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Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, ... form-fitting, glossy Alcoa shrink sleeve," states the co. Alcoa says five of the labels are reverse rotogravure printed at the manufacturer's Downingtown Printing Plant, Downingtown, PA, using Bonset’s ...

Totally Rockin' Metal

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... converter: It coated a 12-µm-thick PET film of DuPont Teijin Films with AIOx and laminated it against a 38-µm-thick linear low-density PE film. The latter is printed prior to lamination by six-color gravure ...

Omet Celebrates 40 Years

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... Interchangeable modular inserts permit the addition of a rotary screen unit and soon will include a rotogravure unit as well, says Omet agent Steven Leibin of Matik North America, West Hartford, CT.  ...

Sniffing Out the Sources of Packaging Odors

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... and moisture. Most packaging products are printed using flexographic or rotogravure products that use a soluble recipe that minimizes odor through an appropriate selection of materials that do not possess ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... has received several scholarships including the Pactiv Scholarship at RIT, the Gravure Association Scholarship, and the RIT Alumni Scholarship. She is a member of the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and serves ...

Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... “New doctor blade holder, system, and chamber configurations that can prevent poor contact angles on both gravure and flexo doctor blades — while reducing changeover time and blade mounting problems — ...

Reporter Clips

(Tapes)

October 31, 2003, News from: HarperScientific.com, Labelexpo Europe 2003, and Packaging & Label Gravure Assn. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Labelexpo Sets a Record in Brussels BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—Labelexpo Europe ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... holder designs are said to enhance productivity, print quality, and safety in gravure printing. Holders, including the wedge-lock blade holder pictured, reportedly eliminate slow, costly doctor blade changes, ...

Livin' 'Lean' with CT

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... historically has utilized primarily the gravure methodology (well-known for its long-run economy) for its printing needs. But, according to Bernier, a few years back, the converter started producing ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... Communications Corporate Appreciation Award for its commitment to and long-term support of Clemson's graphic communications program, which includes learning gravure, flexo, offset lithography, and screen ...

Hard Copies Keep Paper in Demand For Now

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... mass-produced paper could be made economically. Soon newspapers, books, and magazines flourished, and demand for writing paper grew exponentially. Letterpress, lithography, flexography, and rotogravure ...

The Bold & The Beautiful

(Tapes)

September 30, 2003, ... in the Gravure — Line and Screen/Tone — Prime category for Leinenkugel's Amber Light Beer label. The eight-color, brush-embossed, metallized paper labels are designed for high-speed, cold-glue application ...

The Fundamentals of Being a True Leader

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... isn't anything like your father's in-line model. It can also print screen, letterpress, offset, gravure, offset digital, and ink jet digital in a surprising number of combinations. Simply buying new technology, ...

Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... the top three privately owned flex-pack converters in the U.K., FFP Packaging Solutions Ltd. ($35MM) began operations in the 1960s. The company was dedicated to the sole manufacture of gravure-printed ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... type HA is a closed, automatic spray jet unit said to provide thorough, gentle cleaning of anilox rollers, anilox sleeves, and gravure cylinders. Made of stainless steel for long life, machine has safety ...

PLGA Offers October Conference: Technology That Reduces Costs

(News | New Products)

September 25, 2003, The Packaging & Label Gravure Association (PLGA) announces two upcoming conferences. NEW MADISON, OH, USA—The Packaging & Label Gravure Association (PLGA) announces two upcoming conferences: Second ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... nine-color IDEA gravure press from Bobst Group USA. The model features an on-press wash-up system, printing cylinder automatic changeover, Bobst Registron automatic register control system, and press ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... remains sheet-fed litho oriented, with significant volumes also printed roll-fed gravure, and now with initial investments in roll-fed narrow web flexo in evidence. The shrink-sleeve market is heavily ...

The Printing Saga Continues

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... control/measurement; and flexo, gravure, and other printing presses. Also getting considerable attention again this year is the still-growing world of digital printing and digital workflows. With the ...

When It Comes to Sleeves, Thin Is Not In

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2003, ... methods. Converters began using sleeves years ago to reduce costs; now, the OEM press manufacturers are building presses designed especially for sleeves in the offset, flexo, gravure, and digital markets.” ...