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Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2002, ... between Chris-Craft Industries Inc. and News Corp., Chris-Craft Industrial Products Inc.'s MonoSol Div. has been acquired by a group of investors forming MonoSol LLC. The investor group is led by The ...

Products

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February 28, 2002, ... and laminating. Unit is mounted to ensure the operating position is deep into the nip area. Generator is stainless steel with holes drilled at designed distances, depending on line specifications. Width ...

Technology Raid Ipex-Style

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February 28, 2002, Ipex kicks off next month in the UK. Though she won't be swinging from the rafters, the event's digital emissary, Ipexia, promises a venue filled with a jaw-dropping amount of technology. Ipex kicks off ...

Is Your VFD Clean, Dry, and Tight?

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February 28, 2002, ... these. Keep It Clean Most VFDs fall into the NEMA 1 category (side vents for cooling airflow) or NEMA 12 category (sealed, dust-tight enclosure). Drives that fall in the NEMA 1 category are susceptible ...

Sun Chemical Div. Gets Gigasetter by Barco

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February 07, 2002, NORTHLAKE, IL -- Sun Chemical Ink and and Barco Graphics announce the purchase of Barco Gigasetter --the largest format imagesetter available and reportedly

Reporter Clips

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January 31, 2002, ... the innovative Gallus RCS 330. The machine system, which was developed in partnership with leading Swiss design company Meyer-Hayoz Design Engineering Group, Winterthur, is acknowledged as setting a new ...

'Ladies' Night at Smurfi

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January 27, 2002, ... as Clete Thompson, marketing communications manager, and Sue Daniels, project technician, led the tours through the C1PC facility, which features a cross-section of packaging designs and point-of-purchase ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2001, ... customers with an opportunity to enhance processes and redefine production concepts. The CTC, which is scheduled to open mid-March this year, initially will feature Rotomec gravure and flexo printing ...

Direct Answers Drive Presses

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December 31, 2001, ... also called “gearless.” Gearless Greetings, Direct from Europe Engineers and press manufacturers are applying simple logic to design these days: Direct-drive technology is fortifying converters' production ...

The Cadillac of Corrugated: Tri-Wall

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November 30, 2001, ... on this rough road. Tri-Wall of Butler, IN, is such a self-titled operation. “This plant has always been viewed as the Cadillac of the triple-wall corrugated business,” proudly states John Chambers, ...

Products

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November 30, 2001, ... Decks are arranged around a temperature-controlled CI drum in satellite configuration. CI section is fully enclosed by sliding safety glass doors. Designed to print flexible packaging materials (plastic ...

Automated Sortation System Boosts Customer Satisfaction

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November 30, 2001, ... of production — 35 million labels a day and 2,500 different SKUs — made manual performance of these functions virtually impossible. Also installed were new cutting, slitting, and banding equipment, as ...

Products

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October 31, 2001, ... die-cutting tools, co. reports. Said to provide unparalleled precision and versatility, integrated system is capable of producing every type of die-cutting tool on one machine. Addresses drawbacks of existing ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

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October 31, 2001, MD (machine-direction) wrinkle problems (sometimes called tin canning) still plague many converters and/or film suppliers. The two main contributing parameters MD (machine-direction) wrinkle problems (sometimes ...

Reporter Clips

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October 31, 2001, ... design through application. Beefeater London Dry Gin traditionally has been labeled with wet-glue paper labels, but Allied Distillers' bottling plant at Dumbarton is in the process of switching its ...

What's New Product

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September 30, 2001, ... carriers with high loading strength. Transfer Section Offered ADI Intl., Matthews, NC; 704/845-1540 Small box transfer section reportedly can retrofit or be installed on co.'s counter/ejectors. Feature ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ...  Machinery/Equipment. Erkki Laiho, Borealis Polymers Oy, was the technical program chairman for the meeting. He assembled 34 technical papers. Most papers reflected serious research and provided an extension ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... conventional Zip-Pak resealable packaging. The slider spool is mounted to the conventional zipper spool and fed and sealed in a similar process as conventional with dedicated special molds required. An ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2001, ... a knurled, hardcoat-anodized surface. The roll shaft, which runs axially through the entire length of the roller, reportedly gives the TR extremely high mechanical overload protection. Supplier Information ...

Electronic Ink Technology: New Players Aid Progress

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August 31, 2001, ... but they can be printed and laminated to create many packaging products. More than a year ago, I offered our readers a look at a revolutionary technology called “E Ink.” This month I will update you ...