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Gravure winners go for gold

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July 31, 1996, ... and overall costs. Printer: American Fuji Seal; inks: Hi-Tech Color Labs; substrate: Bonset America. Tied for honors in this category was printer Lawson Mardon Packaging, Flexible Div., Weston, Ont., ...

Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need

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June 30, 1996, ...  The Yellow Jacket lines are supplied complete, including extruders, reconfigurable feedblock combining adaptor, flexible lip flat die, cast film takeoff with chill roll, air/vacuum knife, edge pinning, ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... packaging runs. Duralam, a printer and converter specializing in value-added flexible packaging, began to sense a change in customer order patterns in the early 90s as it found itself facing an ever-increasing ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... cores. Dickerson reports that StarTech has given them an extremely cost-competitive core. "There is no set-up charge with Star. They are fast-reacting and flexible." StarTech has set up an in-house ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ... settings from 1,200 to 4,000 dpi and further increases productivity through automatic film handling and optional on-line film processing. The imagesetter works with film, paper, or flexible Silver Digi ...

Flexo label printer grows by leaps and bounds

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April 30, 1996, ... us, we feel, is a larger-run prime label business and into the flexible packaging end of business," according to Mintz. This means another capital investment, possibly a combination press, so the game ...

Guide to European packaging will keep converters up to date

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April 30, 1996, ...  Also new is a "Product Guide" listing product mixes for these companies. Under flexible packaging, there are 41 firms (more than 40%) involved in some form of flexible packaging. Volume I and Volume ...

The challenge of formulating FDA compliance.

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April 30, 1996, Many application of adhesives, coatings, and inks for flexible packaging and other uses require compliance with regulations of the Food and Drug Administration Many application of adhesives, coatings, ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, ... and marketing excellence. Judging this year's entries was a distinguished panel: Mark Wyganik, Flexible Packaging Assn.; Mark Spaulding, Converting Magazine, Jim Scott, Nabisco Tech Center; and Dr. Theron ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... that it would be a mistake to spread themselves too thin by trying to service too many markets. The new company, he decided, would be dedicated to producing one product for one market: flexible packaging ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, For meeting the challenges of today's packaging industry, ten companies are honored with Top Packaging Awards by the Flexible Packaging Assn.Judges in For meeting the challenges of today's packaging industry, ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

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February 29, 1996, ... Systems Inc., comments: "The growth pattern of the metallizing industry worldwide is still bullish. The trend of the market in the emerging countries is still toward middle-size flexible machines, while ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... Print/Con makes possible some essential activities, such as an emissions test by the Flexible Packaging Assn., that cannot be done in private industry because of lost production time. "The Clemson facilities ...

New CMM Show aims at Latin American markets

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February 29, 1996, ... shows. Mr. Haberfield, president of Dixie Toga, Brazil, is the CMM Latin American Converter of the Year and will be presented with the award during the show. He is VP of the Brazilian Assn. of the Flexible ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

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January 31, 1996, ... EPA says that this MACT standard is likely to significantly impact the flexible packaging industry. Its staff has drafted a work plan and is starting to form an internal working group, with a view toward ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... a flexible foam/felt tube that could be internally coated with a suitable tacky substance. The tacky substance could then be transferred to the bat by simply placing the tube around the handle and squeezing ...

Commission clarifies OSHA's "egregious violations" poli

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November 30, 1995, Two recent decisions by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) clarify the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Two recent decisions by the Occupational ...

Islamic marketing opportunities opening up for converters.

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November 30, 1995, ... and flexible film additives are subject to investigation. If cellophane is used, the glycerin must be of synthetic origin and not animal-based. During the Gulf War, Star Foods in Texas was awarded a ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... for export beer and soft drinks are imported, and there is a limited production of plastic films, flexible packaging and plastic bottles. All packaging machinery is imported, coming from various countries ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... reform in the converting industry is undergoing massive, across-the-board upheaval. In the past twelve months, the flexible packaging industry has witnessed major regulatory developments. * The maximum ...