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AIMCAL Safety, Health & Environment Summit: Cut-Off Date for AIMCAL Room Rate Now January 30, 2004

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2004, ... the AIMCAL Summit online, visit aimcal.org/association/SHES2004/intro.html.   AIMCAL says the day-and-a-half program in Washington DC will focus on the converting industry and address such topics ...

European Report Covers Flex-Pack Industry in Depth

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2003, ... has been in the flexible packaging industry for more than 35 years. His company, The Packaging Group, is an organizer of targeted conferences and a consultant to the international packaging/converting ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, News from: Avery Dennison, Glue Dots Intl., Gorilla Label, Seal-It Inc., Tyco Adhesives, and WS Packaging Group. Narrow Web Converting Industry New WS Packaging Group Acquires Gorilla Label ALGOMA, ...

Finding Your Comfort Zone in Tomorrow's Econom

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... attendees that has broad applications to the converting industry at large: With planning, you can identify your company's strategic issues; so to assure success, evaluate what these issues mean to you. ...

What Works Best?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... extruder, which has since been expanded with 2.5- and 3.5-in. Black Clawson extruders. It also utilizes a Beloit laminator, Beloit turret winder for converting flexible packaging, and an Egan surface winder ...

Kampf GmbH to Take Over KKA Kleinewefers Anlagen GmbH

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2003, ... enhancement of Kampf's product line through integration of KKA converting technology is an important contribution, reinforcing Kampf's worldwide position as a market leader in the field of film and foil ...

The Fundamentals of Being a True Leader

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... ourselves” has been tossed about lately? Following closely on the heals of this remark everywhere I turn — be it in or outside of the converting industry — the thought concludes with some variation of ...

Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... its client list soon included Marks & Spencer, ASDA, Sainsbury's own label, and Waitrose. The sale to Star Aluminium of FFP's aluminum foil printing and converting activities set the firm on a steady ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, New from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Cleveland Motion Controls, Convertech Inc., Max Daetwyler Corp., Danfoss Drives, Dillon, Enercon Industries, Extech Instruments, Hoffman, Macro Sensors, Nireco America ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... workhorses of the converting industry, rarely getting the same level of attention as their more exciting cousins: coating, extruding, and laminating equipment. The “making” processes are where the most ...

Breaking New Ground

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2003, ... approach to narrow web converting. “I would say the biggest thing we have going is the niche that we have on the flexible side. We don't have many competitors in this country that can run a narrow web, ...

The Printing Saga Continues

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, Graph Expo and Converting Expo is set to boost commercial printers' inroads into packaging and converters' move into digital. Graph Expo and Converting Expo is set to boost commercial printers' inroads ...

What Would PI Do?

(Corrugated)

August 31, 2003, ... up. That heavenly refreshment will have to wait. “We've got really good people here,” says Mike Mazzocco, president of the Oakland/San Francisco Bay-area corrugated converting operation. “I'm so proud ...

Mark Andy Offering Supplier Support

(Magazine)

August 28, 2003, ... its highly successful series of Comco seminars, where industry experts share ideas and solutions on issues of interest to the converting community, and its “Voice of the Customer” series in which the company ...

More Bang for Your Label Buck: AWA Conference Slated for Day Before Labelexpo Europe 2003

(News | New Products)

August 24, 2003, ... program of keynote sessions [will provide] valuable industry insight [and information on] challenges and opportunities for those involved in the label, product decoration, web printing, and the converting ...

Winning with Covers

(Folding Cartons)

August 06, 2003, ...  Overall Converting Guidelines When Using Heavyweight Papers Prior to folding, wide-score the paper using a flat-bed press for best results. This will provide an even score on the whole sheet at ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, The converting industry has brought flexible packaging options, with their attendant source-reduction benefits, to a great number of customers interested The converting industry has brought flexible packaging ...

Green Stands for Go

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... 18 bread bag converting lines. Using modified Castaldini and Holweg machines, the company fully converts the bags in one operation. Printing is by four-color flexo imprinted on the Holweg machine. Simone ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... Associates for a forthcoming study in its series of concise, focused AWAreness Reports, which provide timely “executive summaries” on a variety of topics relating to the packaging and converting industries. ...

FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ...  to be the greeting card for the product inside. It really does set the standards. In this case, the packaging is as high quality as what is inside. The quality of the print and the quality of the convertin ...