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- Global Corrugated Board Market To See 5% Growth to 2015
- (Carton Box News)
- July 27, 2010, ... in Brasil, Russia, India, China (the BRIC countries), and Poland. Following the global recession, the paper and packaging industry has faced mill closures, staff redundancies, evaporating profits and ...
- Special Report: Covert Markers-Microscopic Markers
- (Print)
- June 30, 2010, ... liability exposure. Companies should evaluate the potential risk to their sales revenue and loss of brand equity should their products be replaced with counterfeits in the supply chain or be diverted into ...
- Lou Guzzetti
- (Trends/Management)
- June 30, 2010, ... environment. We feel that these types of advances will result in long-term good rather than benefits that evaporate with the changing fads and fashions of the moment. Energy usage is one area we focus ...
- M&A Conference Looks at Packaging Consolidation
- (News | New Products)
- June 15, 2010, ... are poised for a lot of activity. He explained how banks and debt investors evaluate credit risks of packagers. Following lunch, two companies—Mondi and CCL Label—shared their strategies for growth ...
- Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation
- (Flexpack)
- May 31, 2010, ... problems.” Led by John Bernardo, president of Sustainable Innovations (http://www.sustaininnovations.com/), Boise, ID, judges evaluated 160 entries from around the globe and selected winners representing ...
- Trends in technology
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 30, 2010, ... develop new products. Examples of technology advances in the past decade include the following: Increased use of in-line instruments to control quality and reduce costs, replacing off-line evaluation ...
- A future for photovoltaics
- (Metallizing)
- April 30, 2010, ... in the past decade, others have lagged behind. A hot topic 20 years ago was transparent barrier coatings. Silica and alumina coatings had been produced and evaluated for barrier performance, and it was ...
- Techniques to Prevent/Minimize Die Lines
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- April 28, 2010, ... polymer in the extruder to overheat and bake for 20-30 minutes. This in and of itself is devastating. When this happens, it is imperative to immediately purge the extruders with the proper purge compounds ...
- Sun Chemical Earns Strongest Sustainability Results from NAPIM
- (News | New Products)
- March 28, 2010, ... resources. The BRC labeling program is an initiative by NAPIM used to evaluate and minimize the environmental impact of printing inks. The BRC index number is a quantifiable value that is calculated ...
- Craig S. Sheppard
- (Experience Speaks)
- February 28, 2010, ... at night? As an association representing the technology base of web coating, it is critical that we stay relevant in terms of our value to our members. Usually I am thinking about what is next, though ...
- Converter Industry Events
- (News Clips Archive)
- December 31, 2009, ... Petersburg Beach, FL; www.flexpack.org 16 | AIMCAL-PFFC-EMA Webinar on Basics: Resistence Heated Evaporation of Aluminum, Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators/Paper, Film & Foil Converter/European ...
- Films 101: Back to Basics
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2009, ... solvent(s) evaporates before the film and casting sheet are wound into large rolls. Cast films offer good to excellent UV resistance, good color matching capabilities, and long-term durability. They are ...
- People
- (News Clips Archive)
- November 30, 2009, ... territory of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Brtish Columbia. Chip Costello adds Illinois to his states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, ...
- Engineer's Playgroun
- (Coating/Laminating Main)
- October 31, 2009, ... evaluate web-produced products. Peter Sherer, manager of Optimation's Mechanical and Process Systems group, says the facility has been utilized by small and large converters of finished films. More than ...
- Get a Grip on Your Web
- (Tension)
- October 31, 2009, ... There are two essential elements of a vacuum roller: A rotating shell with a special surface through which air can pass An engineered pathway to evacuate air from inside of the shell In addition, ...
- AIMCAL Announces Matteucci Technical Excellence Awards
- (News | New Products)
- October 21, 2009, ... Coating led to a special monetary award being given to the authors of the best paper in each of the Web Coating and the Vacuum Web Coating sessions. Each paper is evaluated for breadth of the subject, ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT
- (New Products)
- September 30, 2009, ... It also is equipped for extrusion processes involving EVA, TPA, and vinyl acetate copolymers for solar energy applications. For barrier structures, system is said to be effective at processing sheet with ...
- Gravure Sleeves: The Time Is Now
- (Process Management)
- August 31, 2009, ... effect on shipping, storage, retrieval, and press setup in terms of speed, cost, and safety. An operator easily can move eight sleeves on a light duty trolley from storage to the press. Innovative storage ...
- Gravure Versus Flexo Printing Part 2
- (Process Management)
- July 31, 2009, ... coatings not achievable in flexo. The gravure inking station allows use of very strong solvent mixtures that often are high in acetate content, which, in turn, allows for more possibilities in ink formulations. ...
- Tuflex India Inaugurates Greenfield Converting Plant
- (Flexpack Main)
- July 20, 2009, ... the Bobst Group company Rotomec of Italy was by far the most satisfactory solution. Tuflex not only appreciated the print quality but, more importantly, the dramatically reduced levels of waste achievable ...