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Bobst Group's Acquisition of Valmet Expands OEM's Position in Flexible Materials/Packaging Marke

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2004, With the acquisition of Metso Corporation's Valmet Converting operations, Bobst Group adds converting equipment manufacturing capacity for converters of flexible materials as well as manufacturers of slit ...

Pactiv Extends Zipper Closures to Pre-Packaged Sliced Meat and Animal Cracker Packages

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2004, ... closures and licenses their use and the equipment needed to add it to bags, reports Ticona. "Slide-Rite technology can be integrated into new or existing horizontal form-fill-seal machinery for automated ...

Flexographic Technical Association to Launch New Label and Carton Pavilion at CMM 2005

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2004, ... also was created to help manufacturers of narrow web presses and equipment explore the opportunities of expanding to wider web formats, adds the association. Says FTA president Mark Cisternino, "Many ...

Journey Bound to Success

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... for business? To a large extent, the purchase of new mechanical technology may move your company to the next strategic level of competition. In many cases, however, reliance on existing equipment may ...

A Wise Investment

(Tapes)

February 28, 2004, ... on a regular basis to see if we have any issues with the equipment, which is something nice for a machine vendor. Usually vendors think, ‘If we haven't heard anything, let's not bother,’” describes Wise. ...

Technology: The Great Equalizer

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... consistently have reported to me new equipment sales continue to lag, with converters still “holding out” on large purchases. Granted, simply because converters aren't buying equipment doesn't mean they'r ...

The Global Metallizing Market

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... low — adversely affected by overcapacity in many regions and product areas and by the continuing investment in state-of-the-art equipment in such areas in India and China, where low-cost manufacturing ...

Narrow Web Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... and medical equipment, as well as security system control applications. It utilizes a 1-mil polyester carrier film coated on one side with a high-performance silicone adhesive and backed with a 78# ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... the Scott's Co., Bacardi, Coors Brewing Co., Alcan Packaging, and more. The Technical Conference will offer more than 100 papers with sessions on chemistry, equipment, adhesives, measurement/analysis, ...

Converting Less Ordinary

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... and Bob Zaccone and one employee to get the company up and running. Within six months, the Zaccones purchased a hot stamp press and hired more staff. Six months later came the nameplate equipment, more ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... 300 tables and graphs, the contents include history and economics of coextrusion, blown film, combining systems, coextruded coating film and sheet equipment, product characteristics, and raw materials. ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... will be held September 13-16 at the Donald E. Stephens Exhibition Center, Rosemont, IL. “An extra day at Labelexpo Americas 2004 offers an added opportunity to research the new technologies and equipment ...

Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, Alcoa Flexible Packaging, based in Richmond, Virginia, manufactures a variety of packaging materials—including extrusion and adhesive laminated pouch materials, overwraps and linerstock, blister lidding ...

New Heidelberg Press Helps Las Vegas Company Build a Better Mousepad

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2003, ... was a small print shop in California. Now a formidable 55,000-sq-ft Las Vegas plant, H&H now relies on several pieces of Heidelberg equipment, including two Speedmaster 52 GTOs (with a two-color and a ...

PFFC Moves 'Uptown

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... included an opportunity to learn about the Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA), a division of AIMCAL, followed the next two evenings by the annual tabletop and reception, hosted by Paperloop’s ...

Mixing It Up

(Archive)

November 30, 2003, ... mixing. A comparison of features is summarized in Table II. Selection of Mixers and Impellers — The World Wide Web is an excellent resource for investigating mixing equipment and manufacturers: industrialmixers.com ...

Coming to America

(Folding Cartons)

November 30, 2003, ... used multi-pack package, the open basket carrier, is provided.” Getting Help from a Pro In furthering its new technology, Å&R Carton knew it had to partner to develop specially designed equipment ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... consumer electronics; and hardware. Tear-proof foldover board is reported to be economical and to allow packagers to run their equipment more efficiently due to shorter dwell times and lower temperatures ...

Northeast Graphics Show Drawing Increased Interest and Participation

(News | New Products)

November 06, 2003, ... as Xerox Corp., Kodak Polychrome Graphics, C.P. Bourg, Printable Technologies, and northeastern regional equipment distributor Pasquariello Graphics Inc. Kodak Polychrome Graphics (kpgraphics.com) is ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, News from: Dri-Tec Mfg. Group LLC, Elite Cameron, Fischer & Krecke, Fox Cos. Machining Inc., Graph Expo/Converting Expo, Kraton, M-real, NAPIM, Tecscan, Treofan America, T.S. Converting Equipment, Valmet ...