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More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... lifting, transporting, stacking, and palletizing of 5-gal pails. Capable of lift heights to 67 in. and features a heavy-duty, carbon steel frame, oversize swivel casters, and a simple foot pump lift mechanism. ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, "Cellophane brought about the first transparent...packaging concepts." So said Dr. Richard Podhajny, one of PFFC's contributing editors, in his feature, "Cellophane brought about the first transparent...packaging ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... air brakes are water cooled through integrally cast cooling jackets and have thermal capacities exceeding 2,000 hp. This broader torque range and the high thermal capacities make air brakes especially ...

Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line

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March 31, 2000, ... Webflex process, the company layers engineered films and fabrics to match customer specifications. It typically runs microporous and monolithic cast poly-propylene films (materials suppliers are proprietary). ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... casting liner, and release liner products. The facility runs a wide variety of substrates, including biaxially oriented polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and poly-coated ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

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February 29, 2000, ... adhesives. PE resin is purchased from Poliolefinas and Petroquimica Truinfo. Ink suppliers are Belcar and Castiglioni. ISMA is a major supplier to Fleischmann Uruguaya (Nabisco) and Pepsico Snacks with ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... cast film. Many companies today make equipment modifications to produce their films, including food companies. Oscar Mayer did a lot of its own in-house machinery, as did any number of other major food ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... fax: 408/864-7538. Testing Machines Inc., Islandia, NY; 516/842-5400; fax: 516/842-5220. AET Packaging Films, New Castle, DE; 302/326-5500; aetfilms.com QPF Inc., Streamwood, IL; 630/830-6900; qpf.com ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... laminations involving paper and oriented polypropylene, as well as cast PP (the latter being a Himac specialty). "Our experience with both paper and thin-gauge metallized films in popcorn gives us a ...

Modified Atmosphere Packaging shows potential for growth

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June 30, 1996, ... in 1991 to 2.3 billion packs in 1995. It is forecast that the U.K. retail market for MAP will increase by 5% this year. It is added that the rate of market growth is forecast to slow toward the end ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ... these people." In response to customer demand, Wayne Machine recently introduced its first coextrusion cast film system, the Yellow Jacket Turnkey system for the production of multilayer cast film from ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ... need the ultimate performance features that are standard on other Purup imagesetter models. It features the Pump cast iron internal drum, a 20x26-in. format, and produces plate-ready film with all crop ...

Fresh produce offers converters opportunities for healthy sales

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December 31, 1995, With flexible packaging forecast to hit almost $15.5 billion in 1995, many converters are frantically looking toward the emerging fresh produce market With flexible packaging forecast to hit almost $15.5 ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... packaging suppliers. Ever since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959, American commercial interest (but not foreign) in Cuba has been virtually negligible. In addition, after the collapse of communism in ...

Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.

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July 31, 1995, Product output improves after James Rivers' Flexible Packaging Group installs a new air handling system for trim recovery and reprocessing on a cast extrusion Product output improves after James Rivers' ...

Book details Japan's packaging industr

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May 31, 1995, ... since it reports on the quantity of metallized film produced by type. Cast polypropylene accounts for more than 50% of all metallized film produced, with polyethylene terephthalate following closely. ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... of surfaces and could also withstand the harmful effects of outdoor exposure. Ultra Leaf is a premium cast film which creates visual, 3-D illusion. The metallized film can be surface printed with text ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ...  would typically see 2% growth were growing at 5% or 6% or better. All segments grow at least double the growth rates we saw in 1993. We're forecasting the growth rate will drop down to 4% to 4.5% in 1995 ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

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February 28, 1995, ... with the advantage the Brazilian market still has an enormous potential for growth. The forecast for the year 2000 is of the order of US $7 billion based on projected growth of the current situation excluding ...

Dutch converter expands in worldwide flex-pack market

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January 31, 1995, ... Its product range includes premade bags and pouches and printed roll stock. The company has an assortment of cast and blown-film lines capable of producing polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyamide/polyethylene ...