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Testing & Measuring Products

Published: November 01, 2008
Track Temps, Humidity Hobo U14 LCD Data Logger monitoring system displays and tracks temperature and humidity levels in a broad range of indoor environments.

What's New Products

Published: November 01, 2008
Move Large Rolls Without Damage The Big Wheel RollMover is designed to move larger rolls of tissue, toweling, and nonwovens gently, without damaging outer

Web Exclusive: Financial Crisis:

Published: October 30, 2008, By By George M. Spilka, George Spilka and Assoc.
As this article was being written during the fourth week of September, and updated on October 7, the US was in the midst of its greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Congress approved a $700 billion bailout package for the financial industry on October 3

MWV Gets Dual Environmental Certification

Published: October 01, 2008
Richmond, VA MWV (MeadWestvaco) has received chain of custody certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) program and the Programme for

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

Published: October 01, 2008
Tape Gets a Grip SAUNDERSTOWN, RI | DeWAL Industries is manufacturing D/W 351, a PTFE-coated foil that combines a thin layer of PTFE with 0.005-in.-thick

Narrow Web & Label Products

Published: October 01, 2008
Film Gives Photo Quality Polyjetlaser Matte Transparent filmstock supports a wide array of multipurpose laser and inkjet printing applications. Lay-flat

Shrink Expands

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Don Earl, founder and president of Overnight Labels, says he is serious about making the highest quality narrow web labels and packaging required by the

October Carton & Box Reporter

Published: October 01, 2008
Freedom Corrugated Adds Scrap System KENOSHA, WI | Freedom Corrugated, Hazleton, PA, has installed a Scrap Trakker data collection and reporting system

Carton & Box Products

Published: October 01, 2008
Cutting Tables Increase Productivity The Kongsberg XP series of digital cutting tables comprise three models, all of which are targeted at POP and product

Door to Door QC

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Although Jessup Mfg. Co. defines itself as a global manufacturer and supplier of pressure-sensitive films that improve safety and productivity, Rob Jessup,

Get a Grip

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
One of WebCut Converting's customers is among the world's most well-known and respected companies, with facilities in 60 countries and more than $21 billion

Multitasking is Passe Focus is in

Published: October 01, 2008, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
Recently I learned from Chicago Public Radio 91.5 FM that our brains really don't multitask at all they switch and focus. It turns out, according to a

Do You Have a Need for Speed?

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Faster, faster, faster. As you reach the designed capacity of your existing process, before buying new equipment, most converters will ask if they simply

Solvent Retention in Packaging

Published: October 01, 2008, By By David Argent Contributing Editor
Solvent-based gravure and flexo inks used in packaging always retain small amounts of solvent in the final package. When measured and controlled, this

News Clips

Published: October 01, 2008
Buckingham Capital Partners II, a New York-based private equity firm, acquires AD Subsidiary, formerly the Automation Div. of Remmele Engineering, St.

Harpers Again Support Education

Published: October 01, 2008
Charlotte, NC The Harper Center of Graphics Technology at Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, MN, was dedicated recently. The center honors

FTA Helps Brands With Consistency

Published: October 01, 2008
Ronkonkoma, NY General Mills, Minneapolis, MN, is America's fifth largest food manufacturing company, with more than 100 of the nation's most recognizable

Color Diamond Green

Published: October 01, 2008
Rochester, NY Diamond Packaging was recognized as one of Rochester's companies during a recent event sponsored by the Rochester Business Journal and Bank

Sustainability and Flex Pack: a Study

Published: October 01, 2008
Manteno, Il Zip-Pak recently announced its latest research findings on the relationship between flexible packaging and sustainability. Zip-Pak says the

New Heidelberg Press Joins 31 More

Published: October 01, 2008
Dusseldorf, Germany Thung Hua Sinn Group, Thailand, Bangkok, received a certificate of purchase for a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 at Drupa 2008. This

People

Published: October 01, 2008
At Sartomer Co., Exton, PA, Henry Miller is named manager of UV/EB technical development; James Goodrich becomes manager of UV/EB technology; and Josh

Two Join Green Partnership

Published: October 01, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA The Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership adds the National Assn. of Printing Ink Mfrs. and Envelope Mfrs. Assn. to its ranks. SGP

Printed Electronics Resource Offered

Published: October 01, 2008
Glen Allen, VA NanoMarkets is offering an analysis of the printed electronics industry. Entitled The NanoMarkets Printed Electronics Database, the product

Printed Intelligence Study Subject Of Agreement

Published: October 01, 2008
Tarrytown, NY Ciba and VTT Technical of Finland have signed a medium- to long-term cooperation agreement to develop new commercial products and solutions

CPP 2008 Has it All

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Converting & Package Printing Expo returns to McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, November 9-13. Once again, CPP Expo will be co-located with Pack Expo and

Adding Capacity

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Mike Frost, president of Global Packaging, readily admits much of his company's 16% annual growth since a buyout in 1996 has come by growing with his

Film Converting: Luminit Films Shape Light

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Stanley Kao, business development manager for Luminit LLC, says the proprietary process used to create its Light Shaping Diffusers (LSD) is a film-to-film,

String Is Clean

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Static has been an ever-present problem for converters across virtually all market segments since the invention of the high-speed web press. But depending

Adchem Uses Static Control String to Eliminate Contamination

Published: October 01, 2008, By By Charlie Acquista, Adchem Corp.
Here are some of the concerns faced by converters and suppliers that handle substrates converted on high-speed webs: Personal Safety An electrostatic

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

Published: October 01, 2008, By By James E. Goodrich, Sartomer Co.
Ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) technology continues to infiltrate the established graphics markets and create new markets as well. Traditionally, UV/EB

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