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More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... dry film, adhesives appear clear and colorless. Analyze Anilox Rolls with Kit Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC; 704/588-3371; 800/438-3111; harperimage.com Lab-In-A-Box anilox surface analysis ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... precision roller guides with what is said to be a higher contact surface compared to that of conventional ball guides, reportedly guaranteeing a backlash-free transmission of torque in both directions ...

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid

(Magazine)

August 30, 2000, ... three-color rotary screen stack unit was designed to interface directly with the Mark Andy frames, with the unit bolted into existing holes as though it was an original part of the press. The unwind driveshaft ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

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July 31, 2000, ... the application of glue, both single- and double-face. The sheets vary in width (from 1,850-2,200mm), thickness (A, B, E, BA, and EB flutes), and quality. The other department prints and converts the ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... liners provide a base that is a good silicone coating substrate and does not curl after lamination to paper or film facestocks. They also remain dimensionally stable when used as a carrier sheet for graphite ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... the new millennium that the employees of Champion's paper mill in Canton, NC, and the employees of several of its converting operations across the country faced a prospect much worse than Y2K: They were ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... with the clear layers on the surface. The company tried monolayer K-Resin SBC but ran into the same problem it had when PP was used: color migration. Coating both sides of the film was required but ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... to look into standing-pouch applications. I liked the appeal of a pouch that would stand up and present a face on a shelf, but at first, we didn't really know what we were going to do with it." While ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... trading group (along with Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay) and is located strategically to supply the huge Mercosur population (215 million). Family-owned ISMA ($8 million) is a multifaceted converter ...

Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ...  has been especially useful for running label stock," he notes. "One of our products is a self-adhesive label stock with a PE face material that has to remain print receptive but also must provide a ke ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

(Magazine)

November 30, 1998, ... materials such as shrink sleeves, adhesives and ultraviolet inks in the proper temperature range for trouble-free converting. With the proliferation of exotic substrates and water-based inks, surface ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... vapor deposition can produce good barriers if process conditions are selected to offset material defects and water removal from the substrate. Plasma deposition is limited by material defects and surface ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... that needs to be measured on the press, whether it's the chill roll surface temperature, the plate cylinder bearers, the fountain solution reservoirs, or the web exit surface temperatures." "Temperature ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... to focus the laser beam. Sophisticated software controls the laser/mirror system to direct the beam and control the depth of cut. Facestock can be perforated, score cut, or etched without damaging the ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... 800, high-speed automatic wicketer.) As Flex-Pak began to focus on the salted-snack market, it was faced with the serious issue of providing packaging that ensured long-term product freshness. To that ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... leg up," says Jackson. "It has allowed us to develop surface-printed paper/metallized OPP laminations that can be adapted to meet specific packaging requirements." Among these laminations is a new liner ...

Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... recycled, etc. 4. Bevel choice, such as centerface or sideface. 5. Recognition of the difference between tear strength and burst strength. Other possible variables may include age of machinery, ...

Web-inspection system supports label operation

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... the host city, the company initiated a multifaceted marketing campaign that involved events and promotions designed to not only reward valued customers but Label America's valued employees as well. "A ...

A directory of custom slitting

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... Taunton, MA 02780 Ph: 508/823-0707; Fax: 508/823-4434 Slitting capabilities: Razor, shear Rewinding capabilities: Center, surface, center-surface Materials: Film Minimum slit width: 1/4 in. ...