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Experience Speaks | Tom Spina

(Experience Speaks)

April 02, 2012, ... process of continual growth. Growth is great and in our company, continuous, but it doesn’t happen overnight. 15. What advice would you give to someone starting out in this business? Be prepared to work ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... for digital printing. On the sheetfed side, the company will feature Luxor/Alufin KPS-OP, a new cold foil for sheet-fed UV offset printing. Kurz will show holographic continuous foils produced without ...

Thin Films Expert VCF Films Expands Manufacturing Capabilities

(Coating/Laminating)

March 06, 2012, ... meet the demands of the marketplace.” According to VCF President Reva Kamins, “The investments we’re making in both personnel and equipment reflect our commitment to continuous improvement and keep us ...

Foil Stamping | Multipress Buys Second Gietz Machine

(Print)

February 23, 2012, ... quality requirements that are increasing continuously. In order to remain competitive and a “nose ahead” in the fast-growing markets in Eastern Europe, it is necessary to offer the highest level of technology. ...

Eco-One Plastic Additives To Be Used for Food Service Containers

(Green Converting)

July 27, 2011, ... with the least amount of environmental impact. It is our company mission to drive continuous improvement with material reduction, energy conservation, and recycling awareness without compromising performance, ...

Coating, Not Printing

(Coating/Laminating)

May 31, 2011, ... that printing is discrete and coating is continuous (mostly). Of course, this rule of thumb has many exceptions, but discrete versus continuous is a good baseline to develop an understanding of the ...

Menasha honored For Safety

(Carton Box)

April 30, 2011, ... and develop solutions to reduce the risk to personnel. The company tracks all snags in a database to trend for continuous improvement and accident prevention. In January and February, employees submitted ...

Menasha Packaging Announces $10M Pennsylvania Expansion

(Carton Box)

March 09, 2011, ... Menasha greater flexibility to make continuous order changes, increased capacity and superior board quality. Sustainable improvements include less starch used in the gluing process and a reduction of board ...

Events

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2011, ... Resort & Spa, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; www.aiccbox.org 6-8 | ICE USA, Mack Brooks Exhibitions, Orange Cty. Convention Ctr., Orlando, FL; www.ice-x-usa.com 10-13 | PIA/FFTA Continuous Improvement Conference, ...

Spartanics Updates Technical Guide on Laser Die-Cutting Technology

(Die-Cutting News)

February 15, 2011, ... continues to grow—from abrasives, to nearly all plastic materials, many metals, and even wood... With a continuous stream of laser die-cutting benchmarks, the 2011 white paper reveals there are now ...

Foundation of FTA To Partner with PIA on Conference

(Flexography)

December 21, 2010, ... Assn. (FFTA), a leading technical society dedicated to supporting and advancing the flexographic printing industry, will co-sponsor Printing Industries of America’s (PIA) 2011 Continuous Improvement Conference. ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... continuous product. Applications can be as varied as optical film coating to adhesive tape manufacturing. Regardless of the product being made, Six Sigma can be applied to web-coated products. Six Sigma ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... second step in the development and scaleup of new and improved coated products is the pilot coater in which the first continuous coatings are made. There are various types of pilot machines in use. Some ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, Consumers are continuously changing their eating and purchasing behavior. A century ago, food was bought fresh and directly from the source the farmer, Consumers are continuously changing their eating ...

Experience Speaks: James E. Hammer

(Trends/Management)

September 30, 2010, ... takes” to satisfy the customer. How do you handle a difficult customer? Feedback — both positive and negative — is very important to the continuous improvement process of our business operations. ...

ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry

(Coating/Laminating)

September 19, 2010, ... or improvement of the technology of the coating of continuous webs. The 2010 recipient was Prof. Ramon Cerro from the Univ. of Alabama, who was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the understanding ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... at Hammer. We see it as an extension of our commitment to continuous improvement,” he says. Breaking New Ground In developing an effective sustainability program, Hammer Packaging recognizes the importance ...

M&A Conference Looks at Packaging Consolidation

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2010, ... strategy are to build on leading market positions in packaging and uncoated fine paper, particularly in emerging markets; maintain position as the lowest-cost producer, and focus on continuous productivity ...

Art Yerecic

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... The New Manufacturing Challenge: Techniques for Continuous Improvement is our blueprint for lean improvement. What is the best advice you ever got? My first love was production, but my dad refused ...

Chuck Larsen

(Experience Speaks)

April 30, 2010, ...  How do you retain good employees? We treat everyone with respect and have profit sharing at all levels. Ongoing personal and professional development are essential to our culture of continuous improvement. ...