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Brave New Slitting World

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... labeling and pre-shrinking the material to be ready for dispatch, slitting has entered a new era. Product Focus According to Peter Medlicott, president and chief operating officer of Comexi (comexi.com), ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... waste, it will be subject to the same conditions and financial implications as other packaging materials, per the EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste. This would compound the industry’s existing ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... into the newly developed Model XY Materials Deposition System (XYMDS) from iTi. The system is for analyzing printing inks, electronic materials, and/or biological fluids. It also has been used in the ...

Skeist Offers a Series of Industry Studies

(Archive)

February 27, 2005, ... VII, and Photopolymers V. (skeistinc.com) Inks II will provide in depth information on the following: Technical, economic, and marketing information on existing raw materials and end products.  ...

Rotary Screen Printing's Contribution to RFID, Part

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... that determine the end product. The best move is for all the people involved in supplying the materials and the label-making equipment to sit down together from the earliest stage. Opportunities for ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... to expose the press-to-close or slider zipper closure system. Nonwoven Material Absorbs Liquids When Adhesives Research, Glen Rock, PA, teamed up with UPI, Northville, MI, the result was Absorbex, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... chuck. ANI Issues an Alert on Shortage PLYMOUTH, MN—ANI Printing Inks reports a drastic shortage of acrylic acid, one of the key base raw materials used to produce binders for UV and water-based ...

Converters Predict an Improving Economy in 2005

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, According to a recent survey conducted by CMM Intl., worldwide converting professionals project 2005 will be a year of solid economic growth. The almost 100 converters and converting machinery and materials ...

Interpack 2005 is Larger Than Ever

(Archive)

January 25, 2005, ... 9-11 - packaging materials manufacturers Halls 1-3, parts of 4 - confectionery machinery interpack 2005 will be held April 21-27, 2005 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. For more information ...

New Report Focuses on Worldwide Nonwovens Industry

(Archive)

January 18, 2005, ... from 1994 through 2004 and end-use, raw material, and investment projections through 2009. "This comprehensive ‘Worldwide Outlook’ is designed as both a barometer of the size and scope of the global ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... way as traditional self-adhesive materials. [The role of ink suppliers] is to deliver a range of inks that can give excellent results with this wider range of substrates, as well as with self-adhesive ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... fans were greeted with 21 window graphics. Working with Castle Graphics, FLEXcon, Spencer, MA, used its seeTHRU-sign materials to create the 13.5-ft-high images in various widths. The project marked ...

Food Recordkeeping Requirements

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... are materials other than the finished container. A converter that manufactures, processes, packs, transports, distributes, receives, holds, or imports food packaging is not required to establish, maintain, ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... of LDPE material in a pilot or production coating line is often necessary to determine processability. Extrusion coating performance can be conveniently and considerably less resource demanding when determined ...

Hit the Brakes!

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, Petroleum literally and figuratively lubricates the world’s business. Petroleum products are everywhere: from the gasoline pump to the frames for eyeglasses to flexible packaging materials, the computer ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... reaching operating speed faster, achieving more uniform metal deposit, and higher yield of first quality metallized material. ESK works directly with customers to maximize their metallizing efficiencies." ...

More than Nuts & Bolts

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... there may be valuable solutions available from a resource you might not have considered—your equipment and material suppliers. Suppliers offer more than just a place to shop. They are experienced and ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... during the past year. Materials accounted for the largest single cost category for the typical US printer. Paper consumed more than one in five sales dollars. For more information on the study visit gain.net. ...

Esko-Graphics Highly Commended at Label Industry Global Awards

(Archive)

November 04, 2004, ... pressure-sensitive label business — now a global industry — not only with self-adhesive materials but also with the concept of narrow web roll-label printing and die cutting. The company's achievements ...

Show News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2004, ... Intl. 2005 are launching a by-invitation-only conference that will bring together end-user executives with specific package purchasing authority and converting materials and machinery suppliers with innovative ...