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- 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 ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... manufacturers eliminated the tapes from the outer jacketing, replacing them with extrusion-processed materials. Other parts of the cable eventually incorporated extrusion processes as well (to reduce tape ...
- Gauging system lights the way
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- August 31, 1996, ... Typical encapsulating materials include polyester and Aclar, a flexible thermoplastic copolymer made and sold by Allied Signal. After encapsulation, the lamp is trimmed and electrical terminations (supplied ...
- Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry
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- June 30, 1996, ... the cost of materials was still the major component of the increased costs." Even more disconcerting was the difference between net profits for all US manufacturing and that of flexible packaging. The ...
- A look at the status of UV/EB curing
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- June 30, 1996, ... by RadTech International North America, offered 24 sessions covering a wide-ranging spectrum of technology and issues in ultraviolet and electron beam curing. Topics included materials, equipment, processing, ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
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- June 30, 1996, ... 8 to 24 in. wide. The versatile system is able to produce cast films from a single layer up to seven layers in all types of layer structures utilizing a wide range of thermoplastics and barrier materials. ...
- Gravure gets easier
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- April 30, 1996, ... and ancillary materials and supplies have been developing innovations and "short cuts" that have made the process less costly and more efficient. From combination presses to lightweight coating sleeves, ...
- Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.
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- March 31, 1996, ... The concept of using bagasse for papermaking is crucial to the Indian pulp and paper industry, which suffers a shortage of forest-based cellulosic raw materials. Recycling Units Tesco Stores U.K. ...
- Today's printing presses are whatever you want them to be
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- March 31, 1996, ... says Eulich. "With a platform press, you could do that in minutes." Versatility - the ability to handle a very wide range of materials on the same press - is another direction Eulich sees press manufacturers ...
- Innovation is a winner in FPA competition
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- March 31, 1996, ... the packaging materials, and the package was designed by Gammon Ragonesi Assoc., NY. Dog Treats Made Easy James River earned another award for the Meaty Bone Easy Carry, Reclosable, Stand-Up Bag. ...
- In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality
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- February 29, 1996, ... within the hour, sheet it, and ship it to Hammer within 48 hours." Sheeting in-house is also viewed as a vehicle to help control the quality of raw materials, since the sheeting quality Hammer was getting ...
- Core selection - the difference between success and failure.
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- January 31, 1996, ... Ovality is especially critical for very thin materials, as any core that is out-of-round can stretch the substrate, producing an inconsistent product or even a web break. * Straightness is critical ...
- Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?
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- January 31, 1996, ... kg/kg of inks and other materials applied for each press. A final action is likely to be published in the spring of 1996 on the establishment of these MACT standards. Converters utilizing rotogravure ...