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Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... than 16 years of experience in the digital printing industry, working for a "Who's Who" of leading-edge companies that include Barco Graphics, dotrix, and Agfa. He has spoken at international conferences ...

The Converting Relay Race: Part 1

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... tapes. Just before the active roll is exhausted, a synchronized ballet begins. The new roll is brought up to line speed in close proximity to the exhausting web. Then “Bang, Slash,” the new roll’s leading ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... the company of 4.1% in sales and 12.6% in net income. Leading this growth was the corporation’s industrial automation division, with worldwide sales of $2.3 billion, an increase of 9% over the previous ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... leading self-adhesive label stock suppliers such as Raflatac’s Rafsec and Avery Dennison’s Fasson Specialty portfolios. With all the security technology contained in the label stock, the converter’s job ...

Gerhardt Rethinks Business Approach

(Archive)

July 11, 2005, ... celebrating its 50th year, Gerhardt Intl. began to rethink it’s whole approach to business.“We had lost our leading position in the marketplace and had neglected investments that would have enabled us ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... because they are used in combination with an air cylinder and are much lighter than an entire cylinder that is conventionally used, leading to rapid changeover times. Roll Designed for Zero Deflection ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... is opened, during food preparation, and during consumption. Pliant is a leading producer of value-added films and flexible packaging products for food, beverage, personal care, medical, material handling, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... population and an increasing number of medical conditions. The increased use of disposable devices and supplies also is leading to more intensive use of plastics over competitive materials, the study ...

Why Tension?

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... spring, leading to crepe buckles or telescoping. Whether center or surface winding, tension doesn’t have to do all the work in creating roll tightness. If you have a loaded nip roller, a significant ...

Wanted: US Markets

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... a global business to be enjoyed by the knowledgeable converter—no matter where the company is located. One such story is that of Dixie Toga (Brazil). The leading flex-pack converter in Latin America, ...

Digital Gone Wide

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... corrugated board, a variety of flutes, and Plasti-Corr. In the search to build a digital printing business, Jack Richards, director of operations, describes the road leading to the CORjet. "We really ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 6

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... were used in these calculations. In summary, the application Shewart SPC to a roll goods manufacturing system nearly always will result in misleading and/or erroneous conclusions that, in turn, will ...

Web Tension 101

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... the unwind brake to the torque output normally set for a machine run. Wrap the leading edge of the web around a bar and hook the "fish scale" through the bar. Pull on the fish scale until the unwind starts ...

Simplifying Holography with Wide Web Performance

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... change the nature of the supply chain in holography. We want to have holography more widely used in flexible packaging and labeling." Technology Combined AET Films is a leading global supplier dedicated ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... and absorbs both pigmented and dye-cased inks rapidly, leading to fast drying times, company reports. Applications include wide-format printers, desktop ink jet printers, and dedicated label printers. ...

Superfund Exempt Liability

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... He represented a leading trade association on the 25-member Negotiated Rulemaking Committee convened by EPA to develop the proposed “All Appropriate Inquiry” rule. For further information on the proposed ...

Labelexpo Americas 2004 Reported to Be 'Best Yet

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... staged earlier this month near Chicago, "has been labeled best yet by the industry," says exposition organizer Tarsus. "More than 400 leading industry suppliers exhibited to nearly 13,000 visitors — up 5% ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... local Wal-Mart Supercenters. Leading manufacturers and technology providers of data collection and RFID have submitted an RFID protocol definition that would pave the way for rapid adoption of a new ...

The Rx for RH

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... impossible to correct. Edge tightening also can cause unsightly wrinkles in stock, which causes waste. Dimensional instability affects the sheet as a whole but is usually more severe in the width, leading ...

Rock-Tenn Dotrix Partner to Revolutionize Digital Inkjet for Packaging and Display

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2004, Rock-Tenn Company and Dotrix NV have announced a strategic partnership "leading to the first high-speed, wide-web, digital inkjet solution in North America," reports a Dotrix press release. NORCROSS, GA, ...