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Foil Converter Changes Course

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... its client list soon included Marks & Spencer, ASDA, Sainsbury's own label, and Waitrose. The sale to Star Aluminium of FFP's aluminum foil printing and converting activities set the firm on a steady ...

A Global Focus on the Market

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... to industry players at all levels — particularly in self-adhesive label stock applications, which represent 55% of global demand. Currently, three issues continue to affect the self-adhesive label stock ...

New Market Study on Asia

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... and there are longer-term opportunities throughout the value chain on all materials. The largest self-adhesive application in Asia is for label stock, which accounts for 68% of the self-adhesive market ...

Solving the Problem of Silicone Transfer

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... on liners for self-adhesive laminates is not only the preserve of label stocks. The large-format, self-adhesive graphic arts market uses significant volumes of silicone-coated release liner on laminates ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ... tapes (including envelopes) at 5%; label stock at 4%; applications in healthcare, medical disposables, and hygiene at 3.5%; and graphic arts applications (including covering films) at 2.1%. Market Characteristics ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... co. says, and accommodate virtually any size web. Suited for small-diameter printing presses, tape and label slitters, and coating and laminating machines. Shafts run in diameters from 7/16-2 in. Meter ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... Among specific topics are security papers and foils; laminate and labeling markets; RFID; inks; holograms; and anti-piracy engineering and product development. For details contact AWA at +31 (0) 20 ...

Reporter Clips

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, News from: Akzo Nobel Inks, Aquaflex (Chromas), AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., Etiketka, Labelexpo, MACtac, Nilpeter, TLMI, TW Parker Ltd., Seal-It, Vivid Print Innovations Inc., and Xaar. TLMI Honors “Best ...

Materials

(Materials)

August 31, 2003, ... Co., Bridgewater, NJ; 800/797-4992; adhesives.nationalstarch.com Duro-Tak 34-176A hot melt PSAs are said to excel in peel and tack in applications in which labels must stick to fruit and vegetable surfaces. ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... said to guarantee productivity for a range of printing techniques including flexo, 3D embossing, and dry offset. Suited for flexible packaging, label printing, film printing, plastic packaging, carton ...

TLMI Membership List

(Magazine)

August 28, 2003, Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute membership list, 1961 through 2003. Tag & Label Manufacturers Institute membership list, 1961 through 2003. 1961 Wise Tag & Label Co. Inc. 1962 Grand Rapids ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, It's not uncommon to hear today's label converters speak almost longingly of the “good old days,” when they enjoyed year after year of double-digit growth, invested heavily in new equipment, and even struggled ...

ExxonMobil Expands OPP Capacity at Shawnee, Oklahoma, Operation

(News | New Products)

August 21, 2003, ... orienter line gives the manufacturer an additional 30 million pounds of annual capacity and helps the films business meet growing demand for white opaque films in the food packaging and labeling and imaging ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... Plastics Industry Inc. Covering the Full Spectrum of Industry News, Events & Activities Correction In the feature article “Lenticular Labels Emerge,” July 2003, p27, the contact information for supplier ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, Labelexpo Europe 2003 news, and MACtac supplies p-s materials for USPS's American filmmaking stamps. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Expanding European Community a Highlight At Labelexpo Europe '03 ...

Materials

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, ... provide excellent resistance to heat, humidity, and chemicals and to be suited for a wide range of flexible packaging applications, including bottle labeling, snack food packaging, produce, aqueous packaging, ...

Active Packaging Product Update

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... flexo presses, coating is called well suited for pharmaceutical labels and check printing. Proprietary manufacturing process allows full potential of fluorescent whitening agent to be realized, creating ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... — available to end-users and their converters in packaging and labeling. The world of packaging has never been so “active.” Today's packaging buyers have an ever-increasing array of choices. Glass bottles, ...

A Snapshot of Today's European Converting Industr

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... chain, the self-adhesive label converters also took the optimistic pre-9/11, pre-Iraq, pre-SARS economic climate as a good omen for investment in new capacity. Europe today is home to a large installed ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... films, film laminates, p-s label stock, and paper. Co. says time- and effort-saving features include pneumatic knives, a rewind roll pusher, a rewind unloading system, and unwind roll lifts. Step-in platform ...