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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

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

Direct Answers Drive Presses

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... certain advantages. “When starting a new job, all the plates register to one another automatically. The sleeves are mounted in their preregistered position. All data relating to the repeat and material ...

The Future of Package Printing

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... packaging industry. Quantify and update the demographics of the varied packaging segments. The study estimates the total US and Canadian market for packaging materials is between US $110 billion ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 1

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... services to their customers electronically. Avery Dennison's new RollXchange.com looks to translate their success in their own selling surplus material to a new level. The RollXchange gives label converters ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... equipment and supplies. Avery Acquires Jackstadt P-S Materials Business PASADENA, CA, USA—Avery Dennison Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire the p-s adhesive materials business of Jackstadt ...

It's a Wrap: RIT's New Packaging Semin

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2001, ... of packaging and packaging materials; How to achieve consistent, high-quality results; Major trends and technologies in packaging printing; Workflow; Computer-to-plate (CTP) production; Introduction ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... separated into small groups to solve a practical problem from the presenter. Another innovation at the meeting was a session on “Styrenic Materials” that included papers on “Styrene Butadiene Copolymer ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... many foil suppliers have integrated downstream and are converting value-added flexible packaging materials. Additional conclusions: The growth in foil usage is expected to occur in the newly industrialized ...

MD Wrinkle Formation Causes and Cures

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... the area between the gauge bands, the wraps begin to fold into the undulating pattern of transverse compression failure of a thin web material. This pattern is known in the trade as MD wrinkles or “tin ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... notes. The former one-piece label also was divided into three separate, smaller labels — all delivered on the same backing web and all applied at the same time. That kept stresses on the material to a ...

Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... the sole province of passive barrier packaging materials. Originally limited to materials such as metal and glass, and then expanded over the past few decades to include polymers like polyvinylidene chloride ...

Product Develpment Help Is Here, There, Everywhere

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... complex, many converters — and even their own suppliers — are relying on facilities with pilot lines, lab capabilities, or technical facilities to develop materials or “test drive” equipment and processes. ...