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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... by inroads of metal drink cans, flexible packaging, and multiserving plastic bottles. As for emerging markets of the world, China will lead the way through 2009, surpassing the US as the largest closure ...

Blurring the Lines

(Archive)

November 29, 2005, ... out in the marketplace, and having a larger UV press allows us to do something a little bit different," notes Joe Kulis, chief operating officer of Ed. Garvey & Co., which installed a six-color, 64-in. ...

Kodak Installs 500th Prinergy Evo System

(Archive)

November 21, 2005, ... Since 1961, INV has provided sheetfed color and carton work for large clients, including manufacturing, banking, insurance, health, and service providers. Prinergy Evo 3 introduces advances in automation, ...

Mastering RFID

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... RFID chips available on Web sites of the largest RFID IC and inlay manufacturers. We eventually obtained the information from one manufacturer defining its RFID chips’ ESD sensitivity as “HBM Class 1B.” ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... equipment demand in China will exceed that in Japan by 2014, making China the second largest market in the world behind the US. Packaging Machinery Demand in China million Chinese yuan % Annual ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  Flint reports it is the largest privately owned ink manufacturer in the world. XSYS was formed by the merger of BASF Printing Systems and ANI Printing Inks following their respective acquisitions at ...

Narrow Web New Products

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August 30, 2005, ... technique with integrated roll handling and company’s patented butt splice. Can be configured for wider webs, larger rolls, and faster speeds, as well as narrow web applications from supported film (MBS-F) ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... with DataLase, Sherwood’s patented color-change chemistry, via a non-exclusive agreement. Siegwerk, headquartered in Siegburg, Germany, reportedly is the third largest European manufacturer of printing ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... Stork Prints and Spraylat had this aim in mind and makes us well placed to offer large-volume RFID label orders with relatively short lead times.” The 20,000 batch of antennae was printed by Stork in ...

New Products

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June 29, 2005, ... color by strip or spot measurement. Spot-checking capability is said to be well suited for applications such as large-format media and uncommon color patterns. Splicer Needs Little Care Butler ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

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June 29, 2005, ... improved air filtration or higher fan speed will help. New and larger heat exchangers and nozzles can do wonders. Consider the addition of IR heaters at the oven entrance or in between the nozzles inside ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... by fulfilling two specific needs: It creates a flat, flexible folder with a large capacity, and it provides a product that saves on manufacturing, shipping, and storage costs.” EXPANSIONS Converter ...

KBA Sees Growth at China Print

(Archive)

June 01, 2005, ... colour B1 40-inch press has grown steadily from year to year. The market for classic four-colour printing is larger in China than in Europe or North America. Most of the B1 Rapida presses shipped to ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... solution for E-flute, F-flute, and G-flute printing. The 73-in. press is said to deliver 328% more printable area than a conventional 40-in., sheet-fed machine and 22% more printable area than the largest ...

Drawing Conclusions: Part II

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May 30, 2005, ... sections (presses, slitters, small-wrap over rollers, and unnipped pull rollers) and for low-modulus or easily yielding webs. Large draws are used for film orienting and for separation after sheeting. ...

Truth or Myth?

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May 30, 2005, ... surface is changed. Truth. We applied different dry coating weights and measured the slide angle. Figure 2 shows the coating weight can influence slide angle. However, a large change in coating weight ...

Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

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March 30, 2005, ... and time consuming. Recently, non-destructive leak testing has become available. It is finding use to validate and inspect a large variety of packages for leaks to insure maximum shelf-life and a leak-free ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... paper for a wide variety of industries. Bobst Moves to Larger Facilities CHARLOTTE, NC—The Flexible Materials Div. of Bobst Group of Switzerland reports sales have been strong since acquiring the ...

New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... foil, paper, and other materials in seconds without contact with cardboard core. Described as a lower-cost alternative to company’s larger Model 72 roll splitter. Slitter/Rewinder has Station for Each ...

ERPs Tricky for Converters

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January 30, 2005, ... we go into are quite large and have spent millions of dollars on Tier One enterprise resource planning software…and when we get in there and see what they’ve got going, maybe just the core financials are ...