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- KBA, AVT Issue Q3 Figures
- (Archive)
- November 30, 2005, ... improvement on the figure of €1.2 million for the first six months. Net profit was €5.2 million, equivalent to net earnings per share of 32 cents. Higher prices for raw materials and energy were more ...
- The RFID Buzz Gets Louder
- (Flexpack)
- November 29, 2005, ... Despite these drawbacks, RFID is coming to flexible packaging in a big way (think Wal-Mart!). Since it cannot be avoided, plan now how you will adapt and use this new technology. If you’re not a leader ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2005, ... waste management strategies to deal with label matrix and used release liner. Raw material prices have been, and will continue to be, a challenge. This ongoing situation was compounded by the paper ...
- Need a Hand?
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2005, ... of material, and it depends primarily on the material. Some people handle the rolls by the material itself, by its body. That’s a convenient way to do it. The drawbacks are that you can damage the material, ...
- Stora Enso Raises Prices
- (Archive)
- November 14, 2005, Stora Enso Specialty Papers has increased prices for its European customers for its wet strength label and flexible packaging papers. PRESS RELEASE IMATRA, FINLAND—Stora Enso Specialty Papers has increased ...
- Fuel Surcharges Hit Shippers
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... of course, had an impact on the converting industry, since oil is a basic raw material for many industry products. In addition, those increases now have prompted numerous motor carriers that transport ...
- New Products
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... Proofer employs ceramic, laser-engraved anilox rolls so cells can duplicate the exact line screen and volume as the rolls on user’s press. Tool is designed to draw down water, UV, or solvent-based inks, ...
- A Quality Standard
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... one roof in a 40,000-sq-ft facility. The second facility will house raw materials, printed stock, and distribution. Little also expects to hire ten more employees in the near future. CONVERTER INFO: ...
- Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... roll, which not only saves money but saves downtime for roll changes on the packaging line. As raw material prices rise and margins fall, the pressure on the label industry value chain to find new ways ...
- Low-Cost Paper Applications
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... raw material—pulp—and the ingredients used in pulp refining will not affect the curing reaction. Even wood-containing pulp or DIP- (de-inked paper, i.e., recycled) containing paper grades can be used. ...
- Air Products Polymers Raises Prices
- (Archive)
- October 27, 2005, ... in raw material and energy costs. The company also has raised prices for vinyl acetate homopolymer and copolymer emulsions; all ethylene, vinyl chloride-based emulsions; and acrylic-based copolymer ...
- Sun Chemical, Flint Ink, and BASF Raise Prices
- (Archive)
- October 17, 2005, Sun Chemical and Flint Ink increase prices due to increases in raw material costs, effective Oct. 1, while BASF imposes energy surcharges, effective Oct. 15. (sunchemical.com; flintink.com; basf.com) PRESS ...
- The Case for Automatic Splicing
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, The risks of manual at-speed splicing should not be played down. Every time you ask an operator to crawl into or lean over a turret winder to make a slice and tuck transfer, you are playing Russian roulette ...
- Seafood is Served
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... seafood products from Raw Seafoods Inc., New Bedford, MA. From Concept to Shelf in Five Months Scott Hutchens, VP of Raw Seafoods, says, “In December 2004, we asked Graphic Packaging to provide us ...
- Profit Squeeze
- (Flexpack)
- September 29, 2005, ... The impact of rapidly increasing raw material costs last year and the difficulties faced in fully recovering these costs from customers has resulted in the decline of profitability for many converters ...
- New Products, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... paper packaging materials. Systems coat 14 m/sec with a maximum annual output to 6,500 tons. Control is fully automated, maintenance is minimum, and the use of raw materials and power is said to be efficient. ...
- New Products, Part 2
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... slide out on a drawer. QuadClean and HexClean are basic four-and six-roll assemblies for both top and bottom web surface cleaning. I/O Solution is Modular Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, IL; ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... converters and raw material suppliers. The other major challenge was “increasing raw material costs.” The report is available only to FPI members, but an overview and results are available at fpi.org in ...
- Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... Several announcements have come to my attention in the aftermath of the hurrricanes. DuPont Teijin Films US reports a raw materials surcharge of $0.15/lb for shipment on or after September 15 for all ...
- Continuing Squeeze on Converter Profitability
- (Flexpack)
- August 06, 2005, ... overcapacity and the effect of rising raw material costs in the second half of 2004, concluding that high substrate prices are likely to remain a feature for the rest of 2005. Another noted trend is that ...