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Integrated Information System Can Boost Profits

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January 31, 2000, ... implementation methodology, can ensure a timely, cost-effective solution that pays for itself quickly. Also important is the capacity to handle customer order, manufacturing process, and product complexity. ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

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November 30, 1998, ... need for remote controls. And, for some stations, narrow widths allow for the use of cantilevered quick-change-out rollers that make maintenance and threading much easier than on their wide web cousins. ...

Oxide-coated films are still finding their market niche

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November 30, 1996, ... soups and stews are on the German market with PET/SiOx/Adhesive/PET/seal from Lawson Mardon. The firm also supplies Bell of Base, the Swiss firm, with pasteurized, refrigerated "Quick Meats" in stand-up ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... converter, says Faletti, "so we're small enough to be customer-service oriented with quick turnaround yet sophisticated enough to service the larger end-user." All-Pak's 60,000-sq-ft facility houses a ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ...  says. "That's when I get involved, and I go in there with the Raynger and find out exactly what's going on," notes Roberts. By quickly determining if the temperature is too low coming out of the dryer ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

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August 31, 1996, ... are able to quickly verify whether a substrate is treated to a 36-dyne level or higher. If the material is properly treated, a test mark drawn on the material remains uniform; if not, the line of testing ...

Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.

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July 31, 1996, In 1962, when Herbert Baier, president of Peco, Fairfield, NJ, entered the converting business, the state-of-the-art blown film line was making extruded In 1962, when Herbert Baier, president of Peco, ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

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June 30, 1996, ... early 70s was to eliminate the use of solvents, but users quickly discovered the technology also provided certain benefits that enhanced production, line speed, and performance. "In any kind of printing ...

Something new under the sun

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June 30, 1996, ... strength. These performance claims have been validated through tests conducted by customers and independent testing labs. The main shortcoming of photochromatic inks - their tendency to fatigue quickly ...

Web-guiding systems are tailored to your applications

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May 31, 1996, ... sent to an amplifier and then to an electrically operated actuator. "With webs traveling in excess of 1,500 fpm, it's important that the web-handling device be sensitive and work quickly," says Ray Buisker, ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... graphic demands, and compressed lead times. Duralam felt that it was, in a sense, ahead of the game, because it was already handling short to medium runs. However, the company wanted a compact, quick-changeover ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, The technology of prepress is changing at such a dizzying pace, that converters keep up or quickly get left behind.Speaking recently at the 12th Digital The technology of prepress is changing at such a ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... short-run business common to specialty labels - a coater that provides flexibility and quick changeover features and is able to effectively handle thin films. Because of its flexibility, the machine ...

Gravure gets easier

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April 30, 1996, ... repeats. Quick Changeover Aids Process While developments on the press side have increased the use of gravure technology, most of the innovations involving this well-established technology have come ...

Laser positioning system creates clean, productive environment

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April 30, 1996, ... scale read-out in conjunction with the set of indicator fights, quickly and accurately tells me when the bottom female knife is exactly positioned for the slit width I want on each cut right down to three ...

Court ruling on HMT may mean a tax refund

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March 31, 1996, ... resolved. We expect, however, that these appeals would move through the court system rather quickly. The decision is a major victory for exporters. We believe that it will be affirmed on appeal and ...

Today's printing presses are whatever you want them to be

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March 31, 1996, ... of quickly changing out printing or converting processes. "It goes beyond simple modularity. Our equipment today is modular, but it takes several hours, if not a day, to add or subtract a print station," ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... product quickly and easily, while reducing weight by 80% from the package it replaces, a jar inside a cardboard spiral-wound can. The foil pouch houses a plastic tray with a peelable lid. It provides an ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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February 29, 1996, ... up to 30 different products. It is designed for relatively quick changeover of rollstock and coating heads to accommodate shorter runs. (Each can be changed in less than one hour.) The coater is composed ...

Pollution and politics: how green will the new year be?

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January 31, 1996, ... will provide for quick fixes at the expense of genuine, long-term environmental protection. EPA does support revisions to the current Superfund law that will streamline the clean-up process and reduce ...