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Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

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July 31, 2000, ...  The Problem Oxidizers—including catalytic, regenerative, and recuperative—are susceptible to plugging. The silicones in the process stream to the oxidizer are converted to silica in the high-temperature ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... almost 100 years ago—a material that would enable the customer to see the product and protect it from moisture—the world of packaging has grown into a domain that includes high polymer research and discovery; ...

More Laminating Diversity Equals More Success

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May 31, 2000, ... that runs through all of these industries. Jerry Hightower, president and founder of the company, explains: "We're very diversified from a laminating point of view." Bondtex was started by Hightower in ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... notes. According to Bell, this caused Kapak's business to begin to falter. But it wasn't long before the innovative converter targeted and entered another niche area with its high-barrier pouch. "The next ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... Different styles of bars were tested, including high-speed bars and blower assisted bars. "Neither of those styles performed that well," Davis says. "The Virtual AC system works well at knocking down ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... circuit board imaging, high quality ceramic tableware, and CD printing. The company reports its range includes many industry leaders such as Capillex capillary films and Plus direct emulsions. Autotype ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, ... want to run higher quality products at higher speeds, and dust will lower the quality of laminated products, coated products, and printed products," says Kessler. "The bottom line is that static costs the ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ... the performance of the equipment involved. But the continuing emergence of four-color process printing and digital control technology is driving what is already a highly competitive industry into almost ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... food packaging, it made sure that bare roll corona treating was included as a means of increasing quality control and minimizing slowdowns. Flex-Pak Inc., a high quality printer for the snack food industry, ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... million last fiscal year - a 600% increase! And it wasn't by following the above advice. Walle, a converter and printer of high quality, multicolor labels, has concentrated on gaining total, start-to-finish ...

Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry

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June 30, 1996, ... and sales and administrative expenses were sharply higher. Sales and administrative expenses climbed 3.6% to 14.1% last year as the industry experienced a record number of mergers and acquisitions; however, ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... - is pushing ahead. Tonal range capability is expanding; high-solids inks are improving densities; direct-to-plate technology is becoming a reality for photopolymer - all reflect flexo's growth into a measurable, ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... Systems, Gaithersburg, MD, explains that these lamps can be stacked end to end to cover any width. Electron beam technology, unlike UV, does not need photoinitiators. It delivers electrons at high energy ...

Paperboard industry showcases its winning ways

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April 30, 1996, ... packages and to receive the recognition they deserve for continuing to produce dependable, attractive, and high quality paperboard packaging." This year's competition was fine-tuned to reflect suggestions ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... was adjusted to allow for the correct rate of oxygen and carbon dioxide transmission required to extend shelf life. Higher-respiring produce, such as broccoli, requires a film so thin that it can be difficult ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

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September 30, 1995, ... since joining the company three years ago. He runs several presses, including a Mark Andy 16-in.-wide 4200 with ten print stations. Frequently, he is process printing high-gloss white paper labels for ...

Voluntary environmental standards are on the way

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August 31, 1995, ... guiding principles for the development of effective EMS programs: First and foremost, ISO-14000 acknowledges that environmental management must be among the highest corporate priorities. ISO-14000 also ...

Retrofit brings older sheeters back to life.

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August 31, 1995, ... sheeter. Some sheeter manufacturers now offer a high-performance, stand-alone integral knife retrofit for virtually any existing sheeter. This new development provides many of the benefits of a complete ...

UV letterpress assures quality at QA Label

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July 31, 1995, ... a highly successful label printer with customer names that read like a list of fortune 500 companies. Ultraviolet rotary letterpresses have helped the company achieve its success. Joe Franko's father ...

Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... a pump to transfer it to the roller and a complex power supply to handle the high-energy requirements. An alternative to liquid-heated roller systems has been developed in response to industry requests ...