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PLGA Annual Conference News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... Cough Drops Converter Printpack Inc. Category Security Printing; Innovation-Process Winner Top One Motor Oil Converter Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., DI-NA-CAL Label Group Category Specialty Effects/Novelty;Use ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 4

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... and move to a communications solutions provider role. And, because print is strongly driven by advertising, the recent drop in ad revenue growth to barely one percent is a threatening statistic for the ...

RFID Labels a Good Read

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... and labels can be delivered for as little as 75 cents in volumes of 1 million labels, notes Kuzma. He adds the airlines' use of hundreds of millions of baggage tags would drop the price to well below 50 ...

Antioxidants, Oxygen Scavengers, Free Radicals, and Packaging

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March 31, 2002, ... with peroxide radicals by hydrogen donation to form hydroperoxides and prevent the process from forming more reactive radicals. Oxygen scavengers include inorganic materials that can absorb oxygen, ...

Food Packaging and Safety: 9/11 Continues to Resonate

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February 28, 2002, ... for the microbe reproduction and give the spore the ability to withstand environmental stresses such as heat, chemicals, and dehydration. The spore composition produces a hydrophobic surface that resists ...

Technology Raid Ipex-Style

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, Ipex kicks off next month in the UK. Though she won't be swinging from the rafters, the event's digital emissary, Ipexia, promises a venue filled with a jaw-dropping amount of technology. Ipex kicks off ...

The Future of Foil

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January 31, 2002, ... of various sizes and configurations, are used annually in North America. They are inexpensive, lightweight, and versatile. Foil container demand dropped sharply during the 1980s and early 1990s but increased ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tail about the Business of Print, Vol. 2

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January 31, 2002, ... combined with intense customer pressure, have been dropping lead times on repeat orders for years. Print oriented segments of converting, like folding carton, are faced with multiple step converting processes ...

One New Treater, Many New Benefits

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... open-frame design for easy access; two-sided corona treatment capability, swing-out electrode assemblies for easy cleaning; pneumatic operation for drop-through thread-up; fixed-width or width-adjustable ...

Reporter Clips

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November 30, 2001, ... that comes through the flexographic ink and creates a subtle finish that looks really sophisticated.” TLMI Meeting Informs and Boosts Spirits SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA—A southwestern setting was the backdrop ...

Anthrax & Printing: GATF and /PIA to Help Calm Newfound Fears

(News | New Products)

November 25, 2001, Though Halloween is almost a month behind us, we in the US still are getting our share of "scares." Anthrax carries on its grisly spectacle, and despite a drop in newly reported anthrax cases over the last ...

K Show Visitors Down, But Plastics Show Organizer Says Business Is Good

(News | New Products)

November 14, 2001, K 2001 show organizer, Messe Düsseldorf, reports a "pleasing" outcome, despite a 12% drop in attendance from 1998. CHICAGO, IL, USA—K 2001 show organizer, Messe Düsseldorf, reports a "pleasing" outcome, ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... A major variable in determining the permeation coefficient is the pressure drop across a film. Since the transmission rate, Q, includes neither permeant pressure nor concentration in its dimensions, knowing ...

Canadian-Based KT Holdings Licenses Spooling Technology to Tricon

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2001, ... ends ideal for stacking on end and handling; less chance for edge drop-off during winding and unwinding; longer runs, less void space, and more material per spool; and faster run times. KT is an integrated ...

Web Guides Bring Positive Results to Negative Sleeves

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September 30, 2001, ... rolls of film every year! The original business was established in the early 70s. King Size Photo operated kiosks all over the West Coast, where customers would drop off film for processing. The company ...

Slitter Savvy: The Art of Winding Good Rolls

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July 31, 2001, ... tension. These rolls can split open like a watermelon when dropped or squeezed by a roll-handling truck. The web will stretch and deform as these stresses are relieved while the roll cures during storage. ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... strength of the PSA. DOP causes a drastic drop in SAFT and shear. The failure mode in the 180∞ peel test switches from a clean peel off the steel to a cohesive failure within the adhesive layer. Testing ...

Jet Inks, Colorants, and Packaging What's Ahead

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April 30, 2001, ... utilizes a method of charging ink droplets and deflecting them in flight to create characters. Today, CIJ is used in many applications, including labels, textiles, addressing, forms, and industrial marking. ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

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March 31, 2001, ... thereby creating inefficiencies on the labeling line. Plus, says Iovoli, “You can drop a gallon PET bottle six feet and our SYN label will not come off at impact. You will have a failure with the cap ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

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March 31, 2001, ... out, because it makes paper want to curl, thereby creating inefficiencies on the labeling line. Plus, says Iovoli, “You can drop a gallon PET bottle six feet and our SYN label will not come off at impact. ...