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Strong, Versatile Cartons Offer Plenty of Shelf Appeal

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June 30, 2000, ... of its ease of opening, non-bridging large pour aperture, predictable closing, and full-life functioning, as well as its use of environmentally friendly materials. (Entries in this category are submitted ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... almost 100 years ago—a material that would enable the customer to see the product and protect it from moisture—the world of packaging has grown into a domain that includes high polymer research and discovery; ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... the forecast for some segments of our industry. Remaining are paper and allied products; and plastics materials and resins. Paper and Allied Products The Outlook begins its discussion of this sector ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... advisor Grover Foote. Is there a Gutenberg-style revolutionary invention awaiting converters in the next decade? Materials In the past, much new development work in the adhesives and coatings field ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

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March 31, 2000, ... Black Clawson screws, says Carne, were designed specifically for the materials Bonar uses and include both dispersive- and distributive-mixing capability, assuring Bonar of consistently mixed, gel-free ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... ways for more efficient machine control and better communication. Converting has come a long way from the days of labor-intensive machine setup. With the help of automation, physical material measuring ...

Drupa 2000 Celebrates Change on a Global Scale

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February 29, 2000, ... to Messe Dusseldorf, that "printers and managers from all over the world will see the production of printed material in its entirety and diversity, including each production step-from pre-media to print ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... at the FPA's Fiftieth Anniversary Annual Meeting, held February 29 through March 3 at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, AZ. FPA reports that the winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... "but we felt that any place we went, we really compromised on cost because you went in with a lot of material handling inefficiencies and waste. We felt that completely new was the way to go to make sure ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ...  Perhaps the greatest advantage of narrow web converting is its versatility - the ability to perform many different converting processes in-line. The amount of set-up time and material handling that' ...

What you should know about filled adhesives and coatings

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October 31, 1996, ... illustrations and the other common fillers are particulate materials that frequently do not dissolve readily in common solvents or disperse easily in water. That is why the handling of filled adhesives ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

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October 31, 1996, ... in the development of the methodology, members from all parts of the industry - substrate manufacturers, ink manufacturers, and the printers themselves - will be donating the materials and facilities needed ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... manufacturers eliminated the tapes from the outer jacketing, replacing them with extrusion-processed materials. Other parts of the cable eventually incorporated extrusion processes as well (to reduce tape ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ... Plate material, with an effective recording size of up to 29.8 x 21.4 in. Its external drum design reportedly helps maintain accuracy (repeatability of [+ or -]5 microns) and increase sharpness as the ...

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, ...

AIMCAL Selects Seven for Annual Honors

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March 31, 1996, ... Packaging Div. at PrintPack, reports that finding the right mix of materials presented his company's biggest hurdle. "The challenge was getting all of the properties that you needed. We had to try a number ...

Pay attention to flash points, and you won't get burne

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March 31, 1996, ... A Material Safety Data Sheet always provides the flash point for a material, if it has a flash point. Flash point influences container, shipping, storage, and use. The flammability of a product may ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... Material is available as either films or bags and can run easily on any kind of filling and packaging equipment. Films are available with an antifog feature, and they comfortably withstand microwave ...