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Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... migration, the difference between static and kinetic COF values becomes wider and can be used to estimate the degree of this effect. UV-curable inks can show differences in COF. For example, UV inks ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... to create the special graphic effects required to meet the needs of the markets it serves. Supplier Information Grafix LLC grafix-online.de Heidelberg USA us.heidelberg.com Super Bowl Tickets Score ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... Aluminum Foil Association handed out Alufoil Trophies for four Foil Packs of the Year. Winning top honors were the following: Aspirin Effect — This is a soluble instant aspirin in an individual dose ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, ... enhanced performance features. The nip is able to randomize even the most minor die, air ring, and tower film gauge effects, company says, assuring wound rolls will be flat and of optimum converter quality. ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... and chemical storage facility support the coater. The new division's mission is to “provide products or services where customers need cost-effective coatings to improve such properties as printability, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... and effective use of ExxonMobil films. Taking home Golden Mummy awards for packaging were the following: Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (Kraft Foods and Cello-Foil); Bicor AB-X film Hershey Milk ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... press. According to Rock-Tenn CEO Jim Rubright, “The dotrix wide web digital printing equipment [designated the.factory] gives us the high-speed, cost-effective, production-grade digital solution to ...

Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, Advances in shapes, coatings, and wear-resistant material bases provide long blade life, more effective wiping, and longer engraving life in doctor blade systems. When I joined PFFC magazine, one of the ...

Security Inks Raise Our Level of Protection

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, Dramatic advances in digital photographic and reprographic technology were made during the 1990s. These advances have had an undesirable side effect in that such technology provides counterfeiters greater ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ...  Provide more in-line, on-demand manufacturing Use same processing systems Maintain or improve package appeal Achieve FDA compliance. In his paper on “The Effects of Electron ...

Where Does a Spreader Spread?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... a secondary effect. I would like to convince you that most of the spreading occurs before the web touches the spreader roller. To learn more about how spreaders work, I recommend highly a milestone ...

BOPP Film: How Real Is the China Threat?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... of the effect of the latest announcements of increases in capacity over the next two years in China. Over the past five years, an additional 1.2 million tonnes of BOPP film production capacity has been ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... normal coils do not exhibit such thick oxide layers at the edges meaning that effects on adhesion are less extreme. Extremely high wettability is not really necessary for good extrusion coating and ...

EPA Considering NJ Model for Regulating Reactive Chemicals

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... this technology if cost-effective. Facilities must evaluate their new processes to ensure they incorporate, where feasible and cost-effective, inherently safer technologies that minimize or eliminate the ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... users complete control, monitoring, and diagnostics at one location and on one clean touchscreen panel. Described as a cost-effective option that replaces remote control packages, diagnostic packages, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... effects packaging segment. According to Marty Aleksis, AET's business director for holographic films, holography is broadening from niche products to more mainstream uses. “Our studies indicate package ...

A New Enhanced Polyethylene for Extrusion Coating and Laminating

(The Place)

July 31, 2003, ... with good puncture and tear resistance. The initial extrusion coating evaluation of this new enhanced PE used several stages of which this paper describes three: Determine the effect of LDPE blend ...

Phthalo Green: How Can You Tell If It's Always the Same

(Materials)

June 30, 2003, ... size and maximize color strength. Chlorine atoms are electronegative and have a strong effect on the electron distribution within the phthalocyanine molecular structure. Their presence shifts the color ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, A dual rotary knife retrofit on an older sheeter can improve equipment productivity and reduce waste effectively. A dual rotary knife retrofit on an older sheeter can improve equipment productivity ...

PCI World BOPP Study Reveals China Impact Maybe Not as Dramatic as Some Fear

(News | New Products)

June 05, 2003, A new study on the 3.2 million tonne world BOPP film market by UK-based market intelligence firm PCI Consulting Ltd. concludes the effect on the world supply/demand balance of planned capacity increases ...