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- National Adhesives Raises Adhesive Prices
- (News | New Products)
- January 27, 2008, ... increase is necessitated by tight supplies, high energy costs and significant increasing costs of raw materials used in the manufacture of these products, according to National Adhesives officials. See ...
- Dow Increases Prices on Polyglycols
- (News | New Products)
- January 24, 2008, ... polyglycols will range from $0.13 per lb. to $0.20 per lb., depending on the product and the grade. These increases are driven by strong demand and persistently high raw material costs. See dow.com. ...
- New Green Company
- (Green Converting)
- December 31, 2007, ... the packaging value chain, including raw material suppliers, converters, contract packagers, brand owners, retailers, machinery manufacturers, logistics providers, trade associations, government and nongovernment ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2007, ... continuing rise in raw materials, transportation, and energy costs. Charter Films, Superior, WI, completes a major plant expansion on its existing manufacturing and warehouse facilities. The company, ...
- Over Exposed: Protect packaged products from light
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2007, ... the best approach would be to test the actual product/package/label in the environment anticipated for its use for the maximum time of expected exposure. This has some obvious drawbacks, both in terms ...
- New Converting Products, Part 3
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2007, ... Reportedly, processors realize scrap savings over conventional films because they can run process without trim. Applications include barrier food and medical packaging plus deep-draw thermoformed packages. ...
- Getting Personal with Richard C. Detienne
- (Magazine)
- November 30, 2007, ... I'm pleased to report that generally I sleep very well! However, raw material costs and availability are an ongoing concern. What do you enjoy most about your job? When we get orders for a truckload ...
- Making the Cut
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2007, ... cuts a lot of chipboard, often utilizing T-shaped blanks. By drawing on a combination of expert tool design and experience setting up the equipment, Cowlitz recently cut material usage by 28%. “It gets ...
- New Products, Part 2
- (Archive)
- November 06, 2007, ... control technology, servo-drive die station and infeed/outfeed draw stations provide precision registration control, company says. Machines are designed to maintain accuracy and consistency for maximum ...
- Global Sleeve Label Market and Technology Review
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2007, ... the early 2000s, with double-digit growth rates and an increasing list of end-use applications. Sleeve labels have provided label designers, brand managers, packaging technologists, raw materials producers, ...
- Hierarchy of Value: Part II
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2007, ... It also has the greatest impact on raw material cost of the ink. Simply put, you will consume fewer pounds of a stronger, more highly pigmented, more expensive ink for a particular job. And therein ...
- A Paradise of Print
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2007, ... and/or Systems category. The label is used for event admission through electronic gates and also can serve as a token for coat checks and in prize drawings as well as a means of payment. In addition ...
- Release Liner Special Report, Part 1
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2007, ... volume growth in film liner, which is perhaps restrained only by raw material cost issues. Material Costs Today material cost inflation is a key issue in the entire label industry, with raw material ...
- Release Liner Special Report, Part 3
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2007, ... which now belong to Bluestar; and Degussa, now part of Evonik Industries. The focus has become more internal in nature: trying to control costs while being squeezed from both ends (higher raw material ...
- Release Liner Special Report, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2007, ... major space implications for Itasa. The new machine occupies much of what was previously raw materials warehouse space. To compensate, the company currently is leasing an outside warehouse and ...
- Ahlstrom Raises Prices on Label and Packaging Papers
- (Tapes)
- October 23, 2007, Ahlstrom will increase prices on all its label and packaging papers, as a consequence of the continuous rise of raw materials and energy costs. PRESS RELEASE HELSINKI, FINLAND | Ahlstrom will increase ...
- CRI Increases Prices on Ink
- (Archive)
- October 15, 2007, ... that the price increases are necessary due to two major factors: elimination of refunds that Chinese exporters receive from the Chinese value-added tax (VAT) and a continuing rise in raw materials, transportation, ...
- 2008 TAPPI Coating & Graphic Arts Conference Call for Papers
- (Archive)
- October 08, 2007, ... in 2010 and beyond. Green chemistries. Renewable raw materials (pigments, binders, or additives). Nano materials (pigments, binders, or additives). Dry coating. Barrier coating. Blade scratch reduction. ...
- In Search of Tension Isolation
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2007, ... is the same as the entering web. If the tension zone has a positive or negative speed ratio (or draw), it would increase or decrease the tension, respectively. But the tension in any zone is not independent ...
- Wet on Wet
- (Magazine)
- September 30, 2007, ... And that, he suspects, will help sustain the company’s own development for years to come. Open House Draws International Attention After taking delivery of Fischer & Krecke’s first CI flexo ...