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Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... drying. The construction is then slit on EMT slitters, where the Convair trim removal system is employed to remove the feathered edges that could prohibit proper lamination when thin copper foil is laminated ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... oxygen-sensitive ingredients, these products need more packaging protection. In order to protect the flavors and aromas, which provide superior palatability, foil laminates and other high-barrier films ...

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.

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... in the converting industry. From short-run specialty bags to the season/holiday-changing colorful foil and plastic packaging that encloses chocolate "drops," (hint: Kisses anyone?), converted products are ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

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December 31, 1999, ... & Foil CONVERTER during an exclusive visit, "We continue to grow to meet the demands of South America's expanding consumer base." Schalka, a recent graduate of Harvard's program for company executives, added, ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... usually incorporate a range of thicknesses and materials but generally include and start at .5- through 2-mil polyester/.35- through 2-mil aluminum foil. A five-roll transfer system accomplishes metering ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

(Magazine)

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, ...

A directory of custom slitting

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... Foil CONVERTER recently conducted a survey of this unique segment of the industry and compiled a cross section of companies that offer custom slitting services. All information was supplied by the companies ...

Flexo label printer grows by leaps and bounds

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... as he had the first with a Markem hot stamp LP375 press, making simple point-of-purchase labels. "We still have that press. When we started it was just doing foil labels, but that's a very small part of ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... challenge, and competition, but opportunities abound in the years ahead. To assess the current - and future - state of the metallizing industry, Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER went to the people who make ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... die, and three coatings - solid, solvent, and water-based - on a wide range of films and metal foils. The first of four machines planned for the Kerkrade facility, the coater now in use can produce ...

Czech converter pursues new free-market direction

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... aluminum foil converting plant of Kovohute Bridlicna. With bauxite coming from Russian Siberia, Kovohute rolls, anneals, coats, prints, laminates and embosses foil for a wide variety of industries throughout ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... Aluminum foil, supplied by INASA, is converted into a wide range of flexible laminates by Grafiba. A major element in its business is lidding stock for yogurt and laminate closures for beer, champagne ...

Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.

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February 28, 1995, ... industry are polypropylene, polyethylene, paper and aluminum foil, and they're often combined with a wide range of variations," he said. "To a lesser extent, polyester, polyamide or nylon, polyvinyl chloride, ...

Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers

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December 31, 1994, ... to label-stock and liner suppliers recently surveyed by Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER. Advances in film formulations continue to allow suppliers to offer thinner substrates to reduce costs and satisfy ...

Czech exhibition offers look at Eastern European market

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December 31, 1994, ... It's chaired by Jiri Drlik. He's also the head of Kovolute Bridicana, the Czech Republic's leading aluminum-foil converter. More than 150 attendees were at the conference from Italy, Germany, France, Slovakia ...