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2004 RFID What's New

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February 26, 2006, ... a liquid that can form ordered nanoparticles. When the particles are put into liquid form, they form an ink that can be used to print the three key components of a circuit: a semiconductor, a conductor, ...

Getting Personal With Donald R. Droppo Sr.

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January 30, 2006, Donald R. Droppo Sr. shares the benefits of his experience in the converting industry. Experience Speaks Curtis is celebrating 160 years in the folding carton business. Why has it been so successful ...

Can This Coater Be Saved?

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January 30, 2006, What to do with an aging coater? Modernize! Coater Upgrades What to do with an aging coater is a dilemma encountered by many people in the converting industry. As the coater matures, it will start ...

The Power of One

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January 30, 2006, CCI increases operational efficiencies with VantagePoint solution. Web Exclusive In order to increase efficiencies and improve quality, Columbus Container Inc. (CCI), a mid-size corrugated container ...

Bring Your Users to IPEX

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January 29, 2006, ... Digital Ad Lab, Pitney Bowes, Xplor, Printing Across Borders, Eumaprint, Info Trends and the BPIF Special Interest Groups. The Ipex travel partner, Creative Travel and Event Management, is on hand to ...

Getting Personal With Michael Nowak

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December 30, 2005, Michael R. Nowak, president and founder of Coating Excellence Intl., shares the benefits of his experience in the converting industry. Experience Speaks Who is your personal hero? Vince Lombardi—he ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... are, you don’t have time for a machine to be down. We need the best equipment and service the industry has to offer in order to do what we do.” Gil Bonilla, CEO and president of CSN, adds, “A very high ...

Illustrated Glossary of Printing Now Available

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October 22, 2005, ... as labels, displays, corrugated and folding cartons, flexible packaging, rigid containers (plastics and paperboard), bags, pouches, and multiwall sacks. Terms are arranged in alphabetical order, with ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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September 29, 2005, ... speed of the line, especially in web widths to 80 inches. We now have an unequaled combination of quality, web width, and the high production rate needed to fill orders in a timely manner. The extraordinary ...

AWA Releases New Prospectus

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September 14, 2005, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has released the first edition of The Global Beer Label Market Products Decoration Market & Technology Study 2005 AWAreness Report, as well as Labeling Markets: Asian Market ...

More of the 411 on RFID

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August 30, 2005, ... The suppliers will deploy equipment that will enable them to tag and read those tags in order to record shipments as they leave their facilities bound for Publix. CFDR, which was established in 2003 to ...

Converting Industry News

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August 30, 2005, ... order handling and a local presence in France. Dienes Group now offers its slitting technology through seven international sites and employs more than 500 people. Sheeter is Being Designed for ...

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

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July 30, 2005, ... connection to the order process. But the question is: Are the packaging converters willing to go through a rigorous re-engineering of their business processes? Many of these companies have been working ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, ... Stork Prints and Spraylat had this aim in mind and makes us well placed to offer large-volume RFID label orders with relatively short lead times.” The 20,000 batch of antennae was printed by Stork in ...

Laboring Lean

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July 30, 2005, ... the manufacture of equipment to meet the needs of a lean facility, starting at the office front door where orders are placed, through the manufacturing process, and out the shipping dock. But how does ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

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June 29, 2005, ... #8 If time is lost at changeover because of extensive cleaning or interchange of coating heads, analyze changeover procedures in order to find better ways to do it faster. Downtime on the coater, especially ...

Imitation of Life

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June 29, 2005, ... this work of gravure art is so eye appealing that judges say they can feel the tropic sun, hear the waves rolling in, and are ready to order the margaritas, raves GAA. The register is said to be best in ...

Heidelberg Reports Turnaround in Earnings

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June 11, 2005, Heidelberg reports that earning for financial year 2004/2005 (April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005) have experienced a turnaround in sales, incoming orders, and operating profit. Outlook for the next financial ...

"Small Guy" Equipped for Mega Growt

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May 30, 2005, ... improve on our unsurpassed commitment to quality and service," he says. "In order to be more competitive in a global economy, one must continually improve one’s quality and cost structure to compete with ...

Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2005, ... purchased along with home sales. Investment and capital goods orders are increasing strongly. Oil price increases have not had the same effect as in the 1970s. Basically, our economy is stronger than we ...