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Drug Dispensers

(Archive)

September 30, 2003, ... or foil; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive that anchors the patch to the skin. The adhesive is covered by a release liner, which needs to be peeled off before applying the patch to the skin. Drugs administered ...

Hard Copies Keep Paper in Demand For Now

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... A.D. that actual paper was invented in China. Mixed mulberry bark, hemp, rags, and water were pressed and hung to dry. This turned out to be one of man's greatest inventions. The driving force behind ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... line of pressure-sensitive film constructions is designed for package decoration. Custom and off-the-shelf products are called ideal for full-squeeze, semi-squeeze, and rigid containers. Reportedly perfect ...

Producing Coextruded High Barrier Heat-Shrinkable Packaging Films

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... rapid cooling achieved with a water quenching process suppresses crystallization and produces films with excellent clarity and flexibility. This same rapid quench process produces films with poor dimensional ...

Folding Carton Shipments Up in 2003

(Folding Cartons)

June 08, 2003, ... to be compressed by market forces." PPC adds the average value per ton decreased by -0.7 in April year-over-year and decreased -2.1 percent year-to-date when comparing this year's data to 2002. The stability ...

Converting Activity Strong in Middle East and Turkey

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... equipment from Schiavi, Flexo Technica, Nordmeccanica, Comexi, and DCM. The manufacturing facility has three rotogravure printing presses as well as a flexo press. Capabilities include solventless, solvent-based, ...

Materials

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... inks incorporate an exclusive formulation process said to produce strong, vibrant hues. Suited for flexo, rotary screen, offset, and letterpress, the inks are available in an array of colors including ...

Model Behavior

(Archive)

May 31, 2003, ... usually four sided, as illustrated in Figure 1. Smaller elements are used where pressures and velocities are changing rapidly. For each element the basic equation of fluid mechanics (the Navier-Stokes ...

Can't Touch This (Web): Part

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... control of a web without roller contact. Using directed, pressurized air streams, air flotation systems shape the moving web into planar, sinusoidal, cylindrical, or helical forms. Air foils, the gentlest ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... L/D extruder. Line comes with a 200-mm (8-in.), five-layer, low-pressure pancake die with changeable inserts; remote sizing-control bubble cage; horizontal-type oscillating hauloff; and automatic back-to-back ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... offset, screen, letterpress, gravure, dot matrix, and indigo printing methods. Improved Liners Aid Drum LabelingFLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; flexcon.com DRUMcal now is available with ...

AIMCAL Winners Pulsate with Panache

(Corrugated)

March 31, 2003, ... impressed the judges enough to earn the Peter Rigney Product of the Year Award for its holographic heart rendition of Elizabeth Arden's (Miami Lakes, FL) Forever Elizabeth fragrance box. Hub Folding Box, ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... and compatibility with thermal transfer, flexo, offset, screen, letterpress, gravure, dot matrix, and indigo printing methods. Improved Liners Aid Drum LabelingFLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; ...

Enercon's ELF Roll Designed for Thin Film Converter

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2003, ... to turn more freely than conventional rolls; this, says the co., adds to production stability, especially during frequent stops and starts. "Continued development in films have put the pressure on many ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... and has the fewest additives and raw ingredients possible. Also described as a fast-setting, stay-open process series that performs well on a vast array of presses. Shrink Film Product of New Technology ...

Russian Revolution

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... performance in the European market arena. Russia certainly represents a major opportunity for worldwide players at all levels of the packaging value chain, whether they are press manufacturers, manufacturers ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... Narrow Web Press Operation Seminar, Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI (920/735-4755; fvtc.edu/flexo). Feb. 27-28: Packaging and Label Gravure Association Conference, Adams Mark Hotel, Clearwater ...

South America and the Self-Adhesive Label Industry

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... Fueling this growth will be the increasing sophistication of warehousing, product, and component tracking systems; growth in direct mail, Internet ordering; express mail services; and other bar code-focused ...

UV-Curable Jet Inks Are We There Yet?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... used in packaging for 30 years. From their humble beginnings in the early 1970s, they now hold significant market share in major printing processes, including lithography, flexography, letterpress, and ...

Valmet Says There Are Positive Signs from Russian Converters

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2002, ... metallizers for plastic film. Part of the Italian Pavilion promoted by ICE, the Italian Export development agency, the Valmet Converting stand in Upakovka featured Rotomec gravure and flexo printing presses ...