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Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... and is expected to go even higher. As a result, thinner ink films are being applied, and the focus has been on stronger inks that will not dry on these finer anilox rolls. Flexo is also pushing higher ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... permeable films and tie layer resins. For more information contact Business Communications Co., 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855, 203/853-4266. Supplier News Pitman Teams with Daetwyler TOTOWA, ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

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August 31, 2000, ... role in a water-based ink. Lubricants A typical ink formulation will contain lubricants that provide rub and mar resistance, as well as a low COF to the ink film. The level of these lubricants ...

Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... looking for a simple, inexpensive way to protect the discs. He came up with the idea for a clear polycarbonate film that would have the same properties as the CD itself, allowing the laser to read through ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... 1,500 fpm and was made to handle lightweight substrates including paper, film, foil, tissue, and pressure-sensitive materials, Stroud reports. "We can slit down to one and a half inches wide, and the duplex ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... liners provide a base that is a good silicone coating substrate and does not curl after lamination to paper or film facestocks. They also remain dimensionally stable when used as a carrier sheet for graphite ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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.

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...