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What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2000, ... speeds to 250 fpm. It is equipped with idler rolls and a rubber-covered impression cylinder. The positive paper threading and geared plate cylinder are said to eliminate the need for electrical connections ...

For ''Friendly'' Adhesives and Coatings, You Must Prioritiz

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August 31, 2000, ... and similar approaches. Although there was sometimes a relatively steep learning curve involved in the switch, some converters, especially those using absorbative substrates such as paper, were able to ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... reportedly stops the machine with an absolute minimum of paper remaining on the core. Vinyl Film Ideal for Rigorous Applications Transilwrap Co. Inc., Franklin Pk., IL; 847/678-1800 Yukon vinyl banner ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... press for both narrow and wide width formats and its 100% digitally driven gravure press. Approximately 26% of the attendees at Drupa were interested in the paper converting and package production market ...

Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact

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May 31, 2000, ... technology will likely impact the converting world, Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER talked to our experts: contributing editors David J. Bentley Jr., William E. Hawkins, and Richard M. Podhajny; and technical ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

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May 31, 2000, ... "If there's an error in the order, it's because I entered it wrong, so I have total control over what I receive." Regan says ordering on-line also has helped reduce the amount of paper that reaches her, ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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April 30, 2000, ... zero current. This characteristic is useful in a printing application in which the user is running a wide range of tensions for wide webs and also very narrow webs of paper. Electromagnetic brakes are ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... AIMCAL technical consultant; Debbie Donberg, managing editor, Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER magazine; Mark Foote, VP, Packaging Partners LLC; John Marcantonio, president and CEO, Singulus Technologies Inc., ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... paper and no paper. An informational alarm supplies a warning that the paper supply is low. A reactive alarm shuts the machine down when the paper runs out. Each alarm can be addressed separately, and ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... the traditional multiwall paper bag. The COP technology provides tensile strength 3 to 4 times that of a competing PET/nylon/PE laminate and 30 to 40 times that of paper. The EVOH-based oxygen barrier ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... in the process." The Wohlenberg is used when the company is running the interleaving paper jobs with very narrow trim. Keeping It Clean The Class 10,000 clean room is designed for a constant rotation ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

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January 31, 2000, ... information technology (IT) on an enterprise-wide scale has not caught on to any great degree among converters is the complex nature of this business. A jumbo reel of paper with a certain set of attributes ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... poly-coated products and laminated products, such as sugar pouches, gum and ice cream bar wraps, paper ream wraps, and labels. Nowak explains, "A lot of the things we're producing aren't the highest margin ...

Saudi methanol producer plans expansion program

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November 30, 1996, ...  tissue mill in Prudhoe, Great Britain. With an annual capacity of 80,000 tons, this acquisition will give SCA Hygiene Paper, the group's combined tissue operations, a share of about 15% of the tissu ...

Web-inspection system supports label operation

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July 31, 1996, ... and hotels. Label America specializes in four-color process and data processing labels printed on a variety of papers, films, and specialty substrates and maintains an on-site raw materials inventory of ...

Tetra Pak plant in Spain is environmentally certified.

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July 31, 1996, Tetra Pak's converting facility for aseptic paper/poly/foil liquid food packaging materials in Arganda, near Madrid, Spain, has become the first factory Tetra Pak's converting facility for aseptic paper/poly/foil ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, In order to provide customers with just what its name promises, MSC Specialty Films needed the right core supplier. Star Paper Tube's new StarTech Div. In order to provide customers with just what its name ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... to film, film to polycoated paper or film to paper labels. To eliminate heat-induced distortion of film liners, the machine uses ultraviolet curing for the silicone release coating. The first coating ...

The challenge of formulating FDA compliance.

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April 30, 1996, ... to a listing of allowable substances and any restrictions on using them. An excellent example to cite is regulation 21 CFR 176.170, Components of paper and paper-board in contact with aqueous and fatty ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... to replace the previous jar inside a paperboard spiral-wound can. "Source reduction, convenient storage, ease of handling, and eliminating glass from the operating room are just a few of the benefits ...