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A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

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September 30, 2000, ... the old process of printing candy wrappers on wax paper—a pretty stable material—with printing on 38-gauge materials, conversely, pretty unstable. Years ago, printers could have traps that were an 11/48 ...

For ''Friendly'' Adhesives and Coatings, You Must Prioritiz

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August 31, 2000, ... the material will not harm the environment. This lack of harm must cover many factors. Raw materials used in the product must not deplete any naturally occurring material. The method or process that combines ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... kit contains all the materials necessary to view anilox inventories accurately, mfr. says. Kit includes either 10 or 25 Echocheks[TM], a metallized laboratory tape that, when applied to the face of an ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... materials. Food packaging markets will remain dominant because of diverse uses and the need for lower-cost packaging options with longer shelf lives. Technology Challenges The converted flexible packaging ...

Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade

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June 30, 2000, ... the forecast for some segments of our industry. Remaining are paper and allied products; and plastics materials and resins. Paper and Allied Products The Outlook begins its discussion of this sector ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... purchases resin materials from various suppliers, including Chevron, Equistar, Shell, and MSI Technology. Denney says that while the extrusion line equipment was installed years ago, the Waynesville ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

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May 31, 2000, ... utilizing the FlexoSource system, "Our inventory reduction has been unbelievable," notes Marquart. Printpack has slashed its raw materials storage area from 370,000 to 90,000 sq ft. The company orders ...

Globalization Is Driving Force Behind Fast-Growing NPE

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April 30, 2000, ... visitors, the conference will address not only technical topics but also business issues. Session topics include reviewing recent advances in materials, processing technology, and design; e-commerce; equipment ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... and small slitters. They best handle light- or medium-weight web materials with tension requirements ranging from 10-80 lb. Among tension systems, electromagnetic brakes are the most responsive, with ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... compete on a cost/performance basis with induction-heated and other electrically heated rollers. The Thermalon RC100 incorporates ceramic materials thermally applied a fraction of an inch below the ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... and manual machine adjustment (causing variable accuracy, excessive downtime, waste materials, and astronomical maintenance costs) are a thing of the past. I/O modules, programmable logic controllers ...

Flexible Packaging Strategies for 2002: In Summary

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March 31, 2000, With improving technologies in materials and processing, flexible packaging plays an increasingly important role in many markets. Multilayer stand-up With improving technologies in materials and processing, ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... at the FPA's Fiftieth Anniversary Annual Meeting, held February 29 through March 3 at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, AZ. FPA reports that the winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

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February 29, 2000, ... and son Andres is in charge of marketing. Both Ricardo and Andres have more than 15 years of flex-pack experience. Top Equipment, Technology, Materials ISMA's printing and laminating department is housed ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

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January 31, 2000, ... service processes such as materials procurement, order entry and release, planning and scheduling, and overall financials; automated software tools with which a company can optimize resource utilization, ...

Converting Coverage Grows at Graphics of the Americas

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December 31, 1999, ... Gualtieri Your Top 20 Pressroom Headaches: Quick Fixes and Long-Term Solutions, by Ken Rizzo Sunday, February 6, Flexible Packaging Materials and its Printing, by Dr. Francesc Astals Special events ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, Static electricity is described as a nonflowing electrical charge that builds up on nonconductive or ungrounded conductive materials. The most common Static electricity is described as a nonflowing electrical ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

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October 31, 1996, ... in the development of the methodology, members from all parts of the industry - substrate manufacturers, ink manufacturers, and the printers themselves - will be donating the materials and facilities needed ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... tight specifications and good roll formation, which provide the necessary even tension control that minimizes blocking at the core and gauge bands. "We constantly seek out quality, low-cost raw materials, ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... as many materials as possible from outside suppliers. Don't bother telling any of this to the folks at Walle Corp., headquartered in Harahan, LA. Walle's sales climbed from $4.5 million in 1982 to $28.7 ...