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The Future of Package Printing

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... is covered in detail, including statistics on purchase plans, purchase timing, press features, issues, trends, and more. “Flexography is the primary printing method used overall in the packaging industry,” ...

Valmet There for You 24-7

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2001, ... invesment projects in the plastic film industry were signed right up to the last hour of the exhibition's final day. Some of the highlights include: An Atlas 6.8m primary film slitter was sold to a ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... panel discussions providing end user perspectives, and hot topic information on the latest and greatest offerings in converting.” Division Changes Name To The PLACE To reflect the primary interests ...

A Brief Chemistry Lesson On Printing Ink Pigments

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... and pigment chemistry. I will try to answer a few of these questions as they relate to package printing and converting. What is the difference between pigments and dyes? The primary difference between ...

Smurfit-Stone Supports Corrugated Future with Latest ICPF Pledge

(News | New Products)

October 09, 2001, ... industry." According to the supplier, independent converters are a primary customer base of the company's board sales division. A foundation sponsored by the Association of Independent Corrugating Converters ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... property is due to processing and use characteristics. An uncountable number of problems occur due to poor control of caliper. Width rather than MD position or time is the primary focus of this paper ...

Products

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May 31, 2001, ... Co., Rocky River, OH; 440/331-2330; airpreheatercompany.comCor-Pak thermal oxidizer, designed for silicone applications, features shell and tube primary heat recovery and offers up to 99% VOC removal. ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2001, ... as its primary slitter of jumbo rolls to be converted into Supastrip tear tapes. A shaftless unwind stand loads 1,600-mm-wide rolls weighing up to 1,200 kg from floor level. Mounted on rails to take ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... registration using a film liner. This 1.5-mil product reportedly is ideal for primary and secondary packaging labels and offers the traditional benefits associated with a polyester liner (an excellent ...

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS NEWS

(Magazine)

April 30, 2001, ... says the co. chose Agfa as its primary supplier because “Agfa can provide a total solution — including equipment, workflow integration, and consumables — and take full responsibility. A VLF computer-to-plate ...

Sheet Fed Lithography: Hammer Lithographic

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... in utilizing BOPP cut-and-stack labels, though end-users in other potentially caustic markets such as household chemicals and petroleum-based products also can benefit from using BOPP. The primary reason ...

Is Change in the Air?

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... air issues. On the enforcement front, the primary concern for converters seems to focus on whether manufacturing operations over time have resulted in increased emissions of air contaminants, thus requiring ...

How One Converter Mastered Sheet-Fed Films

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... also can benefit from using BOPP. The primary reason for the popularity of BOPP with the beverage industry, Iovoli explains, is that the PET containers themselves expand and contract after filling while ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... strength to our already leading position as the primary information provider and community to the forest products industry, and complements our existing product lines by adding to our portfolio of high-end ...

Wide vs Narrow Web FlexoIt's More Than Just the Widt

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... to solvent emissions but also provides improved quality printing and increased productivity. The primary difference between wide web and narrow web flexo printing lies not only in the difference of ...

Modifying Adhesives for Superior Performance

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... at times more critical to the finished adhesive's performance than the primary reaction between the curative and the polymer. Because these side reactions are instrumental in creating a highly cross-linked ...

Specially Designed Metallocene Copolymers for Extrusion Coating

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February 28, 2001, ... copolymer, and ionomer. Evaluation of all resins used a pilot extrusion coating line. Single layer coating evaluations with the primary extruder used 50 lb kraft paper. Also, 2 mil cast film samples produced ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and specialty converters a primary customer base for this or any other trade show. “It's a huge show for Pillar — or anyone else in the converting industry for that matter — so we're excited about it,” ...

Atmospheric Plasma: The New Functional Treatment for Films

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... Films OPP, PE, PET, and PTFE films were treated on two webs sized 12 in. and 20 in. The primary treatment parameters were input power, gas type, flow, and the ratio of the gas mixture. Surface tension ...

Film Extrusion Committee News

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November 30, 2000, ... Co. Their paper The Case Against Oxidation as the Primary Factor for Bonding Acid Copolymers to Foil appears as an expanded summary in this issue of "the PLACE." In a related development, the Hot Melt ...