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A Smarter Future for Labels

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August 31, 2007, ... label solutions. First, converters need clever and creative personnel that come up with the ideas and applications. Second, they need clever converting materials, technology, and presses to be able to ...

Operators' Opinions Matter

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... times, ink additives and chemicals unofficially float around the pressroom, concealing an underlying problem and contributing to waste of time and materials, and the usage is completely unknown to management. ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... Printing Industry Co. prints labels, and the company reportedly has been printing them lately with a 33% improvement in productivity and more than 3% savings in material usage. The reason? A modified STS ...

A Scrappy Competitor

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... size and gross revenues, but we're very nicely sized compared to most companies' specific locations.” Readily Reusable Material Mohawk Northern Plastics, a closely held company owned by CEO Bill Gates ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... Xeikon 6000 digital press achieves speeds 60% faster than previous model for paper substrates from 40 (27# text) to 350 gsm (16-pt board) as well as polyester film, transfer materials, and label stock. ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2007, ... for the full year 2006. It is anticipated to show top line growth of 30%–40% in 2007 and again have an immaterial impact to pro fama earnings as EFI makes investments to expand the Jetrion product line ...

A Look at Liquid

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... cartons by plastic has been offset to some extent by new applications in packaging for juice, other foods, and nonfood packaging for dry materials such as powders. Together these new applications represent ...

Metallizing Matures

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... materials are focused primarily on films, which represent 66% of the market globally (see Figure 1). Asia Pacific, inclusive of India, is the second largest regional producer of vacuum-coated products ...

Outlook: Challenging

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Outlook:Challenging The release liner industry is at a pivotal point in its development with raw material and petrochemical prices continuing to rise, the increasing purchasing ...

Optimizing Costs

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ...  Lower-cost substrates and adhesives are one way to lower material costs significantly. However, now it is demonstrably possible to do so by reducing the amount of platinum required to cure a release coating. ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

November 30, 2006, ... Said to simplify the creation of offset-quality, high-impact personalized print materials for company’s presses. Features include variable data document creation and imposition capabilities similar or ...

Narrow Web & Lable Reporter

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... from a natural, renewable resource [corn], availability and pricing should be more predictable than [with] materials derived from oil.” Sykes also says the labels and bands produced from Earthfirst ...

Ink 101: Part II

(Process Management)

September 30, 2006, ... with UV or EB energy. These may be wet on wet or wet on dry trapped. For each ink type, the formulator is faced with making the optimum selection and balance of raw materials to come up with viable ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2006, ... will split the group into three independent businesses: Graphics, HealthCare, and Materials. The Materials business will group all of the film manufacturing activities with the niche products of Specialty ...

Ink 101: Part I

(Process Management)

August 31, 2006, It is estimated the total North American (US and Canada) market for packaging materials is approximately $125 billion in annual shipments. Ink is a relatively It is estimated the total North American (US ...

LABELEXPO new product digest

(Magazine)

August 31, 2006, ... Updates include an increased field of view; reduced glare when viewing reflective materials; and additional software features for advanced color comparison. Visit booth 829. PFFC-ASAP 441 Workflow ...

Brand Security & Product Authentication Special Report, Part 1

(Magazine)

June 29, 2006, ... overt security devices. Market Statistics In North America in 2003, 300 million square meters of p-s material were used for functional/security applications—more than 80% was used in functional applications ...

Flexo is on Track

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... large fraction of their overall cost equation; the converting industry has not implemented “best practices” to the extent other industries have; the converter must improve yield of raw material usage to ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, Narrow web new products from: Phoseon Technology, Degrava Systems, Spartanics, FLEXcon, UV Process Supply, Klöckner Pentaplast of America, Stora Enso, and XSYS Print Solutions. Narrow Web Machinery, Materials, ...

Metallized Papers and Films: A New Focus for Global Growth

(Archive)

April 17, 2006, ... to a resurgence of interest in metallized papers and films as barrier materials—and has encouraged significant technology advance, to the benefit of the packaging and labeling industry in general. Today, ...