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TAPPI's the PLACE to Sponsor Short Courses in Dalla

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November 29, 2000, ... process and the latest materials and equipment used in the industry today. Leading experts in the field will answer questions and problems posed by the registrants. The course will examine the technical ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... offers a combination of processes brought together in one station. Unit will edge guide and tension control the web; splice material; edge trim and center slit a reel of material; remove contamination ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... is added, the excess air is extracted, and the shroud is sealed to the base sheet. The foil materials used reportedly are tough in construction for durable handling and have the lowest known moisture vapor ...

Some Causes of Blocking in Heat Seal CoatingsPart II

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October 31, 2000, ... heat seal coatings sometimes opt to formulate materials they purchase from suppliers to achieve special properties that are proprietary to their product. This may work well, or it may cause serious problems. ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... solventless laminator. The company produces embossed and stretch polyethylene, cast polypropylene, and a variety of barrier materials. A superb prepress department, which is being upgraded constantly, ...

Pilot Coating Line Aids Both R&D and Production

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October 31, 2000, ...  The company, a div. of Material Sciences Corp., was founded in 1977 as a converter of roll-to-roll sputter metallized coatings. Using this exacting technology, metals are broken into atomic-sized particles ...

Develop New Products with the Aid of a Pilot Line/Lab

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October 31, 2000, ... But what about product development, materials testing, or any of the other tasks that aren't done on a regular basis? A number of converters have come to rely on vendors that operate lab/pilot lines with ...

Digital News for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... save printers the expense and hassle of ordering, unpacking, stocking, and recycling plates. The process utilizes fluid lithographic materials that are applied as thin coatings. Immediately after application ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... performance and sparked a resurgence of popularity and new applications for flame treating plastic films and profiles." Barrier Materials Two sessions at the conference addressed high barrier materials—"Advances ...

Corona Treaters Adapt to Converting Processes

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September 30, 2000, ... does not call for treating conductive substrates such as metallized material, explains Charles Ballard, product manager at Pillar Technologies (pillartech.com), Hartland, WI. A bare roll treater is used ...

International Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... price pressures in many markets, as well as to higher raw material costs. Polytech Strengthens Ties in Asia Pacific MARANO TICINO, ITALY—Polytech SpA, manufacturers of double bubble machinery, has ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... IN, facility. Typical applications for both coaters are high-value-added products and problem materials. The 300-mm-wide coater features micro gravure and slot die capabilities for high quality coatings ...

Presses and People Make a Powerful Combination

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September 30, 2000, ... raw materials and accessories, Valestrino notes, including Fasson rollstock, Akzo Nobel inks, DuPont photopolymer plates, and Rotoflex rewinders. Earning Its Good Reputation Today L.A. Label converts ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

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September 30, 2000, ... growth," she reports. In nondurable manufacturing (which includes converted paper products; pulp, paper, and paperboard mills; paperboard containers; and plastic materials), the overall number of jobs ...

Customer Satisfaction Begins and Ends with Quality

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September 30, 2000, ...  backs it up with aggressive investment, careful selection of raw materials, and routine training of employees to enable them to be a valuable resource for customers. All of that adds up to a company wit ...

Technology Puts Converter "In-Line" for More Succes

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September 30, 2000, ...  putting raw material in one end and getting a finished product out the other. You have shorter lead times because you don't have to worry about work in process, and you have less waste because of the reduce ...

Polyester Film Supplier Helps Converter Grow

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September 30, 2000, ... tapes and later began converting surplus materials from other tape manufacturers. In 1980 the company expanded its offering by converting hot melt coatings and double-faced tape products, which became ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... It was the bag for Elkin's Coffee. Static electricity created by the packaging material Elkin had been using trapped coffee dust in the seal area and caused leakers. Oxygen penetrated the bag, and the coffee ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

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August 31, 2000, ... application is food packaging, leading to concerns over UV raw material migration. Recent European findings identifying traces of benzene from a cationic UV application have further increased these ...

The Waiting Is Over, Let the Copy Flow

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August 31, 2000, ... magazine. Part of the judgement I must exercise as editor of PFFC—for that matter, it is the job of every editor of any trade journal—is to determine the appropriate reading material for the audience ...