October 1, 2005
COVERSTORY
RFID: The Next Generation
In this second of a three-part series, PFFC talks to the RFID industry’s leading players about the myths surrounding the technology, the reality, and how RFID implementation can affect your converting operation....
EDITORIALCOLUMN
Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation
While Gulf Coast residents will bear the brunt of this destruction, my feeling is that the entire country, as well as those countries to which we export our manufactured and agricultural products, will feel the burden as well....
CONVERTERCLIPS
First Glance
Innovative packaging from MeadWestvaco, Intl. Tray Pads & Packaging, and Oracle Packaging....
Converting Industry News, Part 1
News from: KWH Plast, Kuen Yuh Machinery Engineering, Excelsior Packaging Group, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, Presto Products, Transpac Comercializadora, Freedonia Group, Foodservice & Packaging Inst., Water Ink Technologies, Creo Americas, Omron Electronics, MeadWestvaco, HumanEyes, and Graphic Packaging Intl....
Converting Industry News, Part 2
News from: DuPont, Drent Goebel, Ampac, Baird Display, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., CMM Intl., Omet, Soma Engineering, Kurz, TLMI, Flint Ink, Harper Corp. of America, Myllykoski North America, and Microtrace. ...
LEGALBRIEFS
Data Security: A Growing Concern
Since the beginning of 2005, report after report has surfaced related to breaches of security that have affected more than 50 million records containing personal information. The incidents have generated legislative concern, particularly since identity theft is perhaps the fastest-growing crime in the US....
PLCPROBE
An Exercise in Compliance
Slightly more than three years ago, this column addressed the state of regulatory affairs then. It’s probably worthwhile to review that state today to remind converters of their continuing responsibilities....
PACKAGECONVERTING
The Fashion Side of Flex-Pack
Packaging is sort of a fashion business: Concepts come and go and sometimes are even fully commercialized....
WEBLINES
The Case for Automatic Splicing
The risks of manual at-speed splicing should not be played down. Every time you ask an operator to crawl into or lean over a turret winder to make a slice and tuck transfer, you are playing Russian roulette with a possible broken arm, cracked ribs, or most unforgivable, loss of life....
WHAT'SNEW
New Products, Part 1
New products from: Badger Plug, Montalvo, Martin Automatic, Windmoeller & Hoelscher, Fife, Esko-Graphics, Extrusion Dies Industries, Honeywell Intl., BYK-Gardner USA, Tidland, Applied Films, Butler Automatic, Double E Co., and Xitron. ...
New Products, Part 2
New products from: Matik North America, Simco, Bosch Rexroth, PTI, KTI, Schober USA, FMS USA, Jennerjahn Machine, AccuWeb, X-Rite, Circonix Technologies, North American Mfg. Co., Goldenrod Corp., and Bobst Group USA....
NARROWWEB&LABELREPORTER
Reporter Clips
Narrow web converting industry news from: Fernqvist Labeling Solutions, Scapa Medical, Western States Envelope, Avery Dennison RFID, and Texas Instruments....
Narrow Web New Products
Narrow web new products from: FLEXcon, Matan Digital Printers, Encres Dubuit, Avery Dennison, Precisia, Paxar, and Mark Andy....
FEATURESTORIES
POP Goes the Platemaker
Today's digital technology delivers the versatility and speed required to serve the new applications for corrugated and other POP display printed materials....
Profit Squeeze
The European flexible packaging market accounted for just under one-quarter of the world flexible packaging market of €39 billion in 2004. But growth levels are below those experienced in other regions. As substantial structural change in the sector is predicted, this article provides some of the background to these predictions and explores the driving forces for change....
Seafood is Served
Covering a wide spectrum of applications from labels to lidding and from packaging to POP displays, today’s new materials deliver problem-solving technology to meet your needs....
Getting Top Dollar
Owners of middle-market companies face major obstacles in selling at a premium price. Learn how to overcome these hurdles....
TECHNICALREPORT
Mastering RFID, Part 1
This article analyzes existing ESD control standards and interprets them for RFID label converting. In addition, available static control methods in RFID converting are examined along with a case study for static control on an RFID tag insertion module for a narrow-web press. ...
Mastering RFID, Part 2
This second of a two-part series covers development of an ESD protection program....
PEOPLE&PLACES
People & Places
News from: Intelicoat Technologies, Kodak Graphic Communications Group, Laminations, Mokon, Paragon Films, FKI Logistex, Kapak, Sun Chemical, Federation of the Finnish Media Industry, Mamata Machinery, Circonix, iTi, Day Intl., Multisorb Technologies, Lake Image Systems, Max Daetwyler, Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering, ABS Group, Precision AirConvey, SCA Americas, Martin Automatic, ABB, Paper Industry Intl. Hall of Fame, Adhesives Research, Longview Fibre Co., MAN Roland, GMG, Drytac, GAA, Pamarco Global Graphics, Rayven, Smurfit-Stone, Lamart Corp., Domino Amjet, and Miltec UV....
thePLACE
A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
Controling of aerosol contamination, heat transfer rolls, what aluminum foil has to do with hot tack in packaging, and thermal process imaging permits a real time view of your extrusion process....
PRODUCTFOCUS
New Technology Guides Web
The speed and accuracy of new presses have brought all the peripheral components, web guides among them, ahead in technology. Users are demanding more flexibility, more intelligent devices that are easier to use and set up....
