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Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... in item 9 above. Another method of spreading is the raised edge surface or (under-cut) roll. This method probably has been used for web spreading since webs were first made to run over rolls through ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ...  Universal Engraving Expands in Europe OVERLAND PK., KS, USA—Universal Engraving has announced a subsidiary merger with U.K.-based Fine Cut Intl. Ltd. The new name of the company will be Fine Cut Intl. ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... CHARLES, IL, USA—Through its Plystar affiliate, Filmquest has acquired Panaflex Packaging, Cuthbert, GA, a manufacturer of plastic bags for institutional, consumer, and industrial markets. The business, ...

Bush Administration Acts Fast to Slow Things Down

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February 28, 2001, ... effect, will be temporarily postponed for 60 days. The plan covers “regulations” as defined in section 3(e) of Executive Order 12866, i.e., “any substantive action by an agency (normally published in ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... Accessories, Services Hole Cutter Is Suited to LDPE Park Air Corp., Brockton, MA; 508/584-3440 Ejecto Plus round-hole cutting tool features a patent-applied-for design that uses the latest geometric ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... die-cutting and matrix stripping. Transfer Tapes Suited for Form/Label Combo Avery Dennison, Pasadena, CA; 800/944-8511; averydennison.com Two transfer tapes for making integrated labels allow converters ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... trapped inside the inks to evaporate much more easily and the temperature of the substrate to remain cooler. Die-Cutting Press Has Many Capabilities Contech, Goddard, KS; 316/722-6907 Web die-cutting ...

Inspection System Balances Print Quality with Economy

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December 31, 2000, ... chief executive, Jan Homan, would give the idea serious consideration. Teich is part of the $2 billion Vienna-based Constantia Group, and as Findlay explains, "The Austrian-based Teich packaging group ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... neweraconverting.com Turret winder system promises automatic, zero foldover transfer of webs that conventional methods can't cut, according to co. Product can process multi-ply laminates, highly extensible ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II

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December 31, 2000, ... (MD) grooves, even spiral-cut ones, that are to be used on light-gauge products. Surfaces of this type tend to wrinkle light products, because the MD tension tends to pull the web into the grooves. A knurled ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... along the entire length of the blade; and minimizes side-load force, making less cutting force necessary. Improved Sheeter Now Faster, More Accurate Maxson Automatic Machinery Co., Westerly, RI; 401/596-0162; ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

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November 30, 2000, ... metallized, laminated, die-cut, or converted in any process. The Checklist Following are the factors to consider when assessing the application before beginning the search for the correct polyester ...

Products

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October 31, 2000, ... to assess the comparative transfer between surfaces, it has been designed to conform to BS 3110: 1959. Operating procedures begin by cutting specimens to the required size templates and then clamping the ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

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September 30, 2000, ... years experience as an executive and consultant specializing in workforce development, joined SPI in the newly created position as director of workforce development. "[He] will have direct responsibility ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... FA-4200 16-in. combination platform press allows flexo, screen, hot foil, cold foil, and die-cutting units to be located anywhere on the press, in any order. Said to allow extremely fast reconfigurations ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ...  Dryer Designed for P-S Adhesive Coatings Pagendarm BTT GmbH, Hamburg, Germany; +49 40 890960; pagendarm.com Vacutex dryer is said to provide excellent position for coated films and papers. Co. says ...

Box Plant Rises from the Ashes to New Heights

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May 31, 2000, ... The company decided that is where it would house the replacement equipment--a new press, die-cutter, and folder/gluer--upon its delivery. Using a rental trailer for temporary offices, Sonderen employees ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

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May 31, 2000, ... calls for coating an epoxy-type resin onto a fiberglass woven web," says Sangl, "which has a feathered edge and tends to accumulate resin. As it gets sheeted down into a cut length, we trim away this edge, ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, ... a specialty packaging converter in 1978. That's when the company purchased its first new press, a Consolidated platen die-cutter, and earned a reputation as a finishing house for packaging printers. The ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... the atmosphere inside." Foote agrees that the variable packaging area is up and coming: "Especially for fresh-cut produce, this is one of the fastest growing areas in the flexible packaging business ...