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Amidst Staffing Shortages, Working Hard Is the Norm

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May 31, 2002, "The good news is I've heard positive reports regarding a healing economy. The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) says that 'manufacturing activity slowed in April but is still showing ...

What's New in Narrow We

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May 31, 2002, ... Compatible with most label-creation software packages, printer supports the programming languages of other major bar code printer systems. Flood Cure Unit is Portable Honle UV America Inc., Marlboro, ...

Digital Flexo Plates: From Pioneers to End-Users

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May 31, 2002, ... number of offset package printers are using CTP systems as the package design and production process becomes digital from end to end. One area in which this symbiotic relationship has not been applied ...

FFTA Campaigns for Flexo

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May 31, 2002, ... packaging workflows; more complex package designs with realistic images; retailers becoming more involved and regional specialization; the use of graphics across multiple substrates and innovative structures ...

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

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April 30, 2002, ... than 3% of the total cost of the package. At typical coating weights, one might apply much less than 1 cent of coating per sheet (assuming 40×25-in. sheet; 0.5 lb/1,000 sq ft dry coating wt; $1/web lb ...

The Good and Bad Sides of Offset Powder

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April 30, 2002, Many things in everyday life can be good or bad, depending on circumstance and use. We need food to sustain ourselves, but too much leads to obesity and Many things in everyday life can be good or bad, ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

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April 30, 2002, ... esthetic appeal to Rocking Chair Confections Olde Country Foil Wrapped Mints. Sold at independent specialty gift and collectible shops, the product features a package that includes a window bag with ...

Man Roland Renews Vow to Xeikon

(News | New Products)

April 21, 2002, ... says the mfr., "speeding from job to job in a matter of minutes. This makes the press ideal for just-in-time packaging and label work. For a low admission price, package and label printers get a high-performance ...

Dive in the Ipex "SEE" of Technolog

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April 11, 2002, ... reports the co., the Thermolite Plus direct-imaging plate, will be introduced. According to Agfa, its patented, innovative technologies can help package printers achieve high-resolution imaging and ...

RFID Labels a Good Read

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March 31, 2002, ... X-Ident's core technology is packaging the inlays using micro-chips produced by the likes of Texas Instruments and Phillips Electronics in a way that ensures the packaged inlays function correctly for the ...

Converters Look for Safe Harbor Amid Choppy Waters

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March 31, 2002, ... had not passed an economic stimulus package. Said H.A. Brandtjen III, NPES government affairs committee chairman and president of Brandtjen & Kluge: “We can expect to see improvement only by recreating ...

Reporter Clips

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March 31, 2002, ... of Labels and Narrow Web covered in-house training; Mike Fairley of Labels & Labeling Consultancy detailed opportunities in security and anticounterfeiting; and Sue Friedman of Package Printing outlined ...

BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol

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March 31, 2002, ... do to prevent fraud?” Brand owners are asking more of their packages these days, and as they do, converters are being asked about package security, authentication, and tracking. You want to respond ...

Printing Best Practices Review: The Digital Impact

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March 21, 2002, What's the best way to do print business in the current and continually growing digital climate? NAPL and PIA may have a few answers for package printers in "Best Business Practices for the Printing Industry." ...

Advantage Flexo? Carton Converters Convene at FFTA

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March 17, 2002, ... is maintained. The average person discerns no difference between a flexo-printed package and its offset counterpart. FFTA's folding carton session co-chairs, Paul Lancelle, Green Bay Engraving, Inc, and ...

TLMI Inspires Members to Roll On

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2002, ... Consultancy detailed opportunities in security and anticounterfeiting; and Sue Friedman of Package Printing outlined product expansion opportunities. For more information contact TLMI at 630/357-9222 ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2002, ... than six Latin American countries are actively pursuing new recycling policies that could impact exports of packaged goods. For more information contact Raymond Communications; 301/345-4237; raymond.com. ...

Materials

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February 28, 2002, ... to package food items in the store. Two-Part Adhesive Offers Flexibility AdLamCo, York, PA; 717/845-7088 McStick 241 two-part, 100% solids adhesive with no VOCs can be run by flexo, gravure, and the ...

Products

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February 28, 2002, ... F high-speed, thermal transfer printers are said to be perfect for printing code dates, pricing, variable information, and scannable bar codes directly onto package substrates such as film, foil, paper, ...

Technology Raid Ipex-Style

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February 28, 2002, ... design package. We're taking some of core technologies, like the gearless Infiniti press, and asking the question, ‘How do we make this machine more palatable to a larger market share?’ In other words, ...