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Materials

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... to capture, create, and hold consumer attention in advertising, packaging, point-of-purchase display, gift-wrap, and label applications. The metallized application reportedly diffracts light to create ...

The Digital Advantage... More Than Just Printing

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October 31, 2000, ...  in the next six months, because the volume is getting to the point where we're just not able to handle everything in one shift and still keep the customer happy. In other people's areas, they may say the ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

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September 30, 2000, ... provided by the state. In addition, the SPI is addressing US workforce issues through its appointment of Gary Moore. Moore, who was appointed last spring and, according to the SPI, has more than 20 ...

The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth

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August 31, 2000, ... points out, "Our philosophy is governed by the company's mission statement: `Vacumet Corp. exists to satisfy profitably the current and future needs of its customers, employees, shareholders, and suppliers, ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... Ignites Candy Sales MOORESVILLE, NC, USA—When Beacon Sweets launched its line of Baskin-Robbins Smooth & Creamy Hard Candy, sales were disappointing. Company executives looked closely at the package and ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

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June 30, 2000, ... contract converting. When Rick Lewis, president of Winter, Bell Co., High Point, NC, and G.L. "Sparky" Stroud, VP of manufacturing, traveled to Jagenberg's facility in Massachusetts in the fall of 1997, ...

Box Plant Rises from the Ashes to New Heights

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May 31, 2000, ... good relationships. Good relationships with your suppliers, customers, employees, and competitors are key to your survival. The support was overwhelming." He also points out that many plant owners can ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... not an unusual one for someone seeing Blue Ridge's paper mill for the first time) when Alan Denney pointed to the gargantuan structure as we drove toward it one morning last fall. Situated among the ...

More Laminating Diversity Equals More Success

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May 31, 2000, ... that runs through all of these industries. Jerry Hightower, president and founder of the company, explains: "We're very diversified from a laminating point of view." Bondtex was started by Hightower in ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

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March 31, 2000, ... that surface is the first area to reach the desired setpoint. The rollers convert 100% of the energy received into heat. For applications requiring roller temperatures up to 350 deg F continuously, ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, ... company converted everything from folding cartons and point-of-purchase (POP) displays to tags and labels. (Dyno Press itself no longer does any printing.) "In the beginning we took in everything we ...

Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag

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February 29, 2000, ... and Turning Points The independent bagmaking company celebrated its 75th anniversary last September, complete with two-days' worth of activities for its 450 employees. T.O. Bancroft Jr., recently retired ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

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February 29, 2000, ... It took a big push near the end, but they mustered up the resources and did a good job of getting the press to the point where it could do everything we were told it would be able to do." Colbert already ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

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February 29, 2000, ... they cannot place larger orders of printed material for the whole range of products. No matter what the application is--promotions, strategics, or whatever--the point is that some products in the lines ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... the film scratch-free. We Tefloned everything. It's very good for quick changeovers." Also, Lee points out, the company owned a Moore & White sheeter (co. no longer operating) that had been idle until ...

Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects

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December 31, 1999, ...  demands consistent high quality and lower prices. This system delivers." Making Good (and More) on Promises Zohar also points to a significant reduction in waste. "Even though we're running at faste ...

What you should know about filled adhesives and coatings

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October 31, 1996, ... eventually becomes dislodged, there will be a streak in the coating at the point on the web corresponding to the trapped item under the knife. Obviously, the deformation of the coating makes that portion ...

Flexible packaging converter treats its customers right.

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October 31, 1996, ... lamination, it comes pretreated with a dyne level between 39 and 42. For various reasons, our client might put a hold on production," Ramseur points out. "The film might lay in storage for three months ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... general manager of Chase & Sons, points out that the switch from solvent-based coating systems was a customer-driven decision. First, he explains, customers are consistently demanding reduced product cost. ...

Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ... or laminated foil or film on board in widths to 58 inches in diameters to 72 inches. Our laminations range from a 15-pound tissue to a 40-point board." Three years ago things began to change. Alubec ...