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- Global Economic Slowdown?
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2004, ... donations with matching funds from corporate DuPont. In Singapore, US$23,000 was donated to the Red Cross and DuPont donated US$20,000 to Sri Lanka. At this time, there has been no material affect on demand ...
- 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 ...
- Digital Gone Wide
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2004, ... die-cutter that Richards says has made die-cutting a snap. The DCM features a fully automatic load and unload mechanism, which reportedly handles up to a half-ton of corrugated material, and a vacuum system ...
- 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." ...
- Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 3
- (Archive)
- December 30, 2004, ... is nonetheless growing at an estimated 15% year over year. Material Choice Paper is the label substrate of choice in Asia with 90% of the market. Film stocks account for just 10% of all label face materials ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2004, ... packaging solution comprising an automatic cartoning machine, a novel package design, and a specially developed board material. The targets of the concept are the pharmaceutical industry, contract packagers, ...
- 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. ...
- New Product Digest, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2004, ... data on raw material consumption by the extruder at the rate of one update every 0.5 sec. High-speed responsiveness makes control applicable even in extrusion lines where there are frequent ramp-down/ramp-up ...
- Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II
- (Archive)
- November 29, 2004, For this basic tutorial in the mechanics of web tension control, tension is defined as the force applied to a continuous web of material in the machine direction. For this basic tutorial in the mechanics ...
- Simplifying Holography with Wide Web Performance
- (Archive)
- November 29, 2004, ... easy-to-use holographic film. AET Films believes that embossed holographic materials are under-utilized in both flexible packaging and label production so they have installed a custom-made embossing ...
- PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1
- (Archive)
- October 30, 2004, ... took place in Helsinki, Finland. It featured, in addition to the main conference program, an industry roundtable forum. The forum covered the effects of downgauging materials across the value chain and ...
- Pilot Line
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2004, ... new materials or processes. “The main use is for customers,” explains Krebs. “The second use is for us to make developments and improve designs before we take a product to market.” The company also ...
- Packaging for the World
- (Flexpack)
- September 29, 2004, ... The company supplies a wide range of converted material to multinationals such as Nestlé, Danone, Procter & Gamble, Kraft, Frito-Lay, and Unilever. Domestic customers include some of the largest food processors ...
- People & Places
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2004, ... chief technical officer. Unilux, Saddle Brook, NJ, opens an office in Shanghai and hires Rachel Wu to coordinate and provide support materials for the company's four sales representatives in that country. ...
- Products, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2004, ... and brakes and Sofstep magnetic particle clutches and brakes are said to provide accurate, continuous tension and process control for web processing, packaging applications, material handling, and more. ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2004, ... “”The trial results have met the company's expectations. We ran many different label materials through the system during our testing, especially harsh-environment substrates that we produce for our automotive ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
- (Archive)
- September 29, 2004, ... have resulted in significant cost savings." Supplier Information GEW; gewuv.com Polytype America Corp.; polytype.com Ship Liquid Containers Safely By combining two materials into one, New Pig ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 2
- (Archive)
- September 29, 2004, ... across the value chain of downgauging materials, and opportunities to increase the value of the self-adhesive laminate and make it more competitive. Discussions highlighted the need for greater innovation ...
- Avery Dennison Creates RFID Division
- (Archive)
- September 23, 2004, Avery Dennison Corp., manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labeling materials, says it has formed a new business unit dedicated to the manufacturing and marketing of low-cost radio frequency identification ...
- The 411 on RFID, Part 1
- (Archive)
- August 30, 2004, ... its line of library systems technology and solution choices, the 3M One-Tag RFID System. The single-tag system for authenticating, securing, tracking, and managing library materials uses Texas Instruments’ ...