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Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

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October 31, 2001, ... verified the barrier properties. Package configuration is HDPE bag containing the cereal in a printed paperboard carton. The purpose was to measure organoleptic improvements in cereal packaged with cross ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

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September 30, 2001, ... and cause increased interlayer pressure that increases the risk of blocking on some materials. This problem is common with grades that are coated, printed, or perhaps have surfaces that have an affinity ...

VOC-Compliant Inks: What State Are They In?

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September 30, 2001, ... challenging jobs printed flexographically and compared it to the same jobs printed by lithography or rotogravure. A comparison kit was made available to judges as well as the FFTA audience, and the samples ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

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August 31, 2001, ... the popularity of convection drying may diminish. One Goal, Two Types Air convection dryers in their basic form are simply an engineered air distribution system; they are a mechanism for drying a printed ...

What's New in Narrow We

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August 31, 2001, ... Two new heavy-duty slitting stations, the Slit-100-Deluxe and the Slit-200-Deluxe, have been developed for label webs up to 6 and 9.5 in. wide, respectively. They allow narrow labels to be printed several ...

Products

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July 31, 2001, ... combination screened images and solid areas must be printed alongside each other. Reportedly has good handling and drape; adhesive allows repositioning as well as strength during printing to minimize edge ...

Reporter Clips

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April 30, 2001, ...  Reverse gravure printed in eight colors, including a metallic silver, the heat-shrinkable sleeve label reportedly enhances the Shamrock product and offers strong shelf appeal. The Seal-It label completely ...

Converting Industry News

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February 28, 2001, ... & Packaging, West Chester, OH, has installed a Model 7780 Label Laminator from Automatän Inc., Plover, WI, for mounting preprinted litho top sheets to corrugated and foam board for POP displays. The Model ...

Printer Helps Customers Manage Printing Needs

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December 31, 2000, ... space than the computer that seemed destined to eliminate them. In fact, the marketplace demand for printed materials, such as business forms, receipts, invoices, and promotional materials, increases ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 30, 2000, ... Core Chuck Labelmate LLC, Henderson, NV, USA; 702/435-8535 The heavy-duty Model S-100 tabletop slitting station for label webs up to 6 in. allows narrow labels to be printed several across, then slit ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 31, 2000, ... protection for printed graphics on labels used in harsh automotive under-hood environ- ments. Stock features a 2-mil, clear, polyester (reverse-printed) facestock, said to be enhanced by the consistent ...

Products

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October 31, 2000, ... Beach, FL; 954/946-9454; gardco.com The Mickle rub tester reportedly offers a simple and accurate method of determining rub and abrasion resistance of inks printed on a variety of materials. Also said ...

Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... The acquisition of DuBois by Impac Europe, a supplier of printed material and packaging to music and multimedia markets, reportedly enhances Impac's participation in entertainment packaging. Another ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... of applications, including self-adhesive labels, tickets, tags, and boards. Can be used in combination with other ink technologies. Also can be overprinted with thermal transfer ribbons (depending on type) ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... paper products typically are wrapped not in paper but in process-printed PE packaging that attracts greater consumer attention. Because this was the company's first flexible packaging press, Saugerties' ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

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June 30, 2000, ... Bell's first foray into the slitting/rewinding realm was in the form of narrow rolls; the company was providing unprinted paperboard stock to other converters. But the company's relationship with Westvaco ...

System Keeps Static Buildup Problems Under Control

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February 29, 2000, ... kraft; a variety of papers including SCK and MF/MG glassine; and clay coats, all covering a wide range of basis weights. (Substrate suppliers are proprietary.) Applications range from digitally printed ...

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, ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, ... want to run higher quality products at higher speeds, and dust will lower the quality of laminated products, coated products, and printed products," says Kessler. "The bottom line is that static costs the ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... quality-control tools of the 21st century are already here. In it's most basic form, video inspection is a high-tech tool that stops the action and allows images printed at speeds up to 3,000 fpm to be ...