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Flexo Printing to Outpace GNP in 2002, Says FTA

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December 09, 2001, ... industry, soon to take effect, definitely will drive growth. FTA forecasters are predicting a return to historically higher levels of 5 percent or better within one year’s time. Converters that utilize ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... Chemical Canada, Inc., “A Consultant's Viewpoint Of High Precision Coating For The Converting Industry” by Chris Watson, Watson Consulting, “Stretch Film Properties-Effects Of Equipment And Process Variables” ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2001, ... MADISON, MS, USA—Effective August 1, Southern Bag Corp. became Hood Packaging. According to Southern Bag president Rick Markell, “We want all of our various units to share a common identity and a common ...

Antitrust Law Is Alive and Well, Both Here and Abroad

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July 31, 2001, ... at effects that are well downstream of the actual parties involved. In contrast, the EU focuses more closely on the impact on competitors. In this situation, the combined strengths of GE and Honeywell ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2001, ... and scrap.” The end result is a retrofit unit that is mounted between the unwind stand and the folding board on the f/f/s unit. “The application takes place at line speed with no adverse effect on production ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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June 30, 2001, ... physical phenomenon may still follow Fick's second law. When a fire ant becomes alarmed, he releases a pheromone to warn his fellows of the danger. Fick's second law can predict the effect of this pheremone ...

Products

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April 30, 2001, ... reports mfr. According to co., system provides cost-effective solution and quick delivery without sacrificing quality, performance, versatility, features, and appearance. Pre-engineered platform uses a ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2001, ... have absolutely no effect on Chromas. Chromas is now a completely stand-alone company.” Independent Machinery Celebrates 20 Years PALATINE, IL, USA—Independent Machinery is celebrating its twentieth ...

Flexo Inspection

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March 31, 2001, ... process quality attributes — color, register, streaks, and repeating defects — to allow effective monitoring of the process on a continual automatic basis and to alert the operator as trends develop.  ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... development of significantly improved metallized OPP films. Price Increase Eastman Ups Price of Epolene KINGSPORT, TN, USA—Effective January 1, 2001, Eastman Chemical Co. has increased the price ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

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February 28, 2001, ... groups is necessary to provide a true cross-linking effect. The effect of cross-link functionality on cross-link density: A high-molecular-weight polymer with low reactivity, which is reacted with a ...

Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2001, ... that technology was that little pieces of foil popped off the paper. We wanted a flexible holographic material that could be overprinted effectively, laminated with a high-barrier foil, have excellent ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... system is said to provide a clean, cost-effective way to bond temporarily using static charge as the means of adhesion. The CH20, CH30, and CH50 are regulated DC power supplies using high-frequency switching ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... effect said to be common to side-loaded blades in shear slitting. This reportedly encourages longer blade life in several ways: It dampens the actuation of the top blade; keeps force equally distributed ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... are automatically withdrawn when either condition is met. Price Increases Packaging Ink Costs Increase ANN ARBOR, MI—Effective November l, Flint Ink North America has increased the price of packaging ...

The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

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October 31, 2000, ... doctor blades. The generation of these small air bubbles into the ink puts great demand on the ink anti-foam additives. So much area is created that there is insufficient anti-foam to effectively control ...

Products

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October 31, 2000, ... and controller, reportedly offers cost-effective detection and measurement capabilities. The co.'s E.A.S.Y. (Easy Action SYstem) is designed to shorten set-up time by reducing complex functions to simple ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ...  Coating Resins—Troubleshooting." He reviewed polymer properties, resin effects on processing, resin effects on the final product, and variables such as melt strength. In a session on "Extrusion Beyon ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... VALLEY, PA; & BRIDGEWATER, CT, USA—Cham Paper Group raised prices 10% on deliveries from all mills of all grades effective July 1, 2000. Cham says this was caused by unabated rises in pulp prices, made ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... of operation; and characterization methods and data analysis. On July 20 D. Fennell Evans presented a class on key concepts and issues involved in designing effective adhesive systems. The afternoon ...