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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... combinations of film, paper, and foil; paper packaging and specialties such as photo paper; releaser liner; semi-rigid paperboard/foil containers; and woven and nonwoven synthetic fiber materials.  ...

CFPA Recognizes Cascades or Environmental Efforts

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... accountability to the pulp and paper-making community by developing a 'chain of custody' that manages the supply chain starting in the forests, or the city forest (collecting post-consumer content fiber), ...

First Quarter Performance Mixed

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2003, ...  first quarter results were negatively impacted by unusually high energy and hardwood costs in our Performance Fibers business, we are seeing a significant increase in demand for our cellulose specialt ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, ... by matting fibers together, as in paper, or clear and semi-permeable by dissolving and precipitating the polymer (solution casting) as a sheet of cellophane. Both substrates retain the high thermal stability ...

Polytype Battenfeld Partner in POLYCOAT

(Unprinted Rolls)

April 27, 2003, ... as photo paper; release liners; semi-rigid paperboard/foil containers; and certain woven and non-woven synthetic fiber materials. Learn more about Battenfeld Gloucester at bge.battenfeld.com and Polytype ...

CMM Tops 22K; Product Debuts; Show-Floor Sales

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2003, ... machine features three-axis servo-controls system; teachable head positioning; fiber optic communications; solid-state contactors; color touchscreen; recipe function (for easier setup time); and central ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... addition to its Fine Paper Collection. Virtual is a translucent printing paper made of vegetable parchment. Offers unique colors, surface structures, and fiber formations, says co., providing a pallet ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... premix initiates 1/8 in. within the emitter's outer face, while in the presence of thousands of ±5-micron-dia refractory fibers per in. Emitters are said to provide up to 3x the IR output/unit of fuel gas ...

Wraps, Wipes, and All that Jazz

(Disposables)

March 31, 2003, ... Hollinger explained how 3M moved the market for furnace filters from a low-margin spun fiberglass product to a higher-margin nonwoven product by focusing on its better performance in protecting people ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... Offers unique colors, surface structures, and fiber formations, says co., providing a pallet suitable for all graphic applications. Available in eight weights, six smooth colors, six textured colors, four ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... fibers per in. Emitters are said to provide up to 3x the IR output/unit of fuel gas input normally found in sintered or knitted metal fiber IR emitters. Clutches and Brakes Provide Smooth Actuation ...

Materials

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... sugars. The resin can be used to make a wide range of fiber and packaging products. At the end of their “useful life,” products (under the right conditions) can be turned back into naturally occurring ...

Movin' on Up into New Markets

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... film tapes, transfer adhesives, and tapes of metal and reinforced foils. Customers include the likes of Ford Motor Co., Volvo, Boeing, Toyota, Toshiba, General Motors, Owens Corning Fiberglass, Johns Manville, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, In the news this month: Ahlstrom, Enercon, FiberMark, Foodservice and Packaging Inst., FVTC, William "Bill" Hawkins, MeadWestvaco, Mohawk Northern Plastics, MPC Group, NAPL, and W&H. Covering the Full Spectrum ...

Sun Chemical Buys Bayer Hi-Performance Pigment Biz

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2003, ... organic pigments used in coatings for automotive, industrial, and architectural applications and for coloring plastics and fibers. The portion of the Bushy Park facility being acquired manufactures Palomar ...

Atmospheric Plasma

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... thicker substrates — While substrates thicker than 0.125 in. usually do not respond well to the corona process, they can be treated by atmospheric plasma. Films, foams, and nonwovens, as well as fibers, ...

Opportunities in Medical Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... packaging include fiber-free surfaces, the ability to withstand sterilization (by ETO, steam, or gamma radiation), clean room manufacturing, and ultimately, Food and Drug Administration approval. A ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... the company's industrial packaging operations to Caraustar Industries Inc. The sale includes 17 tube and core manufacturing facilities, 3 fiber partition plants, and 3 uncoated recycled boxboard mill ...

Neither Boom Nor Bust

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... some glass fiber plants have been closed. “Lower consumer spending is another [bump],” says Lowney. “It will slow down when the mortgage refinance game is over. Another factor that will take a bite ...

Servo Savings

(Magazine)

December 30, 2002, ... function blocks within the ladder logic. “Normally, we would use Simolink for drive-to-drive communication via fiber-optic cable and then use Profibus for PLC-to-drive communication,” says Adamson. ...