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International Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... web widths, and a top speed of 300 mpm. The 401 that was the star of the open house ran at speeds to 350 mpm, reportedly demonstrating high quality six-color printing on a lightweight, white PP film. ...

Materials

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February 28, 2001, ... lightweight, and resistant to tears, water, and grease. Recommended for offset printing, digital printing, and more. Said to deliver crisp graphics, paper is available in 27# writing paper with 95 brightness ...

Small Inspection Light Proves to Be a Shining Star

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February 28, 2001, ... light designed for the long repeat patterns encountered in food package converting. By combining the lightweight LOL-5 lighthead with Unilux's LOL-10 power supply, the new light reportedly is four times ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... Vinyl Is Lightweight Plastiprint Inc., Lakewood, CO; 800/922-5538 The 60# Kromekote static cling vinyl liner is said to provide advantages over traditional 70# or 80# polycoated liners: The light weight ...

Products

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December 31, 2000, ... downtime due to worn bladders in air shafts. Components can be fully integrated with winding shafts, chucks, and mandrels of any diameter and length, and can be used in lightweight and medium-duty paper, ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... TX; 713/652-4518; equistar.com Petrothene NA214 LDPE resin offers high-speed, lightweight extrusion lamination and coating of flexible packaging, mfr. says. Reportedly can be drawn down to coating weights ...

Products

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November 30, 2000, ... allow drive to be electrically isolated from power for servicing while motor runs in bypass mode on power line. All-Aluminum Airshafts Are Lightweight Goldenrod Corp., Prospect, CT; 203/758-0100; goldrod.com ...

Materials

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October 31, 2000, New from: AdLamCo. Inc., H.B. Fuller Co., Kraton Polymers, Metallized Products Inc., Proma Technologies, Russell-Field Paper Co., Rohm and Haas Co., Sun Chemical Ink, and Unifoil Corp. Holographic Paper ...

Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... and event-specific packaging. Digital Static Meter Features Stabilized Sensor Electro-Tech Systems Inc., Glenside, PA; 215/887-2196 Model 212 digital static meter is lightweight and features a chopper-stabilized ...

International Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... offering lengthier transfusion times and more effective emptying of all contents. The bag is lightweight, unbreakable, and easy to handle, the co. reports, and once the opening is punched, the liquid can ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... and the cartons are lightweight and shatterproof. According to Gary J. Vega, Fat Tuesday VP and national sales manager, "Quality is the cornerstone on which Fat Tuesday was built, and it continues to be ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... volume (theoretical). Also available is the portable, lightweight Mini-Mic scope and laptop computer. Software Manages Ink Mixing Akzo Nobel Inks Ltd., Manchester, England; +44(0)1925-754172; aninks.com ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

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June 30, 2000, ... 1,500 fpm and was made to handle lightweight substrates including paper, film, foil, tissue, and pressure-sensitive materials, Stroud reports. "We can slit down to one and a half inches wide, and the duplex ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... in the high-barrier market. "The cost of production was a real driving force. The lightweight packaging itself was also a factor. With polymeric packaging replacing metal cans, glass, or rigid-type structures, ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... winding. Also critical to the company's success are Corona Design treaters. "I think the corona treaters have worked very well," he says, "and have allowed us to get faster speeds, especially on those lightweight ...

Gauging system lights the way

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August 31, 1996, ... a host of other innovative products. These thin, flexible, lightweight-yet-rugged lamps deliver a cool, soft, nonglare light in even the smallest places. Making EL lamps was once a slow, labor-intensive ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

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July 31, 1996, ...  Most of Bolding's research and development activities are directed toward lightweighting and attempting to effect barrier reduction by using single-ply constructions as replacements for multi-ply laminates. ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... lightweight plate and anilox cylinders that can be exchanged in less than one minute per roll. The press runs at 800 fpm and has a 10- to 24-in. repeat length. Rotating on precision bearings, the cylinders ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... and ancillary materials and supplies have been developing innovations and "short cuts" that have made the process less costly and more efficient. From combination presses to lightweight coating sleeves, ...

Deciphering the complexities of the core/shaft/unwind relationship.

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January 31, 1996, ... compromises must be made when picking chucks or shafts for applications." Another area for consideration is ergonomics. Certainly the new lightweight carbon shafts now available minimize operator back ...