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Wrinkle Removers

(Tension)

November 30, 2008, ... not properly controlled, wrinkles in the material can occur and cause product defects. If the roll of material is improperly rewound, the outer layers can crush the inner layers of material or the rolls ...

FTA Announces Call for Entries for Awards Competition

(News | New Products)

November 09, 2008, The Flexographic Technical Assn. (FTA), the world's leading professional society dedicated to advancing the flexographic print process, is now accepting entries for its 2009 Excellence in Flexography Awards ...

Tune Up Your People

(Process Management)

October 31, 2008, ... to be compliant learning materials. TEST currently offers both the Level 1 and 2 certification programs through the campus and is working diligently to have Level 3 available by mid-fall. In addition, ...

Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2008, ... an easy and effective way. Avery Dennison supplies the substrate material, and inks come from Siegwerk. Achieving Enlightenment TAPP Technologies Inc., Langley, BC, Canada, wins three first-place ...

Ink Dispensing: Mix to Match

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

October 31, 2008, ... inks from previous jobs, has been eliminated. Individual ink raw materials can be traced clearly to each job. And in the case of repeat orders, when an identical recipe is simply recalled, the company ...

Registration Now Open for NPE2009

(News | New Products)

October 28, 2008, ... (FSCT), this conference will be for professionals who specify and use coatings on plastics, as well as coating manufacturers and raw material suppliers. ● MoldMaking Expo 2009 Conference. Produced by ...

Kodak Experts Addresses 'Future Trends, Technologies' at Labelexp

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2008, ... the Future track. Session highlights included next steps in label materials, such as paper and film; future trends in label printing; a look at sustainable converting; and how the Green Printing Coalition ...

Door to Door QC

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2008, ... offers the converting industry are “total solutions.” In the markets Jessup serves, he says, “We are the only vertically integrated domestic manufacturer that brings raw materials in at one end of the ...

Get a Grip

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... diameter of the cam lock ring then becomes the point of friction on the internal pneumatic shaft. The cam lock rings rotate on the internal pneumatic shaft that utilizes engineered materials (high-temperature ...

Adchem Uses Static Control String to Eliminate Contamination

(Static Elimination)

September 30, 2008, ... sheets of material will stick together, creating jams in downstream processes. Product Damage Electrostatic fields also attract dust particles, fibers, bugs, and hair, which result in surface contamination. ...

Weight Reduction

(Archive)

August 31, 2008, ... All are designed to mitigate the impact of both its products and processes on the environment. “We feel we're a leader in reducing product weight, making packaging that is recyclable, using recycled materials, ...

Earth-Friendly Print

(Print)

August 31, 2008, ... For example, the PSG recommends evaluating the following factors: Materials and Supplies Analysis Part of the A to Z review PSG members carry out for customers looks at incoming supplies and tracks ...

TAPPI PLACE Conference Promotes Flexibility

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2008, ... adhesives, aqueous coatings and primers, as well as the equipment used to apply and measure these materials; learn about new applications and innovations for web handling and winding to improve production ...

Seminars for Engineers Moves Date of Web Handling Seminar

(News | New Products)

August 14, 2008, ... nonwovens, textiles, or any combination of coated or laminated webs. Understanding web handling is said vital to anyone working with webs and web processes, including material suppliers, equipment and ...

Roll Out the Red Carpet

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2008, ... for the latest developments in green and sustainable technology. Converters must stay abreast of changing legislation, so this new green pavilion will include suppliers that will demonstrate new materials ...

WS Packaging Plant Receives FSC Certification

(News Eclips)

July 22, 2008, ...  The chain-of-custody certification means WS Packaging is able to validate the complete supply chain of sustainable raw materials from the forest to the mill, from the paper merchant to the printer, ...

TAPPI's 2008 PLACE Conference Opens Registratio

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2008, NORCROSS, GA| The 2008 TAPPI PLACE Conference (Polymers, Laminations, Adhesives, Coatings and Extrusions) will be held September 14-17, 2008, in Portsmouth, VA, showcasing innovations in materials, equipment, ...

Start with Security

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2008, ... rubbed off to reveal hidden images. There are a variety of solutions the printer can use — even biometric and optically variable inks. In terms of packaging materials and label substrates, suppliers ...

Printing Partnerships

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... is perhaps the ideal carrier for all kinds of brand protection messaging. The two-ply material laminate of facestock and liner, with an adhesive and silicone release coating between them, provides the ...

Paper's Pledg

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... the industry as a whole — the converters and printers, the paperboard manufacturers, and the tobacco companies — have been looking at.” For example, Vlahcevic notes that the company can enhance the materials ...