market awoke from a two week nap, finishing October with quite a bang. Resin prices were weak" E ACTIVE "Ethylene trading was extremely active" PE SLIDES "The spot Polyethylene market came under pressure as sellers with groups of railcars hit the market searching for buyers ahead of month-end. Average Polyethylene prices slid $.01/lb" EXPECT PE TO FALL SOON "It is likely that the Polyethylene market will recoil a little in the coming week as sales pressure is relieved at the beginning of the month."  FILM MAKERS TO SEEK RELIEF "Resin Processors, eying the $.20/lb drop in upstream spot Ethylene costs, are seeking a contract price decrease of perhaps $.03/lb - which equals the September increase." STELLAR SALES FOR RESIN "resin markets were active the first part of Oct and then fell silent, but this past week was stellar and it redeemed the month." BEAR SENTIMENT "Polyethylene market senti...