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Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... all assets of Chapco Carton Co. The new company will operate as Chicago Packaging Inc., with Charles G. Kiolbasa Jr. as president and Brian Rujawitz as chief operating officer. OPENINGS SSCC Opens ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ...  Creo, Burnaby, BC, Canada; 604/451-2770; creo.com With Preps 5.1 imposition software, a JDF file containing imposition instructions is sent from MIS to prepress and then opened in Preps to create a job ...

Notable & Flexible

(Flexpack)

February 27, 2005, ... 33 awards. For the fourth consecutive year, two packages earn a Highest Achievement Award. Here’s a look at some of the top winners. Unique Opening Makes Pouch a Standout Curwood receives a Highest ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ... to print either the etch-resist or the silver ink. It has a distinct advantage over flatbed, which requires a back-and-forth movement. The doctor blade has to pass over the screen to fill the mesh openings ...

Mechanics of Tension Control, Part II

(Archive)

November 29, 2004, ... of mechanical parts, which will require maintenance. This is an open loop tension control. It does not control tension by measuring tension in the web. It controls tension by measuring roll diameter. ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... experience." Rossini, known today as a producer of pressure rollers for rotogravure printing and sleeves for flexo printing, has opened a plant in L’Aquila and a production unit in Atlanta, GA. Recently, ...

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

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May 31, 2004, ... used their expertise to predict where flexo may go in the years ahead. Key points included the importance of speed to market in beating competitors; viewing flexo as a precision coating process to open ...

Embedded Control

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... faster and lower-cost implementation. Coordinated drive applications benefit from the speed of virtual backplane communication and the flexible, open communication interface. In these architectures, a ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

May 30, 2004, ... players, especially with advent of open, fully digital workflows. For more info., contact GASC at 703/264-7200, or visit gasc.org. Medical Converting Defective Patch Cited in Death CHICAGO, IL, ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... fan works with finned rotor to cool the brake, while open-designed guard allows heat to dissipate away from machine quickly. Cross-drilled holes in the rotor increase air flow, adding a critical element ...

PFFC Moves 'Uptown

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... coating at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Attended by 208 with 40 guests, the program was divided into concurrent sessions for web coating/laminating and vacuum web coating. An opening event ...

Omet Celebrates 40 Years

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... to narrow width films and folding cartons. Its latest introductions to the narrow web field were featured at the open house, including a demonstration of both the Varyflex FP and Flexy presses on opening ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... system that features a small opening at the focal point of the lens system. Reportedly, this design enables not only flat but also 3-D objects to be viewed and measured without errors due to parallax. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... plasticsindustry.org. ASTM System Opens Up Process WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, USA—ASTM International has launched an Internet-based system, designated Work Item Registration, designed to initiate, develop, ...

Zip-Pak's New Retortable Zipper Provides Even More Consumer Convenienc

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2003, ... losing zipper performance. "The strength required for repeated opening and resealing is retained," reports the manufacturer's press release, "and the heat seal that bonds the zipper to the packaging film ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... 5-235 deg C. Co. says redesigned unit features a simpler, user-friendly interface and space-saving smaller footprint. Co. adds open-access configuration makes sample preparation and cleanup simple and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Packaging. Packaging machines and technologies will continue using the names of Wrapmatic, Casmatic, and Pemco. PCMC Hosts Evolutionary Open House GREEN BAY, WI, USA—On February 18-19, Paper Converting ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ...  Pen Mam dust collector sheet-cleaning system was developed to relieve sheeting operators of dust-related blemishes. Suction headers have easily adjustable orifice openings, said to allow operator to vary ...

Automation and Options Spell Opportunity for Converters

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... This allows converters to minimize risks when they are forced to get more competitive in order to secure a key order.” Systems such as closed loop tension control are more exact than older open loop ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... a full day of TAPPI committee meetings. Monday’s opening session featured a keynote address by Dr. Roger D. Blackwell, Ohio State University marketing professor and president of Roger Blackwell Associates ...