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Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans

(Yo's Yarns)

June 21, 2011, ... to objectively evaluate the fact and to refrain from purely populist measures. Finally we would like to establish that, irrespectively of degradability, a fair open market competition between plastic ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

May 31, 2011, ... Control color measurement. Xeikon America, Itasca, IL, enters into partnerships with two industry organizations to offer business development services to North American label printers. The partnership ...

Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

May 31, 2011, ... model with CutStar roll sheeter, Prinect Press Center with Intellistart operator guidance system, integrated Wallscreen, and Axis Control color measurement and control system. An integrated UV system from ...

Static Beat: Surface Resistivity Testing

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2011, ... easier to talk about surface resistivity, which is the inverse of surface conductivity. Before we can determine what surface resistivities are needed for our products, we need to measure surface resistivity ...

Two Earn SGP Certification

(Magazine)

May 31, 2011, SEATTLE, WA | Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), an independent, nonprofit organization for sustainability certification in the graphic communications SEATTLE, WA | Sustainable Green Printing ...

Monster Energy Drink Gets Military Decoration

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 24, 2011, ... the CTI ink. At a pre-determined temperature, the ink changes color. CTI’s expansion into new markets such as security and anti-counterfeiting measures while another patented CTI capability, a photochromic ...

Do You Want Nips with That? Part 2

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ... roller is air lubrication. You may measure web-to-roller COF as 0.3 or 0.6, but the true coefficient of traction (COT) may drop when entrained air exceeds the combined surface roughness of web and roller. ...

Scrap Reduction Topic of Workshop

(Adhesives)

April 30, 2011, ... solutions director for Henkel, presented a case study showing the benefits of a structured approach to scrap definition, measurement, analysis, improvement, and control. “For the supervisors, operators, ...

Tension Control for Slitters

(Slit)

April 30, 2011, ... tension control system is available for company's range of slitter/rewinders. Precise rewind tension control is achieved through load cells linked to a PLC to measure tension values at each working station. ...

Roll Finishing-Cut & Sand

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

April 30, 2011, ...  The key to smoothly sanding the paper rolls to meet the high standards Norkol's customers require is the system's sensor technology. The Multi-Axis Force/Torque Sensors measure all six components of force ...

Gauge Meets MID Certification

(Controls)

April 30, 2011, The LS9000 Series of gauges is said to produce highly accurate non-contact length and speed measurements. Coupled with a DataPro controller, the system The LS9000 Series of gauges is said to produce highly ...

TLMI Announces Eugene Singer Award Winners

(Label/Tape News)

March 31, 2011, ... management measured and defined by an established set of growth and profitability ratios through the participation in the TLMI Management Ratio Study. The Singer Award is given annually to four narrow ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... Analytics, Greensboro, NC, for its SpecMetrix Systems coating thickness and film weight measurement technology. SpecMetrix serves as an optical interference technology to combine state-of-the-art optics, ...

INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... of Technology Reproducibility of Active Anilox Volume Measurement Methods — Daniel Reilly, Flint Group Flexo Printing with Ultra-Thin Plates (0.030 in.) — P.J. Fronczkiewicz, Flint Group Flexographic ...

Henkel, Nordmeccanica Host Scrap Reduction Workshop

(Adhesives)

March 27, 2011, ... measurement, analysis, improvement and control. “For the supervisors, operators and decision-makers who run flexible packaging operations, scrap is a big issue,” says Perkins. “Henkel’s philosophy is ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... Technology of the Year Award is Sensory Analytics, Greensboro, NC, for its SpecMetrix Systems coating thickness and film weight measurement technology (12). SpecMetrix serves as an optical interference ...

Color Control Brings Business to 3C

(Print)

February 28, 2011, ... and transition process for an aspirin company and its various brands. The aspirin company's goal was to reach a uniform look across its full product line and to apply the same level of precise measurement ...

Checking a Security Breach

(Print)

February 28, 2011, ... pursuit of our commitments,” Gloger says. “While this incident is unfortunate, we are taking every measure possible to ensure the high degree of brand security that our vendors have come to expect when ...

Improve Coating Process Control

(Thickness Gauging)

February 28, 2011, ... thickness as low as 0.5 microns. Can monitor multiple layers of coating (including UV and adhesives) simultaneously on or across a web at up to 20 measurements/sec. System helps manufacturers identify ...

Apply Thin Coatings

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2011, Coating rolls have as little as 1 micron TIR, allowing them to apply very thin coatings. Most coating rolls are also company's ThermEx heat transfer rolls, Coating rolls have as little as 1 micron TIR, ...