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Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... three 60-mm grooved feed throat extruders with the latest variable lead barrier screw technology, Wilson-North says. He adds that a dual-lip air ring is incorporated immediately after the 200-mm, three-layer ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... the forest properties; as well as significant allocated funds. Over time, the company will invest in new growth opportunities. A working group headed by A. Ahlstrom Corp. board chairman Johan Gullichsen, ...

How to Make Anilox Roll Improvements Work for You

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... has the 800 line count barrier been shattered. The benefit of new engraving technologies is fairly obvious. Higher line count engravings ensure a cell wall structure that provides better support to ...

The Waiting Is Over, Let the Copy Flow

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... organization—which include suppliers—and its individual divisions fairly and equitably exert a spirit of objectivity that is free from commercialism in everything it publishes. Quite honestly, along ...

Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... products and air bags have created an even greater demand for silicone-based surfaces. This increase in product demand has created an urgent demand for new production equipment and pollution control equipment. ...

Innovation Is the Winner in Box Competition

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... Paperbox Congress, which was held June 21-25 in Banff Springs, Canada. According to Liz Hirschey, chairman of the Packaging Competition Committee, the nearly 400 entries, which were judged in three ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, Printing on corrugated board is like printing on air," says Fernando Jorge da Silva, production manager at AssiDoman Packaging Benelux B.V. in Eindhoven, Printing on corrugated board is like printing ...

Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... the film. Burroughs determined he would need an adhesive to bond the film to the CD in order to prevent air from being trapped between the two layers. His search for an adhesive with the necessary properties ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ...  the typical nightmare of getting spare parts and having repairs made," notes Decker, who adds that Bobst's US headquarters in northern New Jersey is just hours away from Saugerties' 35,000-sq-ft productio ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ...  AirTrim Inc., Springfield, OH; 937/324-2272; airtrim.com International Paper, Purchase, NY; 914/397-1500; internationalpaper.com Westvaco, Chillicothe, OH; 614/772-3111; meadwestvaco.com Southworth, ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... coating operation, and five of its DairyPak converting plants located in Athens, GA; Clinton, IA; Fort Worth, TX; Morristown, NJ; and Olmsted Falls, OH. It was especially scary for the people in Canton ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... at each of the three companies, which are actually housed under the same roof of the 25,000-sq-ft facility. "They move through the chairs," Curran says of his versatile employees. "They are cross-trained ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ...  Okazaki laminator are both enclosed in a 180,000-sq-ft clean room, a room that Bell also talks about quite proudly. "We have 180,000 cubic feet of air in there, and there are 14 air changes every 60 minutes ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... customer demands. "Everything we sell goes to other manufacturers. If they're out of film or out of bags, they're in trouble. And we have to respond." The fairly recent addition of a 64-in. Battenfeld ...

Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... while 32% selected flexible packaging. Vincent L. Witherup, chairman of the exposition, says, "Besides providing processors and web converters with opportunities to improve quality or reduce costs, the ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... braking devices commonly used to apply tension in these applications: electromagnetic friction brakes, magnetic clutches and brakes, magnetic particle brakes, and air-actuated friction brakes. For a given ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... our environmental challenges. Many of our toughest environmental problems have been conquered. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports proudly that our air and water are cleaner than they have ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... (Sheldahl), Gloucester, MA; 978/281-1800 Kidder Inc., Agawam, MA; 413/786-8692; kidderpress.com Taiyo, Grand Prairie, TX; 972/264-4330; fax: 972/262-9882 International Paper, Purchase, NY; 914/397-1500; ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... web cleaner. The static charge generated on the material after contact with the tacky roller, however, was threatening to undo the cleaning process by attracting airborne contamination. The web runs ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... manager, government affairs, Grocery Manufacturers of America; Dr. Robert Testin, chair, Department of Packaging Science, Clemson University; Michael Zampogna, assistant division chief for classification, ...