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First Quarter Performance Mixed

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2003, ... strong volume increases, the impact of the company's productivity program, and cost-containment efforts more than offset a significant increase in raw material costs and lower pension income. "Core" earnings ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to draw their own conclusions as to whether the package has or has not passed. For more information contact HCPC at 703/538-4020; unitdose.org. Shrink Bag ...

Choosing Laboratory Dispersing Equipment That's Right for Yo

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... are used in package printing inks. Pigments, as raw materials, are not suitable for printing inks until they are reduced to a fine particle size to optimize color and performance characteristics. Pigments ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... spindle changeover; integral tool parts drawer; compact footprint; slide-out core glue pot; unique glue wheels that allow for clean removal of last label off-core; clutchless AC servo drive design; and ...

International Flava

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... of the exposition, says H. Gunther Hoyt, chairman of NPE 2003. Hoyt notes most of the industry's leading multinational raw material and machinery suppliers will be exhibiting, including US subsidiaries ...

Going, Going... Gone

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... that require more consultative selling, unique knowledge, and experience. For example, personalized direct mail requires both detailed planning and flawless execution to move a customer from raw data to ...

Measure Pressure with Thin Film

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... application weight of adhesive will increase the raw material costs of the lamination. Before increasing the adhesive coating weight, the converter should examine other variables, including pressure. ...

Gravure Rolls Up Its Sleeves to Do Battle with Flexo

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... system, which has some drawbacks to the process. ELS shifts the print by moving the position of the rotogravure cylinder. For gravure applications, ELS is still rather early in the game. As time goes on, ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... printing. Superfine label stock is available in 60# Ultrawhite Smooth, White Smooth, and Softwhite Smooth, 8.5 × 11 in. and 17 × 22 in. Navajo label stock is available in 60# Brilliant White, 8.5 × 11 ...

Think Lean

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... symbolically representing the steps necessary to convert raw materials into salable product. Third, produce only what is needed, when needed. This is pull production. With waste eliminated and pull production ...

New Product Digest, Part 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... The new stocks are suitable for both offset and digital printing. Superfine label stock is available in 60# Ultrawhite Smooth, White Smooth, and Softwhite Smooth, 8.5 × 11 in. and 17 × 22 in. Navajo label ...

National Starch Reports Price Increase for Adhesives

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2003, ... energy and raw material costs, including natural gas prices at "historic pricing levels," according to Charles Call, VP, US Adhesives. "At the same time," states the co., "sustained high prices for crude ...

Bostik Findley Nonwoven/Adhesives Div. Reports Price Increase

(Disposables)

March 04, 2003, ... raw material costs and will range from five to eight percent, effective March 15, 2003, or as contracts follow. MILWAUKEE, WI, USA—Bostik Findley's Nonwoven and Industrial Adhesives Div. announces a price ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... at all levels, from raw material suppliers and self-adhesive laminators to label converters, end-users, and retailers.” Following a short history of wine bottle labeling, the report moves through the ...

Is There a Great Discovery in the Mess You're about to Trash

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... one of the major discoveries of the last century and play an important part in today's packaging and printing of raw materials. Perhaps the lesson to learn from these chance discoveries is this: “Don' ...

Pouches on the Cutting Edge

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... its laser scoring technology to develop a stand-up pouch for Coca-Cola (Turkey) with the straw laminated inside the packaging. A convenient tear strip created by the in-line laser allows the consumer to ...

The Buzz in Biodegradable Resins: Certification

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... that will biodegrade in as few as 180 days. The BPI — Institute of Biodegradable Products, a US organization, now certifies raw materials as well as finished products as being truly biodegradable. This ...

H.B. Fuller Reports Price Increases

(News | New Products)

February 25, 2003, ... for North American customers. H.B. Fuller says increased cost of key raw materials and inflated transporation expenses—due, in large part, to the uncertainty surround the political situation in the ...

Dow Ups Price for Specialty Olefin Film

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2003, ... for Dow, as we have been unable to fully offset rapidly rising raw material and manufacturing costs associated with our specialty olefin film products." He adds, "In 2003 these cost pressures are increasing; ...