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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... TLC Motel, Waltham, near Boston. The Coating and Drying Technology Seminar, which will cover the technology of coating continuous webs, will be held October 30-November 2 until noon. That seminar will ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... dry film, adhesives appear clear and colorless. Analyze Anilox Rolls with Kit Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC; 704/588-3371; 800/438-3111; harperimage.com Lab-In-A-Box anilox surface analysis ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... him to the Schiavi, including the 65-in.-wide web width, "extensive" drying capacity, and a "robust" design structure that allows it to deliver long runs of water-based printing at high speeds. In addition, ...

Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes

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April 30, 2000, ... even ultra-short runs with features that include pre-sets, self-alignment, sleeve technology, patented blade, dryer hoods, and a touchscreen press management system. For Technical Innovation-Post Press, ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, ... in the consumer industrial market. Sales are split evenly between perishables and dry foods. Perishables Market The two fastest growing segments are case-ready and pizza in the perishables section, ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

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February 29, 2000, ... now features is a different configuration for the drying section on the bottomer." Rothschild says the new W&H bottomer produces only the pasted-valve-style bag, but he adds that this type of bag can ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... US Bureau of Census; and Andrew Mykytiuk, editor-in-chief, Flexible Packaging magazine. Dog's Best Friend Cryovac, Duncan, SC, was honored for its Cryovac K-9000 dry pet food packaging. The unique cross-linked ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ...  high-barrier systems in lawn-and-garden products, in dry mixes, in salt containers like the kind used for melting ice." Ward adds that another product utilizing these types of films is refrigerato ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

(Magazine)

November 30, 1998, ... and can be configured with as many as eight printing stations and four die-cutting stations. Features include 30-in. or 40-in. rewind; high-pressure impinged hot air dryers; modular print stations with ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... and the stand-up retort pouch. Mitsubishi Kasei "Tech-barriar" films have been marketed in Japan for dry seaweed, liquid products, and lidstock. Europe consumes about 40 million [m.sup.2]/yr or 1.5 million ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, ... it is clear that digital adds an exciting new dimension to the industry. Some of the players and their systems include the electrographic Xeikon system utilizing dry dye-based toners; Indigo's digital ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ...  the paper comes out of the metallizer," says Goldman, "it is very dry, so after we put the coating on, we rehumidify it with a Dahlgren system to put the moisture back in." After the roll is adjuste ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... designed - with Cerutti assistance - dry bond laminator capable of running oriented polypropylene for the packaging of snack food, biscuits, confectionery, and many other products. Bolding runs foil, ...

On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation

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July 31, 1996, ... recalls. "We felt the technology would provide the response and control performance Adchem wanted without scan speed limitations. Moreover, we wanted to read the wet area of the web rather than the dry ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ...  Disadvantages include the time/energy required to remove any added water, as well as the effects of water on the drying/curing system and the substrate to which it is applied. If cured before the water ...

In-mold labels: film is today's hot development

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... led to this novel way to label and decorate containers for detergent and other cleaning and laundry products, liquid and solid foods, health and beauty aids, and miscellaneous articles such as motor oil. ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... processing, the slowest link has always been the drying stage. That's an area people look at to shorten the process," says Steven Siegal, president of UV Process Supply, Chicago, IL. Unlike conventional ...

Pressure-sensitive line utilizes all-vector drive system

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June 30, 1996, ... 1995 and is now in full production, providing rollstock for label converters. The new line includes a proprietary coating head design and an Advanced Systems flotation dryer with an exceptionally long ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... tension and dryer set points, and machine speed. The Vision's computerized management information system stores all critical data on job settings, production, and operation. Instantaneous retrieval and ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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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 ...