Hole Punching

Keeping Score

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... of the odd month when the earlier numbers don’t appear to be reaching “bonus” level. And, says Carmany, that’s the whole point. “It’s kind of like the Masters golf tournament,” explains Carmany. “They ...

Recycled Paperboard Packages Win Big in Paperboard Contest

(Archive)

June 06, 2004, ... are extremely pleased with the performance of these unique cartons. The unusual design and great graphics fit right in with the new Swoops shape, helping us to provide consumers with a whole new experience." ...

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, ... original design ran at 300 fpm on an Arpeco press, with in-line rotary die-cutting. Judge Ian Hole, Esko Graphics, commented, “An example of work that has simply balanced all the factors of accurate color ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... paper masking sheets. Company reports vinyl can be cut easily and used repeatedly in pin register systems with minimal register pin hole deformation. Extrusion Die Cuts Costs Diamond America Corp., ...

Editorial, Wal-Mart Friend or Foe to Packaging Industry, PFFC, May 2004

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... find supply sources to help them compete in the marketplace. Other claims of an accusing sort are accumulating to cast the retailer in a less than wholesome light. Jesse Jackson recently made caustic ...

Clean Room Consumables Show Gains

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... as a whole, as well as from the recovery of the semiconductor industry and the continuing expansion of clean room technologies into non-electronics market. Clean Room Consumables Demand Million dollars ...

Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... Producing an optically clear film with an effective barrier to oxygen requires delivery of a smooth, continuous coating to a treated film web. Pinholes are unacceptable since they act as a window to oxygen ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... economy as a whole, as well as from the recovery of the semiconductor industry and the continuing expansion of clean room technologies into non-electronics market. The best opportunities for growth, ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... to do what is right for the whole while making sure that the needs of the PLACE Division are met. Those who are members of PLACE and especially those who help to manage its many successful activities should ...

The Secret's Out

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ...  “We almost reinvented ourselves,” adds Kirk Valadez. “We started a new business, and in many ways we're still learning. When you do cartons and high-shrink films, that's a whole different ball game.” ...

When Rollers Fight, Webs Lose

(Archive)

March 31, 2004, ... or bearing blocks to prevent shifting in bolt hole clearance. Change over to split cap blocks, allowing rollers to be removed and installed without losing alignment. Good roller alignment is the first ...

High & Low

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... design did not provide installers a great deal of flexibility when drilling holes for mounting. According to Diego Giugovaz, Winpak's maintenance manager, “During our evaluation we found an extremely ...

A Secure Alternative

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... the image it creates, yet the whole image can be “scrolled” through the width of the thread by tilting it. (See figure at right.) But wait, there's more: a single micro-optic film can incorporate the ...

A Century Salute

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... for a very big part of its business. “We're still focused on selling our product at the wholesale level to the printing industry,” reports Western States president Mark Lemberger. “Ninety-five percent of ...

Narrow Web Press Manufacturer Mark Andy Takes Customer Support to

(News | New Products)

March 23, 2004, ... US-based manufacturer says, with this certification and its supplier entities Comco and UVTechnology, "[We] have taken support to a whole new level." Says Mark Andy, "Using ISO-Certified Processes and ...

Scitex Vision's CORjet at Drupa: Taking Inkjet to the Top of the Short-Run Corrugated and Rigid Display Market

(News | New Products)

March 09, 2004, ...  whole new mind-set is opening that allows us to capitalize on regional and retail account-specific promotional opportunities." The creation of value-added, digitally produced corrugated and board product ...

Competitive Investment Strategies for Packaging Converters

(News | New Products)

March 08, 2004, ... rapid profitability. George B. Cusdin, flexographic printing specialist, has worked in the flexographic printing industry for more than 30 years, serving the whole spectrum of flexo applications. ...

Discount Labels Gains Proofing-Process Efficiencies with Latran's Digital Halftone Technolog

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... Now a division of Mail-Well Inc., Discount Labels prints approximately 3,000 orders per day for close to 50,000 wholesale dealers. Most simple short-run labels leave Discount in 24 hours, while full-color ...

Discount Labels Gains Proofing-Process Efficiencies with Latran's Digital Halftone Technolog

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... Now a division of Mail-Well Inc., Discount Labels prints approximately 3,000 orders per day for close to 50,000 wholesale dealers. Most simple short-run labels leave Discount in 24 hours, while full-color ...

The Family Breadwinner

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... bread aisle, it opened a whole new market to metallization, thus bagging the Peter Rigney of the Year Award (named for PFFC's former publisher) from the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and ...

Data Sharing Made Simple

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ...  use the company ERP system as a customer management tool. This created loop holes in the sales cycle.” Solution-Driven Software Since 1998 Wisconsin Film & Bag has employed The Manufacturing Manage ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... 574/259-3787; 800/348-7191; decochem.com Super opaque white UV flexo inks, designated 7969, are said to be pinhole-free, have low viscosity, and adhere to many films. Solvent-resistant inks cure to 600 ...

Migration of Fluorescent Whitening Agents from Food Packaging Made from Recycled Paper

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, Application: A polyethylene coating can prevent migration of fluorescent whitening agents from food packaging made from recycled fibers. Email the author(s) at: bsithole@paprican.ca Effort to increase ...

Schober to Showcase In-Line and Off-Line Converting Systems at Drupa

(News | New Products)

February 23, 2004, Schober GmbH will exhibit at Drupa in hall 11, booth A44. (schober-gmbh.de). EBERDINGEN, GERMANY—Schober says at this year's Drupa it will be showing both in-line and off-line finishing technology for ...

Futec to Show Latest Advances in Automated Web Inspection at Drupa

(News | New Products)

February 22, 2004, ... from Futec inspection. The MaxEye detects spots, voids, wrinkles, pinholes, die lines, scratches, and a host of other optically detectable defects. Futec also says an agreement with Windmöller & ...

FDA Report Calls for the Adoption of RFID

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2004, ... "The report cites Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging 'of products by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers appears to be the most promising approach to reliable product tracking and tracing,' ...

FDA Report Calls for the Adoption of RFID

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2004, ... "The report cites Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging 'of products by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers appears to be the most promising approach to reliable product tracking and tracing,' ...

Technology: The Great Equalizer

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... that while employment and shipments in their industry took a nosedive the last two years — paralleling the decline of US manufacturing as a whole — “the number of establishments manufacturing plastics ...

Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... the pressures being brought to bear on the packaging supply chain as a whole by the strong purchasing power of the major multinationals, who today are driving the market. He says, “The industry will emerge ...

RFID and Conductive Inks: What You Need to Know

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2004, ... has to deal with. A typical printing environment, with the right amount of commitment…its probably the least risk. We think its dead on into how they can enter this whole RFID race without spending a lot ...