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Cleaning the Right Way

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, Cleaning has two important goals. The first one is obvious: Be certain the surfaces are clean and free of any residual adhesive or coating. The second one is less obvious: Be certain the cleaning operation ...

Detecting the Edge

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, Web guides have evolved dramatically since their first appearance on converting lines in the 1930s. Electronic edge detectors and electric motors gradually displaced pneumatics and hydraulics as demand ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... sealants incorporated into the forming web and are described as ideal for dual-formed packages (both top and bottom webs formed). Company adds structures perform well in formable foil packages requiring ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... package design, prototyping, and testing and end with retail-ready, fully packed POP displays. A Company is Born BOLINGBROOK, IL—A new company backed by individual investors has acquired substantially ...

Is a Packaging Makeover Ahead?

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... of the impact shopping bags have on the city’s economy and to evaluate the impact of a bag fee on low-income individuals and large families. The report is due near the end of April, and the results ...

RFID: Beyond the Mandate

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... unique manufacturers, each with 16 million types of products. Each unique product can include up to 68 billion individual items, meaning the format can be used to identify hundreds of trillions of unique ...

New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... Roll Deacro Industries, Mississauga, ON, Canada; 905/564-6566; deacro.com The MIR800A multiple individual rewind/slitter has a servo-driven shaftless rewind station for each rewinding roll. Winds as ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... S dual winder. Says general manager Alan Simoncini, "[Danafilms] tries to consistently exceed our customers’ expectations and provide the highest quality products possible, at a fair price. We believe ...

Global Economic Slowdown?

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... parents are making donations. Teijin has donated 10 million yen to the Red Cross to support Indonesian recovery efforts. Locally, DuPont and DTF employees across the region have made generous individual ...

Hit the Brakes!

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... wages versus US wages. There are other valid reasons, according to Dr. Llewellyn. One of them, he says, "is a reliable supply of highly skilled individuals. In India, for example, the labor force contains ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 6

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... normally distributed population is produced over time. Each part produced has a unique value. Individual parts are independently and identically distributed (IDD). Subgroup samples are rational. ...

Chemicals & Responsibility

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... this science, as they learned rapidly when they took a chemistry course during their academic career. Compounding the problem even further is the irresponsibility of some individuals and companies that ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... as ever. To ensure competency, technicians must be certified for running each individual test. Proficiency testing should be performed annually to ensure each technician is competent in running each ...

Implications of Bioterrorism Act

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... in understanding and complying with the requirements of the Bioterrorism Act. Members of the converting industry, including those making dual-use ingredients, should find these materials helpful.  ...

Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... dioxide analyzer measures controlled and/or modified atmospheres in food packages. Can be used in production, quality control, and R&D applications to verify residual percentages of O2 and/or CO2. Said ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... factors that combine to create windows of opportunity for product-related crimes. It looks beyond financial losses to resulting issues ranging from safeguarding the security of nations to individual health ...

Analysis of Film Extrusion Problems with Flow Simulation

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... melting rate or melting capability of the design. Ideally, the solid bed ratio would start at 1.0 (100% solid material) in the feed section and gradually decrease to zero as the solid bed melts and the ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... the military logistics program itself does not threaten individual privacy, Katherine Albrecht, director of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering), calls the mandate "worrisome," ...

NPES Finishing Market Study Seeks Printer and Trade Services Input

(Archive)

July 29, 2004, ... conducted jointly by Mason Consulting and PrintCom Consulting Group. Responses will be aggregated to create an industry profile, says NPES. In addition, the association says individual responses will not ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... multi-registration discount. Three or more individuals from the same company registering simultaneously will receive a considerable discount. This offer will end on August 6, 2004. To register for the ...