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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... Kohl and Madden Printing Inks should have read: 800/793-0022; kohlmadden.com. Easy-Open Amcor System Suits Cheese Package The EasyPack system from Amcor Flexibles Europe, Gloucester, U.K., proved ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... connectivity between nearly all types of PLCs, human machine interface software, enterprise software packages, bar code scanners, and more. Offers real-time connectivity and is said to reduce manufacturing ...

A Snapshot of Today's European Converting Industr

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... Production volumes are reducing as brand manufacturers use a variety of “product decoration” technologies, individually or in combination. Different package sizes of the same product may employ direct ...

FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, Highlights of FTA's annual forum 'Reaching New Heights,' and some of the most noteworthy Excellence in Flexography 2003 award winners. (Package graphics included!) Highlights of FTA's annual forum 'Reaching ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... exhibitors and 370,000 visitors expected. Exhibits will include prepress and premedia; printing; book binding and print finishing; paper converting and package production; and materials and services. Proud ...

Winding Better Rolls

(Archive)

May 31, 2003, ... and produce a better “package” for your next operation or customer. Q: What are the benefits of a winding nip? A: The winding nip has four main functions. First, it reduces the span length into ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... gearhead delivers 3 arc-min positional accuracy in a package size that is just 2 mm (sq) × 37 mm long. With a rated torque of 5 in.-lb and a maximum torque of 24 in.-lb, gearhead has both an input shaft ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... in Gravure For its new hard candy, Chocfuls, Cadbury Trebor Allan wanted two different package sizes, excellent color reproduction, and lots of detail. Sonoco, Hartsville, SC, made it all happen. The ...

Model Behavior

(Archive)

May 31, 2003, ... element method for fluid flow is available for lease as a computational fluid dynamics package from several vendors to accomplish these tasks. Two vendors, for example, are Fluent Inc. in New Hampshire ...

Clear, Crisp Color

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... the Bertolli Frozen Dinner for Two packages made this entry the obvious choice as best in show, says GAA. This package was also one of two winners in the packaging/film category. Packaging/Technical ...

Splash & Pop

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2003, A new W&H Astraflex is giving customers of Pliant Corp.'s Langley plant eye-popping flexible packages with the splash afforded by printing with ten colors. A new W&H Astraflex is giving customers of Pliant ...

Barrier Coatings Friendly to Environment Now Available

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2003, ... according to the manufacturer, the coatings are fully recyclable. States BASF: "The polymer dispersions protect packaged goods against water, moisture, oil, and grease. BASF's new concept means the paper ...

'Business as Usual Isn't an Option' for 900 Flexographers at FF

(News | New Products)

May 18, 2003, ... opened with a consumer-product company summit that addressed the present-day demands of package buyers and the most practical approaches that printers and converters can utilize in meeting them. Orchestrated ...

FTA Awards Exemplify High-End Flexo

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... There, nearly 1,000 flexographers seized the opportunity to study the winning print jobs and comment on modern-day applications and flexography’s growing share of the package-printing market. In keeping ...

Choosing Laboratory Dispersing Equipment That's Right for Yo

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... are used in package printing inks. Pigments, as raw materials, are not suitable for printing inks until they are reduced to a fine particle size to optimize color and performance characteristics. Pigments ...

Complete Solutions

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... “no-label-look” labels are created using DI-NA-CAL's innovative heat-transfer technology, which allows the labels to bond physically to the surface of containers — becoming a part of the package itself. ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... offers excellent cohesion, flexibility, and adhesion to various polyolefin films and metallized foils. Can be used as a surface printing ink vehicle. Control Web Tension with Digital Package Andantex ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... technology, and consumer packaged goods, is designing the critical elements and creating global standards for the next-generation bar code—called the EPC Network. EPC is an evolution of the traditional ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... Mansfield, MA, served as codesigner as well as boxmaker and contract packager. CFC International Chicago, IL, metallizes the polyester (PET) for the five-component box while Unifoil adds a custom-designed, ...

Think Lean

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... be posting good performance figures. What other industry would accept its most expensive piece of capital equipment sitting idle 40%-50% of the time? Why does the package printing industry accept such ...