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Two 'Green' Companies Honore

(Green Converting)

August 31, 2010, ... greenhouse gases, product and environmentally preferable materials, and management practices. TLMI president Frank Sablone explains, “The central objective in developing the L.I.F.E. initiative was ...

Motion Control: Drives

(Controls)

August 23, 2010, ... The substrate’s physical parameters, especially the desire to reduce material thickness, represented particular challenges to the DTS team. DTS utilized its “QC Mod Cut Series” modular web transport ...

Static Beat: How To Take a Static Survey

(Static Elimination)

July 31, 2010, ...  Let's focus on how to do a Static Survey. The survey for a simple rewind process is shown in Figure 1, in which the material flow through the operation has been divided into three groups: Incoming Materials, ...

Edale reports success at IPEX 2010

(Digital)

June 28, 2010, ... datasheets and other marketing material. Visitors interested in Digital Printing were directed to Edale’s partners, Agfa Graphics, who were demonstrating the :Dotrix Modular System in Hall 11. The :Dotrix ...

Flexpack: DuPont Honors Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... is said to be the industry’s longest-running, independently judged global awards program honoring packaging materials, technology, and service innovations. “This year we focused the DuPont Awards program ...

Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... methods Development of fundamental process engineering science concepts, which have been used to improve the design of equipment coating applicators and the behavior of materials during handling and ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... delivers the convenience needed by today's “grab-n-go” lifestyles. Coupled with a broad range of materials and converting properties, flexible packaging creates the recognition brand owners want and consumers ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... the convenience needed by today's “grab-n-go” lifestyles. Coupled with a broad range of materials and converting properties, flexible packaging creates the recognition brand owners want and consumers trust. ...

DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers Announces Price Increase

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2010, ... This increase will take effect March 1, 2010. According to DuPont, raw materials continue to escalate as well as energy and transportation costs, necessitating the need for these increases. Specific ...

One-Stop Testing Solution Offered

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2010, ... Packaging Solutions, designed as a one-stop approach for the analysis of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, etc., and related packaging from raw material to transport to shelf life. Analysis at Advanced ...

Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges

(Coatings)

January 31, 2010, ... products is the requirement to coat thin, functional coatings on a thin substrate. The advantages of these coatings are reduced material cost in the product and the waste stream because of less material. ...

Foam Tapes Have High Adhesion

(Narrow Web Products)

October 31, 2009, ... and tensile strength, company says, and PE liner improves die-cutting and conversion. Said to deliver a strong bond to high-surface-energy materials, and conformable foam provides cushioning and impact ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, ... processors to specify vacuum rollers wherever possible. Unlike nip rolls, vacuum rollers will not produce scratches, imprints, and wrinkles in the web that result in unusable material. Moreover, vacuum ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... manufactured based on a sheet process. This sheet process can be expensive, and it is not versatile because it restricts product performance by limiting materials that can be used to obtain the desired ...

CHEP MEA PowerID BAP RFID Tags for Automotive & Retail Solutions

(News | New Products)

September 23, 2009, The MEA div. of CHEP announced that it has chosen the battery assisted, passive (BAP) RFID tags of PowerID to track pallets and containers for its automotive and retail customers in South Africa. JOHANNESBURG, ...

Eco Fiction

(Substrates)

August 31, 2009, ... biodegrading. Nothing actually will happen for a long time in most of today's landfills. It doesn't matter which definition of biodegradability you reference — whether the product or material has to break ...

How To Prevent Unwinding Roll Static

(Static Elimination)

July 31, 2009, The master roll arrived at your receiving dock right on time. Now, you have the material to complete the job for that important customer. Along with the The master roll arrived at your receiving dock right ...

Seeing Clearly

(Coatings)

July 31, 2009, ... been single-sourced in a critical intermediate raw material.” The new film dyeing line, which began operation in March, impregnates clear polyethylene terephthalate films from suppliers such as Mitsubishi, ...

Narrow Web & Label

(Narrow Web)

June 30, 2009, ... handling system is suited for all types of production waste, including adhesive materials. Chopped material is transported via ducting system into a baler, a briquetting press, or a stationary container ...

Double-Duty Packages

(Substrates)

June 30, 2009, ... from Sweden (pictured above) was cited for a revolutionary approach to cutting package weight by 50% and using natural material to significantly reduce materials in construction. Judges recognized this ...