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Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... The print-receptive and thermally stabilized PET film reportedly provides a high degree of adhesion to both UV and solvent-based hardcoats and graphic inks and is said to have a superior scratch- and chemical-resistant ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... metallizers in the field as well as its own. Said to provide significant improvement in both oxygen and water barriers, system also reportedly allows some previously unmetallizable films to be metallized. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... The 52-in., eight-color, CI press, which will be installed in Farnell’s Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, facility, is gearless and reportedly features advanced sleeve technology. Farnell serves both narrow and ...

Exopack Signs to Buy Plassein Flex-Pack Plants

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2003, ... and our ability to serve our major plastics customers in the important West Coast and Canadian markets. This acquisition is a major step toward our strategic goal of expanding our already successful plastic ...

Industry Responds to California Plastic Bag Tax

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2003, ... burden on an important California industry already staggering under high utility rates and other costs of doing business in the state," SPI explains. "The trade association alliance plans to launch a strenuous ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... an anilox roller, EPDM stereo roller, and doctor blade are fitted to enable user to get high quality flexo proofs up to 1 m long, co. says. All flexo inks, including high-viscosity, UV-curable inks, reportedly ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 31, 2002, ... film split patterns, dilatent scratches, and lumpiness, mfr. reports. Also can formulate for curtain coating. Requires only 500 cc of coating and measures surface tension at 1 millisecond surface age. ...

Neither Boom Nor Bust

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... buying a new vehicle. People probably figured the economy is weak and their portfolios are down the drain, so they bought a SUV to cheer themselves up. Motor vehicles have replaced Prozac as the anti-depressant ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... designed for high-speed production of bags on a roll, features enhancements to increase production efficiency, safety, and ease of operation, co. reports. Wound bags may be perforated or separated and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... Lids Print Clearly Constantia, a manufacturer of die-cut lids located in Barrington, IL, reports it has introduced its unembossed lidding to America. The company reports benefits include improved peel ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ...  Press Update Includes Doctor Blade Cooper Printing Machinery Ltd., Herts, England; +44 (0) 1582 764431; cooperprint.co.uk Updated Model 1100 sheet-fed flexo press reportedly includes all features ...

1950s

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2002, ...  Important to paper converters and the nation’s business at large was the formation of the National Production Authority on Sept 8. Defense mobilization and industry regulations under the agency develops ...

Turning Standard into Specialty

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... the most cost efficient method to convert the products our customers need.” The servo-controlled, laser die-cutting system combines motion control and laser technologies and reportedly can cut most ...

Our Newest Rivals

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... Line: Provider or Partner There's a new set of rules emerging that converters and commercial printers need to understand: To the buyer, it is more important which supplier can provide the most products ...

Packaging That Really Works

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... sport drinks, and case-ready meat also head the list. Other substantial markets include trays and lidding stock for home replacement meals and composite cans. Projections call for the use of 3 billion ...

Pactiv to Buy Winkler Forming

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2002, Pactiv Corp. reports an agreement to purchase Winkler Forming, Inc. Pactiv says it will purchase the thermoformer of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (APET) for food packaging for $72.5 million (approximately ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... with ranges from ⅛-1.5 PLI, reportedly making it suitable for a range of materials including light films, film laminates, nonwovens, and light papers. Two 10-hp motors are utilized in an AV vector drive ...

A Day in the Lives of Some Very Smart Packages

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... of the kitchen were inventorying themselves to determine whether their levels were reaching re-order points. By 6:00 A.M. each day, all the packages in the house had to transmit a report of their status ...

BRAND PROTECTION: The Converter's Rol

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... to your customers' needs, and you see an opportunity to add value to products that otherwise can be commodity items, but you don't know how to proceed. “Should I become a security printer? Do I need to ...

Products

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February 28, 2002, ... six) that face the inner disk surface. Sufficient heat dissipation for continuous industrial use is provided by the raised fin design of the disk's outer surface, mfr. reports, and its low profile makes ...