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- 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, ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... RadTech, and the Assn. of Independent Corrugated Converters. However, the seamless flow of attendees among meetings and expositions that organizers anticipated did not materialize due to shuttle bus and ...
- Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... roll, which not only saves money but saves downtime for roll changes on the packaging line. As raw material prices rise and margins fall, the pressure on the label industry value chain to find new ways ...
- An Exercise in Compliance
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... affairs that impact converters are the result of laws enacted by federal and state governments. One major area of regulation proscribes what and how to use and dispose of materials that are hazardous. ...
- The Case for Automatic Splicing
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... quickly with excessive at-core or indexing wrinkle waste. Zero-speed splicers are a good choice for difficult-to-cut material, precision splicing, scratch-insensitive webs, and when the combination ...
- The Fashion Side of Flex-Pack
- (Flexpack)
- September 29, 2005, ... published by Baxter Labs—a comprehensive document on “Packaging Performance.” It states: “Baxter continues to look for every possible opportunity to reduce the amount of material used to package its products.” ...
- Seafood is Served
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, Covering a wide spectrum of applications from labels to lidding and from packaging to POP displays, today’s new materials deliver problem-solving technology to meet your needs. New Materials Microwave ...
- Mastering RFID
- (Archive)
- September 29, 2005, ... a plastic substrate, usually PET. The RFID chip houses the data with the product- related information. These components then are placed onto either a pressure-sensitive label stock or film carrier material ...
- Profit Squeeze
- (Flexpack)
- September 29, 2005, ... by 6% and Turkey by nearly 8%. Decline in Exports to Americas In total, European flexible packaging converters produced about ,9,800 million of converted materials in 2004. Approximately ,690 million ...
- RFID: The Next Generation
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... However, new discussion circulating around the industry is looking at this “dream tag” in more realistic terms. According to Ream, waiting for the 5-cent tag to materialize soon is a misinformed expectation. ...