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- Coating Matters: Open Up the Coating Process Window
- (Coating/Laminating)
- April 30, 2011, ... proximity, the slot die lip (offset/geometry/gap), along with the line speed, raw material variation, and equipment precision. Because you typically are stuck with the raw materials developed for the product ...
- OMNOVA Solutions Ups Cost for Emulsion Polymers
- (Coatings)
- January 31, 2011, ... tape & adhesives, floor care, graphic arts, nonwovens, textiles, construction, and oilfield chemicals. The company says the increase is necessitated by the continuing escalation in the costs of key raw ...
- 2010 Year of Recovery
- (Trends/Management)
- December 31, 2009, ... the shifting landscape of the global economy and the maturation of the narrow web converting marketplace. Issues like customer demands, credit markets, interest rates, and raw material pricing continue ...
- FTA Announces Call for Entries in Flexo Awards Competition
- (News | New Products)
- August 30, 2009, ... Awards competition is expected to draw more than 600 entries, comparable to the 2009 competition which bestowed a grand total of 135 gold, silver, and bronze awards. Nine of them took the Best of Shows ...
- Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2009, ... Which is the best way to print this job? What is clear is that each process has developed strongholds, and now these are being challenged by pricing pressures on production costs, logistics, raw materials, ...
- FTA Announces Call for Entries for Awards Competition
- (News | New Products)
- November 09, 2008, ... Awards competition is expected to draw more than 600 entries. Those statistics are similar to results for the 2008 competition when 650 print jobs were entered and 147 awards were given out. Of that amount ...
- Weight Reduction
- (Archive)
- August 31, 2008, ... sales, retailers were drawn to the new bag that had a reverse-printed film laminated over a super strong mesh, rather than standard paper laminates. Those bags traditionally have been made overseas and ...
- Demographic Demands
- (Flexpack)
- February 29, 2008, ... from the 1996-2001 pace due to more moderate raw material price increases. More than 400 firms are involved in the converted flexible packaging industry in the US. These range from integrated producers ...
- Ink 101: Part II
- (Process Management)
- September 30, 2006, ... with UV or EB energy. These may be wet on wet or wet on dry trapped. For each ink type, the formulator is faced with making the optimum selection and balance of raw materials to come up with viable ...
- Rhodia Polyamide Increases Prices
- (Archive)
- September 26, 2006, ... Polymer range, and Technyl Compound. The adjustments are necessary to fall in line with the pricing policy led by Rhodia to compensate for the rise in raw materials, energy, and transport costs. See rhodia-ip.com. ...
- Kodak Announces Consumables Price Increase
- (Archive)
- April 22, 2006, ... Group (GCG) announces that they are implementing a double-digit price increase worldwide for prepress consumables. The increase is due to rising energy and raw material costs over the course of several ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- Reporter Clips
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2005, ... your customers are doing—don’t be concerned with what your competition is doing. Examine your relationships with your suppliers. Draw a plan for where your company fits in the marketplace now and in the ...
- Price Fixing Cause for Alarm?
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2004, ... environment. Other raw material costs also are rising and were doing so even before the pressures introduced by oil and the cost implications of its current volatility. In this situation, it is inevitabl ...
- Wal-Mart Revisited
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2004, ... in China costs $50/mo. As a result, raw materials are cheaper. China subsidized the startup of many of these companies, so their equipment costs are also dramatically less, and therefore [there is] less ...
- Dow to Increase Prices of Emulsion Polymer Products in Paper for North America
- (Archive)
- June 07, 2004, Dow Chemical Company reports, effective July 1, 2004, its Emulsion Polymers business is increasing the prices of Styrene/Butadiene (S/B), Latex, Styrene Acrylate (S/A) Latex, and Solid Plastic Pigment ...
- Celanese Chemical Announces Prices Increases for Celvol
- (Archive)
- June 01, 2004, ... All prices increases went into effect on June 1, 2004. Celanese says the increases are needed in order to help offset significant and persistent raw material, energy, and logistics cost increases. ...
- PFFC Economic Monitor: Subscribe Today
- (News | New Products)
- April 03, 2004, ... said their pre-tax profits decreased in 2003 versus 2002. Other charts in this report will indicate the inability to raise selling prices, increases in raw material costs, and lower revenue levels as the ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... to remove the sealed plastic wrap and put the pack directly in the oven or under the grill. There is no need to touch the raw product before cooking. Heat-proof package also can be used over a barbecue, ...
