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Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... Price is not a bargaining point, he says, because “marketplace competition sets the price. With us, quality and service begin the first time the sales team meets the customer. Quality and service are part ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... independently and guided into the application point. Ribbons can be spaced as near as 1 in. apart. The unit is said to simply bolt to the parent machine and is ready to use. FILM FEATURES HIGHER TEMPERATURE ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2001, ... a scrubber duct for boundary layer ozone extraction at the exit point of the station. Supplier Information Sherman Treaters Ltd., a div. of ITW, Thame, Oxon, U.K.; +44 (0) 1844-213686; shermantreaters.co.uk ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

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July 31, 2001, ... low melting point waxes used for wet bonding of materials or sealing of porous substrates. Application of these materials usually uses a dip and meter or kiss coating method. Today, such applications are ...

Shared Focus Makes for One Successful Company

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... aspects of running a manufacturing operation. “I didn't grow up in the label business,” explains Sellers, pointing to her days with Coopers & Lybrand, “but it's been my experience that if you can key ...

When You Say ''Converted Products,'' You've Said It A

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May 31, 2001, ...  the best guy out there?’ He said, ‘Dusenbery really is your best bet.’” Converted Products also offers a variety of single-pass, in-line operations in its rewind slitting services. Hahn points out th ...

A Winning Bet: Profile Industrial Packaging

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May 31, 2001, ...  place.” Profile employs 31 and runs seven days a week, 24 hours per day, operating four extrusion shifts and three conversion shifts. Swartz points out that most of his employees are cross-trained ...

WEB SOLUTIONS

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April 30, 2001, The key to a successful and low-cost upgrade is to have a competent engineering analysis done of all the critical machine interactions… Upgrade Can Add Years to Older Converting Machines Many older ...

The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... installed in their plant.” Though Böhme wasn't planning to invest in any more flexo at that point, he agreed to take a look at the gearless machine. “Originally, I had intended to wait for the technology. ...

Sheet-Fed Label Converter to Keep Winning Ways

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... on its expertise in offset litho technology to become a leading supplier of large point-of-purchase-type labels to corrugated box manufacturers, who in turn deliver their boxes with labels in place to ...

Some Smart Ways to Face Inevitable Price Increases

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... his product. Make sure any attempt at raising prices is accompanied by a reinforced emphasis on items such as technical service support. What can you do from a technical viewpoint? The key is to act ...

Flexo Inspection

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March 31, 2001, ... point in time. The fact is that 100% Sampling systems do not allow you to find every defect on the web — particularly nonrepeating defects. Their strength is in utilizing sampling techniques to monitor ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and the Internet. One point that came out: Although the Internet has become a viable competitor to print, one growth area for the printing industry is likely to be packaging materials and labels (particularly ...

A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together

(Unprinted Rolls)

February 28, 2001, ... as PE imine or ethylene acrylic acid polymers are formulated specifically for use as a primer. Which Technique Should I Use? That is the obvious question at this point. Unfortunately, the answer is ...

There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... standpoint, but equally influential on the choice of a laminate, is the preference of a consumer for a particular package. These preferences often have no technical basis as the following three examples ...

Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry

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January 31, 2001, ... or the adhesive at the point of origin. We measured the static at about 40,000 to 55,000 volts. Then we mounted the Virtual AC neutralizer bar four inches from the web, and in a fraction of a second, the ...

Reporter Clips

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December 31, 2000, ...  Narrow Web PEOPLE & PLACES Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC, has appointed Robbie King technical accounts manager for narrow web flexographers in the southeastern US. Wausau Coated Products, ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 30, 2000, ... Service Program offers co.'s "TRU-Point" plasteel doctor blade material for process printing cut to size for shipment within 24 hr. Included in the program are blades for Aquaflex, Mark Andy, Webtron, Allied ...

Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line

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November 30, 2000, ...  The most critical point to be considered when purchasing polyester film is the exact application for the film. A general application will not provide the information required to ensure that the right ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... to locate all types of new or used equipment, services, and systems. The free site provides the tools to develop equipment specifications. A single-point submission elicits direct responses from capable ...