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Automotive Industry Opportunities

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, The market for coated and laminated materials in the automotive industry is large and complex, despite continuing consolidation. For reasons ranging from litigation to cost reduction, the North American ...

Five Paper Solutions to Improve Product Quality and Enhance Production

(News | New Products)

January 01, 2003, ... environment for at least 24 hours prior to usage. This should be done while the paper is still in the mill packaging material. For example, paper that is kept in an unheated warehouse during winter should ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... processes difficult material weighing to 8,000 lb. System uses a shaftless unwind said to allow fast roll changing. Operator only has to load the roll, adjust sheet length and slit width, and unload the ...

Opportunities in Academia

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November 30, 2002, ... on the development of enhanced understanding of fundamental issues in the handling of continuous, thin, and flexible materials to improve product quality. Established in 1986, it is the only center ...

In the Converting Industry, an Audit Can Be a Good Thing

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... materials, and personnel. The reason to include everything is that all these items cost money. Converters pay for films, foil, inks, coatings, adhesives, water, gas, electricity, etc. Obviously, they ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

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October 31, 2002, ... producers and material suppliers. To put the market into context, world demand for self-adhesive labelstock in 2001 was around 13,300 million sq m. Of this total, North America accounted for 36% and ...

New Opportunities for Converting Technology

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October 31, 2002, ... film, or foil and other raw materials into a wide range of final products. The development of a new product requires a concept and an efficient process to make that product. Converting process technology ...

3M Realigns Business Units

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2002, ... Div.) Display and Graphics Business, Jim Stake, executive VP (Traffic Control Materials Div.; Optical Systems Div.; Commercial Graphics Div.; and Specialty Film and Media Products Div.) Transportation ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... dilemma -- inflation, material shortages, and the energy crisis. Resource recovery is provided as a possible solution to energy and material problems. "Resource recovery may ease energy and material shortages, ...

1977 - 1979

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... new packages and packaging materials in the state. Its real effect, however, would wreak havoc on the converting industry, if it were forced to comply with the burdensome provisions of such legislation." ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2002, ... The alliance combines EarthShell patented composite material technology with DuPont expertise in materials, development, manufacturing, and marketing. The result, say the two, will be environmentally preferred ...

AICC SuperCorr to Focus on Profitability

(News | New Products)

July 21, 2002, ... exhibitors to transport less exhibit materials through customs and shorter booth set-up and dismantle times. Bring your company literature and computers and show off your company services and product the ...

In the Bag

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, Less is more in today's heavy-duty sacks. New developments in production and materials keep profits.... In the Bag Less is more in today's heavy-duty sacks. New developments in production and materials keep ...

On the Move

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... the Materials Technology Div. of BBA Group plc, Nashville, TN, has closed its Lewisburg, PA, nonwovens manufacturing facility. Bob Britton has joined BBA Nonwovens as president, North American Hygiene/Medical. ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

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June 30, 2002, ...  To achieve this, the EU encourages the following steps: minimization of the amount of material used in packaging applications; re-use of components; recovery; and recycling. That “encouragement” ...

Tapes & More Tapes

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... family of products is used by paper mills, printers, and web converters to join rolls of material in-line on web presses for continuous production. The properties of that tape have been developed to improve ...

Stripe Slitting: The Challenge of Staying within the Lines

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May 31, 2002, ... same line constraint applies to slitting web products. Slitting a homogenous wide material into narrower rolls is relatively easy. However, slitting material with lines or stripes, where the stripe-to-slit ...

Cutting to the Chase

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April 30, 2002, ... thin-gauge, light-tension material. The company struggled with mechanical chucks for several years. A myriad of problems frustrated operators and complicated the process. First, the machine motors strained ...

Ashland Specialty Chemical Company Ups Resin Prices

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2002, ... with shipments on and after May 13, 2002. "The price is due primarily to rapidly escalating costs of raw materials, particularly styrene monomer, which are impacted by current global pricing instability ...

CONVERTER EVENTS - 2002

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February 28, 2002, ... Packaging Training Course, American Society for Testing & Materials, Westpak Laboratory (610/832-9500). Dec. 12: Practical Course for Laboratory Operators, Brookfield Eng. Laboratories, Middleboro, ...