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Embossing Impacts Form and Function

(Magazine)

June 30, 2004, ... III, senior VP at New Era Converting Machinery, Paterson, NJ (neweraconverting.com). “I think it has very functional uses as well.” One area in which the functionality of embossing plays a rather big ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, The TAPPI 2004 PLACE Conference (August 30-Sept. 2, 2004) moves to a totally new location this year, the Westin Indianapolis Hotel, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Providing practical information to the converting ...

Omet Reports a Successful Drupa

(Archive)

June 14, 2004, PRESS RELEASE LECCO, ITALY—Omet reports its Drupa 2004 experience was a "success." According to the Italy-based OEM, it sold a Flexy to Megaflex, a Dutch printer, as well as other equipment lines to ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... units; single- and multiple-trim pickups; and complete system engineering for single extrusion/converting lines or plant-wide applications. Improve Surface Adhesion Optical Associates, San Jose, CA, ...

Fast & Flawless

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, Spectratek is converting thin-gauge holographic films at high speeds, thanks to new equipment from Stanford Products. Spectratek is converting thin-gauge holographic films at high speeds, thanks to new ...

Optimum Release

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... to use with it. They include the laminate's end use, the converting environment, and cost in use. Other considerations, such as environmental issues and global availability, are not related to performance ...

Proud & Proficient

(Flexpack)

April 29, 2004, ... US Army veteran, and now a resident of Perú— co-founded a small converting operation in Lima, Perú’s capital city. Traver, armed with an international business degree from Columbia Univ. and experienced ...

Left Behind?

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... of action to take. Focused more narrowly at home here in the converting industry, we also face many paradoxical challenges and reports. At the AIMCAL meeting, which was geared toward a management audience, ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, New products from: Applied Films Corp., Contech, Cortron Corp., Danfoss Drives, Eurograv Ltd., Galileo Vacuum Systems, GE Advanced Ceramics, New Era Converting Machinery, Phoenix North America, Pillar ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... Scholarship Chairperson for the PLACE div. of TAPPI. Providing practical information to the converting & packaging industries. Conference Features Tutorial In response to feedback from previous attendees, ...

A Century Salute

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... Smithe began making its envelope-manufacturing machines in NYC (see sidebar). A family-owned envelope-converting operation started by George F. Moss, Western States Envelope and Label today operates — ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, New products for the converting industry from: Accuweb, Battenfeld Gloucester, Conquip, Contech, Convertech, Dover Flexo Electronics, DVT Corp., Esko-Graphics, Extech Instruments, Faustel, Gigahertz-Optik, ...

The Family Breadwinner

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... to polystyrene containers for Santa Sweets brand grape tomatoes from Ag-Mart Produce, Plant City, FL. Substrate is from Connemara Converting, Bensenville, IL, with metallization provided by PROMA. Spinnaker ...

Converters' Wish Lists: Part II

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... at a specific location of a converting operation has a close rapport with the sales and technical service personnel from their supplier, everyone is situated in the best position to work to the best advantage ...

Success Personified

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2004, ... management) specifically designed for the converting industry. The software offers such industry-specific features as fully integrated estimating; workflow and job costing; shop-floor data collection; ...

Technology: The Great Equalizer

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... looking favorably down the road of 2004.” While this news seemingly bodes well for industry — and specifically package converting — unofficially, machinery manufacturers/suppliers to the industry fairly ...

The PLACE Division of TAPPI Announces Film and Extrusion Coating Short Course

(The Place)

January 31, 2004, ... will cover all extrusion disciplines in the converting and packaging markets. The topics will address all pertinent areas of film extrusion and extrusion coating.” Also assisting with the development of ...

G Prime A Rheological Indicator to Predict the Extrusion Coating Performance of LDPE

(The Place)

January 31, 2004, Application: A new rheological test method can predict the processing performance of LDPE for extrusion coating. Following is an expanded summary of a complete paper available on the TAPPI web site at ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... throughout the converting process and preserves its gas and water vapor barrier properties.” The metallizers feature Galileo's new CMS Dual-Mode Deposition Monitor (patent pending). This new noncontact ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ...  Convert Many Types of Cards Rollem Corp. of America, Anaheim, CA; 714/935-9130; rollemusa.com The Revolution smaller-layout card converting system is said to be ideal for processing playing cards, ...