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The Changing World of Wine

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... thermal/thermal transfer with details of the vintage/grape varietal. Today's younger drinkers are extending their preference for convenient packaging formats to their wine purchases. Traditional glass ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... assembly and disassembly in tight spaces. Collars feature a triple-link hinge and a captive clamping screw to eliminate fumbling and lost screws. Said to provide the same holding power as standard two-piece ...

What Makes Winding Difficult?

(Archive)

July 31, 2006, ... look out! Even minor thickness variations quickly will create roll diameter variations, pulling in the web nonuniformly and creating wrinkles, hardbands, and baggy webs. How do you make film or foil ...

Trident Partners with iTi

(Archive)

June 11, 2006, Trident Industrial InkJet has partnered with imaging Technology international to integrate Trident's industrial inkjet printhead technology into digital manufacturing and printing solutions. PRESS RELEASE ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... Charlotte, NC; 800/234-3131; praxair.com/printing Proline laser-engraved anilox engravings can be customized for coating and print applications to provide thinner, more uniform ink films on any substrate, ...

Whatever Floats Your Web

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... or wrinkles in long spans. A right-angle turn bar usually is a perforated cylinder set at a 45-deg angle to the machine centerline. The web enters the turn bar, wraps the cylinder through 180 deg, and ...

Competing in a Crowded Field

(Magazine)

April 26, 2006, ... the scene, but digital presses were equally evident, as was wide-format inkjet equipment, which seemingly sprouted from all corners of the exhibit hall. Software and workflow solutions also predominated. ...

Huston Patterson Gets a Makeover

(Archive)

March 22, 2006, ... people behind Huston Patterson’s success. The “ink to paper” graphic represents craftsmanship, the skill and quality required for fine printing. The impression of paper passing over a roller represents ...

Converting Industry News

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February 27, 2006, ... use in conjunction with traditionally closureless packaging media, including gabletop and aseptic drink cartons and plastic pouches. However, the report cautions, potential gains in this area will be limited ...

New Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... Pk., NJ; 800/try-agfa; agfa.com The Grand Sherpa m Series of seven-color, piezo-electric inkjet proofers uses new dye-based inks and features advanced in-RIP color management, quality control software, ...

The Secret Strain

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... perfect. Tensioning controls the average tension or strain, but it’s important to think about crossweb tension or strain variations. Many problems come from crossweb variations, such as wrinkling and lateral ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... owner of an F-Combat 370 press from Gidue, used to print a range of substrates including p-s paper; supported and unsupported films; DPVC, BOPP, and OPP for shrink sleeves; wraparound labels; barrier films; ...

Facing a Slowdown

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... go up to 100 dollars per barrel, but it’s also not going to head down to 40 dollars per barrel. I think energy prices are permanently high, and probably over time they will rise higher.” Wal-Mart and ...

Jetrion Partners with AEB

(Archive)

November 02, 2005, Jetrion has announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Electron Beams (AEB) to match the high-speed drop-on-demand performance of Jetrion's 3025 inkjet system with AEB's e-beam emitter. PRESS RELEASE ...

Measuring Force

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... pull rate. For instance, in the spirit of an urban legend, I once was told that the initial poor ink bonding problem of oriented polypropylene films with a tape pull “adhesion test” was resolved successfully ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... to company, papers offer exceptional image transfer; bring new value and flexibility to the company’s digital papers portfolio without shelf-life problems; and work with both dry toner and ElectroInk. ...

POP Goes the Platemaker

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... House Reinvents Itself VT Graphics, Yeadon, PA (near Philadelphia), exemplifies the new thinking that digital technology has brought to the sometimes-staid world of corrugated converting. Founded in ...

Climate Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... static electricity discharges can be magnified as our customers print and die-cut labels. It can cause problems with ink adherence and also sheet separation problems, resulting in double-sheeting, which ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, News from: Suominen Flexible Packaging, Intl. Dispensing Corp., Qualvis, Freedonia Group, DuPont, A&V, Davis-Standard, PerfectProof, X-Rite, Rohm and Haas, Special Chem, Dienes Group, Körber Paperlink, ...

Narrow Web What's Ne

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... Drop Watcher III, an analytical ink jet measurement tool. The software provides automated, exact, and repeatable measurements of ink jet drop formations and flight characteristics of any jet-able fluid ...