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Small Inspection Light Proves to Be a Shining Star

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... management costs and gone above and beyond the strict water and environmental laws of Connecticut.” He adds, “We also have gone to 100 percent solids-cured adhesive laminators that eliminate VOCs. The ...

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2001, ... substrates, probably using three separate laminating operations or perhaps doing the lamination on tandem laminators. Other manufacturers will combine the paper to foil using extrusion laminating. This ...

Flex-Pack Operation Likes to Convert the Complex

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and a Windmöller & Hölscher six-color press capable of 100-cm stock. Inks are supplied by Siegwerk Farbenfabrik. There are three laminators: a Polytype, a Kroenert, and a Kampf. Two Riefenhäuser ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... & Laminators (AIMCAL). Sole distribution of the entire packaging films line of DuPont Teijin Films has been awarded to Transilwrap Co. Inc., Franklin Pk., IL. Also at Transilwrap, Max Minkus has been ...

A Glossary of Descriptive Terms - Fifth Installment

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... These include applications such as collapsing the bubble on blown film lines, some types of cast web stretchers, web laminators, squeegee applications for liquid removal, etc. - Neck-in: The amount ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... are available for fiber core payoff applications. Automatic Adhesive System Is Standard on Laminator KYMC/Barnes Services Inc., Richmond, VA; 804/360-3827 SL Series of solventless laminators for flexible ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... Leland, NC, converter running four coater/laminators that were built internally and are operated by about 75 employees. Says president Burt Moody, "All four of the coater/laminators were fabricated with ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... printing presses and laminators. Chromas Technologies Corp. has a new facility located at 5200 NW 33 Ave., Ste. 104, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309; ph: 887-247-6627. Phil Murphree is the new president ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2000, ... USA—The Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) held its Fall Technical Conference October 16-18 at the Radisson Hotel, Valley Forge, PA, with PFFC in attendance. Membership ...

Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... from 0.5-20 mils thick to 72 in. wide. The coater/laminators can apply solvent and water-based adhesive coatings, acrylic hard and scratch-proof coatings, and UV coatings at speeds to 200 fpm. Coating ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... minimal. Q: What are some types of equipment that can be remanufactured? A: Flexographic presses, gravure presses, coaters, laminators, slitters, and bag machines, to name just some. Q: What about ...

Solving the Problem of Press Part Replacements

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... is delivered in rolls and filled/sealed by the customer. Clear Lam uses seven central impression flexographic presses (one eight-color model and the rest six-color models) as well as dry bond laminators ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... Pioneer Award ever presented by AIMCAL (Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and Laminators) for the Elkin's coffee bag. That same year Vacumet received the first Package of the Year award for ...

Eastern European Converter Continues Pioneering Ways

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ...  The gravure printing department includes a new ten-color press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher. Inks are purchased from a number of companies, including Sun Chemical and Akzo Nobel. Four Polytype laminators ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... School was sponsored by the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and Laminators. Held this past July 18-20, the program offered practical and highly technical information in an elegant setting ...

Study Assesses the Future of Release Liners in Europe

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, Manufacturers of release liners and the converters and laminators that use them, in Europe and beyond, are experiencing a challenging trading environment. With pressure building on prices due to raw material ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... impact converters and laminators. For example, a prototype unit currently in trials combines an 18-in., ten-color press with a silicone coating and curing unit, an adhesive applicator, and a laminating ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... line's products have allowed Apollo to capture critical applications in demanding markets that previously could not be entered, including converters, laminators, and shrink bundling film applications.  ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... from American Roller Co., Union Grove, WI, has won the 2000 Technology of the Year Competition sponsored by the Assocation of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL), Fort Mill, SC.  ...

AIMCAL Turns 30

(Archive)

March 30, 2000, As AIMCAL—the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators—celebrates its thirtieth birthday, it is a time to reflect on the years past and the opportunities ahead. And to reflect on the many ...