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HP Explores Flexpack, Certifies Media Partners

(Yo's Yarns)

June 22, 2010, ...  A session featuring speaker Hans Poortinga, owner of IML expert, offered insight on the graphics industry and opportunities that open doors for personalized packaging. Brand owners, he explained need ...

More on HP’s Israel Visit

(Yo's Yarns)

June 21, 2010, ... of the Label & Product Decoration Market Worldwide. While label growth worldwide continues to expand, it’s clear that opportunities have slowed down, Reardon intimated. Global growth in 2008 was + 1.5%; ...

Industry Is on a Roll

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... so ripe? My guess is that the window of opportunity is opening because the need for training and insight on new technology over the course of perhaps as much as the past five years is becoming critical. ...

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... as well. While everyone enjoyed the networking opportunities that included golf outings and dinners, the true draw for the event was the quality speakers and research they presented. The event boasted ...

Drives Retrofit: More Space, Less Power

(Slit)

May 31, 2010, ... keep up with the demands of today's BOPP [biaxially oriented polypropylene] film production requirements.” AET has six other Atlas primary and secondary film slitters, all installed during the 1990s, ...

Flexpack: Slider Bags

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2010, ... half to create an inverted V.  The outer legs of the inverted V are adhered to opposite sides of the Slide-Rite slider’s seal area.  (The peelable Allegro B side seals to the slider track sidewall; the ...

Toray Plastics Announces Commercialization of European Plant

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2010, ... of bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America), Inc., said to be the only US manufacturer of precision-performance polyester and polypropylene films, has announced ...

Sustainability Is the Buzz at PLACE Conference

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2010, ... not only suppliers but an increased number of brand managers and converters as well. While everyone enjoyed the networking opportunities that included golf outings and dinners, the true draw for the event ...

Range of UPM Raflatac Substrates Qualify for Xeikon Label Presses

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2010, ... from UPM Raflatac include paper stocks as well as synthetic films, such as clear and white polypropylene (BOPP), and polyester (PET) of varying thicknesses. The qualification process, conducted at Xeikon' ...

Driving Speed

(Drives/Motors)

April 30, 2010, ... throughput by up to 20%, depending on the product line. “We've definitely increased production speeds,” he says. “We're happy where we are now, but we still have opportunities to improve throughput.”  ...

How To Use an Electrostatic Voltmeter

(Static-Beat)

April 30, 2010, ... An aluminum hard-coated nip roller holds the film firmly against the polymer-covered roller. Nip rollers are common at the exit of the dryer in coating operations and just prior to the chopper in sheeters. ...

Chuck Larsen

(Experience Speaks)

April 30, 2010, ... industry — plastics. I joined Celanese Plastic in film sales. I left to start Celplast as a distribution company with the idea of manufacturing when the right opportunity came about. Hostess Frito Lay ...

A time to celebrate

(Special Reports)

April 30, 2010, ... provides productivity-enhancing educational opportunities for members of the industry, expanding on the popular AIMCAL Summer School program the association has run for more than a decade. Course content ...

Member directory

(Magazine)

April 30, 2010, ...  AmTopp Div., Inteplast Group Ltd. Angstrom Sciences Inc. Anguil Environmental Systems Inc. Apical Div., Kaneka Texas Corp. Applied Materials Arlon Inc. Ashland Performance Materials ...

A future for photovoltaics

(Metallizing)

April 30, 2010, ... also need to be encapsulated — and with a barrier material that is at the ultra-barrier type of performance. These flexible photovoltaics include the copper indium diselenide type cells, but eventually ...

Xeikon Qualifies Materials

(Narrow Web)

April 30, 2010, ... press. Qualified substrates from UPM Raflatac include paper stocks as well as synthetic films, such as clear and white BOPP and PET of varying thicknesses. What's happening at your company? Send your ...

Taghleef Industries Enters Bioplastic Market

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2010, Taghleef Industries (Ti), a leading BOPP film producer, commits to the development of sustainable packaging by introducing DUBAI, UAE | Taghleef Industries (Ti), a leading BOPP film producer, commits to ...

AIMCAL & CEMA To Host AWEB Applied Web Handling Conference

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2010, ... Hotel Rochester Riverside in Rochester, NY. Open to both members and non-members of AIMCAL and CEMA, the conference will feature technical presentations and business networking opportunities that can ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... variety, speed to market, and increased demand for short runs are the key drivers behind narrow web opportunities. Narrow web printers can produce smaller quantities of flexible packages at very competitive ...

Measure Static Charge

(Static-Beat)

March 31, 2010, ... meter to measure the charge on two film samples. In Figure 1, the static charge on each of the film samples induces an equal and opposite “image charge” in the grounded metal shield shown in green. For ...