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Flexo is on Track

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... large fraction of their overall cost equation; the converting industry has not implemented “best practices” to the extent other industries have; the converter must improve yield of raw material usage to ...

Stretching Boundaries

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2006, ... division has more than 50 years of experience in the development of flexible packaging materials for fresh foods. Many of the technical innovations in packaging materials and equipment systems helped shape ...

RFID Compliance Top Ten List

(Archive)

May 15, 2006, ... test, test. Tags perform differently with different materials, at different locations and at different channels within the UHF spectrum, so it is important to thoroughly test early in the process to avoid ...

Study Focuses on European Specialty Tape Market

(Archive)

April 29, 2006, ... value chain. The report is the essential tool for all those involved in the specialty tape market, from raw material suppliers to end users. For more information, visit awa-bv.com/reports/AFERA.pdf.  ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... exhibitors, many of which will be showing new materials, processing machinery, equipment, and technologies. Attendees also can expect many exhibitors demonstrating equipment at the exposition, operating ...

Global Giants

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2006, ... markets use more complex materials, Turkish markets will be displaced slowly in favor of the newer domestics suppliers. Bolstering the domestic supply situation in Russia and the other Commonwealth ...

Covalence Launched as Private Company

(Archive)

March 04, 2006, Apollo Management has purchased Covalence and launched the new independent, private company as Covalence Specialty Materials Corp. PRESS RELEASE PRINCETON, NJ—Apollo Management has purchased Covalence ...

2006 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 28, 2006, ... an integrated circuit and two conducting pads, which are connected to a conductive antenna printed on packaging materials or in the face of an adhesive label. For more information on TI's RFID technology ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... the study says, especially in the world’s emerging economies. Closures and other packaging materials are among the primary beneficiaries. Cap and closure sales also will benefit from their increased ...

2004 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ... line of library systems technology and solution choices, the 3M One-Tag RFID System. The single-tag system for authenticating, securing, tracking, and managing library materials uses Texas Instruments’ ...

What Static Can Do is Shocking

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... similar to the material people use to decorate Christmas trees. A strand of the tinsel drapes across a moving web so it contacts the web. This is a simple and relatively inexpensive method to reduce static. ...

Under Pressure

(Archive)

January 30, 2006, ... Arts The wide-format graphic arts market continues to grow, not only in pressure-sensitive materials but overall. Competition from emerging technologies—particularly the screen-based options that provide ...

Protecting Brands

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... basic technologies as a way to begin their fight against counterfeiters. A good example is the pressure-sensitive label, as p-s materials and the labels made from them have a proven track record of being ...

Adhesives and Specialty Monomers Studies Coming Soon

(Archive)

January 16, 2006, ... and marketing information on raw materials, formulations, and end users, major suppliers, users, market shares, and cacities. Appraisal of trends, growth rates, opportunities, and new product needs.  ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

(Archive)

December 30, 2005, ... films can provide. Key Trends Impacting Technology Selection Many factors influence the selection of materials and coating technologies for filmic laminates, such as end-user requirements; converting, ...

Facing a Slowdown

(Magazine)

December 30, 2005, ... for packaging converters is very good. “Eighty or 90 percent of the packaging materials produced by converters ends up on a consumer product, although there is quite a strong industrial packaging market, ...

The RFID Buzz Gets Louder

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2005, ... packaging involves obtaining data on all aspects of the supply chain. Suppose a supplier of polymer makes a batch of material. It goes to an adhesive manufacturer who compounds it into an adhesive, which ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... waste management strategies to deal with label matrix and used release liner. Raw material prices have been, and will continue to be, a challenge. This ongoing situation was compounded by the paper ...

New Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... material supply. Available in diameters of 16 and 25 mm. End stops can be adjusted finely, simplifying construction and allowing for multiple positions with a single unit. PFFC-ASAP 401 Antiblock ...

Examining Biocides in Plastics

(Archive)

November 16, 2005, The Biocides in Plastics report examines the use of biocides in plastics with reference to material types and application requirements. As well as biocidal performance, the in-process stability, migration, ...