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Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... at eastman.com. Green Converting Waxed Paper Offers Environmental Benefits ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS—Eleven manufacturers of waxed paper and suppliers of paper and wax have formed EuroWaxPack, ...

The Battery Pitfall: A Good Reason for a Self-Audit

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August 31, 2000, Last month we discussed the benefits of environmental self-audits. This month, we examine a case in point. Large quantities of dangerous chemicals frequently are found in unexpected places and can expose ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... in outdoor, landfill, and compost conditions. Flexo UV Ink Cleaner Cuts Cleaning Time Citrus Safe Inc., Chicago, IL; 773/638-6900 Yellow Magic is described as an easy-to-use, environmentally friendly ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Corporate compliance audits may save legal hassles.

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November 30, 1996, ... requirements; antitrust; health, safety, and environmental laws; employment matters, including Employment Retirement Income Security Act, Americans With Disabilities Act, and other federal employment laws; ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ... and residence time in the dryer are probably equally important," says Sun Chemical senior environmental engineer Joe Zborovsky. "You have to control temperature, and you have to control residence time in ...

Food Quality Protection Act limits Delaney Clause

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October 31, 1996, ... from the Section 201(s) definition of a "food additive." Although pesticide tolerances for raw agricultural commodities are not directly subject to the Delaney Clause, under the Environmental Protection ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

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October 31, 1996, Determined to secure systematic, comparative data on inks, the flexo industry and the Environmental Protection Agency have launched the Design for the Determined to secure systematic, comparative data ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... in North America. Continued growth is anticipated at a rate of about 13% for each of the next five years, as the motivators for the use of these highly productive, environmentally friendly products will ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... and conscious of the environment." One of the environmental issues surrounding cores is that many of them end up in the waste disposal stream, Dickerson explains. Phenolic resin-type cores don't readily ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... to Clemson in the past four years. Mounted in Enercon's original full-frame design, the 18-in. treater features a built-in ozone decomposer for environmental protection and an advanced Enercon Compak 2000 ...

Pollution prevention makes good sense

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November 30, 1995, ... Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refocused its regulatory mandates away from traditional end-of-pipe controls. EPA's Common Sense Initiative is indicative of this attempt to forge partnerships ...

As times change, OSHA still shows signs of life

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September 30, 1995, ... on Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Hearings on the proposal began in September 1994 and did not conclude until March 1995. Participants in the hearing had until July 1995 to provide ...

Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.

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July 31, 1995, ... and machine uptime. Converters want to streamline operations and reduce energy consumption within the confines of their existing systems. Because of increased environmental demands, those companies ...

Hot melt applications continue to grow

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June 30, 1995, ... (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Adhesive application equipment has been made more user-friendly in terms of maintenance as well. Zirkle explains that many components have been ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, FPA REGULATORY REPORTFederal regulatory agencies, formerly intractable and uncompromising, now seek industry input in an attempt to reform environmental FPA REGULATORY REPORT Federal regulatory agencies, ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... In addition to being friendlier to business, John Marcantonio, vice president of sales, Leybold Technologies Inc., Enfield, CT, believes "the enforcement of environmental and other regulations may not be ...

Regulatory agencies to see impact of Republican contract

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February 28, 1995, ... will significantly reduce the size and scope of executive departments like HUD, and many regulatory agencies where activities directly affect converters. They include the US Environmental Protection Agency ...