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Getting it Right, the First Time

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... systems that are easier to use, and auto registration. "A number of things are driving these changes, including a higher level of quality expectations from customers, increased cost of raw materials, especially ...

Digital Gone Wide

(Magazine)

December 30, 2004, ... looked at a lot of different pieces of digital equipment that print on a wide variety of substrates. We were drawn to the Scitex because it is the only one set up specifically for corrugated." Richards ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 2

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... and economics. "The greatest challenge facing metallizing companies is strengthening their position in the supply chain. Large raw material suppliers are increasing the cost of materials used in producing ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 4

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... and the high cost of raw materials—particularly petrochemicals and resins—a degree of rationalization has taken place. This involves primarily the laminators, most of whom are global players, but pan-European ...

Coating & Laminating Special Report, Part 6

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... can never include the normal longer-range sources of machine, raw material, and environmental effects impacting product variability. These may take several days to a number of months to occur. Also, ...

Converting Industry News

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December 30, 2004, ... show, which is expected to draw more than 22,000 print providers and technical and creative professionals from around the world. More than 500 exhibiting companies will cover 500,000 sq ft of exhibit space. ...

Model Mock-Ups

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... industry]." Forging Ahead Haney PRC is building its business based on the concept of innovation, quality, and being able, as Haney describes it, to crawl inside their customers’ heads and know exactly ...

Web Tension 101

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... force on the dancer. To do this, you will need a drawing of the dancer and web path through the dancer. You also need to know the type of loading and the force applied. Another simpler method would be ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... featured speaker awards for Dan Bemi of MEGTEC Systems from the coating/laminating sessions and Pete Martin of Pacific Northwest Laboratory from the vacuum web coating sessions. IMLCON 2004 Draws ...

New Product Digest, Part 1

(Magazine)

November 29, 2004, ... data on raw material consumption by the extruder at the rate of one update every 0.5 sec. High-speed responsiveness makes control applicable even in extrusion lines where there are frequent ramp-down/ramp-up ...

Dec. 7-9: AMI's Polyethylene Films 2004 Will Focus on North American Industr

(Archive)

November 21, 2004, ... at how specialty mineral products can add value to products. The conference also will showcase an additives and raw materials session which will include the latest developments as well as additional presentations ...

Supplier News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2004, ... slitter/rewinder completes the center's equipment offerings. Douglas sees moderate growth in new technologies and cold seal applications — even with the cost of raw materials rising — for the core business ...

thePLACE

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... Flexibles, Mark Montsinger of Bryce Corp., Eric Koch of C&H Packaging, and Tom Dunn of Printpack, Inc. Each person addressed what they would like to see in innovations in raw materials and converting equipment. ...

Extrusion Dies

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, Due to the intense competition in today's marketplace, extrusion-coating converters face greater challenges than ever. Coating Control Applying molten polymer to a substrate often entails drawdowns of ...

Technical Facility

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... types, such as multilayer high-barrier and low-sealing films, as well as specialty raw materials. It is reported to be the only pilot lab facility in the world with simultaneous stretching technology. ...

Pilot Line

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... rents the 33-in. lines to raw material suppliers, such as silicone manufacturers, that want to run tests of their own or demonstrate potential capabilities to their own customers. Krebs says the pilot ...

Coating Rods

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, ... be coated at production speeds. Manual and motor-diven drawdown machines were introduced for the laboratory in the 1980s and 1990s. These use wire-wound rods and allow scientists and technicians to ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

October 30, 2004, ... completes the center’s equipment offerings. Douglas sees moderate growth in new technologies and cold seal applications—even with the cost of raw materials rising—for the core business of Rohm and Haas’s ...

Sun Chemical Raises Prices on Packaging Inks

(Archive)

October 28, 2004, ... The increase reflects the steady rise in raw materials and oil prices. PRESS RELEASE NORTHLAKE, IL, USA—Effective October 1, 2004, Sun Chemical increased prices three to seven percent on all packaging ...

DuPont Teijin Films US to Up PET Films Price

(Archive)

October 21, 2004, ... in raw material, utilities, and transportation costs," adds the material supplier. PRESS RELEASE HOPEWELL, VA, USA — DuPont Teijin Films US reports, effective November 1, 2004, the price of all DuPont ...