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EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

(Magazine)

October 31, 1996, ... in both field demonstrations and in a laboratory setting. The resulting printed images will then be subjected to a battery of tests designed to answer questions about each ink's cost, performance, and environmental ...

Supreme Court throws out punitive damage award

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August 31, 1996, ... in the case leading to the Supreme Court decision. The case began when automaker BMW was sued in an Alabama state court by a customer who discovered, nine months after buying a $40,000 car in 1990, that ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

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August 31, 1996, ... likely you do), you should be up to date on methods for measuring the level of treatment. As a growing number of end users switch from paper to plastic substrates to package or label their products, ...

Something new under the sun

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June 30, 1996, ... a few more exposures, they would disappear altogether. The second critical flaw was the means of application. Silk screening was the most effective way, but it's so labor-intensive that it was often deemed ...

The challenge of formulating FDA compliance.

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April 30, 1996, ... are usually available from the end-user. Legal advisors can provide information on compliance with the regulations. There are more basic considerations, however. Do the FDA regulations influence the ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... The location makes the press readily available for students and is also accessible to industry members. The narrow web press is used primarily by undergraduates for hands-on learning. The students receive ...

Regulation, competition drive the adhesives industry

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January 31, 1996, ... They Built an Industry, the history of the pressure-sensitive label industry. "Despite 15 years of development [of alternate systems], there are still a lot of solvent-based adhesives in use today in ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, Viking Label and Packaging faced production delays with ink foaming problems until DIP Co. stepped in and gave its partner a helping hand.When Viking Viking Label and Packaging faced production delays ...

Converting capabilities grow in Caribbean nations.

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September 30, 1995, ... the paper packaging industry produce multiwall bags, fibre drums, folding cartons and molded pulp trays for various domestic needs. Higher quality jobs, such as labeling, high quality corrugated boxes ...

Used machinery can bring new life to your operation

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September 30, 1995, ... available from dealers who list but do not own the equipment they sell. For example, a broker may be able to offer a potential buyer a choice among dozens of slitters or printing presses without being ...

Winders/Unwinders: Gettting Better Every Day

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August 31, 1995, ... know what the tension is, he says, you can control it, and he's convinced that if such sensors were available, perhaps we would soon see the big breakthrough in web handling that everyone is looking for. ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... of the three major ink technologies available to the flexographic printer of flexible packaging. This joint effort will research solvent-based, water-based, and ultraviolet-cured ink chemistries for specific ...

Converter combines profit with environmental concern

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May 31, 1995, ... to conform to the latest available Air Technology specifications. To achieve this, the company would either have to capture and incinerate or recycle volatile organic compounds, or use ultraviolet curable ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ... can have a dot pitch of .026, which is the lowest presently available. Monitors must also be evaluated for distortion or picture squareness. Less expensive monitors use magnets to correct the geometric ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, ... companies using 1, 1, 1, TCA after May 15, 1993, must prominently display warning labels on any products manufactured with the compound. Vincent Trama, Poly-Pak's vice president for finance, figured ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... with a wide variety of solventborne and waterborne-ink systems, with solubility data available upon request. Due to the inherent properties of Melinex ECO 813F film, ink coverage can range to 100% with ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... is resealable. InterFlex Group Inc. Changes to the packaging structure reduced the amount of film used and extended the shelf life for this Cuddly Family Farms turkey product by 60%. The paperboard ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... still isn't available," Symington said. "The producers won't even accept orders." Canslit had been receiving about 120,000 lb. per month. Now, they get 80,000 lb. about every six weeks. Lead times for ...

State legislative action includes removal of 2 bans: 1994

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February 28, 1995, ... symbol that implies recyclability on plastic products old after Jan. 1, 1996, was withdrawn by the author. * California ACR 139 requests state agencies to act expeditiously to increase their purchase ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

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February 28, 1995, ... America combined. The Argentine market is large and varied. There is excellent packaging-machine production and many converters serving the domestic-food industry. Stand-up pouch production is available ...