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French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... says this converting operation supplies more than 25% of the institutional french fry packaging to North America, no small feat considering that 4.5 billion lb of french fries are sold annually in the ...

Converted Solutions Slitter/Rewinder Boosts Productivity on Laminating Line

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... 50 microns to 50 mm in thickness. Web Dynamics recently took installation of an SC1500 slitter/rewinder from Converting Solutions Ltd. (Consol) at its new 36,000-sq-ft European Production Centre in ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... has battled for years to control static on its converting lines. After testing several other methods, Avery found something that worked: the Virtual AC Intelligent Static Neutralizer from Ion Systems. ...

Drupa 2000 Celebrates Change on a Global Scale

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February 29, 2000, ... to a four-year cycle. "The fair is responding to shortened innovation cycles," notes Messe Dusseldorf. Paper converting and package production have been re-integrated into the exhibits. This means, according ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... a company no longer in operation. Both the PE and PP manufactured are used internally. Completing the converting operation is a range of slitters and bagmaking machines, located near a fully equipped ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... speed on the rewind is 500 fpm. The slitter is equipped with Ashe Converting winders, of which Rupp says, "They're made for a slitter, they're tension-controlled. They do a fantastic job." Autotype has ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ... opportunity. Supplier Information Rotomec America, Hartford, CT; 860/953-3504; 800/428-0292; valmet-converting.com Bobst Group Inc., Roseland, NJ; 973/226-8000; bobstgroup.com Leybold Technologies ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... They want it to "jump out" at the consumer, and making that happen through patented three-dimensional printing and converting techniques is precisely the goal of Gary Jacobsen, president and CEO of Web ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting industry, William R. Arndt and Michael R. Nowak decided to start their own coating business, With a combined 50 years of experience in the converting ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... trend toward short runs all bode well for the future of digital printing. Peter Rigney, the publisher of Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER and a 25-year veteran of the converting industry, was asked recently ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... and strict manufacturing controls that are at the heart of the company's success. The Keeney family had been in shipbuilding before entering the label converting business in 1982. Though the elder Keeney ...

Gauging system lights the way

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, BKL uses converting technology to make electroluminescent lamps; Betacontrol of America supplies the in-line gauging.Electroluminescent (EL) lamps have BKL uses converting technology to make electroluminescent ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, Daan Bolding has history on his side as the head of Bolding Verpakkingen, a converting operation started by his grandfather almost 100 years ago.Just Daan Bolding has history on his side as the head of ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... easily meet the speed requirements of the highest-speed presses and converting lines." According to Chrusciel, there are some processes you can only do with EB, or gain maximum benefit from, such as ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... forward to meet the needs of converters who are facing their own tough customers. As with their counterparts in virtually every other segment of the converting industry, suppliers of coextruded film ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... Converting Machine Co. (PCMC) and designated the Vision, was the means to achieving those goals. In the past ten years, Duralam had purchased several PCMC wide web presses and was familiar with the quality, ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ...  have a variety of Stanford machines, and our latest addition is our brand new combination slitter/rewinder/dry laminator from Delta Converting," says Dickerson, who adds that the slitting/inspection an ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... 1985. An additional coating and converting plant has been built in Winchester, VA, and distribution centers with in-house slitting capability have been added at geographically strategic locations to better ...

Paperbox winners honored for industry excellence

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... Printing & Converting; Jim McAndrew, Design House; Susan Ng, Hallmark Speciality Design; Leonard Wyss, NPA past chairman; Jim Van Eimeren, California State Univ. Design Dept.; and Mary McAndrew, Design ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... and marketing excellence. Judging this year's entries was a distinguished panel: Mark Wyganik, Flexible Packaging Assn.; Mark Spaulding, Converting Magazine, Jim Scott, Nabisco Tech Center; and Dr. Theron ...