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Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

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April 30, 2000, ... possibility of starting another company. They chose the carton area, says Curran, because of his printing background and the growth potential of the market. The company they founded was Carton Master, ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

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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 ...

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, ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... paralleled the rise of flexo, and it's no coincidence. The vast improvement in the quality of flexographic printing over the past ten years has resulted from a number of factors, including ongoing improvements ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... today serves as president. "We began in bagmaking, but our customers' needs have helped us move into areas such as flexo printing, slitting, laminating, and rollstock." All-Pak plans to remain a mid-sized ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

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October 31, 1996, ... trade association leaders, industry consultants, academic experts, and EPA scientists assembled a methodology that forms the backbone of the Project. Samples of each ink will first go to the Printing ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... Bittinger, McCourt Label Co.; Vincent Blyden, Florida A&M Univ.; Darrell Dochstader, Gar-Doc Inc.; Edward Herter, Flexi Printing Plate Co.; Jean Jackson, Praxair Surface Technologies; John Kienzle, Propheteer ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ... data throughout all stages of the printing process using industry-standard formats. Ken Newton, president and CEO of Screen USA, explains that TDI encompasses all aspects, from the input of images and ...

Plate advances bring flexo closer to offset

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April 30, 1996, Developments in all aspects of printing plate and platemaking technology continue unabated. This article, because of space constraints, will be limited Developments in all aspects of printing plate and ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... "You could hold a meeting of our top officers in a phone booth," he boasts. "There is no bureaucracy here, and it shows clearly in our performance." Years of experience with printing presses gave them ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... provide product integrity. American National Can produces a registered, printed lamination (flexo-printed in eight colors with photopolymer printing plates produced by the American National Can Graphics ...

Flexographic Awards honor top industry achievers

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April 30, 1995, The 1995 Flexographic Technical Association Awards Competition honored the best of the industry based on degrees of printing difficulties and execution The 1995 Flexographic Technical Association Awards ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ...  Judges selected winners for innovations in technologies, printing, closures, substrates, and advances in source reduction. The winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, opened ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

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December 31, 1994, ... that has been developed specifically with converting applications and processes in mind. Traditional prepress is fading from the scene for most printing processes, and its replacement - electronic or ...

Reassessing market brings growth to this converter

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December 31, 1994, ... a Maine converter to realize it needed to expand to maintain growth. The decision to add high-quality printing to the firm's capabilities was instrumental in providing substantial growth for this converter. ...

Czech exhibition offers look at Eastern European market

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December 31, 1994, ... dealing specifically with flexographic-printing technology. Held in the northern part of Prague at the historic Prague Exhibition grounds, the site reflected the rich history of Prague as the center ...