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Flexo Inspection

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ...  What Exactly is 100% Inspection? One of the technological advances that played a significant role in allowing flexo to become competitive with offset and gravure was the widespread adaptation of video ...

Reporter Clips

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February 28, 2001, ... consider narrow web converters an integral part of the product and attendee mix of this technologically broad-based show. “We usually have our equipment in the ‘wide web’ area, but we get as many narrow ...

New Test May Detect Pathogens in PE Food Wrap

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January 31, 2001, ... funding a four-year research project at the Univ. of Guelph to find the best way to do that. In April 2000 US Patent 6,051,388, titled "Method and Apparatus for Selective Biological Material Detection," ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

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January 31, 2001, ... materials in the microelectronics industry; barrier layer deposition for the packaging industry; and sterilizing biologically contaminated materials. For polymer films, the technique offers the following ...

Digital News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... a consistent track record...along with the strategic and technological vision needed to take [the company] forward. His experience serving global markets through multiple distribution channels is also ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsThird Installment

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November 30, 2000, ... in control logic to tell the control system whether or not to act on the process it is controlling. Usually a sensor(s) is used to monitor the process parameter that is most sensitive to change when control ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... Meier, VP of PMC, "We initiated several technological innovations to manufacture this larger, heavy-caliper container. PMC's new gas-fired, hot-air, heat sealing system was incorporated to reduce utility ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... and engineers from various countries with a forum to exchange ideas, present technological advances, and discuss future directions. Contributors are invited to submit unpublished original papers on the ...

Battle of the Materials Is on for Blister Packaging Market

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September 30, 2000, ... by BP Chemicals using licensed Japanese technology, PP monoblister stock might well be the "wave of the future." Ecologically preferable, easily printed, and having excellent MVTR, PP monoblister stock ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

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September 30, 2000, ... is expected to decrease marginally until 2008, while the output, or productivity level, is expected to experience a slight increase. Obviously, technological advances and subsequent automation are responsible ...

Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety

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September 30, 2000, ... by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for optimal operation and safety. It also should include the features discussed in the remainder of this report. Automatic Vacuum System A vacuum system to ...

What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?

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August 31, 2000, ... provide the necessary rheological properties, but it is not uncommon for the ink formulator to add a thickening agent if the process necessitates a higher application viscosity. Oxidizing Agents ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ...  Bengal Inks Offer Superior Water Tolerance Gans Ink & Supply Co., Los Angeles, CA; 800/421-6167 Bengal Pantone shades represent a new generation of technologically advanced inks, says mfr. Suitable ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... technological developments, and legal/regulatory issues also impact packaging demand. Efforts to reduce packaging costs and protect the environment will drive growth. Flexible packaging also has storage, ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... by noting, "Although recognized in many circles as a mature sector, [the global paper and allied products industry] is also one of the world's most dynamic industries in terms of product development, technological ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... greatest technological advancement in rotogravure printing in the past 50 years." Boil-in-Bag Beginnings Kapak began converting in 1961. "My father, Harry Bell, and Benjamin Kaplan started the company," ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...

Negotiating an Acquisition: Nine Steps to Success

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March 31, 2000, ... mastered the complex psychological factors underlying the negotiation of an acquisition. The party that initially establishes control gets momentum. Once this occurs, the controlling party is generally ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

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February 29, 2000, ... delivery time, W&H also provided training for Bancroft's operators. "Because this piece of equipment encompassed such a technological leap from anything we had in this area, we sent four operators to Germany ...

Curtain Coating Technology Can Mean Big Benefits

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... range of admissible values for relevant process parameters (web speed, for example) always depends on thevalues of all other relevant process parameters, e.g., wet film thickness, rheological properties, ...