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A Quality Standard

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... but to satisfy the current and expanding needs of our existing customers.” Quick Turnarounds, More Volume Established in 1993, Valdese Packaging & Label specializes in textile packaging, pressure-sensitive ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, Narrow web converting industry news from: Fernqvist Labeling Solutions, Scapa Medical, Western States Envelope, Avery Dennison RFID, and Texas Instruments. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Digital ...

Mastering RFID

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... a plastic substrate, usually PET. The RFID chip houses the data with the product- related information. These components then are placed onto either a pressure-sensitive label stock or film carrier material ...

A Menu for Thickness Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... weight to apply. For example, a pressure-sensitive adhesive used for a decal might require a coating that is 1 mil thick. A laminating adhesive for a snack package would probably be approximately 3 lbs/ream. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... Douglas Weiss, Ph.D, 3M, receives the 2005 Carl Dahlquist Award from the Pressure-Sensitive Tape Council, Northbrook, IL. The award is presented to one speaker at each annual technical conference who demonstrates, ...

Converting Industry News

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August 30, 2005, ... Sealants, “...Both companies will work jointly to help formulators and converters in pressure-sensitive adhesives and caulks applications assess and implement these solutions as high-performance and cost-effective ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... product that allows visibility through windows from inside the hotel. Jittu Sarna, president of Inkjet Intl., says, “…At first we were concerned that the performance of a regular pressure-sensitive ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... in pressure-sensitive adhesives and caulks applications to assess and implement these solutions as high-performance and cost-effective alternatives to solvent-based products.” The two companies collaborated ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... seal, gusset pouches, and bags. There are reclosable zipper pouches for powders and granules and reclosable cap and pouring-spout pouches for liquids. Carrier bags and a fairly extensive tattoo (pressure-sensitive ...

Give Customer What He Wants

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... film with an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coated on it means exactly that. The PP film must be the proper gauge and not slightly less or more. The PSA must be that specified and not a version ...

Reporter Clips

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May 30, 2005, ... and owner of Geo, says, "Our focus is on pressure-sensitive labels for supermarkets. In that business, we must respond quickly and deliver excellent quality. The Instaprep allows us to streamline our changeover ...

Reporter Clips

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April 29, 2005, News from: MACtac, label converters at TLMI, and Mesirow Financial. Narrow Web Converting Industry News PSA materials supplier MACtac, Stow, OH, supplied the self-adhesive construction for the 170 ...

IP Sells Industrial Papers Business

(Archive)

April 13, 2005, International Paper has signed an agreement to sell its Industrial Papers Business to Kohlberg and Co., LLC for approximately $180 million. PRESS RELEASE STAMFORD, CT— International Paper has signed ...

Ashland Increases Prices on P-S Adhesives

(Archive)

April 02, 2005, Ashland Specialty Polymers and Adhesives will increase prices by 5%-10% on all p-s adhesives on April 15, 2005. PRESS RELEASE DUBLIN, OH— Ashland Specialty Polymers and Adhesives will increase prices ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Label-Retail category. The label’s construction involves pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA), polyester film, multiple-station printing, and a combination of matching color-shifting and non-color-shifting ...

Advances in Coating

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... fpm. Figure 3 shows a curtain applying pressure-sensitive adhesive at 100 mpm. Advances in coating station support, station technology, fabrication, and measurement capability have contributed to improved ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... a big difference. For just a little bit more than it costs to produce standard pressure-sensitive labels on a press," Seuss says, "you can produce [on the Comco press] a label for the whole container—and ...

Hot Melt Adhesive Use

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February 27, 2005, ... users must consider when choosing these materials. The hot melt products arrive for use at room temperature when they are solids or extremely viscous fluids, as in the case of some hot melt pressure-sensitive ...

Waste Trimmed Away!

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February 27, 2005, ... 10,000–15,000-sq-ft building.) Politics and P-S Labels & Systems specializes in pressure-sensitive labels and non-p-s tags in sheets and rolls. Products include packaging labels for jars, cans, and ...

Film Opens New Markets

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February 27, 2005, Since pressure-sensitive labels and tapes—and other materials such as stamps—have become more sophisticated, the market for these materials has been expanding rapidly. In such product constructions, it ...