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Narrow Web & Label Reporter: April 2009

(Narrow Web)

March 31, 2009, ... developed a focused team that uses Enterprise Lean Sigma (ELS) tools to reduce waste sent to landfills. Xeikon, Wilmington, MA, has entered into a joint referral partnership program with Prism, Itasca, ...

Victory Lane

(Trends/Management)

March 31, 2009, ... Technology Track offers sessions on color management and lean manufacturing. The Operations Track includes sessions on waste management and web handling. PFFC editor/associate publisher Yolanda Simonsis ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter: Avery's Green Plan

(Narrow Web)

March 22, 2009, ... Lean Sigma (ELS) tools and methods to support its goal to reduce waste sent to landfills in North America by 10% when compared to 2007 levels. MACtac, Stow, OH, formalizes the Application Development ...

Global Packaging Alliance Holds Annual Meeting in the Americas

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2009, ... of the GPA. “The GPA continues to focus on ways and means of building greater operational efficiencies into our business through techniques such as lean manufacturing. Now more than ever our customers ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ...  PFFC-ASAP 337 Web cleaning | Simco | www.simco-static.com PFFC-ASAP 338 Web inspection | ISRA Surface Vision Inc. | www.isravision.com PFFC-ASAP 339 Supplier Info Black Clawson ...

Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs

(Offset)

February 28, 2009, ... more readily. The overhead needed for running flexo presses — cleaning the anilox, mounting plates, etc. — is a cost that offset avoids. Most semi-rotary presses have web widths between 10 in. and 17 ...

Conserve Energy

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... of dollars of energy. All too often, processes are left idling for extended periods of time between production runs with dryers exhausting clean hot air to the atmosphere. Not only is this a waste of process ...

What's New Products: Februar

(Magazine)

January 31, 2009, ... conventional ink, a chrome roller cleaner, a roller paste, and a calcium rinse. ◆Heidelberg USA | 888-472-9655 | www.us.heidelberg.com PFFC-ASAP 406 Neutralize Static on Fast-Moving Webs The Ion ...

News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

December 31, 2008, ... in Hayward, CA, to serve customers in the western US and western Canada. Sani-Blast, manufacturer of anilox roll cleaning systems, moves to a new facility in Minneapolis, MN, which will combine the ...

Cartons Lighten Up

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2008, ... gourmet foods, hardware, software, and yes, home entertainment. Smith credits its fast five- to six-day turnarounds and the adoption of lean manufacturing and sustainable development practices as just ...

Bag Sits Flat

(Bag Pouch)

November 30, 2008, ... “And because the gusset terminates, it makes for a very clean, easy to fill, and easy to open bag.” The SG-6 produces box pouches at speeds as high as 100/min. The finished zipper box pouch reportedly ...

News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

November 30, 2008, ... cleanroom environment on a greenfield site. Reportedly, it embraces best environmental practices with modern building methods such as solar panels, low energy lighting, and rain water harvesting.  ...

Narrow Web and Label Report, November 2008

(Narrow Web)

October 31, 2008, ... against UV rays that allow it to act as a sunscreen for up to four weeks of UV light exposure. An acrylic-based adhesive system ensures a solid bond to a myriad of surfaces yet removes completely clean ...

Web Coating: Process Characterization

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2008, ... conditions of solution if not coated immediately after preparation; Cleanliness of kettles and transfer lines. Solution Delivery Typically, a separate feed system is used to supply a uniform coating ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ... Machinery 235 Mclean Blvd., Paterson, NJ 07504; 201-670-4848; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; www.neweraconverting.com Markets | health/beauty, labels, liners, medical/pharmaceutical, photographic/graphic ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... on environmental issues, and to promote the industry's efforts for a clean environment. Schreiner Adds US Facility BLAUVELT, NY | Schreiner MediPharm, a Germany-based provider of specialty pharmaceutical ...

Multitasking is Passe Focus is in

(Editorial)

September 30, 2008, ... lean manufacturing performs its best function by effecting a reduction in human resources, I've tried to take a mental pause, as our MIT intelligentsia suggests. I tell myself to target my next project ...

Adding Capacity

(Flexography)

September 30, 2008, ...  Turboclean 600A inking and wash-up system, which automatically cleans the print decks, anilox roll, and doctor blade chamber using a variety of selectable wash-up programs. “We have always purchase ...

Film Converting: Luminit Films Shape Light

(Substrates)

September 30, 2008, ... Rubber Intl. that maintain critical grinding tolerances, feature clean compounds, and offer quick turnarounds. Luminit marketing manager Pete Zinsli says the rollers are critical to the process of embossing ...

Winterborne, CardPak Pool Green Resources

(News Eclips)

September 08, 2008, ... and practices lean, environmentally friendly manufacturing. CardPak has marketed an award-winning ecological line of clamshell replacement packaging that eliminates up to 85% of plastic and reduces harmful ...