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Avery Dennison Celebrates 75th Anniversary

(Label/Tape)

June 01, 2010, Avery Dennison Corp., described as the product of one man's insight into retailers' needs, marks its 75th anniversary as a company on June 2 by having chairman, president, and CEO Dean A. Scarborough PASADENA, ...

MGX Offered Through Software

(Flexography)

May 31, 2010, ... stations, and video inspection system. Brad A. Alford, chairman and CEO of Nestlé USA, Glendale, CA, is elected to the board of directors of Avery Dennison Corp., Pasadena, CA. The board also announces ...

Executive Conference Examines Strategies for Post-Recession Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2010, ... US industry. Also speaking will be Dean Scarborough, chairman, president, and CEO of Avery Dennison Corp., who is experienced in global markets and leads a global company that produces consumer products, ...

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, ...

Riding the Rails

(Web Handling)

March 31, 2010, ... which resulted in disposal and repair issues. There also was the added hurdle of making sure all the wood that was used was kiln dried to ensure it was bug-free in order to ship into Mexico. “The way ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 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 ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... to material fatigue, and low specific weight. Available with wall thicknesses of up to 100 mm and nearly all lengths. Features air conduction system that can be adapted to the users' requirements.  ...

Blown Film: Measuring Melt Temps

(Controls)

February 28, 2010, ... changing screws, dies, and air rings is not an economically viable option. Therefore, these components need to be versatile and operate at a high performance level. A focus is needed on extrusion stability. ...

Proofing System Is Portable

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... reported to be the first fully portable proofing system. Equipped with its own pressure loading system, the device is claimed simple to use, utility-free, and requires no compressed air or electricity ...

Flex-Pack = Opportunity

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2010, ... of options for converters equipped to manufacture flexible packaging. Snack food bags are an obvious opportunity, while wraps for dairy foods such as cheese, as well as meat, fish, and poultry, are interesting ...

Do It Yourself

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2009, ... with regulatory affairs as they continue to change rapidly, both domestically and abroad, as well as doing things that improve one's image from a sustainability standpoint,” notes Ragin, citing such issues ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... through an air ring where it is blown into a tube shape about three-stories high. The more the film is blown, the thinner the final film. The blown film is collapsed and then either divided into two separate ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, ...  There are two essential elements of a vacuum roller: A rotating shell with a special surface through which air can pass An engineered pathway to evacuate air from inside of the shell In addition, ...

Proofing System Is Portable

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, ... compressed air or electricity to permit use wherever an ink proof draw down is needed. Has a magnetic-loaded doctor blade and quick-change anilox and rubber rollers that are interchangeable with both ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... and printing Extrusion and coextrusion Hot melt coating Dryer hot air impingement, Infrared Web cooling systems On-line coating thickness measurement In-line quality surface inspection Metallization ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... come complete with air shafts and brakes or clutches, mounted. Converter Accessory Corp. | 800-433-2413 | www.converteraccessory.com Circle 400 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Stability ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2009, ... For Web Guides Company offers standard web guide models to fit many Mark Andy narrow web presses. RDG5 and MDG5 all-air web guide models are said to fit easily in tight or limited spaces of Mark Andy ...

Winding Doesn't Add U

(Archive)

July 31, 2009, ... the yield point). If you double the air pressure on a nipped roller, you will double the air cylinder's contribution to the nip load (don't forget gravity and tension). In winding, few things are linear. ...

What's New Products Narrow Web & Labe

(Narrow Web)

July 31, 2009, ... install and simple to operate, company says. The all-air unit is powered entirely by low-pressure, plant-supplied air and reportedly offers exceptional steering stability. Coast Controls | 800-513-2345 ...