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Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, ... bags, are among the first targets for a coextruded polyethylene film that has been developed by new British converter Harrier Packaging. The product, designated PaperFeel, reportedly looks, feels, prints, ...

A Q&A on Remanufactured Equipment: Is It for You?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2000, Today's consumers pay as much attention to the package as they do to what's in it. So brand managers and print buyers demand higher quality graphics, Today's consumers pay as much attention to the package ...

Hologram in 3-D Makes Postage Stamp a Keeper

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... memories of the past and sending a message of peace, hope, and love for the future, Canada Post created an "Official Millennium Keepsake," a special philatelic souvenir that pays homage to the printers ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... produce using solvents now can be completed in less than 1 hr, according to co. Plates are compatible with standard solvent- and water-based flexo printing inks. Anilox Roll Cleaner Includes Reclaim ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... products, and services for the graphic arts industry—has been developed by Printing Industries of America and the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation. The address is gain.net. Association members will have ...

Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... film features a polyester reinforced scrim and is said to be very strong. Part of the Trans-Banner Reinforced Vinyl product line, Yukon is a minimal shrink film, which allows for tight printing registration, ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... has been around for 40 years, it had never printed prior to last year, so it definitely hit the ground running on the printing front line. And with the installation of its new Toshiba eight-color rotogravure ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... machines use tension control to provide a constant pull of a web or filament through the machine, thereby ensuring consistent product quality. Printing and converting industries account for most web ...

Variations on a FluteAICC Honors the Best in Corrugated

(Corrugated)

April 30, 2000, ... for "Snowshoe," for Sherpa Snowshoe Co. As Paul Ballard, Badger's marketing and design manager, explains, "The art house wanted an earthy feel, so we steered them toward printing on kraft, and it does have ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

(Magazine)

March 30, 2000, ... its production and reduced delivery times with the installation of a custom-engineered Bell-Mark flexographic printer that Abendroth says runs four times faster than its other equipment. The stand-alone ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... Johnson, with sales and marketing experience, and Weinrauch, the planning and operations guy, were looking to partner with a company that could make their plan of flexographically printed pharmaceutical ...

Vision-Based System Wins the Battle Against Defects

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ... advanced scientific community. When Zalman Zohar, printing manager for Ultra Flex Packaging Corp., Brooklyn, NY, was looking for a print defect detection system, this cutting-edge technology caught his ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... Forum in Boston, MA, held May 13-15. Entry classifications included wide web, narrow web, combined corrugated, preprinted linerboard, envelopes, newspaper/publications, student entry, and special achievement. ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... business printer, noted, "Technology is not the end goal of our industry; it is the means by which we hope to achieve that [end goal]." And, nowhere is technology changing faster than in the area of prepress. ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, Of all the components that can affect the quality and ultimate impact of a finished printed product, the base stock often plays the most critical role. Of all the components that can affect the quality ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... every day," says Glen E. Braswell, FPA president. It's a very exciting field out there right now." The Green Globe Award for environmental achievement was awarded to Rollprint, Addison, IL, and Kapak, ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... one machine: the Kensol/Franklin Series 164/268 hot stamp printer. Early in 1995 Steve Stearns, owner of Fast Track Labels, CA, quickly caught on to the fad of "Euro-style" labels that were being popularized ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... to programs with curriculums designed specifically to turn out tomorrow's printers, designers, and converting machinery operators. Knowledge and Independence The Graphic Communications Program at ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... by using the right core, the question becomes, "How do I know which core to use?" At a minimum, several core characteristics are required by the printer and converter: * I.D. consistency. The correct ...

Video web inspection: the view from the press floor.

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... industry itself. These operators control presses ranging from wide web to narrow, with press speeds as fast as 900 fpm or as slow as 150 fpm, printing as few as two colors or as many as ten. The end products ...