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August 30, 2005, ... adds converting equipment for smart labels to its Greenville, WI, supplies facility. With in-house production, Zebra now provides one of the broadest selections of high quality, cost-competitive smart ...

Reporter Clips

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August 30, 2005, Narrow web news from: Scapa Automotive, Tailored Solutions, MACtac, Xpanded Label Technology, Phoenix Challenge Foundation, ETI Converting Equipment, UPM Rafsec, Pecisia, MPI Label Systems, Avery Dennison, ...

New Products

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August 30, 2005, ... film thickness tolerances, material savings, and higher speeds for printing and converting. Add Capabilities with Unwind, Rewind Converter Accessory Corp. , Wind Gap, PA; 800/433-2413; handleyourweb.com ...

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

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July 30, 2005, ... printing in the form of a matrix of stationary print heads above a transport system for the material and into production and manufacturing lines in the converting and packaging markets. A number of factors ...

Celebrating a Legacy

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July 30, 2005, ... invention will be on display, with more than 800 companies exhibiting in approximately 750,000 sq ft of space. Print 05 & Converting 05, being held September 9–15 and organized by the Graphic Arts Show ...

First Glance

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July 30, 2005, Innovative packaging from FLEXcon, KNF Flexpak, and Field Boxmore. Notebooks Perforated PINUP Even the converting industry is getting into reality TV. To promote “Chasing Farrah,” a TV Land cable network ...

New Products

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July 30, 2005, ... Microgage kit for machinery alignment includes a new laser squaring attachment called the 90-Line. Kit is said to be compact, easy to set up, and very versatile. Suited for aligning rollers on converting ...

Reporter Clips

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June 29, 2005, Narrow web news from: TLMI, FTA, Logotech, Scapa North America, ANI Printing Inks, UPM Rafsec, SAMSys Technologies, RFID Experts Group, and Seal-It. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Liner Recycling ...

New Products

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June 29, 2005, ... is a fully integrated, enterprise-wide, software-on-demand ERP solution for the flexible packaging and roll label converting industries. Software is located remotely, in secure locations, and is accessed ...

Global Events & Trends

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June 29, 2005, ... on company profitability and the need for further rationalization of West European converting capacity.” Author Paul Gaster comments, “The highly competitive flexible packaging environment, especially ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

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June 29, 2005, Catch a glimpse of the innovative equipment and materials that will be on display at the upcoming Print 05 & Converting 05 Expo. Machinery, Accessories, Services New Idler Design Aids Live Shaft Technology ...

One Stop Shop

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2005, ... and high-barrier metallized forms; pouches; inks; chemicals; and even converting equipment and packaging machines. No other flex-pack operation in the world is as widely vertically integrated! In an ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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May 30, 2005, ... seal performance. Providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries… EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Easy-Opening Packaging Technology by Inge Roucourt, Johan De Clippeleir, and Spencer ...

E-Waste Legislation

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April 29, 2005, ... that collect and recycle these devices. As we have noted previously, the resurgence of interest in solid waste management has the potential to affect a wide array of industries, including the converting ...

Introduction to Roll Handling

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April 29, 2005, ... loosely Overhead roll handling devices | Overhead roll handling systems are very common in all types of converting applications. Generally most overhead systems will handle up to 2,000-lb rolls of ...

Double Up!

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April 29, 2005, ... converter. Nonwovens Converting When PFFC first interviewed Tufco Technologies in February 2003, it was at a period of significant growth and investment for the company. Time has not slowed progress ...

Retort Pouch Causes a Stir

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2005, Widely hailed as flexible packaging’s "greatest innovation," the retort pouch finally is shedding its exotic image and rapidly becoming a mainline package on the supermarket shelf. Package Converting  ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part 1

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April 29, 2005, ... ride. What determines draw in converting equipment? In many machines, the draw is a fixed value. The machine designers determine the draw by selecting gear ratios and roller diameters. Many slitter/rewinders ...

New Products

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April 29, 2005, New products from: SKF USA, Independent Machine Co., PCMC, Maxson Automatic, Convertech, PAD Peripheral Advanced Design, Bodine Electronic Co., Nireco America Corp., Zimmer Industries, Ion Industrial, ...

RFID: Emerging Policy Issues

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March 30, 2005, In a previous article we outlined some of the issues surrounding the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technology for the converting industry. As we indicated, ...