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Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... that can cause nausea, sedation, drowsiness, and possibly life-threatening complications. If the drug leaks out but doesn't touch the skin, the patient gets too little medicine and can suffer withdrawal ...

Pliant Corp. Expanding Capacity for Production of Revolution Brand Films

(Archive)

April 27, 2004, ... packaging costs for securing products or pallet loads for shipment. "Tests continue to prove that no film is better for lowest life-cycle cost than Revolution films," reports the manufacturer. Adds Pliant' ...

CMYK=RGB - The Digital Color Revolution

(Technical Reports)

January 30, 2004, ... your plates. Wouldn't life be grand if all printing was done this way! Of course, we know the CMYK system is limited in the amount of saturation (density) and hues it can deliver, which is of constant ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... fields of interest served by the division while being sufficiently small to allow attendees to form life-long friendships with industry colleagues. We strive to offer practical information to attendees ...

DuPont Experimental Station Commemorates Milestone Centennial Anniversary

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2003, ... science and knowledge to improve life on our planet," he adds. According to DuPont, as one of the first research facilities of its kind in the world, the 150-acre campus-style site serves as the primary ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... of Sealed Air Corp. covered a related topic. “Recently developed oxygen scavenging films provide a further advancement in the ability to reliably produce high quality products with extended shelf life,” ...

Ink Jet PigmentsThe Land of the Small

(Materials)

July 31, 2003, ... produce complex dyes based on its chemistry. As such, its resistance properties fall between dyes and pigments. Typically, two-year shelf life stability is expected for an ink jet formulation. Unlike ...

At NPE 2003 SPI Promotes Petition to Offset the "China Factor

(News | New Products)

June 24, 2003, ... American industry and to circumvent the loss of technology and capability that is critical to the future of our nation’s economic vitality, military strength, and quality of life: Continuous and aggressive ...

Why Do Flex-Pack?

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2003, ...  also the printing…and a package's seal integrity, its shelf life; and consumer-convenience or die-cut features. The list goes on and on. So many variables with which to contend could be seen, by some ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... Prize; Russell L. Smith, honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award; and Robert A Sukenik, who received the Leadership and Service Award. The conference’s featured event, a panel discussion entitled "The ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportMedical/Healthcare Use

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... a competitive advantage. Globalization is affecting the North American market. An expanding base of multinationals at all levels of the value chain is a fact of life: As North American labor and other ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... purposes of evaluating the effect on cure and pot life, the high end-use level (4%) was tested. The results showed that no impact was observed on either cure or pot life. Since the main function of these ...

2000s

(News | New Products)

September 24, 2002, ... in 1926, is named the "Foodservice Package/Machine of the Century" by the Foodservice & Packaging Institute. The equipment is recognized for its contribution to everyday life during the 20th Century.  ...

1995 -1999

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... of life without parole. February 1998 In the Nagano Winter Olympics, Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest figure skater to win the gold medal. March 1998 The U.K.’s premier packaging show -- Pakex ...

Wide Web Handling and the Problems It Can Bring

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... for anticipated run life. And, the spaced bearings must be robust enough to withstand the extra loads that may be applied by the differential jackscrews. Since this is my final column, I want to take ...

Battling the Biothreats

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... problem has waned, but the industry still is investigating ways to protect our mail and our nation's life-sustaining food supply. Thank Goodness for Converters, Indeed! A few months ago, I can remember ...

Pack-Secure: Critical Conference for Current Crisis

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, The converting industry continues to make significant strides toward making life safer; a prompt reaction to the recent anthrax problem and the potential of an attack that could use bio-agents to contaminate ...

Battling the Biothreats

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, ... problem has waned, but the industry still is investigating ways to protect our mail and our nation's life-sustaining food supply. Thank Goodness for Converters, Indeed! A few months ago, I can remember ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... years of the 20th century. Conference attendance soared to records of approximately 800 people, short course offerings and symposia proliferated, and new committees expanded the rolls of division members. ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... solutions have limited pot life after adding the AlAcAc. This indicates that the crosslinking reaction proceeds rather rapidly at room temperature. It also shows that addition of the AlAcAc to the adhesive ...