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Converting Industry News

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April 29, 2001, ... that can convert the full range of new digital sizes or meet the exacting specifications of the retail market.” O'Connor adds that the sheeter, with ream wrap line, can package 100 reams/min; packages can ...

Products at CMM

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March 31, 2001, ... at CMM International. Process Makes Packages Easy to Tear Laser Machining Inc., Somerset, WI; 715/247-3285; precolaser.com The AcuTear laser process enables converters to produce packages said to ...

PPC AWARDS

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March 31, 2001, ... cartons had an extra fold on the handle to protect people's hands, and other packages had features making them easier to open. Fourteen packages received Gold Awards, and Caraustar Custom Packaging Group ...

Fido's Food Goes GLOSS

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March 31, 2001, ... explains, Bonar was among the first to use UV overlacquer for pet food packages. “UV was not new to packaging and to the industry, but it was new to multiwall. Our customers wanted it, needed it, so being ...

Flexo Inspection

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March 31, 2001, ... inspection. What is it? Does it work and on which kinds of presses and substrates? And is there any real benefit for a flexo printer to use 100% inspection of labels, cartons, envelopes, and flexible packages? ...

Extrusion Coating Technology For The Imaging Industry

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March 31, 2001, ... by milk cartons. Additional applications that developed were sack or bag kraft, sachet packages and pouches, and various industrial and building applications. Time also saw the development of new polymeric ...

Converting Industry News

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March 30, 2001, ... These machine changes were engineered and manufactured internally, and as a result, a wider variety of materials can be slit onto headless packages (versus requiring flanges on both ends). Tapered sides ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... ölscher, Lengerich, Germany. Prepac manufactures milk packages, bread bags, and packaging for hygiene products. According to Paradorn Chulajata, managing director of Prepac, “Fast job changes translating  ...

FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

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February 28, 2001, ... — packaging excellence, technical innovation, environmental achievement, and printing achievement. Following are details on just a few of the award winners — packages that represent the overall excellence ...

European Conference

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February 28, 2001, ... but also end uses and the demands of packages.” The meeting will be especially helpful to technical and development managers, marketing and sales managers, plant engineers and supervisors, technical ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

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January 31, 2001, ... in different parts of the world can be interesting. Again, local preferences may influence the package. Two examples of this involve packages that are actually rigid but contain some flexible components. ...

Reporter Clips

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January 31, 2001, ... is 3M's thickest thermally conductive tape. It is designed for bonding heat sinks to a wide variety of heat-generating electronic components, such as IC packages, circuit boards, and plasma-type flat panel ...

Products

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January 31, 2001, ... packages. When roll is depleted, only one changeover is required, with only minimal labor and downtime, says mfr. Safety Chuck Offers Improved Concentricity Boschert LLC, Mobile, AL; 800/479-0010  ...

Flexible Packaging Committee News

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December 31, 2000, ...  The technology was the result of the inventor's desire to find a way to reclose a package that emphasizes ease of use in opening and closing. The packages could contain cereal, toys, items for arts and ...

The Influence of Aluminum Gauge on the Adhesion of Extruded Polyester to Foil Using Adheisve Primers

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December 31, 2000, ... good chemical resistance, and good organoleptic properties of PET make it a possible enamel replacement in metal packages. Since extruded PET does not adhere well to metals, we started to develop an ...

The Case Against Oxidation as a Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil

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November 30, 2000, ... acid copolymers can run substantially colder than LDPE. This reduces potential organoleptic and other issues associated with high temperature processing. Acid copolymers often have use in demanding packages ...

Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving

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October 31, 2000, ... and Germany. Domestically, the driving force among Spanish converters is the retailing industry. Similar to the U.K., the multi-chain retailers approach food manufacturers for new packages. In Spain the ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... tobacco-related, and combination packages. The company received two excellence awards in the healthcare products/non-pharmaceutical category. For more information on the NPA awards, see the August issue ...

Materials

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September 30, 2000, ... oxygen inside plastic packages, reportedly preserving freshness and extending shelf life by reducing the oxygen from headspace, package, and food. Can be incorporated into multilayer barrier food packaging ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... ensure trouble-free performance in automated applications and is recommended for large labels; Raflacoat is suitable for applications involving uneven substrates; Raflalite is recommended for small packages ...