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Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... strike in Finland. Finland represents about 15% of the world’s paper products production, including a high percentage of label facestocks and release liner base, so mid-year specialty paper supply in Europe ...

curious Packaging Wins Fibermark's 'Best in Sho

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September 19, 2005, ... and beauty products. Darker materials often are used infrequently in high-traffic retail environments as the finish fades and becomes easily marred by repeated handling. The Specifier Awards recognize ...

AWA Releases New Prospectus

(Archive)

September 14, 2005, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. has released the first edition of The Global Beer Label Market Products Decoration Market & Technology Study 2005 AWAreness Report, as well as Labeling Markets: Asian Market ...

Reporter Clips

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June 29, 2005, ... is designed to help both converters and their customers collect and recycle used release liners. Instead of ending up as landfill waste, used release liners can be repulped to make useful paper products. ...

Materials

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June 29, 2005, New products from: Brushfoil, Spinnaker Coating, Uvitec Printing Ink, Sun Chemical, Bayer Films Americas, Rayven, Kurz Transfer Products, Klöckner Pentaplast of America, and Toray Plastics (America). ...

TLMI and FFTA Conference Themed "Progress Without Limits

(Archive)

June 08, 2005, ... Productivity with Turrets and Unwinds. Serving as co-chairs of the event are; Art Yerecic, President of Yerecic Label; Rick Olszewski, VP/GM of Fasson Roll North America; and Rick Mix, Technical Director, ...

What's New in Narrow We

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October 30, 2004, ... Andy, St. Louis, MO; 636/532-4433; markandy.com Model XP5000 press has what company calls the "next generation of the productivity platform." It features servo-driven print and die-cut stations with electronic ...

PFFC Worldwide Special Report on Release Liners, part 1

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October 30, 2004, ... opportunities to increase the value of the self-adhesive laminate and make it more competitive. The participants, representing virtually the whole release liner value chain, spent three hours in productive ...

The Stats on Static Control

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September 29, 2004, ... equipment vary; a question of safety, concern for product quality, a customer's requirements, or problems involving the converting process itself all may factor into a converter's decision. For Tom Seratti, ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... England. The acquisition provides Monosol with manufacturing capabilities in Europe. It also expands production of blown extruded water-soluble films in North America and cast water-soluble films in ...

Labelexpo Americas 2004 Reported to Be 'Best Yet

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September 29, 2004, ... new visitors from both the wider web flexible film converting and sheet-fed printing sectors also now looking for information, ideas, and technology solutions in narrow- to mid-web converting and product ...

Keep Your Eye on the Gold

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August 30, 2004, ... your budgeting plans for 2005. Rapra Technology (polymer-books.com) evaluates worldwide film markets that represent 40 million tons of all plastics production worldwide. Its new “Plastic Films — Situation ...

A New Definition

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August 30, 2004, ... is certainly what the product manufacturers — our end-user customers — are doing. They are not in the business of buying “labels.” They are looking for product decoration and identification solutions ...

Release Liners: Challenges Ahead

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... laminate and make it more competitive. Discussions polarized the need for greater innovation to meet the challenges of today's economic climate and competing product decoration technologies. Business ...

Labelexpo Americas 2004 to Provide Focus for Narrow Web Industry; Smart Packaging Conference to Precede Show

(Archive)

July 05, 2004, ... "Issues such as efficiency, productivity, profitability, reducing margins, consolidation, and globalization are all being faced by the industry—and solutions to these issues will be a available at Labelexpo ...

IMLCON2004: Sponsors Say In-Mold Label Meeting Promises to Be Best Attended in Years

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June 30, 2004, ... and Opportunities, Dr. William Llewellyn, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. Market for In-Mold Decoration of Durable Products, Bob Travis, Romo North American Injection IML: Where Is It?, Joe Hirtzer, Global ...

Removing Packaging Odors

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May 30, 2004, ... coating, and laminating processes. Packaging odors also can result from secondary sources, such as decomposition products from the inks, coatings, adhesives, or packaging substrate itself. These odors ...

The Secret's Out

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April 29, 2004, ... product. But the wait was worth it. Valadez says LaFiesta and its customers are most intrigued by the ProGlide's ability to convert film shrink bands, which have become increasingly popular as a method ...

Several Issues Foretell A Tough 2004

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March 31, 2004, ... and in managing exchange rate issues. The industry continues to suffer from overcapacity and is looking to develop its products to meet the needs of the end-users for enhanced performance without increased ...

What Is Cationic UV Technology?

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February 28, 2004, ... product resistance. Today, cationic UV systems are available in the form of inks, coatings, and adhesives. Their growth has been noteworthy in Europe, and applications have been commercialized in the ...