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A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2001, ... manufacture of flexible packaging products. Covered topics include paper substrates, plastic films, metallized substrates, primers, inks, treating, functional coatings, winding and slitting, and related ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ...  According to AMI, shrink and stretch film markets have emerged as the strongest performing market sectors, and technical coextrusions reflect the increasing demand for linear grades and HDPE resins, ...

In-Mold Labeling Makes Strides Worldwide

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December 31, 2000, ...  this proves to be the case, the engineering complexities of reel-fed systems will improve through evolution." Successful in-mold label production requires special ink formulations, printing processes ...

Materials

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December 31, 2000, New materials from: Akzo Nobel Inks, ExxonMobil Chemical , Gans Ink & Supply Co., Henkel Group, E.T. Oakes Corp., Sericol Inc., and 3M. Substrates, Inks, Adhesives, Polymers... Tackifier Resins ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, New materials from: ADMTronics, Akzo Nobel Inks, Cognis Coatings & Inks, Equistar Chemicals, Flint Ink, Nordson Corp, Rayven Inc., and Sun Chemical Ink. Defoamers Meet Needs of Inks, Varnishes Cognis ...

Converting Industry News

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November 30, 2000, News from: AIMCAL, BPI, Centrexpo, Graph Expo/Converting Expo (GASC), Korber PaperLink North America, Mead Corp., Paperboard Packaging Council, Sealed Air Corp., Selecterra, and Sun Chemical, USCC. Covering ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, New from: American Bank Note Holographics, Braden Sutphin Ink, Bunting Magnetics, Corotec, Diagraph, Emtech Emulsion, GE Silicones, Griffin-Rutgers, IIMAK, Ko-Pack, National Starch, Propheteer, Rogers ...

Reporter Clips

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September 30, 2000, ... application laboratories and a links page. Web site visitors will find information about the capabilities and UV curing equipment available in each customer application, as well as information on how to ...

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid

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August 30, 2000, ... for maximizing UV output, Magel adds. He reports, "We added three Telstar Auto-Level ink pump units, also built in stack, to enhance its screen printing capabilities. The pumps are designed to maintain ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... chemistry not covered in those regulations and determining how to meet the regulations." He explains, "I'm thinking of something along the lines of taking a very basic, inexpensive plastic film and putting ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... requires rebuilding dies, and in some cases reconfiguring some aspects of a press. Forward-thinking converters and printers will undertake the hardware investment to run the lower basis weights because ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

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February 29, 2000, ... Ludlow, and Van Leer Flexibles Inc. Ludlow and Coating & Laminating Specialties also supply foils. Bancroft uses only water-based inks. Main suppliers for inks and UV lacquer are Sun Chemical and Progressive ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

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February 29, 2000, ...  get from an offset press? "For the items that we're choosing to run, absolutely," says Weinrauch. "You couldn't tell the difference. Now we're not saying offset is going away. However I think if you looke ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... they all cost about the same, too. So how do you decide? Do you say (perhaps on a subconscious level), "The bright blue one is nice, but the red and white is attractive, too." Sound ridiculous? Think ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... aid in running the Geometric coater/laminator is the GEOLINK[R] modem used to diagnose machine-related problems that may occur during processing. If there is a problem, this communication link over the ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... processing, the slowest link has always been the drying stage. That's an area people look at to shorten the process," says Steven Siegal, president of UV Process Supply, Chicago, IL. Unlike conventional ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... percentage of short-run production-jobs that sometimes required only 30 to 60 minutes to print. The move toward smaller order sizes and shrinking production time frames began to put pressure on the ...

Water-based adhesives meet just-in-time demands.

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March 31, 1996, ... dry-bond laminating adhesives. Technological advances in the field of solvent-free, water-based polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) paired with uniquely compatible crosslinkers have allowed the development ...

Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.

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March 31, 1996, ... shrinkwrap every year from Tesco stores. An additional 50,000 tons of cardboard will be saved through the use of plastic trays that can be washed at the units, then collected by suppliers for reuse.  ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... and pollution prevention by flexible packaging manufacturers and suppliers. Food and Drink Shelf Life Extended Andy Boy Broccoli Florets and San Francisco Stir Fry packages, one of three award-winners ...