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Safety in Converting

(PLC Probe)

September 30, 2006, ... saw the location — it was simply a field. In the converting and packaging industry, the main safety concerns involve the raw materials, the processing equipment, and housekeeping and environmental considerations. ...

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. ...

Dow Increases Prices of Latex Products

(Archive)

September 24, 2006, ... sold into the paper industry in the U.S. and Canada. All prices will increase by $0.06 per dry pound. The increase is a result of continued escalation in all major raw materials including styrene, butadiene, ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

September 17, 2006, ...  660 3.3 2.7 ©2006 by The Freedonia Group Overall price advances will be restrained by the commodity nature of most products and moderating raw material costs, which will recover from the high ...

If China Were Not To Blame

(PLC Probe)

August 31, 2006, ... scapegoat. Indeed, this is true not only for packaging but for many other industries as well. When it comes to problems that relate to labor, raw materials, and cost, point to China. People see China ...

The Laser's Edg

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... import art work from any vector-based drawing system so set-up time can be completed in minutes, a significant contributor to faster job turnaround times for all converters with a developed short-run niche. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 09, 2006, ... applications. The combination of our two companies will bring us tremendous resources to draw from….” Digital Data Standard Published RESTON, VA—NPES The Assn. for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing ...

BASF to Increase Prices

(Archive)

June 25, 2006, ... are supplied to the adhesives, architectural coatings, construction, and fiber bonding industries. This action is a result of increased energy, raw material, and transportation costs. At the same time, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 14, 2006, ... activity is not the manufacture of chemicals per se, we make extensive use of them. No doubt some of these chemicals will be withdrawn in the face of the high cost of registration with REACH (in terms ...

New Products, Part 1

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ...  The Clean Machine automated hand proofer cleaning system reportedly reduces cleaning time, improves drawdown consistency, and increases the useful life of hand proofers and anilox rolls. Hydronic cleaning ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... Moisture And Oxygen Barrier Properties of HMW-PE Films by D. Ryan Breese, Lyondell Chemical Co. and Gregory Beaucage, University of Cincinnati APPLICATION: Density and draw ration influence the barrier ...

Flexo is on Track

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... large fraction of their overall cost equation; the converting industry has not implemented “best practices” to the extent other industries have; the converter must improve yield of raw material usage to ...

NPE Conference Discusses Cost Savings

(Archive)

May 10, 2006, A conference at NPE 2006 will discuss the says plastics processors can use commercial purging compounds to lower costs, reduce scrap, and cut downtime. PRESS RELEASE With the rising prices of raw materials, ...

New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ... air flotation-style nozzles that draw the web onto the surface of strategically placed web support rollers, reportedly providing the high heat-transfer coefficient typical of flotation drying systems. ...

200+ New Exhibitors to Participate in Pack Expo

(Archive)

April 25, 2006, ... and Converting & Package Printing Expo (CPP EXPO). The shows are expected to draw over 50,000 industry professionals, including 6,000 international visitors from more than 75 countries. Visit packexpo.com. ...

Critical Trends in the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... increases of 6%–10% (35%). Raw materials most often increased 8% or more for respondents with cost increases (46%). Marketing budgets will increase this year Six in ten respondents will have a ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... fabricated under conditions of low draw-down and orientation. The coextrusion approach resulted in a two to four-fold increase in MD tear. Morphology characterization of the films via x-ray and atomic ...

If Not Rough, How About Groovy?

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... air or liquid lubrication. But is rough the best solution? Creating a rougher roller surface from machining or bead blasting is effective and inexpensive, but rough surfaces do have drawbacks. Rough ...

2004 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ... for standards conformance. The news created rumors that EPCglobal was withdrawing support for the two existing EPC specifications and that these would not be considered EPC standards after a UHF Gen 2 ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ...  Recent advancements in raw materials, availability of lower cost EB curing equipment, instrument-aided product development, and establishment of proper FDA testing protocols have made UV/EB curable ...