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Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

Published: March 31, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
A Vesta folder/gluer is giving Dyno Press an edge, allowing it to convert larger and more complex cartons and POP displays.

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

Published: March 1, 2000, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
With people living longer these days, a few of you actually may remember 1924. But if you don't (or if you weren't even alive yet), there are a few things

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

Published: March 1, 2000, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor
"It's not a good idea to stick your hand in the mouth of a growling dog." Yet, says Dave Shanks, senior process engineer at Avery Dennison's Lowell, IN,

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

Published: March 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Colbert Packaging expands its capabilities by adding a second Mark Andy narrow web flexographic press to its stable of equipment.

Drupa 2000 Celebrates Change on a Global Scale

Published: March 1, 2000, By Deborah Donberg, Managing Editor
Drupa 2000 has a new "byline"-- Print Media Trade Fair. It also has two new halls, many new features, and a new cycle. But not everything has changed.

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

Published: March 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

Published: March 1, 2000, By Stanley Sacharow, Contributing Editor
Uruguay's leading flexible packaging converter, ISMA S.A., is located in Montevideo, the nation's capital city and the center of Uruguay's industrial

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

Published: March 1, 2000, By Dr. Peter M. Schweizer
Curtain coating belongs to the class of premetered coating methods. The term "premetered" indicates that only the exact amount of fluid to be coated onto

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

Published: February 1, 2000, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Specialization is something that seems to be burgeoning in the converting industry. From short-run specialty bags to the season/holiday-changing colorful

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

Published: February 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Founded in 1928, Steketee-Van Huis (SVH), Holland, MI, produces high-end folding cartons for customers across the US

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Published: February 1, 2000, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
Food retailers bank on the fact that consumers notice the "image" of a product-basically, its packaging. But what about the product's overall performance:

Converters See Hurdles Ahead in Digital Printing

Published: February 1, 2000, By LeRoy Leiker, Intertec Publishing
Last May Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER and Intertec Publishing conducted a focus group on the topic of digital technology and its impact on the converting

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

Published: February 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
In an aggressive effort to increase sales, the management team at Autotype Americas Inc. decided to make some bold moves that have paid off handsomely

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

Published: February 1, 2000, By Ted McDermott
In today's competitive business environment, leading manufacturers in the converting industry are beginning to discover how enterprise business applications

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

Published: January 1, 2000, By Stanley Sacharow, Contributing Editor
Dixie Toga's flexible division—Itap Bemis—settles into a new home with top-flight equipment producing both gravure and flexo products.

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

Published: January 1, 2000, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor
You're at the store pondering the many choices of toothpaste. Over the years you've sampled everything from tartar control types to baking soda brands.

The Good Times Keep Rolling -- At Least for Now

Published: January 1, 2000, By Robert W. Marsh, Contributing Editor
"Anything that cannot go on forever will stop." So said the late Herbert Stein, chairman of president Richard Nixon's Council of Economic Advisors. It

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

Published: January 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor

With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting industry, William R. Arndt and Michael R. Nowak decided to start their own coating business,

Converting Coverage Grows at Graphics of the Americas

Published: January 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
Graphics of the Americas Global Printing & Converting Exposition will celebrate its silver anniversary February 4-6 at the Convention Center in Miami

Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects

Published: January 1, 2000, By Claudia Hine, Senior Editor
The technology currently being developed and utilized by the Israeli military is among the most sophisticated in the world. The transfer of this technology

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

Published: December 1, 1998, By Mykytiuk, Andrew R.
The flexibility of today's narrow web systems gives converters exciting new capabilities."Narrow web is where the action is," says Mike Schmidt, director

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

Published: September 1, 1998, By Mykytiuk, Andrew
Static electricity is described as a nonflowing electrical charge that builds up on nonconductive or ungrounded conductive materials. The most common

Finding a simple solution to a shocking problem

Published: April 1, 1998, By Mykytiuk, Andrew
Static electricity was causing big problems for Favorite Plastics. The solution - a Tantec system - was only a phone call away.Favorite Plastics, a Brooklyn,

Two states adopt regulations for rigid-container laws

Published: February 1, 1998, By MacArthur, Malcolm D.
California and Oregon have enacted far-reaching laws dealing with the recycling of rigid containers and issued comprehensive regulations implementing

Corporate compliance audits may save legal hassles.

Published: December 1, 1996, By MacArthur, Malcolm D.
To avoid legal problems, every company should consider instituting a corporate compliance audit. Such an audit consists of an assessment by inside and

Movin' on up - a look at relocating a business.

Published: December 1, 1996, By Boyle, Edward
Companies everywhere are on the move. The reasons may vary, but the goal is always the same: a more successful business.Location, location, location.

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

Published: December 1, 1996, By Sacharow, Stanley
With all the hype in recent years about transparent barrier films, one would think that applications could be found almost anywhere in the supermarket.

Saudi methanol producer plans expansion program

Published: December 1, 1996, By Wolpert, Vladimir
Saudi Methanol Co., an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp., and a consortium of Japanese companies signed a $160 million loan agreement with the

Pointing finger places blame but won't solve the problem

Published: December 1, 1996, By Bentley, David J., Jr.
The more parties that are involved in any project, the more opportunities there are for post-mortems that involve finger pointing if something goes wrong.

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

Published: December 1, 1996, By Boyle, Edward
New anilox roll technologies and materials have paralleled the rise of flexo, and it's no coincidence.The vast improvement in the quality of flexographic