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- Active Packaging
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2003, ... goods; higher-priced technologies are used in reusable transport cards; airlines are experimenting with RFID tags for luggage traceability and management; and the US military is using RFID tags for logistics ...
- Synergy for Flexo Success IPA and FTA Webinars
- (News | New Products)
- July 14, 2003, ... success by developing more targeted graphics and printing training programs for packaging professionals." FTA adds Haradon currently is a member of the Foundation of FTA's board of trustees, chairs it ...
- NPE 2003: International Activity Up, Attendance Down
- (News | New Products)
- July 06, 2003, ... 2000. Besides the sizeable number of exhibitors and visitors from other countries, three other factors, cited by NPE 2003 chairperson H. Gunther Hoyt, contributed to the global importance of NPE 2003: ...
- A Slippery Answer to Web Scratching
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2003, ... and inertial torque). The result: Bad idlers are repaired, and marginally driven rollers are modified with more wrap, higher friction, or better bearings. Also, an idler roller minimum performance is identified ...
- FTA Raises the Bar
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2003, ... topics. At the Prepress Session co-chaired by Roxanne Baker (Cryovac North America) and Greg Platt (GMF Flexo Prepress), a panel of speakers addressed the “predictability of outcome” issue. According ...
- At NPE 2003 SPI Promotes Petition to Offset the "China Factor
- (News | New Products)
- June 24, 2003, ... negotiations to promote free and fair trade worldwide and to ensure that our trading partners, including China, live up to their obligations under the World Trade Organization. Energy initiatives that ...
- Winding Better Rolls
- (Archive)
- May 31, 2003, ... (non-cylindricity), wrinkling, excessive air entrainment, and loose winds. Understanding the importance of winding entry span length and the use of nip and gap rollers at winding will lower your waste ...
- Catty Corp.: Flex-Pack Converter
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2003, ... “chafe” that was jettisoned by US and British fighter pilots to divert heat-seeking missiles away from their aircraft during World War II. Later, Scott says, the company was the first to convert thin, ...
- On the Move...
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2003, ... manager, North America, for the Packaging and Product Assembly (PLA) div. Howard T. Kaneff chairman of the board of Arkay Packaging, Hauppauge, NY, is elected to the board of directors of the Graphic ...
- Fit for Use
- (Materials)
- April 30, 2003, ... Charlotte, NC: Assn. of Coaters, Laminators and Metallizers. Eldridge M. Mount III is president of EMMOUNT Technologies, a consulting and training company located in Fairport, NY. Mount received an ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2003, ... position paper to be used by subcommittees chaired by appointed NASPO board members to address and formulate consensus standards and certification issues for various segments of the North American security ...
- OMB Seeks Comments on Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2003, ... formed an interagency Work Group on Risk Management co-chaired by the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, James Connaughton, and the administrator of OMB, John Graham. OMB requests ...
- Despite Problems, China Presents Hot Market for Packaging
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2003, ... certainly has stirred from its slumber and awakened in many areas. In the approximately 25 years since the death of Chairman Mao and the drastic shift away from his policies, China has become an important ...
- Guts and Glory
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... rather critical,” he notes — and service. “Lima is in the same time-zone as Green Bay, and we are connected by modem,” Traver explains. “Spare parts via [air shipment] make it [here] in 48 hours. These ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... Thru-Air Dried technology that will enable South Australia to produce world-class toilet tissue and paper towel products, according to K-C Australia's CEO Wayne Jones. New Pouchmaking Machines Join ...
- Think Lean
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2003, ... — good questions. What happens if you don't get lean and your competitors do? Would you like to be a competitor of Dell Computer or Southwest Airlines? Both are very lean in their operations. When should ...
- Boxes That Rock
- (Folding Cartons)
- February 28, 2003, ... of the broad range of industries that involve packaging and to give them a feel for what the up-and-coming trends are in these industries,” says packaging competition chairman Chet Baron of the Paul T. ...
- Why Do Flex-Pack?
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2003, ... “Why do anything else?” INFO SOURCES CLP Packaging Solutions (US-based sub. of CLP Industries), Fairfield, NJ; 877/888-1888; clp.co.il Bemis Co. Inc., Minneapolis, MN; 612/376-3000; bemis.com ...
- Filtration Transformation
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2003, ... such as leakage and air entrapment. [Thus] our objectives remained: [we wanted] filtration attached directly to the die; elimination of seals that can fail; a stainless-steel cartridge design that can ...
- From Concept to Completion
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2003, ... “layer” containing the trapping outlines, along with a list of trapped color pairs, back to the workstation (step 4). Verifying Job Printability Automating quality control checks on electronic files ...