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Database: PIRA

The PIRA File (PIRA & PAPAERBASE - Packaging, Paper, Printing, Publishing, Imaging) is a bibliographic database containing information on business and technological developments in packaging, printing, publishing, pulp, paper, imaging, and nonwovens. Both business and technical aspects of these industries are covered, with emphasis on raw materials, production processes, machinery and equipment, environmental issues, products, and end uses. In addition, PIRA includes information relating to all aspects of imaging, including photography, holography, thermography, and radiography techniques, equipment, and applications.

Pulp and paper coverage is provided by Paperbase International, a joint venture of Pira International (UK) and CTP (France), KCL (Finland), and STFI-Packford (Sweden).

The database corresponds to the following journals: Imaging Abstracts, International Packaging Abstracts, Nonwovens Abstracts, Paperbase Abstracts, Printing Abstracts, World Publishing Monitor.

The records contain product and company names, title, author, abstract, and controlled and supplementary terms, geographic terms, language, document type, chemical names, and CAS Registry Numbers (R). Also included are entry and update dates and publication years.

File Data

• 1975 to the present
• More than 722,000 records (11/10)
• Updated weekly

Subject Coverage

• Additives
• Company profiles
• Equipment
• Environmental Issues
• Holography
• Imaging Applications
• Machinery
• Marketing information
• Materials
• Nonwovens
• Packaging
• Papermaking
• Photography
• Printing
• Processes
• Products
• Publishing
• Radiography Techniques
• Thermography

Sources

• Books
• Conference Proceedings
• Journals
• Newspapers
• Patents
• Reports
• Reviews

Database Producer

Pira International
Adam Page - Head of Information
Cleeve Road
Leatherhead
Surrey KT22 7RU
UK
Phone:  (+44) (1372) 802113
Fax:    (+44) (1372) 802239
E-mail: infocentre@pira-international.com

Usage Terms

For more detailed information, view the STN Database Summary Sheet.