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Sonoco to Raise Paperboard Prices

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2002, ... by $50 (US) per ton, effective June 4, 2002. Says Jim Bowen, Sonoco sr. VP, "We are initiating this increase as a partial pass-through of increasing costs in energy, logistics, insurance, raw materials, ...

Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2002, ... will extend their dominance, with PE and PP presenting the best opportunities based on extensive markets and the availability of improved materials, including metallocene grades. Paper will remain important ...

Inevitable Ergonomics: Standard Smarts

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... materials, implement safe and ergonomic practices, even live, govern, create, work, exchange documents, interpret color (the list possibly is infinite), all can vary — and probably will — if ever so slightly. ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... all printing processes. Film is said to be easy to print on and die-cut. Slit Tension-Sensitive Materials In-Line Independent Machine Co., Fairfield, NJ; 973/882-0060; independentusa.com A 12-in.-wide, ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... with ranges from ⅛-1.5 PLI, reportedly making it suitable for a range of materials including light films, film laminates, nonwovens, and light papers. Two 10-hp motors are utilized in an AV vector drive ...

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 ...

RFID Labels a Good Read

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... must be sized to achieve the desired read distance — the bigger the antenna, the longer the read distance. That may be simple enough, but the process is complicated by the fact that the adhesives and materials ...

Printing Private Labels

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March 31, 2002, ... S.M.A.R.T., an acronym for Shared Materials And Run Time. A typical S.M.A.R.T. run will be made up of a number of different brand labels, all of which share characteristics such as color, ink-density levels, ...

Products

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March 31, 2002, ... gauge consistency, and optical quality. Ring is easy to adjust and operate, co. reports. Holographic Materials Increase Marketing Power Unifoil Corp., Passaic Park, NJ; 973/365-2000; unifoil.com UniLustre™ ...

BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol

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March 31, 2002, ... other fluorescent materials, which could mask the markers. Security Adhesives: Normal packaging adhesive tagged with authentication markers, placing them where they are concealed from would-be counterfeiters. ...

Agfa Ships Apogee 3, Renews Enfocus Contract

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2002, ... complete, powerful standard that promises to expand automation in the entire process of creating printed materials—from estimating jobs through printing and finishing. Thanks to Agfa's leadership role in ...

The Asian Market Overview: CMM Asia & Asian Paper 2002

(News | New Products)

March 17, 2002, ... CMM Asia will feature exhibits including machinery, materials and processes for paper, film, and foil converting; package printing and production; coating; laminating and die cutting; flexible packaging; ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... notes. Generator Aids Adhesion to Flex-Pack Materials Pillar Technologies, Hartland, WI; 262/367-3060; pillartech.com Ozone generator promotes adhesion of flexible packaging materials for extrusion ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. The coating and laminating industry serves three major market sectors: packaging, decorative products, and technical products. Most coated and laminated materials can be grouped ...

Ozone Generation: Sherman Treaters/Pillar Give the Goods

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2002, ... expensive materials. You make a one-time investment with this piece of equipment, and then you have much wider processing parameters for your extrusion lines. PFFC: So what type of application(s) would ...

Web Line Knowledge Offers a Competitive Advantage

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... starts with web handling: how to unwind, transport, and rewind web materials. We must be able to handle the web before we can process it. Topics include: Web Properties: Tailor web processes to web ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... magnetictech.com Magnetic Payoff brake is said to be easy to mount and comes complete with shaft, adapter, and locking system to hold payoff material. Ideal for composite materials and films. Torque range ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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January 31, 2002, ... is applied to the inside of the packaging by heat-sealing the zipper flange to the sealing layer of the base stock. Various blends of coextruded materials are used for zipper formulations, including ethylene ...

The Future of Foil

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... rigid and semi-rigid systems. As the price of packaging materials steadily increases, packaged goods companies have determined that flexible packaging (1) uses less material than rigid packaging; (2) ...

High & Dry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... machines thanks to a new Balston air dryer from Parker Hannifin. Founded in 1947, Metlon Corp. provides slitting capabilities for a range of flexible materials on custom-built machines that can hold ...