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Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... field to one with a higher profile. Containers that lend themselves to PETG roll-sleeve labels can be plastic, metal, or glass. It’s ideal for PET bottles of water, functional water, carbonated soft ...

Simco-Ion Becomes New Name in Static Control Technology

(Static Elimination)

May 09, 2011, Simco Industrial takes on a new corporate identity, as the result of its acquisition last year of Ion Systems, and adopts the new name of Simco-Ion HATFIELD, PA |  Simco Industrial takes on a new corporate ...

Look Both Ways

(Carton Box)

April 30, 2011, ... Inc., Brookfield, WI, an innovator in the area of lenticular printing and substrates, has applied its patented technology to bringing a dual benefit to rigid plastic cartons or tip-in plastic windows for ...

Dancing Bravely on the Edge

(Trends/Management)

March 31, 2011, ... impact, we are managing to move forward. Let's start with Converter's Expo in Green Bay, WI, on March 3. There were about 100 exhibitors vying for the attention of attendees at Lambeau Field Atrium. One ...

Recorded Live at Converters Expo!

(Yo's Yarns)

March 19, 2011, On March 3, I visited Converters Expo in Green Bay, WI. It was held at Lambeau Field, home of the Super Bowl XLXV Champions. It was a little scarry to enter Packer territory for this Bear fan, but visiting ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... recycled paper for drinking cup formation continue. Today almost all major paper cup manufacturing companies conduct research in this field, including principal users like Starbucks, which claims its green ...

Reporter

(Magazine)

January 31, 2011, ... Award for Continuous Innovation, sponsored by Labelexpo show organizer Tarsus Expositions, Brookfield, WI, for producing innovative print technology for the label industry since 1963. Israel-based ...

ICE-ing | The Best Part

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... coating track has 12 sessions devoted to methods, advancements and innovations, measurement and process control, as well as developments in the growing flexible electronics field. Web handling sessions ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ... in fields in which it is desirable to have as few objects as possible touching the material, e.g., pharmaceutical packaging and LCD and plasma screen industries, etc. During the past six months, there ...

Simco, Ion Join Forces for Better Static Control

(Static Elimination)

January 20, 2011, Simco acquires Ion Industrial, Windsor Locks, CT, to combine the expertise of both companies' static control solutions. According to Kim West, Simco marketing manager, HATFIELD, PA | Simco acquires Ion ...

Staying on Task

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2010, ... at www.awa-bv.com/?c=event. Converters Expo will be staged on March 3 — make arrangements to reach balmy Green Bay, WI, and Lambeau Field's Atrium; pick which of five Skybox Seminars to attend. They'r ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... Numerous rolls have been tested in the field without one adverse effect to roll performance. Further testing is being done to find new compounds for other industries. With these developments, future ...

SPE's EUROTEC 2011 Scheduled in Barcelon

(Trends/Management News)

November 18, 2010, ... a broad-based technical conference like SPE’s ANTEC annual conference held in North America. There will be several hundred original, peer-reviewed presentations on new developments in these fields of plastics ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... m3/h Temperature range | up to 250 deg C Nozzle field length | 800 mm Winding diameter | 250 mm max. Laminator and IR predryer | available In addition, if more capability is needed, the Werner ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... studying mechanical engineering, his career developed in sales and marketing. He has extensive experience in the field of aluminium foils and plastic films for food and technical applications. In 2002, ...

Digital Label Printing: What's the Sweet Spot

(Digital)

September 07, 2010, ... says Karstedt. “These reports are the collective result of over 20 years of 'roll up your sleeves' work in the field, in-depth discussions with hundreds of converters, brand owners, and systems integrators.  ...

Static Beat: Monitor Process with a Control Chart

(Static Elimination)

August 31, 2010, ... the averages and ranges for each roll, which are plotted in Figure 2. Clearly, the electric fields measured on rolls 6, 7, and 8 are unusually high. Should these high readings trigger a phone call to your ...

XOL Automation Joins Enercon's Surface Treating Sales & Service Networ

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

July 13, 2010, ... to our global network,” says says Enercon VP Ted Cox. “Their depth of experience in the converting and extruding industries will be a great asset to our customers. Their ability to provide local field ...

Special Report: Covert Markers-Microscopic Markers

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... and enable accurate, in-field detection within a matter of seconds, without destroying the sample. Another advantage of this covert marker technology is that it is extremely flexible in its use and ...

M&A Conference Looks at Packaging Consolidation

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2010, ... the deal; and financing considerations. The Power of Stories: Strategic Narratives as Corporate Imperative Joseph McCormack, Sheffield Marketing Partners, Downers Grove, IL, covered the pre- and post-announcements ...