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A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... have tried to develop new packaging materials and improve processes to gain competitive advantage. For example, developing packaging for use in frozen foods is complex due to the wide range of temperatures ...

E-Waste Legislation

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, In response to concerns over the environmentally sound disposal of an increasing quantity of cathode ray tube (CRT) devices, which contain lead and other heavy metals considered hazardous materials by ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, News from: MACtac, label converters at TLMI, and Mesirow Financial. Narrow Web Converting Industry News PSA materials supplier MACtac, Stow, OH, supplied the self-adhesive construction for the 170 ...

Ashland Increases Prices on P-S Adhesives

(Archive)

April 02, 2005, ... by 5%-10% on all p-s adhesives—including solution and emulsion acrylics and solvent and hot-melt rubber-based products—on April 15, 2005. The increase is driven by a continuing escalation of raw materials ...

Cleaning the Right Way

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ...  The first step in any cleaning operation is to consult the literature from the manufacturer of the adhesive or coating. Because of their different physical form and chemical composition, different materials ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Esko-Graphics, Totani, Cham Paper Group, Flexible Materials div. of Bobst, Glenro, TRCM, Fischer & Krecke, Kroenert, Omron Electronics, Pira Intl., Research and Markets, Freedonia Group, and Business Communications ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... I think we’ll broaden what we can do for our existing client base and then expand to serve other customers as well." From a materials consumption standpoint, shrink-sleeve labels also are more efficient ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... StopStatic, TAKK Industries, Joraco, MacDermid, and Flexo Concepts. Part 1 | Part 2 What’s New in Materials, Products & Narrow Web Control Adhesive Patterns Valco Cincinnati, ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Intl., Sun Chemical, Environmental Inks and Coatings, Hop Industries, Schober USA, and Novaflex. Part 1 | Part 2 What’s New in Materials, Products & Narrow Web Sheeter is Precise Maxson Automatic ...

New Venue for CMM International

(Archive)

March 28, 2005, ...  Inclusive material handling rates to include show site loading and unloading of machinery and booth materials Furnishings, utility, and labor rates at the same as or lower price of CMM 2005 rates ...

Waste Trimmed Away!

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... most of the small customers we work with don’t know what they need; they don’t know how to go about it. They don’t know the materials. They don’t know the processes. And that’s okay, because we do. We’re ...

Film Opens New Markets

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, Since pressure-sensitive labels and tapes—and other materials such as stamps—have become more sophisticated, the market for these materials has been expanding rapidly. In such product constructions, it ...

New Products

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... foil, paper, and other materials in seconds without contact with cardboard core. Described as a lower-cost alternative to company’s larger Model 72 roll splitter. Slitter/Rewinder has Station for Each ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... chuck. ANI Issues an Alert on Shortage PLYMOUTH, MN—ANI Printing Inks reports a drastic shortage of acrylic acid, one of the key base raw materials used to produce binders for UV and water-based ...

ANI Reports Raw Material Supply Crisis for UV and Water-Based Inks

(Archive)

January 23, 2005, Based on recent negotiations with its key suppliers, ANI Printing Inks reports a drastic shortage of acrylic acid, one of the key base raw materials used to produce binders for UV and water-based inks. ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... plastic film demand (including resins, additives, and processing costs) will grow to $22.7 billion in 2008, the study adds, noting plastic films will continue to make inroads at the expense of other materials ...

Wanted: US Markets

(Flexpack)

December 30, 2004, ... of the domestic market. They manufacture materials on internationally recognized converting equipment. By and large, they have saturated their domestic market and are shipping to adjacent nations. Some ...

Die Options Explained

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... as digital printers or laminators that can accommodate coil or sheet-fed materials and easily can be paired with different extractor modules. The best types of these systems also have a modular design ...

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 ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 4

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... Laminates Although the development of wide-format digital printing technology brought welcome growth and new application areas, the market for self-adhesive graphic arts materials is entering the mature ...