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International Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... out of ten Hong Kong printing businesses have moved their production facilities into the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong, transforming the cities of Dongguan and Shenzhen into the region's key printing exporting ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... the top-performing thermoplastic resins in 1999, each registering double-digit sales growth over 1998 levels. LLDPE production was up 12.2%, with total sales up 12.6%. Domestic sales were up 5.8%, driven ...

Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market

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September 30, 2000, ... for pharmaceutical blister packs now is facing increased competition from a variety of new materials. Although a superb thermoforming material, PVC lacks intrinsic barrier and is facing increasing problems ...

New Packaging Technology Will Star at Pack Expo

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September 30, 2000, ... providing personnel at the show's International Business Center to match international buyers with US exhibitors; informing US companies about government export assistance programs; and assisting international ...

Reporter Clips

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August 31, 2000, ... of the A. Ahlstrom Corp. has recommended forming an industrial company comprised primarily of the company's specialty papers and advanced materials business. In addition, the board has recommended forming ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... braking torque adjustment down to 50% of the nominal rating. Canister Machine Ideal for In-Plant Forming Paper Machinery Corp., Milwaukee, WI; 414/354-8050 PMC-1250M canister-forming machine is said ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... older equipment performing will create opportunities for specialized companies with the technical expertise to design, build, install, and oversee upgrades for converting equipment. "There is an awful lot ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... [you're using] is not performing in the repeat, it throws all of those value-added features out of sync. So Kapak then looked at another form of printing: rotogravure." According to Bell, he began his ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... performing basic and advanced analysis. The data can be graphed in various ways to show bar charts, trend charts, histographs, and other graphic representations of quality control. Calculations can include ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... consists of a 64-micron top web of PET/SiOx/PE and a 250-micron forming web of a paper-like foamed PP with an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) barrier layer. The US is the smallest market, consuming less ...

Taking the "magic" and the mystery out of treatin

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August 31, 1996, ... bare roll treating, or flame treating - oxidizes the surfaces of the polyolefins to provide reactive chemical sites by forming carbonyl or other groups. The inks, coatings, and adhesives can then form ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

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June 30, 1996, ... integrated circuits using positive or negative photo-resists to transfer circuit patterns, which are later etched and plated, forming very thin, small, compact circuits in a stepped manner. The photo-resist ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

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June 30, 1995, ... such as streaks, hickeys and missing print. These systems are also capable of sorting good material from bad. Aside from cost, passive inspection systems are limited in performing tasks such as monitoring ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

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December 31, 1994, ...  studying the use of plants previously used for coal gasification. The development work in the field of hydriding of plastics, which we're performing in close cooperation with RWE-Gesselschaft fur Forschun ...