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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ...  first ten-color press, Shaw says, “The primary consideration in the decision-making process…was the eight-color W&H press we put in service two years ago. The delivery, installation, and startup went precisel ...

EPA Finalizes Paper and Web Coating MACT

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January 31, 2003, ... must submit their initial notification no later than Dec. 5, 2004. New sources starting up after Dec. 4, 2002, must submit their notification within 120 days of initial startup. Now that the MACT is ...

Servo Savings

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December 30, 2002, ... to the VPM04. The PLC provides a speed set point to the virtual master, performs parameter changes for various machine setups, and ensures proper sequencing on machine startup and shutdown. The processor ...

Opportunities in Academia

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November 30, 2002, ...  Typical modes of academic technology transfer include licensing of patents, new-business startups by academic personnel, hiring of graduates, exchange of researchers, graduate-student research at ...

BOPP Line Up and Running Quickly

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October 31, 2002, ... 7,000 kg/hr extrusion output and speeds to 500 mpm. It was running in continuous shifts three days after startup. Reports Manuli plant manager Gianclaudio Bassano, “Brückner's competence and experience ...

Products

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September 30, 2002, ...  Convertech Inc., Wharton, NJ; 973/328-1850; convertechinc.com Trapper leaf shaft incorporates advanced technological capabilities said to hold the leading edge of materials firmly for easy startup. Automatic ...

P-S Labels Every Which Way

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April 30, 2002, ... Molcho believes the operating advantages of letterpress include faster setup, line screens to 200 lpi, and crisp printing of even fine type. And there was little question, even at startup, which manufacturer ...

On the Move

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... line. Construction is expected to take about 20 months, with a scheduled startup in late 2003. Louis P. Batson Inc., Greenville, SC, hired Richard Bogart as area sales manager for the Plastics Div., ...

Metallizer Makes a Winning Wager

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2002, ... of that startup. They did the same thing for the second machine. “Each and every PLC on the Galileo metallizers feeds into a kiosk that routes information to Ei3. Our metallizing process is monitored ...

Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2002, ... converting operations in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). The company transferred equipment from its plant in Italy at startup and invested $5 million into expanding production in 2001. A Rotomec press ...

Direct Answers Drive Presses

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December 31, 2001, ... thickness is input by the operator [beforehand]; thus, the system guarantees a very quick job startup, particularly on repeat runs.” The Gearless Evolution Gearless is here to stay, says White, and ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... provides a competitive edge is Moeller's niche. As a product manager, Moeller has been involved in the design and startup of more than 125 machine lines for cast film and extrusion coating. While most ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2001, ... due to the startup of a new facility, Harper Asia/Pacific in Thailand, and the rising cost and unpredictability of electrical utilities in California. Industry Studies Kraft Paper Producers Face ...

A Winning Bet: Profile Industrial Packaging

(Magazine)

May 31, 2001, ... game. A 1998 startup, Profile Industrial Packaging, Grand Rapids, MI, had no equipment, no facility, no business, yet aspired to be a successful industrial packaging manufacturer. Two years later, the ...

International Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2001, ... of 500 mpm. Bielomatik also reports the successful startup of a folio sheeter at Modo Paper Hallein in Austria. That sheeter has a working width of 2,150 mm. The company reports that up to eight paper ...

Tension Control

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March 31, 2001, ... of responsiveness the company shows to Reynolds. Long recalls a recent case in which a Rotomec laminator had been shipped into the plant with the intention of a quick startup after on-site refurbishment. ...

Dow Expected to Enjoy Earnings Growth in 2001

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February 28, 2001, Dow Plastics is expected to enjoy earnings growth of 10%/share in 2001 due to expansion, mergers and acquisitions, and new business development, according to new company president and CEO Michael Parker. ...

Digital News

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January 31, 2001, ... than 50 workshops and seminars will focus on such basic skills as digital startup and color management; how to improve company sales marketing and daily operations; the "how-tos" of putting the latest technology ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... production facility near Cincinnati, OH, with startup scheduled for the first quarter of 2001. Association News Film & Bag Federation Is Unit of SPI WASHINGTON, DC, USA—The Plastic Bag Association, ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... known today as The Stratus Group. Tough But Worth It Success was hard-earned. The first company, Carton Master, was launched in mid-1992, but the startup wasn't as smooth as he would have liked, notes ...