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- When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending
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- May 31, 2000, ... plant remains a leader in extrusion coating. "We consider ourselves a pioneer in film extrusion coating; we started in the milk carton business in the early 60s. We were one of the first to melt polyethylene ...
- Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray
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- April 30, 2000, ... film, but 3M wasn't exactly sure what to do with it. "It literally sat on the shelf for four years until my father and Ben got involved with it. They figured that 3M was going to be capable of creating the ...
- Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice
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- March 31, 2000, ... heat stretching (film orientation), embossing, calendering, point bonding of nonwovens, and application of heated or hot melt coatings. The total heater power for a given size roller (watt density at the ...
- Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter
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- March 30, 2000, ... stamping, embossing, holographic and film laminating, automated folding and gluing, CAD (computer-aided) die design, laser diemaking, and hand assembling. Equipment is from several suppliers, including ...
- Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag
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- February 29, 2000, ... International Paper, Champion, Longview Fibre, and Tolko. Film is supplied to the company by Coating & Laminating Specialties, Bemis Converter Films, Louisiana Plastics, Cadillac Plastic & Chemical, Inteplast, ...
- Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group
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- February 29, 2000, ... supplying both domestic and regional markets with a wide range of flex-pack material. Fred Spritzer, ISMA's president and founder, told Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER during an exclusive interview, "Our company ...
- Specialty Products Are Custom Made in the U.K.
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- January 31, 2000, ... films, and decorative finishes. "We are involved in many different product areas," Draper notes, "from flexible packaging to adhesive tapes to graphic arts. However, most of our business, in terms of ...
- High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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- January 31, 2000, ... by the package may help sell the product, but product performance keeps customers coming back. And performance is exactly what today's high-barrier plastic films deliver. High-barrier packaging can comprise ...
- Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader
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- December 31, 1999, ... and most sophisticated flexible packaging converter. Itap Bemis ($185 million) is an integral division of the huge Dixie Toga Group ($500 million). Walter Schalka, Dixie Toga's CEO, told Paper, Film ...
- Narrow web adapts to multiple applications
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- November 30, 1998, ... different substrates available, from the thinnest of films to heavier boardstock used for cartons." Precise tension controls allow converters to run thin, unsupported films, while chilling drums keep heat-sensitive ...
- Pointing finger places blame but won't solve the proble
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- November 30, 1996, ... of the construction increases. These manufacturers may include suppliers of resins, inks, films, adhesives, coatings, primers, and substrates. In addition, the people who do the extruding, metallizing, ...
- Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.
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- October 31, 1996, ... basically a food packaging company, but as long as an application is compatible with our equipment, we will print or laminate films for any industry." (Bagmaking equipment is a Ro-An 30-in. Polystar, Model ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
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- August 31, 1996, ... of dies and cutter blades is done within the plant. Varnishes are typically applied and dried in-line for extra gloss and scuff protection. (The firm also does film laminating of labels in-line on the ...
- Laminator adds metallizing to the mix
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- August 31, 1996, ... or laminated foil or film on board in widths to 58 inches in diameters to 72 inches. Our laminations range from a 15-pound tissue to a 40-point board." Three years ago things began to change. Alubec ...
- Dutch converter retakes his company
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- July 31, 1996, ... variety of food and other uses. During a visit by Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER, both Daan Bolding, the third-generation head of the company, and Ruud Groote, the account manager for the Netherlands, ...
- On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation
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- July 31, 1996, ... custom-coat virtually any web, including films, nonwovens, paper, metal foils, vinyls, and foam. (Material suppliers are proprietary.) But, says director of marketing Ray Ciamaga, "We can't be everything ...
- A directory of custom slitting
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- July 31, 1996, ... ranging from small operations with just two employees and several hundred thousand dollars in annual business to some that employ thousands and generate up to $100 million in revenue. Paper, Film & ...
- Green Bay gears up for specialty labels
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- May 31, 1996, ... to meet their own unique specifications as well as the needs of its customers. "We chose to work with Faustel because of their reputation in the industry for building specialty coating lines for film applications," ...
- Paper characteristics: starting the job right
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- April 30, 1996, ... gloss, and uniformity. Smoothness The smoothness of the ink film is determined, in part, by the substrate. An ink film is approximately 1 micron thick. To obtain its maximum gloss, an ink film should ...
- AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors
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- March 31, 1996, ... Downes, Michigan State Univ. Peter Rigney, publisher of Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER, served as competition moderator. The Package of the Year, Nabsico's Ritz Snack Mix stand-up pouch, was touted by ...