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Experience Speaks | Q&A with Charlie Eitel

(Trends/Management)

July 19, 2016, ... to every company’s success. The WS CARES program represents our ongoing commitment to enhancing the lives of our employees through five core values: Creative—We bring fresh thinking and original ideas ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your Self-Adhesive Graphic

(Coating/Laminating)

July 11, 2016, ... were well within specification, whereas the accelerated aging test gave out-of-spec results. They moved forward with the construction, met their target launch goal, and experienced no customer complaints ...

LPS Industries Marks Anniversary of Exempt Pack

(Carton Box)

July 10, 2016, ... Package, with the “E” standing for “Exempt.” The DOT recently changed the designation to DOT-SP 8249 with the SP standing for “Special Permit.” Everything about the package remains the same; only the DOT ...

IoPP Reports AmeriStar Winners

(Carton Box)

June 01, 2016, ... components. The package must securely hold the mask without touching anything important, while providing a positive experience for the patient. The Amara View CPAP is a minimal contact oral/nasal mask ...

ProAmpac Reports Innovations to Reclosable Retort Products

(Bag Pouch)

May 31, 2016, ... pouch features clear windows allowing consumers to view the high quality product within the pouch. Millie Nuno, director of marketing for ProAmpac, states, “Partnering with customers is critical to ensuring ...

Sensor Films Adds Capability to Digital System

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2016, ... short run jobs.” “The Spitfire’s versatility enables the mass production of everything from high-value electronic components to full-color decorative graphics,” Hessney adds. Among Spitfire’s other ...

LasX Industries to Show Carton System

(Carton Box)

May 21, 2016, ... runs. "CartonsInMinutes technology is a game-changer," says Pung. "By eliminating the need for costly mechanical dies, finished cartons can be available for shipping literally within minutes of final customer ...

HawkPoint Technologies Launches Software

(Trends/Management)

May 18, 2016, ... planning (MRP II) software program said to help manufactures within the converting and label industry streamline their current workflow process from receiving to shipping. The new MRP II program helps ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for the Job

(Coating/Laminating)

May 05, 2016, ... customers buy it to reward my efforts? This column will focus on providing a handy list of things to think about when you have determined there is a need that is large enough to support the effort to ...

Heraeus Noblelight Launches UV LED System

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2016, ... into the unit means more power. Retrofit and Upgradeable: Individual UV LED segments can easily be replaced within the entire system. Flexibility: Due to the modular design and the revolutionary plug&play ...

Toray BOPP Used for PVdC-Free Lamination

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2016, ... attractive. "The first application performed beautifully,” Woodford says, “and Utz continues to specify the CBS2 lamination. CBS2 BOPP film has given us and our customers a new option for a clear, thin ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... on a variety of papers and films. Machine will be equipped with the Pellicut die-cutting system, said to be ultra-compact, robust, and precision. Said to die-cut on a liner as thin as 18 micron. Produces ...

Coating Matters | The Effects of Viscoelastic Behavior, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

April 25, 2016, ... defined boundary conditions. The short and long term viscoelasticity help a user develop an understanding of elongational viscosity (which is the proportional factor between stress and velocity within ...

DUNMORE Aerospace Joins R&D on Fire Safety

(Flexpack)

April 05, 2016, ... role in the group is to test standard materials alongside other group members within the construct of a round robin test methodology. The FAA compiles the independent test results and presents the findings ...

Show Preview | SVC TechCon 2016 Drives Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 04, 2016, ... thin films. In a technical session on Plasma Processing on Tuesday, May 10, BOBST Manchester Ltd. will co-present a paper entitled “Development of PECVD SiOx Moisture Barrier Coatings.” EQUIPMENT ...

Show Preview | SVC TechCon 2016 Drives Coating Technology

(Uncategorized)

March 27, 2016, ... “Printed Electronics: Innovations in Materials, Processes, and Devices.” He will discuss advances in printable material systems that enable the realization of high-performance printed thin films. In ...

Acimga and ICE Survey US Opportunities

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2016, ... export market, with 37% of US users (manufacturers of flexible packaging material, print professionals, converters, manufacturers of rigid and corrugated packaging) planning to make investments within ...

AWA M&A Forum Accentuates Middle Markets

(Trends/Management)

March 04, 2016, ... very large customers and very large vendors. One of the things we look for in a business is that it has pricing power, the ability to pass off commodity pricing changes that typically revolve around a ...

Experience Speaks | Q&A with Brett York

(Trends/Management)

February 29, 2016, ... is the biggest challenge/threat to the converting industry right now? While I consider these threats more of an opportunity for growth than anything else, I see two key challenges. The first is staying ...

Economic Outlook | US Manufacturing: Dispersed Gains, Concentrated Losses

(Trends/Management)

February 28, 2016, ... the fourth quarter, but is likely to grow at a 2%–3% annual rate in the current quarter. Industrial production indexes by country show a similar pattern to indexes within US manufacturing: a few countries ...