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- Converters Look for Safe Harbor Amid Choppy Waters
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... a survey from Impact Marketing Consultants, Manchester Ctr., VT, predicts packaging materials consumption will lag behind the economy at 2.2%/yr growth to 2005. However, gross domestic product is estimated ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, News from: Akzo Nobel, Bosch Rexroth, Container Graphics Corp., DuPont Packaging, Environmental Polymers, Extrusion Dies Inc., Flint Ink, Graphic Imaginations, Harper Corp., Lakeview Products, Marquip, ...
- Migration and Compliance Testing Issues
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- March 31, 2002, ... substance migrates to the food, and compliance testing, which generally is required to ensure the material conforms with applicable regulations or notifications. One issue of perennial interest to members ...
- New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry
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- March 31, 2002, ... (water-based and UV), rotary screen, gravure, and offset. Mfr. reports material readily accepts hot stamping, has excellent die-cutting properties, and is designed for automatic label application. Digital ...
- Printing Private Labels
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- March 31, 2002, ... S.M.A.R.T., an acronym for Shared Materials And Run Time. A typical S.M.A.R.T. run will be made up of a number of different brand labels, all of which share characteristics such as color, ink-density levels, ...
- NPES Meets with EPA Head
- (News | New Products)
- March 07, 2002, ... new and extremely critical issue facing the industry: the security and viability of the US Postal System and its ability to disseminate printed material in a post-September 11 environment. More information ...
- Diverse Products Meet Many High-End Needs
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- February 28, 2002, ... capabilities under one roof,” stresses Doug Goldstein, new business development manager for CPFilms. “People generally come to us because they need more than one of our capabilities to produce their material ...
- The Buck Stops
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2002, ... folding carton material is a one-side-coated SBS (solid bleached sulfate) board available from the company's Packaging Resource Group. White reports it isn't possible to provide statistics regarding flexo' ...
- Training 101
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- February 28, 2002, ... or contact the organization directly. Workshops and Technical Conferences American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM), West Conshohocken, PA; 610/832-9585; astm.org Association sponsors one- ...
- Coating and Laminating Special Report
- (Archive)
- February 28, 2002, ... AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. The coating and laminating industry serves three major market sectors: packaging, decorative products, and technical products. Most coated and laminated materials can be grouped ...
- Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You
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- February 28, 2002, ... president of Advanz Measurement and Controls Systems, Dayton, OH. “In high speed processes and for lightweight materials, the beta gauge is the most preferred at this time,” he says. “Gamma is better for ...
- Package-Development Workflow Standard Approved
- (News | New Products)
- February 24, 2002, ... it recommends participants' roles and responsibilities; provides default specifications for the information and material exchange at the workflow's every step; and identifies guidelines and standards that ...
- Digital Data Standard Gets Thumbs Up
- (News | New Products)
- February 05, 2002, ... -- is based on an earlier standard developed by the ANSI (American National Standards Institute). According to NPES, the standard is revolutionizing the exchange of materials between providers and printers ...
- Overcoats Offer Protection (and You Don't Have to Button Up
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- January 31, 2002, ... have been formulating them using various raw materials ranging from nitrocellulose to PU. The overcoats contained formulating ingredients intended to provide specific properties necessary for the end use. ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- January 31, 2002, ... liners remain a key factor in the successful converting and application of self-adhesive materials. In Europe this is in the face of extreme pressure in two areas. One is pressure on profit margins throughout ...
- Envelopes Extraordinaire
- (Office Products)
- January 30, 2002, ... operations manager, “I was impressed with the YAG laser and the fact it provides longer focal depth. It seems to be suited specifically for flexo plate material, as opposed to an offset-type laser bein ...
- Russian Flex-Pack Markets Holds Potential
- (News | New Products)
- January 23, 2002, ... as Tetra Pak, it entered the Soviet market in 1988 supplying both packaging material and filling liquid foods in the former Soviet Union. Followed in 1990 by an agreement to manufacture packaging machines ...
- Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide
- (News | New Products)
- January 13, 2002, ... Italy. The CTC will be dedicated to the future development of converting processes specifically for flexible packaging materials. This significant investment project of more than euro 10 million was ...
- Fundamentals Keep the Converting Industry Strong
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... must reflect the concern for fundamentals that exists in these industries. A listing of these basic items could be the Ten Commandments of Converting: Follow all directions from material and machinery ...
- Anilox Roll Inspection: So Simple, So Important
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- December 31, 2001, ... will remove large chunks of doctor blade material, and the blade may pick off loose pieces of ceramic. End seals wearing against a rough surface cannot seal efficiently and are worn prematurely. This scenario ...