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Printed Electronics, Automation Highlight drupa's Innovation Par

(News | New Products)

March 26, 2012, ... logistics industry in particular benefits greatly from the use of RFID chips, which store and pass on information via contactless reading devices to a central system, thereby helping to monitor the commodity ...

Acucote Installs Martin Automatic Splicer

(News | New Products)

October 26, 2011, ... in 1987 to supply commodity work, has more recently specialized in providing custom applications that do not fit other suppliers’ stock lists. Working a triple-shift pattern for five or six days a week, ...

Inks Suited for Containers

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

July 31, 2011, The Fryflex line of inks is designed mainly for shipping containers. Color intensity, rub, and hue meet general requirements usually specified for commodity The Fryflex line of inks is designed mainly ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... also includes three Sanjo rotary letterpresses for commodity labeling and two Comco presses used for shrink sleeve film, carton board, and flexible packaging films. A nine-unit Gallus EM 280 UV flexo label ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... p-s labels, and a downgrade to white paper labels on commodity beers. Metallized paper packaging also is declining overall as demand in the key cigarette packaging sector declines; paper-based developments ...

Pressure-Sensitive Coating: Ready & Able

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... into a commodity business. Finally, the company's employees had succeeded in June 2001 in their third effort to unionize Spinnaker's Ohio plants, adding to the company's then-murky fiscal future. “Despite ...

Davis-Standard Chinaplas Exhibit To Offer Expert Advise

(News | New Products)

April 08, 2010, ... optical films, release and adhesive tapes, and special laminated products that add value to commodity-oriented films. For more information prior to the show, visit the Converting Systems website or ...

Printed Linerboard: Big & Bold

(Carton Box Main)

September 30, 2009, ... and day out — enough to give us a leading position in the nondurable and commodity markets. The choice came down to two options. “To ensure versatility, we required rapid changeover ability. A belt-driven ...

Home Grown

(Coating/Laminating Main)

June 30, 2009, ... both have grown larger. “We were kind of forced into this reputation at the beginning,” explains Trajkovich. “We had a very small machine; it was hard for us to make a commodity product and make any ...

Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs

(Offset)

February 28, 2009, ... is not considered in this market sector due to the considerable costs of the image carrier. In a price competitive situation, even for noncommodity items, it is a tough sale. In recognizing that each ...

Examining Recession Resistance

(Editorial)

January 31, 2009, ... a matching downturn in polyester film demand; hence the plant closure. Lest I be accused of contributing to the depressing news, here's how a supplier of both commodity and specialty resins into the ...

E&Y Examines Why Flexpack Converters Are Under Pressure

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, ... turmoil “spurred on by lingering uncertainty in financial markets, employment concerns, volatile foreign exchange markets, and waning consumer confidence.” The firm points to rising commodity and ...

Sun Chemical Increases North American Prices of Specialty Inks

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2008, ... crude oil and raw materials costs, other factors driving up costs include transportation, tight supply/demand balance for oil, a weakening dollar, and the attractiveness of commodity markets as alternative ...

Rollers Make History

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2008, UNION GROVE, WI When Dan Cahalane came to American Roller in 2005, he thought rollers were a simple commodity. As he learned about the vast amount of UNION GROVE, WI When Dan Cahalane came to American ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... toward more value-added products to offset these costs. Particularly hit are the commodity producers such as bread bags and toilet tissue overwraps. Smaller companies in Europe are feeling the pressure ...

Peak Performance

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

February 29, 2008, ... chemical resistance, high purity — all of the characteristics that the high end of the industry requires. “It's an expensive material in comparison to most commodity packaging,” adds Percy. “But we'r ...

Barrier Wanted

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... 4 m are common for the conversion of commodity film products. Even specialty grades and papers employ coaters at 1,650 — 2,200 mm. Packaging — The Largest Market Packaging is the largest end-use market ...

Donald F. Larsen

(Magazine)

October 31, 2007, ... contributions have real impact on the business. What is the biggest mistake you made and how did you fix it? My original investment in bagmaking was in a commodity and stagnating market. I fixed it ...

Scoring the Scorecard

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... material. But a lot of flexible is not commodity material.” For its part, the AFPA is working to make sure that “renewability” receives proper “weighting” in the scorecard, since its members “believe ...

Coming Back for More

(Editorial)

February 28, 2007, ... treating your customers in a manner that truly makes doing business with you a pleasurable experience doesn’t have to cost much. It also sets you apart from “commodity-type” businesses. However, it does ...