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Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ... step. The coating process is serial in nature in that it starts with raw materials, which are converted to the final product in the subsequent steps. A base roll with defective gauge bands and poor ...

Flexible Packaging & European Disposal Laws

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2003, ... recycling rates for 2008 to between 50% and 60%, and 55% and 80%, respectively. The Commission also proposed dramatic increases to minimum recycling targets for individual materials from 15% to 60% for ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, Exciting new materials work hard, solve problems, and open new markets for you. New from: Ampacet, Cabot Corp., Cargill Dow, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, FLEXcon, Intelicoat, Kraton Polymers, ...

Dow to Up Prices on Surfactants

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2003, ...  Carbowax MPEG Industrial and SENTRY Grades 350, 550, 750—$0.05/lb According to Dow, the price increase is being implemented in response to continued rising costs for energy and key raw materials. In ...

Sonoco to Sell High Density Film Biz

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2003, ... Unfortunately, this action is necessary to reduce Sonoco's overall cost structure in light of general economic conditions and rising costs associated with raw materials, energy, medical, and pensions and ...

Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch to Develop Software That Cuts Packaging Cycle Time

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2003, ... final packaging materials, incorporating all critical steps in-between." Esko says, "The joint product development effort will help consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and the creative-services industry ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, New products from: Corotec, Raflatac, and Rimor Precision Engineering. Machinery, Accessories, Services, Materials Raflatac Launches Business Line Raflatac Inc., Fletcher, NC; 828/651-4800; 800/992-3882; ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... consumption of paper and film materials for “traditional” labels totals approximately 28,300 million sq m. Europe is the leading regional consumer of labels, with an estimated 36% share of all label ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... on materials of any size, at any random location on a sample. High-resolution, analytical digital microscope provides data on dot size, dot shape, dot gain, % dot, line screen, and screen angle. Also analyzes ...

When It Comes to Sleeves, Thin Is Not In

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2003, ... Anthony Foley, national marketing manager for Edward Graphics (egs.com), Niagara Falls, NY. “Key issues are raw materials, the manufacturing process utilized, as well as the sleeves' ability to maintain ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, ... customers that require a cross-section of converted materials and prefer to deal with a single source of cartons, cut-and-stack, and p-s roll labels. At the same time, American and Canadian converters ...

Moving to Soft Proofs: RealTimeImage Gets GATF InterTech for Online Proofing Application

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2003, ... vocal about their new-found ability, traceable to RealTimeProof Express, to cut their costs while getting their materials out the door faster than ever." The company also congratulates is partner, Kodak ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... combined with peelable materials. A peelable, airtight lapseal is achieved between coextruded OPP and a special PE so the easy-open feature is built into the laminate without the need for extra materials. ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... automatic. Test Different Materials Under Varied Conditions Advanced Pressure Products Inc., Ithaca, NY; 607/257-5544; 800/825-5764; pmiapp.com Model QS201A integrity analyzer provides a quick and ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... and materials markets, I see packaging buyers increasingly choosing a variety of technologies — mixing and matching the packaging and decoration technologies they use to achieve the best possible cost/performance ...

What's Ahead for Industrial Ink Jet

(Office Products)

July 31, 2003, ... digital technologies, like copier or toner-based technologies, because it is noncontact. Ink jet has the ability to print on a wide variety of materials and products, including non-flat surfaces, because ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... materials. Computer-controlled, continuously variable speed feed calender automatically decelerates and stops feed-through immediately prior to cutting. Offers razor-in-groove, circular shear knife, or ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... to save on the amount of premium resins by filling with lower cost materials; and the possibility to make multi-layer, multi-functional structures in a single pass.” A group at Battenfeld Gloucester ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... of producing flexible packaging materials mainly for confectionery and the food industry, for both domestic markets and export markets in northern Europe Supplier Information Valmet Rotomec SpA, San ...

Get Process Color Know-How at FVTC and FTA Seminar

(News | New Products)

June 22, 2003, ... According to FTA, the fee includes all materials, a copy of FIRST (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications and Tolerances) 2nd edition. More information is available at ftastore.com. Visit FTA at ...