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Flexotechnica Has 'Significant' Q4 Sales Increas

(Flexography)

December 15, 2010, Flexotecnica S.p.A. has reported a significant increase in sales in the fourth quarter of 2010, with over a dozen presses sold in that period worldwide, including the US and Canada. Flexotecnica's new ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... The issues (typically downweb in form) include contamination, air entrapment, and temperature control. Substrate and substrate delivery: In substrate delivery, the equipment variables to be monitored ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... benchtop has not changed fundamentally for many decades. Typically a 1-2-sq-ft sheet is coated using a doctor device such as a die, blade, or Mayer rod. The sample then is dried with ambient air on a benchtop, ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... a very thin “glass layer” that is approximately 1,000 times thinner than a human hair (see Figure 5). The silicon oxide, however, has been modified in such a way that the “glass layer” is somehow flexible ...

ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry

(Coating/Laminating)

September 19, 2010, ... from 13 countries, representing 85 companies and 25 universities. Lorraine Francis was chair and Blake Kolb was co-chair. For the next ISCST symposium, the date is slated for September 2012 in Atlanta ...

New Study Shows EPA's Proposed Boiler MACT Rule Would Cost Job

(Carton Box)

September 06, 2010, ... they can regulate in a way that sacrifices jobs.” The Boiler MACT jobs study shows the proposed Boiler MACT rule, taken incrementally to other air regulations, would likely cause 30 mill closures and ...

Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, ... throughout the world. Mark Daniels, Hilex Poly VP of marketing and environmental affairs, says, “We knew EREMA equipment and were comfortable with it and especially appreciated how easily our older ...

IMDA Announces Winning Entries

(Label/Tape)

August 15, 2010, ...  Best Product Family – StackTeck and Gateway Packaging for Nesquik Containers Product Family, Honorable Mention – IGH Solutions for Transformers - Slurpee Cups Best Thin Wall Packaging – Airlite Plastics ...

Pressure-Sensitive Coating: Ready & Able

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, When Lou Guzzetti took over as chairman and CEO of what was then Spinnaker Industries in spring 2001, what he was stepping into wasn't exactly a bed of When Lou Guzzetti took over as chairman and CEO of ...

'Patiently' Awaiting Labelexp

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2010, ... past in terms of success, the recession has stymied many a marketing effort. For some, uncertainty still seems to linger in the air, despite encouraging — albeit incremental in certain cases — economic ...

Flexographic Printing: 9 Shine

(Flexography)

June 30, 2010, ... seen,” says Level of Execution Judge Jose Soler (Comexi Group). 5. Graphic Design | Well-Rendered Illustration The Café Borghetti Liquore label, printed by Buenos Aires-based Multilabel Argentina ...

Special Report: Covert Markers-Microscopic Markers

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... information in a space of 30-110 microns in diameter. Smaller than the width of a human hair, the markers are capable of including alpha-numeric or graphic images that convey important authenticating information ...

People Making News in the Converting Industry

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2010, ... is appointed VP of operations at Punch Graphix Americas, Itasca, IL. Thomas Telser, president of Flint Group Flexographic Products, Charlotte, NC, becomes chairman of the Packaging Segment.  ...

Paperboard Packaging: Packed for Style

(Carton Box)

June 30, 2010, ...  Diamond Packaging, Rochester, NY Bliss 2009 Holiday Collection Godiva 2009 Halloween Collection Disc Graphics Inc., Hauppauge, NY Flip Video Camera Oribe Hair Care Graphic Packaging Intl., ...

Lou Guzzetti

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2010, Chairman & CEO of Spinnaker Coating LLC Key qualities of a successful leader | Have a positive, optimistic demeanor aimed at catching people doing something Chairman & CEO of Spinnaker Coating LLC  ...

Industry Is on a Roll

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... sessions appealed to the audience. My favorite session was Emerging Trends & New Technologies, which was chaired by John Anderson of Eastman Kodak and his co-chair, David Galton of Asahi Photoproducts ...

NPE Move to Florida Is Hailed

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2010, ... educational seminars, pavilions focusing on emerging and specialty technologies, a design competition, and other innovations. According to John Effmann, chairman of NPE2012, “All…participants will benefit ...

Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... to past developments, there already are several systems in use: hot air impingement, single side, floater, festoon, IR, and microwave. Drying configurations are available to meet current needs; there also ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... that are lightweight, individually wrapped, or resealable. Things like single-serve snacks that provide ease of portion control, airtight nutrition bars, drink mixes for water, travel pouches of shampoo ...

Roller Refurbishing: Replace or Refinish?

(Web Handling)

March 31, 2010, ... production line to run at a lower speed to achieve the correct processing temperature. Considering the priority to keep production going, converters should ask: Can the roll be repaired or refurbished, ...