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A Scrappy Competitor

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March 31, 2007, ... the company operates 14 extrusion lines from the likes of Windmoeller & Hoelscher, Davis Standard, and Gloucester Engineering, many with unique capabilities. The films, which include polyethylene (PE), ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

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March 31, 2007, ... King of PCI Films Consulting Ltd. presented the global outlook for the high-performance plastic film industry (also see PFFC, January '07, p30), including insight on the overall recent trends concerning ...

Worldlabel Releases Tag Embedding System

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March 24, 2007, ... This new machine provides a low-cost method of converting RFID tags/inlays to be embedded accurately into a paper or film label, event though each production batch has varying size labels and requires ...

Visit Omet's Open Hous

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March 21, 2007, An open house held by Omet April 2-3, 2007, will showcase a new global approach to your specific printing needs, not just PS labels, film and carton applications. PRESS RELEASE ITALY—An open house held ...

Visutech to Distribute Michelman's DigiPrime in Scandinavi

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March 07, 2007, ... possible and cost effective on a wide variety of paper and film substrates. Its boasts good ink adhesion and improved rub resistance. Uses include shrink sleeves, labels, and flexible packaging such as ...

TLMI Publishes North American Label Study 2007

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March 04, 2007, ... of clear p-s film labels on premium beers. Applications for health and beauty care represent 8.7% of total p-s usage. Pharmaceuticals represents 5.8% of use. The study boasts further information. It ...

Reader's Choic

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February 28, 2007, ... Chill Rolls Have Mirror Finish An optical mirror finish on chill rolls reportedly yields ultra-smooth and clear finishes for plastic film and sheet extrusions. Manufacturer says optical mirror finishes ...

What's Ne

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February 28, 2007, ... Xeikon 6000 digital press achieves speeds 60% faster than previous model for paper substrates from 40 (27# text) to 350 gsm (16-pt board) as well as polyester film, transfer materials, and label stock. ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2007, ... eliminating the need for interstation drying or thermal oxidation systems to incinerate VOCs. It does not produce CO2 emissions. Suited for printing and in-line laminating aluminum foil, film, and ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

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February 27, 2007, ... holographic film metallized and supplied by Spectratek Technologies, Los Angeles, CA. Converted at GP’s Golden, CO, facility, the substrate sported ultraviolet (UV) flexographic inks with the blue ink ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

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January 31, 2007, ... 28.9 in. Said to enable high quality printing of labels, flexible packaging, corrugated, cartons, and security items. PFFC-ASAP 317 Vinyl Films Run, Die-Cut Well MACtac, Stow, OH; 866/622-8223; ...

NARROW WEB & LABEL REPORTER

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January 31, 2007, ... film, and special promotions.” The installation of the digital press coincides with a major expansion of Logotech’s prepress and design department. Anita Sparrow, Logotech’s art director, says, “The ...

Metallizing Matures

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January 31, 2007, ... materials are focused primarily on films, which represent 66% of the market globally (see Figure 1). Asia Pacific, inclusive of India, is the second largest regional producer of vacuum-coated products ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

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January 30, 2007, ... on our customers’ businesses, especially their film costs. Downstream customers, especially large consumer products marketers—the big users of packaging materials—are highly resistant to accepting price ...

What's Ne

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December 31, 2006, ... anilox rolls and plate cylinders. Each print station can be configured for reverse printing. Available in web widths of 16, 20, 24, 28, and 32 in., press can print substrates ranging from 60-ga film to ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

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December 31, 2006, ... from 60-ga film to 24-pt board. PFFC-ASAP 309 Shrink-Label Film is Roll-Fed Avery Dennison, Concord, OH; 800/876-3888; efd.averydennison.com Roll-fed shrink polyolefin label film shrinks to 40%. ...

Taking Chances

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December 31, 2006, ... unsupported films. Silvano says its product mix is about 75% pressure-sensitive to 25% nonpressure-sensitive product. “We’re not just here to convert labels,” says Silvano. “Everybody does labels. Our ...

First Glance

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December 30, 2006, ... mylar film laminated to paperboard, provides the package with a functional barrier to oxygen, light, and moisture, as well as a “flashy billboard for sophisticated graphics,” says GPI. The ultra-modern, ...

First Glance

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December 13, 2006, ... film from Brushfoil applied to a 14x14x12-in. carton. Brushfoil says the Toolbox was an opportunity to show how the brushed chrome finish can turn a plain box into a product with a premium look. Hazen ...

Outlook: Challenging

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November 30, 2006, ... Hanson, expanding its positioning in the field of silicone-coated release papers and films. P-S Labels & Tapes AWA’s current assessment of the p-s labeling market is that the primary label segment ...