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Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... had been textiles, tobacco and tobacco-related packaging, and ladies hosiery. And so, as the company continued to sheet paper, it added to its equipment in order to service these market areas in some way. ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... older equipment performing will create opportunities for specialized companies with the technical expertise to design, build, install, and oversee upgrades for converting equipment. "There is an awful lot ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... mandrel is glassine, a dense, almost transparent product produced on specialized paper and converting equipment. While glassine has proven itself in Europe, it has not been widely available or accepted ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... to the impregnated fiberglass construction. This lamination occurs after the construction is sheeted to 4x7-ft sheets on Maxson equipment. Sangl notes that feathered edges are a natural consequence ...

It's Definitely a Bull Market for High-Performance Film

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... to replace traditional decorating methods in injection molding. Other than the telecommunication industry, FIM also is used for manufacturing parts in sports equipment and the automotive, appliance, and ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... equipment, both made by Hensen. Though Kapak operates with 100 employees on a fairly ordinary two-shift, five-day-a-week production schedule, there doesn't seem to be much else ordinary about this plant. ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

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April 30, 2000, ... business"--the manufacture of blown film and in-line bag converting--since its founding in 1966. Apollo has relied on Battenfeld Gloucester film and bagmaking equipment since it was established. Today, ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... to wind material onto them. Given their moderate torque and thermal capacities, electromagnetic brakes typically are used on unwinds in web processing equipment such as printing presses, coating machines, ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, HMI software brings operator and equipment together in new ways for more efficient machine control and better communication. font color=black>HMI software brings operator and equipment together in new ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

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March 30, 2000, ... its production and reduced delivery times with the installation of a custom-engineered Bell-Mark flexographic printer that Abendroth says runs four times faster than its other equipment. The stand-alone ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

(Magazine)

March 30, 2000, ... stamping, embossing, holographic and film laminating, automated folding and gluing, CAD (computer-aided) die design, laser diemaking, and hand assembling. Equipment is from several suppliers, including ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

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February 29, 2000, Colbert Packaging expands its capabilities by adding a second Mark Andy narrow web flexographic press to its stable of equipment. Colbert Packaging expands its capabilities by adding a second Mark Andy ...

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, ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... and they will take care of you." That philosophy may seem like standard operating procedure today, but that original focus fueled the company's growth from a distributor of packaging equipment to a mid-sized ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, ... liner. Economy Models One common complaint concerning digital printing technology has been the high cost for the equipment and consumables. But there are alternatives to the expensive high-end systems. ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

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October 31, 1996, ... basically a food packaging company, but as long as an application is compatible with our equipment, we will print or laminate films for any industry." (Bagmaking equipment is a Ro-An 30-in. Polystar, Model ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... Chase & Sons nevertheless pursued this course in the late 80s, "hoping to carve a nice spot within the industry for ourselves," explains Coulter. This decision required that the company invest in equipment ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... other measurement instruments, such as the "Optical Comparator." What's Available A variety of industry suppliers offer surface testing equipment to the converting industry. (For a full list of testing ...

Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... of running them." Pouches are the Hot Ticket Today's hot bagmaking markets, according to Gary Gould, president of GN Packaging Equipment, Mississauga, Ont., Canada, are zippered pouches, stand-up ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... rapidly and, because of its inherently higher energy, can penetrate deeper into thicker coatings or coatings packed with pigment that are opaque to UV. "We are on our fifth generation of equipment, and ...