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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 ...

Bits & Pieces With Bite

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, As tradition has dictated at this time each year, I need to clean out my “editorial inspiration” file of material that will grow useless unless I put it to quick use. So while the subject matter of this ...

ASC Call for Speakers

(Archive)

November 14, 2005, ... submission deadline is Monday, January 9, 2006. Suggested presentation topics include: Manufacturing/Operations Site Security and Count-Terrorism Measures Materials Resource Planning Processing ...

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 ...

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.” ...

POP Goes the Platemaker

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, Today's digital technology delivers the versatility and speed required to serve the new applications for corrugated and other POP display printed materials. Digital Imaging More than 70% of buying decisions ...

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. ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  Seal-Scan inspection technology provides a one-step seal inspection method, on- or off-line, to detect seal defects and flaws in flat or stand-up pouches made of any type of material. Testing is completely ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... feed opening; a five-wire auto-tier; a slick material tension chamber that self-adjusts to materials of less friction to maximize bale density; and the Pathfinder touchscreen operator interface. SUPPLIER ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... IL—Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co, parent company of Screen (USA), has completed the latest in a series of material events to expand its digital printing business by acquiring Inca Digital Printers, Cambridge, ...

Mastering RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, This second of a two-part series covers development of an ESD protection program. el converting equipment” and the “foil” reference means the “inlay carrier material.”) 2. Protect ESD Sensitive Devices. ...

Churning Out Quality

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2005, ... Admiral uses a Henkel Liofol 100% solids polyurethane adhesive that “works really well on a wide range of materials.” Installation, says Frank, “was very smooth. We were running good product within three ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... our demanding requirements for working successfully with our wide variety of materials and substrates. It is quite common with our product range to have many small production runs, and we also use many ...

Metlon Becomes 3M Distributor

(Archive)

August 03, 2005, Metlon Corp. has become an authorized distributor of 3M SCOTCHLITE reflective material. PRESS RELEASE CRANSTON, RI—Metlon Corp., has become an authorized distributor of 3M SCOTCHLITE reflective material. ...