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Stripe Slitting: The Challenge of Staying within the Lines

Published: June 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc.
Lines make life more difficult. Remember coloring as a child. At first it was just you, your crayons, white paper, and free expression. Life was easy.

Reporter Clips

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Coming events and news from: Avery Dennison, Label Graphics, and Medicia Corp.

What's New in Narrow Web

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor

New stuff from: QuickLabel Systems, Honle UV America, and Gallus Inc.

Products: Edited by Deborah Donberg

Published: June 01, 2002

New from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Automatan, Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Chase Machine and Engineering, Convertech Inc., CTC International, Danarota Technic (Montalvo), Double E Co. Inc., Dover Flexo Electronics Inc., Dusenbery Europe, Elite Cameron, Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc., Geometric Intl., Independent Machine Co., Keene Technology, Kroenert Corp., L.J. Star Inc., Malcom Hot Air Systems, Maxson Automatic Machinery Co., New Era Converting Machinery, Niagara Plastics.

Materials

Published: June 01, 2002
New materials from: Adhesives Research, Eastman Chemical Company, Flint Ink, Rhodia Inc.

Sweet Smell of Success

Published: June 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Rigid box and folding carton firms from around the world were honored by the National Paperbox Assn. in its 52nd packaging competition. A total of 147

Digital Flexo Plates: From Pioneers to End-Users

Published: June 01, 2002, By Kevin Karstedt Karstedt, Assoc. Ltd.
Over the past 15-20 years, our digital prepress cousins in the publication and commercial printing arenas have blazed the trail for us in the packaging

Packaging That Takes You Away

Published: June 01, 2002, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor

High-end effects, innovative technical designs, and hard-to-print substrates were employed by this year's GAA Golden Cylinder Award winners.

Spills Are Out with New Spout

Published: June 01, 2002, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor
Totani equipment and a successful collaboration lead to Kapak's no-spill flexible pouch.

Presses Have Converter in Fine Form

Published: June 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
With some 40 years' experience in the business forms industry, Sam O'Connor has seen that marketplace undergo dramatic changes and not necessarily for

FFTA Campaigns for Flexo

Published: June 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
With our nation's capitol as a backdrop, the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA) presented a patriotic theme at its 44th annual forum

On the Move...

Published: June 01, 2002, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: Accuweb, Amacoil/Uhing, Beacon Converters, Bobst, Boise, Canflexographics, CFC Intl. Inc., Creo, Gralex, Great Northern Corp., Harper, H.C. Miller Press, Heidelberg USA, MAN Roland, Pace Systems, PCMC, Peerless Machine & Tool, Pitman Co., PLGA, Printpack, Stanford Products, Steuer Printing Technology, and Tadbik Group.

Splice Twice? Not on Your Life!

Published: June 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Remember the last time you missed a splice? Not a good day, was it? If there's one word to describe the new splicing equipment available today, it's Phil

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 6

Published: June 01, 2002, By Susan Kelly, Raine Consulting
This column is the sixth in a yearlong series of columns about the challenges facing the converting industry. Through our 2002 series of web articles,

EPA Wins Big Victory on Particulate Matter and Ozone

Published: May 01, 2002, By Sheila A. Millar, Attorney-at-Law, Keller & Heckman, Washington DC
On March 26, 2002, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia handed EPA a resounding victory in its battle to promulgate revised national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone and particulate matter (PM) under the Clean Air Act.

When R&D Is the Task, A Military Approach May Be Best

Published: May 01, 2002, By Dr. Richard M. Podhajny, Ph.D.
Like many others, I served in the US Army. Although I did not see any live action during the Viet Nam era, I did learn many useful procedures in the Army

The European Directive on Packaging and Packaging waste

Published: May 01, 2002, By Corey M. Reardon, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc.
Environmental concerns led the European Commission to establish a set of rules for waste management in the European packaging industry. The reduction

Thriving on Gravure & Location

Published: May 01, 2002, By Stanley Sacharow, Contributing Editor
Located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (pop. 430,000) Mipa S.A. is the only flex-pack converter in the entire nation. Its plant is comfortably nestled

Converting Industry News

Published: May 01, 2002, By Deborah Donberg, Associate Managing Editor
News from: Badger Plug, BST Pro Mark, CES, Creo, Danaher Corp., DFI, IDC, ExxonMobil, FILMtech, Freedonia, Hyde Park Electronics, Kadant Web Systems, KlÖckner, Magnat Machine Tech, MeadWestvaco, Mitchell Machine, Pactiv, Pitman, PolyOne Corp., PRA, SERCOS NA, Smurfit-Stone, Sonoco, SPI, Toray Plastics, and Witt Plastics.

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

Published: May 01, 2002, By Dr. Paul E. Gloor Johnson, Polymer Inc.
It is often forgotten the vast majority of folding cartons are coated with either a water-based or ultraviolet (UV)-cured coating. In fact, most new presses

Trade Shows Join Other Industries in Anticipating Rising Numbers

Published: May 01, 2002, By Yolanda Simonsis, Associate Publisher/Editor
Let's be honest. Much of the trade show attendance in our industry has declined. No amount of disguising (including the quality versus quantity claim)

Strand Tracking Problems on Your Slitter/Rewinder

Published: May 01, 2002, By Timothy J. Walker, TJWalker & Assoc. Inc
A slitter/rewinder has two goals: Divide the web into strands (slitting); and create uniform individual rolls (winding). This plan has three potential

Inevitable Ergonomics: Standard Smarts

Published: May 01, 2002, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor

ANSI, OSHA, ENs, ISO, ICC, CIP4, JDF, PDF... What doe these all have in common? They're all standards,and we're seeing more and more of them.

P-S Labels Every Which Way

Published: May 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
Tadbik Ltd. reports it is the largest pressure-sensitive label converter in Israel, controlling more than 60% of that country's prime label market and

PLGA Annual Conference News

Published: May 01, 2002, By Deborah Donberg, Assoc. Managing Editor

Fifth Conference Proves PLGA Growing Up Quickly

Flex-Pack Faces Up to Global Competition

Published: May 01, 2002, By Simon King, PCI Films Consulting Ltd.
In the $30 billion world market for consumer flexible packaging, the internationalization of packaging substrate suppliers is taken for granted, as is

The Good and Bad Sides of Offset Powder

Published: May 01, 2002, By David J. Bentley, Jr., RBS Technologies
Many things in everyday life can be good or bad, depending on circumstance and use. We need food to sustain ourselves, but too much leads to obesity and

Beauty & the Box

Published: May 01, 2002, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
For the first time in the history of the Paperboard Packaging Council's carton competition, one entry took the top award the President's Award and scored

Reporter Clips

Published: May 01, 2002, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
News from: AAA Press Intl., Avery Dennison, Creo, De La Rue, EMA, GPA, Hilord Chemical, Keystone Aniline, Mark Andy, Meyers Label , New Frontier Packaging, Printcafe, Scapa NA, Sony Chemicals, Tracking Technologies, and Xaar.

Diving into Pouches

Published: May 01, 2002, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor
Providing a broad range of solutions to such leading brands as Frito Lay, Pepsi, and Heinz, Parkside Flexibles knew flexible packaging. But there was

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