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Converting Industry News

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April 30, 2002, ... for faster press runs with better quality and accuracy. “Partnership with others in the industry helps us remain competitive by keeping us in close contact with the end-users of our products,” notes ...

On the Move

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April 30, 2002, News from: AAA Press, Alden & Ott , Akzo Nobel, Avery Dennison, Badger Paper, Batson, Bobst, Catalina Graphic Films, Channeled Resources, Color Resolutions, Container Graphics, Creo, Crown Roller, ...

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

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April 30, 2002, ... Zapper bio-based press and blanket wash is said to combine high performance with safety and environmental benefits. Derived from corn and soybeans, it reportedly is 100% biodegradable and nontoxic and ...

PCMC to Demo New Designs at Corrugated 2002

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2002, ... to PCMC (Paper Converting Machine Co.) the company will be highlighting the latest in advanced Linerflex™ C.I. PrePrint flexo press for the corrugated industry. "Following the purchase of the intellectual ...

Products

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March 31, 2002, ... meat and cheese packaging. Offers high performance on faster gravure presses because of its ability to dry quickly, co. reports. Air Ring Boosts Blown Film Output Brampton Engineering, Brampton, ON, ...

Advantage Flexo? Carton Converters Convene at FFTA

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March 17, 2002, ... basic color theory all the way to the instruments and controls that can be used as it relates to flexo printing." ICC Color Profiling:"We are very excited to share the press trial data that validates ...

Reporter Clips

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February 28, 2002, ... KS, will be phased out so manufacturing can focus on the co.'s two main specialty label plants in Tampa and in Joplin, MO. Production on the wide web presses in these two facilities will be ramped up, with ...

The Buck Stops

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February 28, 2002, ... over the last couple of years about the development of in-line cartonboard production for narrow web presses,” White reports. “Repeatedly, this area's been forecast to revolutionize flexo growth. But, quite ...

Is Your VFD Clean, Dry, and Tight?

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February 28, 2002, ... or even failure. Dust absorbs moisture, which also contributes to failure. Spraying air through the heat sink fan periodically is a good PM measure. Discharging compressed air into a VFD is a viable ...

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... Monferrato, between Milan and Turin, but soon grew its business to include service and rebuilds. Rotomec soon became recognized as an important manufacturer of both rotogravure printing presses and coating ...

Getting On with Business!

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November 30, 2001, ...  Feb. 3-6: GAA Pressroom Conference, Sponsored by Gravure Assn. of America, Jupiter Beach Resort, Jupiter, FL (716/436-2150; www.gaa.org). Feb. 13-14: Plastics Impact on the Environment, Sponsored ...

Products

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November 30, 2001, ... for spot, knock-out, and flood applications. Complete solution is said to ensure simple and accurate registration with printed graphics. Allows seamless integration with prepress workflow, streamlining ...

Materials

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November 29, 2001, ... board said to provide compression strength equal to or greater than F, G, and N mini-flute board. It combines a smooth and bright (GE 85) coated facing stock with a virgin kraft board to deliver what is ...

Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit

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October 30, 2001, ... tape-mounted plate to sleeve • All three sleeve types processed “in-the-round” While CTP has helped flexo in its quest for quality, flexo printers cannot let digital prepress costs price the methodology ...

What's New Product

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September 30, 2001, ... of Auto-NIS® system, a portable, Windows-based automatic nip profiler, is available, says mfr. System is an optical scanner and software system that reads and interprets Pressurex/Fuji Prescale nip impression ...

Westvaco Launches Forte for Folding Cartons, "A Mini-Flute Alternative

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September 18, 2001, ... medium-sized packaging. According to Westvaco, Forte is a 36-pt solid fiber board that provides compression strength equal to, or greater than, F, G, and N mini-flute board. It's said to combine an extremely ...

Which Way Does the Wind Blow?

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July 31, 2001, ... to a combination of upward price pressures from substrate suppliers and cost-cutting pressure from their end-use customers.” The report draws the conclusion that we have not seen the last of the heavy ...

Products

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July 31, 2001, ... converting and easy operation. System offers speeds to 1,000 fpm; removable modular punch unit or die module; vacuum removal of waste; and air-operated unwinds/rewinds and nip rollers. Gearless Press ...

Converting Industry News

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June 30, 2001, ... of ±1/64 in. Supplier Information Pactiv Corp., Lake Forest, IL; 877/722-8481 Association News Global Innovation Is Focus of PSTC Seminar ORLANDO, FL, USA—The Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) ...

When It Comes to Flexo Quality the Sky's the Limi

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June 30, 2001, ... is no longer a limitation of flexographic printing.” The Forum's technical sessions covered an extremely broad range of topics, including prepress; the methodology of FIRST (Flexographic Image Reproduction ...