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Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... PaperExchange.com, Pira Intl., Precision Airconvey, Shield Pack, Slik Fasteners, Sonoco, Stork, Trace-em.com, Transilwrap, Voltek, Web Handling Research Center, and Zotefoams. Covering the Full Spectrum ...

Reporter Clips

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October 31, 2000, ... AWA Alexander Watson Associates. It focuses on single- and double-coated tapes that employ a release liner: papers, films, foams, nonwovens, and textiles. The study offers market data, an overview of industry ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ... Services: Coating (adhesives,ultraviolet), laminating Substrates: Film, foil, foam, paper, nonwoven, tissue Coating processes: Slot die, spray, roll, pattern coating Coating techniques: Spray Annual ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... UV Substrates: Film (0.0005 in.+), foam (to 0.250 in.), paper (10-0.140 in.), paperboard (to 30 pt), nonwoven (various) Coating processes: Slot die, roll coating, pattern coating Annual sales: Between ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

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September 30, 2000, ... is less prone to other phenomena such as foaming and fouling. Steep Wall Cone Design A steep cone design for the waste receptacle is highly desirable for optimal efficiency, safety, and ease of use. ...

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

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August 31, 2000, ... ink foaming. Crosslinkers Inks that must meet the toughest requirements will often utilize chemical crosslinking agents in the ink film. Crosslinking agents chemically "link" themselves to the ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... a family of rubber solution p-s adhesives, are suited for double-coated tapes, foam gasketing, and mounting tapes. Designed for continuous-process hand applications, adhesives are said to provide a "quick ...

More Laminating Diversity Equals More Success

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May 31, 2000, What do the apparel, automotive, marine, shoe, juvenile car seat, and medical industries have in common? Not a lot, really, except for one small textile-to-foam What do the apparel, automotive, marine, ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

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February 29, 2000, ... coating methods such as roll, blade, bar, air knife, and spin coating. In particular, problems related to recycling of excess fluid, replenishing of evaporating solvents, formation of foam, and crusts ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... SiOx-coated pouches. Recently introduced by Tetra Laval Food (Holland) through a company called TIRO PAK are peelable, printable films based on chalk-filled PP, foamed PP, and SiOx-coated PET. "TIROMAP" ...

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, ... 508/584-8273; Fax: 508/559-6407 Slitting capabilities: Razor, score, shear Rewinding capabilities: Center, surface, center-surface Materials: Paper, film, nonwoven, foam, cotton, nylon Minimum ...

Plate advances bring flexo closer to offset

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April 30, 1996, ... has been moving toward thinner plates and the use of compressible foam tapes for cushion. On a thinner plate there is physically less image depth that needs to be imaged and etched. A thinner plate requires ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... found to control foaming in water-based coating operations. "Using this system, customers have been able to run certain coatings that they weren't able to run before" says Walthy. "It's very exciting." ...

Pay attention to flash points, and you won't get burne

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March 31, 1996, ... decrease foaming tendency or to improve wetting characteristics on a substrate. Has the alcohol addition changed the flash point to a value where it is now subject to certain restrictions? If a converter ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... flexible packaging system said to protect upholstered furniture as well as a corrugated box. A sofa, for example, is placed on a corrugated tray; the sofa is covered with a PE film/PE foam composite bag; ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, Viking Label and Packaging faced production delays with ink foaming problems until DIP Co. stepped in and gave its partner a helping hand.When Viking Viking Label and Packaging faced production delays ...

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 ...

Consortium proves quality growth of flexo printing

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April 30, 1995, ... .067 in., hard mounting tape over foam tape, laser-engraved over mechanically engraved anilox rolls, aqueous over solventborne inks, stainless-steel blades over plastic doctor blades and film over paper. ...