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Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 3

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December 30, 2004, ... of 3% is in line with European norms. Lowest regional growth is in Japan at 0%–1%. Taken as a whole, the Asian market represents a significant 23% of the total worldwide demand for labels of all types. ...

Singapore Show Helps Nilpeter Spread its Asian Influence

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December 20, 2004, Nilpeter showcased its approach to narrow web label and packaging converting at Labelexpo Singapore, held in late November. The main attraction at the company,s booth was live demonstrations of the recently-introduced ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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November 29, 2004, ... focus on supplying film p-s labels for large-volume beverage applications by combining the wide web gravure expertise of the facility with the film p-s solutions from Spear. Great Northern, Kell Agreement ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 30, 2004, New from: Applied Extrusion Technologies, Fife Corp., Mark Andy, Appleton, Yupo Corp. of America, Label Vision Systems, UVA-Shielder, BST Pro Mark, Rayven, and Aquaflex. Machinery, Accessories, Services, ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1

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October 30, 2004, ... that's been in progress for the last 20 years, with liners showing an 8%-10% reduction in caliper. Today, the end-user (whether of label stocks or industrial tapes) is more aware of the components that ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 2

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October 30, 2004, ... and preparation also are important. Finally, it is critical that proper test methods are followed in addition to best practices. ASTM, the Tag and Label Mfr. Inst. (TLMI), and the Pressure Sensitive Tape ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 29, 2004, ... 710VHP hot melt adhesive is designed to increase label converting and dispensing speeds. Said to provide the necessary quick tack and aggressive adhesion to stick to low-energy substrates such as HDPE ...

A New Habit

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September 29, 2004, Breaking with tradition, Hub Labels brings the flexibility of Gallus presses to its showcase facility. Breaking with tradition, Hub Labels brings the flexibility of Gallus presses to its showcase facility. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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September 29, 2004, ... of Industry News, Events & Activities UV System Custom-Designed for Many Functions When Anglian Flexible Coatings, Norfolk, UK, wanted to cure silicon release coating on label stock, the converter ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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September 29, 2004, ... in the industry to meet the challenges of today’s economic climate and the broad base of competing product decoration technologies to self-adhesive labeling. Other forum topics included business challenges, ...

Price Fixing Cause for Alarm?

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August 30, 2004, ... from newsprint to label stock. The list of companies raided more or less simultaneously in May/June by EC investigators includes all the major names. Now the investigation has spread to the US, with ...

Can This Lamination Be Saved?

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August 30, 2004, ... of your laminate layers. Products with intentionally low laminate bonds will be more susceptible to unintended delamination. For example, label stock will need more care in processing to avoid an early ...

A Touch Above

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August 30, 2004, ... to begin manufacturing its pressure-sensitive label constructions in the US to penetrate the marketplace fully. So in 2001, Raflatac, a laminator of paper- and film-based p-s materials for VIP (variable ...

A New Definition

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August 30, 2004, Readers of this report will, in all probability, consider themselves to be part of the labeling business either as a supplier or a converter. But I would Readers of this report will, in all probability, ...

Release Liners: Challenges Ahead

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August 30, 2004, The world's largest market for release liners is self-adhesive label stock. At the 2004 AWA Global Release Liner Conference, held in Helsinki, Finland, The world's largest market for release liners is self-adhesive ...

Protecting Brands

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August 30, 2004, Counterfeit goods are predicted to account for 10% of world trade by 2005-2006. The search is on for the ultimate security label, particularly as legislation Counterfeit goods are predicted to account ...

New Product Digest

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August 30, 2004, ... Ink Technologies. Labelexpo Americas 2004 Edition Machinery, Accessories, Services Cure with Eight Lamps Prime UV, Carol Stream, IL, USA; 630/681-2100; primeuv.com Eight-lamp FLEXfilm curing system ...

Switzerland

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August 30, 2004, ... supplies a full line of slitters and rewinders, as does Senntech. The Gallus Group serves the tag/label industry. Polytype Converting manufactures an extensive line of coating and laminating equipment ...

Benelux

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August 30, 2004, ... of the smaller nations in Europe, has only one flex converter, Mipa. The firm produces a significant amount of shrinkband labels for Europe's lightly developed “probiotic” industry. Located near the borders ...

What's New in Narrow We

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July 30, 2004, ... changing screen angles. Label Stocks Go Piggyback Raflatac, Fletcher, NC, USA; 818/651-4859; raflatac.com A range of p-s piggyback constructions has been developed for ink jet, laser, and copier applications. ...