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Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2009, ...  CMM Examines Folding Cartons ROSEMONT, IL | The Converting Machinery/Materials Conference & Exposition, held at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Ctr. in June 2-4, featured tracks on Business Management, ...

Tuflex India Inaugurates Greenfield Converting Plant

(Flexpack Main)

July 20, 2009, ... worldwide. The press meets market demands for a compact, cost-effective, and highly productive machine for medium-to-long runs of high quality printed flexible packaging materials. The model now in production ...

Mohawk Listed in Metafore's Environmental Paper Assessment Too

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2009, ... and user-friendly. It uses 20 performance indicators in its evaluation, which include efficient use and conservation of raw materials, minimization of waste, clean production, and community and human well-being, ...

Playing the Wrinkle Blame Game

(Web Lines)

June 30, 2009, Imagine you are an unwind operator. You unwrap the next roll of input material, splice it into the machine, and hit the run button. Then you see them Imagine you are an unwind operator. You unwrap the ...

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 ...

Recycling Program for Tyvek Launched

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2009, Wilmington, DE | DuPont Nonwovens and Waste Management, Houston, TX, have launched a national mail-in recycling program to capture envelopes and other Wilmington, DE | DuPont Nonwovens and Waste Management, ...

Flexo Forum Fervor

(Flexography)

June 30, 2009, ... Even at a 1% growth level for the 2010 GDP, it actually represents 4% or 5% growth from the -4% GDP for the Q1 2009 period. Our biggest materials price hikes are behind us. Emerging markets will become ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200

(New Products)

June 30, 2009, ... Detection Technology is designed to monitor 1-16 webs of material and detect any splice or joint within the web-based process. Unaffected by printed surfaces, material color, grade changes, and process ...

WS Packaging Earns Green Award

(News Clips Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... its efforts at its Algoma, WI, facility to keep about 115 tons of waste material per month from the local landfill by partnering with a state firm that turns the waste into industrial pellets that can ...

Golf Balls by the Dozen

(News Eclips)

June 23, 2009, ... an “excellent example of source reduction; with a 50% reduction in material costs.” The design team, led by Caraustar’s Steve Mahler, conceptualized and redesigned the Callaway Dozen Pak from a two-piece ...

Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box Main)

May 31, 2009, ... their own recyclers. GreenAccess will evaluate a shop, assess its material handling needs, and install any needed recycling equipment (shredders, balers, compactors, etc.) at no upfront cost to the printer. ...

Contamination Combat

(Web Cleaning)

May 31, 2009, ... or converting department? A high-speed moving web creates static that attracts any airborne dirt or organic material onto the material being converted. The processes are a huge potential source of contamination ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200

(New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... is said to virtually eliminate raw material and packaging waste, is ozone- and solvent-free, and uses “green” consumables. ▶MGI USA | 321-751-6755 | www.mgi-fr.com Circle 402 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...

Stress & Strain

(Archive)

May 31, 2009, ... is the correct knife spacing to create a 50-in. wide web? For stiff materials, the answer is usually 50 in., but not so for other webs. Stretchy webs like many fabrics and nonwovens will elongate the web ...

Lean & Green

(Substrates)

May 31, 2009, ... of three plies. Structures utilizing bMET films use 20% less material and cost 10% less than the 3-ply laminations they replace, company says. Films reportedly deliver hermetic PE seals and the barrier ...

Growth Strategy

(Flexpack Main)

May 31, 2009, ... in the past ten years, says Pellingra, both through acquisitions and growth in key market segments. Its product line includes stand-up pouches, high-end performance flexible packaging materials, and rollstock ...

PressAccess Rolls Out GreenAccess Recycling Option

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2009, ...  GreenAccess allows printers to become their own recycler. GreenAccess will evaluate a shop, assess its material handling needs and install any needed recycling equipment (shredders, balers, compactors, ...

Cut to Save

(Label/Tape Main)

April 30, 2009, ... under pressure to change its waste handling process across the group. The company has a lofty ambition: It wants to get rid of the expensive method of burning its waste and recirculate this material to ...

Experience Speaks: John Rebecchi

(Experience Speaks)

April 30, 2009, ... of various materials. What is the biggest threat to the converting industry right now? A declining economy intersecting with printing/converting overcapacity; this will be a death blow to many companies. ...