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ICE-ing | The Best Part

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... feature a final 12 sessions covering such subject matter as web cleanliness, slitting, inspection, emissions issues, color measurement, monitoring pressure-sensitive adhesives, and energy curable acrylates ...

Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit

(Controls)

January 31, 2011, ... too much product to its customers. In bad months, inaccuracies at the slitter/rewinder station were as much as 2.5%. For example, the company was under the impression it was delivering 1,000 lineal ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... Facebook, YouTube, or blog at http://iceusa2011.wordpress.com. Show Hours Wednesday, April 6 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 7 | 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Friday, April 8 | 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ... has been a trend for companies to invest in noncontact web cleaning systems even if the press or production line currently does not fall into the criteria above, simply because they want the flexibility ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ... and converting processes, including those involving paperboard. Our analysis of the causes and cures of waste — and thus our discussion of sustainability — starts not with the press itself, but where all ...

Expanded Content

(Print)

December 31, 2010, ... into the plant,” adds DiBona. “It worked just as we expected it to.” No Limitations on Color TEK Labels & Printing converts its labels on four flexographic presses, including two 6.5-in., six-color ...

Gallus ECS 340 Road Show Opens in Atlanta

(Flexography)

December 26, 2010, Gallus Inc. opened its US Road Show to introduce the Gallus ECS 340 label printing press to the North American marketplace, with its first stop in Atlanta, GA PHILADELPHIA, PA | Gallus Inc. opened its ...

Flexotechnica Has 'Significant' Q4 Sales Increas

(Flexography)

December 15, 2010, Flexotecnica S.p.A. has reported a significant increase in sales in the fourth quarter of 2010, with over a dozen presses sold in that period worldwide, including the US and Canada. Flexotecnica's new XG ...

Short Path to Versatility

(Flexography)

November 30, 2010, ... 16-in. Gallus ECS 340 ultraviolet (UV) flexographic press. “We try not to think about it,” Curt Curran, VP of Stratus Group, says of the difficult economic environment. “We were already prepared to purchase ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ...  Toray Plastics (America) | 401-294-4511 | www.torayfilms.com Circle 320 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Four INDIE film label stocks are RIT-certified for HP Indigo digital presses, including ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ...  The views and opinions expressed in Technical Reports are those of the author(s), not those of the editors of PFFC. Please address comments to the author(s). Supplier Info Menges Roller Co. | www.mengesroller.com ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, The release liner industry has experienced a year of continuous pressure and change. Pressure has come in various forms: lower market growth rates, raw The release liner industry has experienced a year ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, Six Sigma is a quality control system utilized for everything from discrete parts to organizational efficiency. The question is: How do you best utilize If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own ...

Montalvo Website Features Tension Upgrade

(Tension)

October 12, 2010, The Montalvo Corp., an international specialist in industrial web control systems, has posted a presentation on its website to explain how to inexpensively upgrade Mark Andy 4120 presses GORHAM, ME | The ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... Visit www.pffc-online.com/events for meeting dates and locations. The views and opinions expressed in Technical Reports are those of the author(s), not those of the editors of PFFC. Please address comments ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... purchased its first press, a six-color Comexi. Then came a Flexotecnica, followed by a laminator, and then a slitter. With the growth came a seemingly constant stream of new machines and equipment ...

ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry

(Coating/Laminating)

September 19, 2010, ... has provided a forum for both academic and industrial researchers to discuss the latest research on application and solidification of thin liquid films.   An impressive attendance list included 300 people ...

Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, ... we require.” In the basic EREMA system, scrap material is fed into a vertical densifying unit that uses friction to compress and preheat the plastic. The preheated, densified material is then fed directly ...

Control Ink, Save Time

(Offset)

August 31, 2010, Microcolor/Mercury automated ink control for letterpress and offset presses is said to provide savings of both production time and waste material. System Microcolor/Mercury automated ink control for letterpress ...

Finish Many Types of Labels

(Die-Cutting)

August 31, 2010, The FX1200 digital label finishing system off-line label production machine accepts O.D. rolls to 12 in. of printed output from digital label presses. The FX1200 digital label finishing system off-line ...