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- NOVA and Union Carbide to build ethylene plant
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- October 31, 1996, ... pancakes on two pairs of rewind shafts. This highly polished slippery stock requires sensitive control throughout the conversion process. The slitter features a fully driven unwind fitted with an automatic ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
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- August 31, 1996, ... 400 people and have a total of about 300,000 sq ft of manufacturing floor space. Walle's Ship Comes In Keeney credits his father and chairman of the board, Cecil Keeney, as the architect of the insourcing ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
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- August 31, 1996, ... molecular structure of airtight polymers. This can make it easier for resin makers to produce a commercially viable material. Right now there are no commercial bottles being made of this nor of composites ...
- Foil and potatoes - Aluminum Assn. presents a response.
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- July 31, 1996, ... wrapped in aluminum foil elicited a response from the Aluminum Assn., Washington, DC. In the interest of objectivity and fairness, I've invited David Parker, president of the association, to contribute ...
- On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation
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- July 31, 1996, ... has prided itself on providing customers with a quality product at a fair price. "We believe in understanding the customer's needs and developing relationships and partnerships," says national sales manager ...
- Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry
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- June 30, 1996, ... about how consolidations would impact the flexible packaging industry. Thomas Bryce, then FPA chairman, asked how the industry would survive in light of all the consolidations. Well, this issue and ...
- A look at the status of UV/EB curing
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- June 30, 1996, ... health and safety, marketing/economics, government affairs, and an international perspective. To obtain conference proceedings, or for information on RadTech membership, upcoming events (RadTech 1998 ...
- Canadian show highlights packaging industry up north
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- June 30, 1996, ... the Coalition of Northeastern Governors [CONEG], the US Dept. of Commerce, and Canada's federal External Affairs and Industry Depts. to counter potentially debilitating legislation," says Robinson. "There' ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
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- June 30, 1996, ... a simple thing," he explains. "Now they want that line to be exactly like the larger ones, with air knifes, scrap winders, edge-trimming systems - everything that's used to make precision film. That's because ...
- Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications
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- May 31, 1996, ... the guide structure laterally, moving the web to the correct position in the sensor's field of detection. The first type is a true pneumatic system that uses air for both sensing and web positioning. ...
- A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.
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- May 31, 1996, ... by ABB Air Preheater Inc. A semi-automatic ink pump/washup system is said to make washup neat and easy and contributes to quick changeover between jobs. Options for future expansion include outboard coating ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
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- May 31, 1996, ... to jump-start the adhesive drying process." An electric IR oven begins drying the adhesive before the the web reaches the gas-fired, hot air oven, which then completes the drying process. The 30-ft, two-zone ...
- Changing the way we look at environmental regulations.
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- April 30, 1996, On Feb. 11, 1996, the chairman of the Federal Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management stated that the Commission will soon recommend that environmental On Feb. 11, 1996, the chairman of the Federal ...
- Paper characteristics: starting the job right
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- April 30, 1996, ... operating procedure at many mills. Moisture Content "Moisture, of course, can have a great effect when you're printing paper," says Riddell who serves as narrow web vice chair and board member of the ...
- Court ruling on HMT may mean a tax refund
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- March 31, 1996, ... such employer." Because the Family and Medical Leave Act tracks the definition used in the Fair Labor Standards Act, the court said that statute must guide its decision. The Fair Labor Standards Act ...
- Pay attention to flash points, and you won't get burne
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- March 31, 1996, ... in open containers without concern for forming an explosive mixture of vapor and air. Along with other properties such as fire point, flammability limits, specific gravity, etc., flash point is an important ...
- Innovation is a winner in FPA competition
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- March 31, 1996, ... all converters with US operations were eligible to submit entries. The panel of seven judges included chair Arnie Orloski Jr., VP and editor of Packaging World; Carol Andress, economic development specialist, ...
- The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict
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- February 29, 1996, ... VP Greame Fairlie. "Our suppliers have been responsive to our requirements and our delivery dates, although supplies have been tight." The World-Wide View A global view of the polyester film situation ...
- A new book on packaging is recommended reading
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- February 29, 1996, ... at the world's fair in Knoxville and evoked little response there. He seems to indicate that a major effort on the part of Tetra-Pak would have been preferable. On the environment, the DSD scheme devised ...
- European equity supplier acquires plastics division
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- February 29, 1996, ... Bank of Scotland. Alasdair Gibbons, director of NatWest Ventures, comments, "We won the bidding through our ability and appetite to act as principal and in dealing in an open and direct manner with the ...