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November 29, 2005, ... inflation. Mitchell said the recent catastrophic hurricanes will require increased federal spending, energy costs will continue to have an impact, and no one knows when or if the real estate boom will ...

Stora Enso Raises Prices

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November 14, 2005, Stora Enso Specialty Papers has increased prices for its European customers for its wet strength label and flexible packaging papers. PRESS RELEASE IMATRA, FINLAND—Stora Enso Specialty Papers has increased ...

Air Products Polymers Raises Prices

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October 27, 2005, ... in raw material and energy costs. The company also has raised prices for vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer emulsions; all ethylene, vinyl chloride-based emulsions; and acrylic-based copolymer ...

Sun Chemical, Flint Ink, and BASF Raise Prices

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October 17, 2005, Sun Chemical and Flint Ink increase prices due to increases in raw material costs, effective Oct. 1, while BASF imposes energy surcharges, effective Oct. 15. (sunchemical.com; flintink.com; basf.com) PRESS ...

RFID: The Next Generation

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September 29, 2005, ... also comments on the problem with electromagnetic interference. “Equally dangerous for potential damage to RFID devices is EMI, which occurs when a device is exposed to a transient energy, or voltage temporarily ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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September 29, 2005, ... laminated cells, or “quilts,” that are designed to expand when exposed to microwave energy. On expansion, the quilts come into contact with the food products. This hot surface does double duty, driving ...

Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation

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September 29, 2005, ... who were anticipating the impact the hurricanes might have on the nation’s economy. Energy costs, it seems, will have the heaviest impact, beginning with the increased cost of gasoline across the nation. ...

UV/EB Technology Helps Reduce VOCs

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September 04, 2005, ... in greenhouse gas emissions—the study also found an 80% reduction in the total amount of energy used by the facility’s process, compared to a conventional system. As a result of these energy efficiency ...

Climate Control

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August 30, 2005, ... jams presses and other equipment, leading to downtime and waste. We knew maintaining RH in the 40 percent to 50 percent range would make the problem go away.” Energy-Efficient System FLEXcon set three ...

New Products

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June 29, 2005, New products from: Esko-Graphics, Stork Prints, Webex, Fife, Jennerjahn Machine, X-Rite, Butler Automatic, Vetaphone, Tokuden, Menges Roller Co., Circonix, Collaborative Studio, THK America, Mahlo, Energy ...

E-waste Recycling Legislation Could Frame Waste Management Debate

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June 29, 2005, ... a different approach to the issue. For instance, H.R. 425, which has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, would require EPA to collect a consumer fee on the sale of computers and computer ...

Positive Projections

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May 30, 2005, ... improved due to healthy demand trends and higher prices—partly offset by sharp increases in costs of energy, chemicals, and fiber. According to Jerome Van de Water, president of PPC, "The state of the ...

Flint Ink Announces Price Increases

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May 21, 2005, ... response to the rising costs of raw materials, transportation, energy, and environmental compliance. Prices for all heatset ink products—including process, special, spot color, metallic, fluorescent ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2005, ... a plus and the US will enjoy 3%–4% growth in the coming year. Negatives, according to Varney, include the following: healthcare costs holding down job creation; energy crisis; budget deficits; household ...

Ashland Increases Prices on P-S Adhesives

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April 02, 2005, Ashland Specialty Polymers and Adhesives will increase prices by 5%-10% on all p-s adhesives on April 15, 2005. PRESS RELEASE DUBLIN, OH— Ashland Specialty Polymers and Adhesives will increase prices ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

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March 30, 2005, New products from: Ashe Converting Equipment, Maxson Automatic Machinery, AccuWeb, Siemens Energy & Automation, Enercon Industries, Waddington Electronics, Totani America, Creo, Futec Europe, ISRA Surface ...

Film Opens New Markets

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February 27, 2005, ...  3.3 Internal Haze 1.9 Gloss MD 143 TD 140 TLT % 96 Surface Energy Treated Side dyne/cm 48 Non-treated 44 New coextruded PET sheets exhibit ...

New Products

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February 27, 2005, ... designed to process feeds of larger-sized portions than previous models. New capability results in increased average production rates and reduced energy consumption, company says, and in many cases, it ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

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January 30, 2005, ...  The read and write range, from 10 cm to 5 m. Data Speed Energy Levels—or active and passive transponders. Memory Capacity—1 to 64 KBit memory. The standards are based on four main frequencies ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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January 30, 2005, ... inks. "Metal prices are affecting some key raw materials, oil prices are affecting in principle every single organic component used, energy and transportation costs are another part directly affected ...