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Rotoflex to Launch Product Platforms at Label Expo Europe

Published: August 10, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Rotoflex International says it will launch its new "Millenium Vision," the PRO Series, which includes five product groups—Pro Inspect, Pro Vision, Pro Secure, Pro DieCut, and Pro Tech—for inspection, slitting, rewinding, die-cutting, and vision converting applications, at Label Expo.

Teknek Offering Web Guiding and Cleaning... All in One

Published: August 10, 2001, By PFFC Staff
INCHINNAN, SCOTLAND, U.K. The Web Guide Clean Machine (WGCM) enables printers to clean and guide their webs simultaneously. Co. says cleaning and guiding

Barco to Demo Prepress and Proofing Products at Print 2001

Published: August 10, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
At the upcoming Print 2001 show in Chicago next month, Barco Graphics will bring together the three units that comprise its business: package printing, industrial printing, and commerical printing.

Agfa Expansion Brings Digital Platemaking to North America

Published: August 06, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE
Agfa is expanding its plate-manufacturing capacity in its existing Branchburg, NJ, facility.

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

Published: August 01, 2001, By Deborah Donberg, Managing Editor
An alliance with Flint Ink allows Packaging Products Corp. to meet the needs of three facilities and 150 different customers.

Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

Published: August 01, 2001, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
Quite by accident, I happened to be rifling through some issues of Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER from only a few years ago, when I came upon one of my

Converter's Notebook

Published: August 01, 2001
Great Wall Plastic Industry Bhd., Malaysia, has installed new Windmller & Hlscher (W&H) equipment at its Rawang facility. According to P.K. Wong, general

INTERNATIONAL CONVERTERSCOPE

Published: August 01, 2001
Inland Opens Sheet Plant in Tijuana INDIANAPOLIS, IN Inland Paperboard and Packaging has opened a new sheet plant in Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Antitrust Law Is Alive and Well, Both Here and Abroad

Published: August 01, 2001, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC
Significant developments in the US and the European Union (EU) confirm that antitrust law is alive and well on both sides of the Atlantic. A US Court

Coaters and Primers: Should You Apply In- or Out-of-Line?

Published: August 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies
Many converting operations involve application of a coating or primer to a substrate. Two application techniques are possible: in-line or out of line.

So You've Seen a Ghost! Who You Gonna Call?

Published: August 01, 2001, By Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor
Many of us enjoyed watching Bill Murray conquer the ghosts that he encountered in the movie Ghostbusters. So, you ask, what do ghosts have to do with

More Causes, More Cures For Web Scratches

Published: August 01, 2001, By William E. Hawkins, Film Handling Solutions Ltd.
Last month I wrote that idler rolls (in high-speed processes) do not always turn at web speed even though they have sufficient wrap and free-turning bearings,

Reporter Clips

Published: August 01, 2001, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
News from: Graphic Converting Inc., Nilpeter, Roto Press Intl., SunJet, and Xaar.

What's New in Narrow Web

Published: August 01, 2001
New products from Avery Dennison (averydennison.com and Contech contech-usa.com.

Products

Published: August 01, 2001, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor
New from: Baldor Electric, BHS, Bobst, Brausse Group, Carotek, Converting Solutions, Davies Industrial, GrafiKontrol, Gralex, Ion Systems Industrial, Kidder, Lasor/Systronics, Maxson Automatic, National Starch, Parkinson Technologies, Pioneer Electric, Plascon, Ro-An, Telstar Engineering, Tools & Production, Universal Equipment, and Valmet Rotomec.

Slitting Survey

Published: August 01, 2001, By Rick Lowe, Marketing Research Mgr., Primedia Business Magazines
The slitter. It is (almost) ever-present and often taken for granted.

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

Published: August 01, 2001, By Duane Smith, Black Clawson Converting Machinery

While you can't make paper or other products on the slitter/winder, it is every winder operator's job to ensure that web defects are not amplified during the slitting/rewinding operation.

Slitter Savvy: Visual Roll Defects & Remedies

Published: August 01, 2001
Poor starts: There are obvious differences in appearance between the paper near the core and the remainder of the roll. Remedies: Tighten web before fastening

News

Published: August 01, 2001
Patrick J. O'Brien has joined Creo-Scitex, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, as packaging sales manager for the Northeast region in North America. The International

Print 01 Will Showcase Converting Technologies

Published: August 01, 2001, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Print 01 is coming to McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, September 6-13. Comprising nearly 1 million sq ft (93,000 sq m) of exhibit space, the event is billed

On the Move

Published: August 01, 2001
News from: Aluminum Association, Canflexographics, Case Paper, Cloeren Inc., Color Resolutions International, Durango-Georgia Paper, Johnson Polymer, Laminations (Great North Corp.), Mardsen Inc., Mohawk Paper Mills, Pacific Bag, Plast-Control, Pomco Graphic Arts, Propheteer International, RadTech International, and Rockwell Automation.

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

Published: August 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley, Jr., Editor
Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries

What's New in Digital

Published: July 31, 2001, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
New products from: BCM Inks USA, Datacolor International, Kodak Polychrome, Novaflow Systems, Preview Graphics & Systems, and Xeikon.

Got News? It Could Be Posted Here...

Published: July 11, 2001, By Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER Staff
Late-breaking news, upcoming converter & supplier events, and more: If you need to get the word out—and fast—this space could be the place to do it. Submit

What Makes a Meeting a Must?

Published: July 01, 2001, By by Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
I can imagine a planning meeting that sounds more like a novice chef concocting an exotic new recipe with a little of this and a pinch of that and a measure

Converting Industry News

Published: July 01, 2001, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
News from: De La Rue Holographics, Dri-Tec, EPIC, FFTA, Harper Corp. of America, Jacobs-Sirrine Consultants, Pack Expo Las Vegas, Pactiv, Paperloop, Preferred Systems Inc., and PSTC.

Party Defection Brings a Sea Change in the Senate

Published: July 01, 2001, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington, DC

Despite the recent chaos, important agency work continues that will be of value to the converting industry.

Tamper-Evident, Tamper-Proof Packaging Part of Life Today

Published: July 01, 2001, By David J. Bentley Jr., RBS Technologies

A tamper-proof package, i.e., one that could never be opened, would mean no one could tamper with the cookies, but no one could eat them either!

Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration

Published: July 01, 2001, By Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D., Contributing Editor

Potential transfer…depends on many factors, such as degree of cure, ink adhesion, pressure between cups, length of time in contact, etc.

Web Scratch Solution: Regulate Your Running Rolls

Published: July 01, 2001, By William E. Hawkins, Film Handling Solutions Ltd.

Driven rolls also may scratch the web surface, even though they are very accurately speed-controlled.

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