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Climate Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... and the lower the humidity, the more static that is generated. Static also tends to attract dirt and dust, another detriment to producing a clean final product. Ed Allie, director of engineering and ...

Packaging Must Open Up to Single-Pass Inkjet

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July 30, 2005, ... soon will be the driving technology for digital production of newspapers. The foundations of this bridgehead have been laid by the technology suppliers: the very robust, high-speed industrial inkjet ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2005, News from: AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., Douglas-Hanson, Excelsior Packaging Group, Tamarak Products, Bobst Group, Intl. Paper, Sherwood Technology, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, PrintCity, Stork ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... report as a PDF, click the link below: Link to Document Tailored Defense Brand protection covers both reality and perception: It involves guaranteeing the integrity of a product by discouraging ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 2

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... except the ability to pay. In today’s high-tech counterfeiting market, this is how high-tech product fakers identify any covert anti-counterfeiting taggants they need to copy in a system to pass off their ...

What's Driving Your Operatio

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July 30, 2005, ... the buzzwords coming up in conversations about today’s drive controls. According to Michael Vallier, product line manager at ABB (abb.com), there are five key factors to consider: 1) Installation environment, ...

RFID Primer

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June 29, 2005, ... end-user company. Due to the need for a clean room environment for "pick & place" production, assembly of the inlay can be a difficult application for label converters to undertake, especially if they ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... for coating, product type and its packaging conditions, product resistance requirements, peel strength, hot tack requirements, peel style, blocking resistance, and storage conditions. Depending on these, ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

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June 29, 2005, What are some ideas for cost reduction projects in a coating operation? Very often coating costs are characterized in terms of dollars per square foot. Products of high volume and low technology have values ...

Reporter Clips

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May 30, 2005, ... process for faster job turnaround, and it consistently produces an exceptionally high quality product. That combination makes it a perfect fit for us." Changeovers are accomplished by the exchange of ...

E-Waste Legislation

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April 29, 2005, ... it could create new questions about waste handling and categorization for products and packaging. The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (Senate Bills 20/50) requires that, as of January 1, 2005, ...

Under the Hood

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April 29, 2005, ... Because of that, Whitlam works closely with engineers on the development teams at the various automotive technical centers to create innovative labeling solutions for the new products on their drawing ...

Reporter Clips

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April 29, 2005, ... the route to success is through differentiation that will allow your customers to have a memorable experience. Even "dollar stores" are differentiating their offerings with private-labeled products, representing ...

RFID: Emerging Policy Issues

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, In a previous article we outlined some of the issues surrounding the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technology for the converting industry. As we indicated, ...

Secured Solutions

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... security labels. The equipment in use entails running across multiple presses or multiple platforms to get a finished product. That is very problematic. It causes dramatically high waste, produces poor ...

Glossary of RFID-Related Terms

(Archive)

February 27, 2005, ... the potential for automatic product identification. Auto-ID Labs—The Auto-ID Lab is a federation of research universities that has evolved from the Auto-ID Ctr., initially founded in 1999 to develop ...

RFID: Beyond the Mandate

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February 27, 2005, ... a Toledo, Ohio-based consulting and systems-integration firm, suggests in Logistics Management that companies in general "look for choke points in the current supply chain processes. Take a look at product ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, RFID production certainly has come a long way in the last few years—but a number of technological jumps are necessary before RFID tags can be used at product level. Part 1 | Part 2 RFID production ...

Rotary Screen Printing's Contribution to RFID, Part

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, RFID production certainly has come a long way in the last few years - but a number of technological jumps are necessary before RFID tags can be used at product level. For progress to be made, it is paramount ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... Industry News, Events & Activities Acquisitions Spear Adds Sonoco Facility MASON, OH—Spear has finalized the purchase of the assets of Sonoco’s Fulton, NY, plant. The Fulton production facility will ...