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Critical Trends

(Trends/Management)

April 30, 2010, ... increase of 6.7% as compared to last year's 8.8% (see June '09, p35*). †Survey sent to an effective mailing of 16,682 recipients. Qualified returned surveys from only converters (no suppliers or equipment ...

Pilot Coating: Coater Clone

(Coating/Laminating)

March 31, 2010, ... the pilot coater is just 30 in. wide, “it's built essentially with the same oven configurations as our production equipment, so we can easily scale up from the narrow web to the wider width,” Maercklein ...

NEWS CLIPS

(Magazine)

March 31, 2010, ... valued at $50,000 to Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, MN, to be used by students learning to run flexographic equipment. The system, mounted on the college's 10-in. flexo press from Mark Andy, ...

Mica Corp. Expands Operations in Brazil

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2010, ... tol help enhance Mica’s operations and grow its business in Brazil. B.Y. Engenharia has been in business since 1989 and represents several international equipment manufacturers, including Davis-Standard, ...

Western Shield Label Adds a Mark Andy LP3000 Press

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2010, ... that our customers have come to expect. We remain committed to continuously investing in superior equipment, employees, and materials.” Since 1970, Western Shield Label Co. has provided high end, custom ...

AIMCAL/CEMA Invite Presenters for AWEB Conference

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2010, FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) and the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Assn. (CEMA) extend an invitation to present at the co-hosted Applied Web Handling ...

Stamp of Approval

(Carton Box)

December 31, 2009, ... packaging, and to a smaller degree greeting cards and food packaging, so it requires high quality equipment. Richard Lapalme, general manger, Yves Courcy, pressman, and Mario Charland, foreman, all traveled ...

QC for Nips

(Controls)

December 31, 2009, ... North America, Mohawk Fine Papers also offers specialty converting services, including sheeting, slitting/rewinding, laminating, and embossing. Sheeting is accomplished on Bielomatik and E.C.H. Will equipment, ...

Software Cuts Setup Costs

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... systems on sheet-fed or web presses to adjust ink keys from measurement equipment to achieve required target densities. Essex Products Group/EPG | 860-767-7130 | www.epg-inc.com Circle 404 or visit ...

Convert Wound Care Products

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... as an entry-level addition to company's range of high-end wound care, transdermal patch, and oral strip manufacturing equipment. Said to provide a solution for manufacturers of wound care products with ...

New Contract Converter Opens for Paper Mfrs.

(News Eclips)

December 21, 2009, ... distributors, and large printers in the Midwest, East and northern tier of the US Southeast. Key equipment includes four sheeters and six rewinders for converting uncoated and coated papers. Embossing ...

Colbert Acquires Dayton Carton, Crown Paper Box

(News Eclips)

December 21, 2009, ... facility, equipment, inventory, employees, customer accounts, and all other assets. While Colbert Packaging will retain the Dayton Carton facility in Louisville, it will rebrand it as one of its own.  ...

Packaging Conference Features Brand Owners, Tech Leaders

(News | New Products)

December 08, 2009, ... conference is designed to provide the latest information for those in the packaging supply chain. Attendees range from retailers and brand owners to resin suppliers, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, ...

DuPont Packaging Announces Call for Packaging Innovation

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2009, ... reduction. Entry forms and guidelines are available at www.packaging.dupont.com. The deadline for entries is Feb. 12, 2010. Packaging designers, converters, consumer good producers, retailers, and equipment ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... in the medium to long term. However, only very limited label shapes currently can be achieved; specialist application equipment incorporating a label separation device is required, and every print job ...

Do It Yourself

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2009, ... looking to make their own liners and laminates and actively investing in the equipment to do so.” Other converters also are relying on advances in coating technology to allow them to meet the ever-growing ...

ChemInstruments Reorganizes, Expands Its European Sales

(News | New Products)

November 30, 2009, ChemInstruments Inc. has announced the reorganization and expansion of its manufacturers representative organization in Europe. MENTOR, OH | ChemInstruments Inc. has announced the reorganization and expansion ...

Engineer's Playgroun

(Coating/Laminating Main)

October 31, 2009, Timothy Walker has this to say about Optimation Technology's pilot lab facility: There are no equivalent options that combine equipment, human, and IP Timothy Walker has this to say about Optimation Technology' ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, ... “Vacuum rollers are a necessary piece of equipment because they combine single side-contact and tension isolation,” says Mike Mendolla, special projects coordinator. “We couldn't do it any other way.”  ...

Standard Group Installs Mitsubishi Press

(News Eclips)

October 13, 2009, The Standard Group, an independent folding carton converter, adds to its Mitsubishi equipment holdings with the installation of an eight-color 41-in. wide Diamond V3000LX sheet-fed press with UV coating ...