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Materials and Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... for inspecting and measuring engraved cells on rotogravure cylinders and anilox rolls. Allows production operators to control quality accurately and easily, says mfr. Equipped with Rollscope and CCD color ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

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July 31, 2000, Printing on corrugated board is like printing on air," says Fernando Jorge da Silva, production manager at AssiDoman Packaging Benelux B.V. in Eindhoven, Printing on corrugated board is like printing ...

Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out

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June 30, 2000, Winter, Bell Co. focuses on interior packaging production for a number of markets. Now equipped with a Jagenberg slitter/rewinder, these "specialists" are becoming more diverse with additional contract ...

Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... manufacturers of electronic circuit boards, product purity is of the utmost concern--and eliminating dust from the production process is key to meeting stringent quality demands. Consequently, eliminating ...

Bagmaking Operation Is There When Customers Call

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ...  in meeting customer demands," Glenn says of the 94-in. line. "It was built to improve the quality, production capabilities, and lead times in our bread and butter business." Supplier Information Battenfel ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... we need to replace our rolls, and that can mean up to four hours of missed production time." The Black Clawson Model 400 water-cooled extruders sit on an x-y-z carriage base, which enables in-and-out, ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... in a new production line in the U.K. that is completely inside a clean room, so that film actually will be produced in a clean environment, packaged in a clean environment, sent to us, and then converted ...

Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... manufacturers in the converting industry are beginning to discover how enterprise business applications linking production planning, manufacturing, financial, and customer service functions can deliver ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ... Less Cost, More Products Jacobsen says printing on a lenticular lens, until just recently, had to be done through a sheet-fed method -- a time-consuming and costly production process. But after almost ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... orders on the Concord Business Systems order entry production system, which Nowak describes as excellent. "We were their beta test market for bar code tracking," he says. The system tracks bar-coded rolls ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ...  Plant manager Frank Rollins, finishing department manager Harold Wade, and maintenance manager Tommy Evans continually review customer requirements and All-Pak's production capabilities to determine ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... - to replace 'unknowns' with 'knowns' having production outcomes we can reliably predict." Equipped for Quality Flexography is the fastest growing part of Walle's business. Using Windmoeller & Hoelscher ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... that demand absolute levels of quality, says production manager Steve Hughes, process control and validation are paramount to the company's operation. Quality systems and procedures are applied throughout ...

Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... efforts. "It is their job to make sure that whatever the sales and service department wants, it gets," Brown reports. "It is their job to anticipate and avoid potential problems on the production floor." ...

Training is the key to success in '90s corporate climb.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1995, ... to see that forward-thinking competitors who have adopted this new way of thinking are experiencing benefits that include faster production, increased employee satisfaction, improved safety and productivity, ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... scrutinize their costs. Every aspect of production - from raw materials to packaging - is being carefully weighed to ensure that all the costs involved in the manufacturing system are understood and are ...

Ceramic heater rollers an exciting new alternative.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... the roller's surface. With this technology, heat is produced in closer proximity to the substrate in order to provide rapid temperature recovery and reduce initial warmup times to maximize production. ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... are consistent with our production capabilities." "I'm in the middle of trying to examine alternatives, given the shortage of polyester film," James Lordi, CEO, Scharr Industries Inc., Bloomfield, CT, ...

Converter's expansion plan brings clean room for bags

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December 31, 1994, ... added a sixth blown-film production line and doubled the floor space of their production facility to be ready for even more growth. Because their formula for success has worked so well, the firm decided ...

Unusual fiber packaging finding worldwide success

(Magazine)

December 31, 1994, A Dutch converter of fiber drums has found a successful way to use recycled newprint in the production of fiber-based containers for a variety of packaging A Dutch converter of fiber drums has found a ...