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More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... to existing Titan SR6 and SR5 slitter/rewinders. Doctor Blade Offers High Performance Andreotti Engineering, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, England The 2G (Second Generation) carbon fiber chambered doctor ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... of Ziegler-Natta catalysts (see 1953). These chemists both contributed to high polymer development, which has proven to be useful in the manufacture of films, plastics, fibers, and synthetic rubber.  ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... prices, and earnings over the five-year period, driven by increases in domestic and foreign shipments. Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes The Outlook reports the US corrugated and solid fiber boxes industry ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... combine the surface holdout feature of conventional super-calendered kraft with lower internal-fiber density. The resulting product is lower in basis weight at a standard caliper and is also much less ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

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May 31, 2000, ... calls for coating an epoxy-type resin onto a fiberglass woven web," says Sangl, "which has a feathered edge and tends to accumulate resin. As it gets sheeted down into a cut length, we trim away this edge, ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, ...  The Vesta 1100 folder/gluer has a touchscreen panel that operates the speed control, counter, kicker, and all other functions of the machine. An electronic fiber optic monitoring system is programmable ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... which is temperature and humidity controlled, so no corrugated is brought into the room. After deboxing, the rolls are blown off in the warehouse to remove any dust or cardboard fibers. Rolls are then ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... polys." A proprietary moisture control system has allowed the company to achieve very flat, curl free sheets that are free of static. Arndt also is happy with the Eurotherm Link fiber optic drive control ...

Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

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November 30, 1996, ... attend to other duties instead of having to manually record information. The drive system uses 11 Eurotherm Model 590 DC drive controllers linked by a fiber optic network that replaced traditional hard ...

Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.

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August 31, 1996, ... of hold is a function of the first three variables listed above. For example, recycled paper has shorter fibers and may tend to burst more easily. If a customer using 8Tx.032-in. perforations with virgin ...

A directory of custom slitting

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July 31, 1996, ... laminates, fiberglass Minimum slit width: 1/32 in. Maximum slit width: 92 in. No. of employees: 270 Special environments: Clean room, dark room, white room, temperature-sensitive cold room. ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... in 1995, with growth in both offset and flexo applications. Electronic/Opto-Electronics Photo-resist materials and optical fiber coatings are two examples of applications in which "special properties" ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... Two proprietary coaters feature automatic splicing, fiber-optically linked drive packages, laser inspection, and ultraviolet coating capability. Off-line slitting is done in a separate department. "We ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... Woodlands, Pinecrest Lumber Co., Bay Fibers (wastepaper procurement), and Coated Products. Growth is a tradition with the Coated Products Operations unit, which is a spin-off of the company's packaging ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... roll sleeve that is easily handled and can be changed in just minutes. The sleeves are composed of fiberglass with a rubber cover, making them extremely lightweight. Consequently, they can be manufactured ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... or the way the paper is finished," explains Riddell. "If it is very porous, if the fibers of the paper are not intimate with themselves and their base stock, that will affect die way the ink transfers. ...

Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.

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March 31, 1996, ... to successfully use this material as its principal fiber source. The system is capable of coping with a maximum of 160 mm of trim coming off each side of the Voith winder, and the winder is expected to ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... Inc., Columbus, GA, supplied the lamination structure. James Dawson designed the package. Furniture Stays Safe The LockPak[TM], converted by Guilford Packaging & Fiber Inc., High-point, NC, is a ...

European equity supplier acquires plastics division

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February 29, 1996, ... [pounds]1 billion. Demand for PTA, used to manufacture polyester fiber, packaging, and film, continues to increase rapidly in Taiwan and Asia in general. ICI recently announced the formation of a ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

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January 31, 1996, ... and pneumatic. Suitability of Core Materials There are many types of core materials to consider. Certainly, says Myer, the "cardboard" (or fiber) core is the most popular, but there are also reinforced ...