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- Nitrocellulose, Solvents, Recycling, and Safety
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- September 30, 2000, Without proper precautions, the combination of nitrocellulose-containing inks, solvent-based press cleaners, and on-site recycling can be a deadly one. In the converting industry, it is normally desirable ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- August 31, 2000, ... a flame-retardant acetate film that will burn if exposed to an external flame and self-extinguish on removal. Combination Press Adds Speed Nilpeter Inc., Davie, FL; 954/385-8835; nilpeter.com The ...
- Converting Industry News
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- August 31, 2000, ... Hunter, Prime Graphics Internet Communications, chaired by Scott Gilbert, St. Laurent Paperboard Corp. Prepress, chaired by Chris Deye, Phototype Science Council, chaired by Chris Harper, ...
- More New Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... for both large presses printing high-end graphics or for small-format, sheet-fed presses, inks are said to offer the "widest window of water tolerance" available. Product's strong lithographic tolerance ...
- Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes
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- April 30, 2000, ... The printer had to flood coat the front side of a noncompressible substrate, then trap a fine vignette over the top with no hard break, and the vignette was cross directional to the web travel. Four inks ...
- Seventy-Five Years and Counting for Bancroft Bag
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- February 29, 2000, ... to learn how to run it," says Rothschild. More Than Bagmaking Bancroft Bag also prints the bags it produces. The company currently operates four older flexo presses manufactured by W&H; two other flexo ...
- FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less
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- February 29, 2000, The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), Washington, ...
- EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.
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- October 31, 1996, ... Pilot Plant of Western Michigan Univ. (WMU). They will be run on WMU'S press, and the preliminary tests will be conducted. One type of ink will then be sent to each volunteer facility for the field demonstrations. ...
- Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.
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- October 31, 1996, ... films, and paper is from E.B. Eddy Co. and Rhinelander. The operation includes three custom-designed Kidder stack presses, three central-impression presses, a Kroenert laminator/coater, and demetallizing ...
- Web-inspection system supports label operation
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- July 31, 1996, ... systems help improve performance on Label America's narrow web flexo-graphic presses from Webtron, Mark Andy, and Aquaflex, which print up to eight colors in widths to 18 in. Label America was one of ...
- Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry
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- June 30, 1996, ... Certainly the situation is not quite as severe as Chicken Little would describe it, but I'm not alone in my concerns. Others, whose jobs require that they take a close inspection of bottom lines, have expressed ...
- Handling hazardous materials: are you up to date?
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- May 31, 1996, ... preparations for a press or laminator. Male employees wearing dangling neckties frequently bent next to the nip rollers of an extruder that was running at 500 fpm. Other instances that come to mind include ...
- A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.
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- May 31, 1996, Duralam lowers costs and adds efficiencies to its short runs with a narrow version of a wide web press from PCMC.In business for nearly 30 years, Duralam Duralam lowers costs and adds efficiencies to its ...
- In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality
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- February 29, 1996, ... equipment ranges from an eight-color, 40-in. press to several multicolor 55- and 60-in. presses. (Information regarding suppliers is proprietary.) The next step was in-house sheeting, and Hammer was ...
- Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?
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- January 31, 1996, ... product and packaging rotogravure presses. This standard, commonly called a MACT (maximum achievable control technology) standard, would apply to any source within the industry with potential emissions ...
- Pollution prevention makes good sense
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- November 30, 1995, ... pressures are being placed on industry from all segments of society to reduce waste and to develop environmentally friendly products and packaging. The challenge is to overcome the obstacles to pollution ...
- Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.
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- July 31, 1995, ... be acid-washed on a regular basis to remove scale deposits. A high-temperature steam system may require a gas-fired boiler to generate excessive heat, creating a pressure vessel that requires regular ...
- Difficult employee terminations should be handled with care.
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- April 30, 1995, ... new legal theories is when they are combined with claims for violation of employment practices that are prohibited by statute. For example, a terminated female employee pressing a sex discrimination ...
- Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible
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- March 31, 1995, ... by 80%, and transportation fuel costs by 80%. James River Corp.'s Stand-Up Pouch This stand-up pouch holds an impressive 9 lb. of Ortho Dursban product, offers a zipper closure and a handle for consumer ...
- Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL
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- March 31, 1995, ... AIMCAL's annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ, on March 15-19. Impressed with the new application for metallization, along with the fact that the metallized label replaces a more expensive part, judges declared ...
