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More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... cleaner contains only 2.2% VOCs and has a "zero" flammability rating. Cleans anilox rollers, doctor blades, metering rollers, UV ink pans, sidewalls, and press frames. Gantry-Style Palletizer Maximizes ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... new technologies that are available from equipment manufacturers, basic education in web handling is going to have to improve. The physics of web handling could very well be brought down to the vocational ...

Box Plant Rises from the Ashes to New Heights

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May 31, 2000, ... fell in. What wasn't twisted, charred, or rendered useless by the flames was irrevocably damaged by smoke and water. "It was hard to imagine how things could have been worse," Mark Sonderen, president ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

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March 31, 2000, ... US alone. "Small" doesn't seem to be a word in Bonar's vocabulary. Housed in a massive 277,000-sq-ft facility, the Calgary operation, notes Barrett, consumes 40,000 metric tons (44,000 short tons) of paper/yr. ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ...  requirements." A participant in the 33/50 plan sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, Walle was able to drastically reduce its levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ahead of schedule ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... (VOCs) to the atmosphere, and it is energy-efficient, the motivators driving increased use are more often related to lower unit costs, which include faster production rates, rapid curing at near-ambient ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... increased volatile organic compound capture and improved ink cleanup. This emission control feature is a critical environmental consideration, explains Schwemin, feeding to a VOC control system supplied ...

Changing the way we look at environmental regulations.

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April 30, 1996, ... tax structure to allow for increased use of pollution taxes and reviewing the current subsidy system are two of the major policy recommendations made in the report. The Council also advocates a performance-based ...

Flat tax proposal is getting serious consideration

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February 29, 1996, ... Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN) - support a national sales tax. Others, including House Ways and Means Committee Chair Bill Archer (R-TX), advocate taxing individuals and corporations based ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... Ray, plant manager for J. MacKenzie Ltd., "The decision to sheet in-house was driven by two factors-service and quality. As an advocate of just-in-time, we saw an advantage in sheeting from roll inventory ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... compared to the rest of the world. But when it comes to vocational/technical training, the US is even worse, lagging so far behind it's in danger of permanently damaging its ability to manufacture products ...

Regulation, competition drive the adhesives industry

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January 31, 1996, ... adhesives business is the Environmental Protection Agency's push to eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Due to these restrictions, the raw materials used as the basis for today's adhesives are very ...

Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales

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December 31, 1995, ... the next big wave for flexible packaging converters. Fresh-cut melons, apples, pears, and avocados are soon to appear on the supermarket shelf. To keep up with trends in the fresh produce markets, contact ...

As times change, OSHA still shows signs of life

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September 30, 1995, ... amended paperwork reduction act. Meanwhile, industry groups are continuing to develop regulatory and preamble language that more accurately reflects what OSHA has agreed to do and advocates approaches ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... based on gas chromatography - a method both expensive and time consuming. Industry is advocating using ink formulation data instead. In addition, industry is calling for a simplified means of monitoring ...

Antitrust enforcement seen as stronger under Clinton

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December 31, 1994, ... School. President Clinton also nominated Christine Anne Varney, Cabinet secretary, to serve as an FTC commissioner. In the confirmation hearing, Varney advocated a greater role by FTC in international ...