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Sun Chemical Raises Prices on Packaging Inks

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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 ...

Inks, Coatings, Compliance

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September 29, 2004, ... of raw materials that can have food contact in the Code of Federal Regulation, CFR Section 21, Parts 170 — 199. Printing inks and coatings that contact food are considered food additives. There are two ...

Products, Part 2

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September 29, 2004, ... needs. All-in-one system features an orbital washout, exposure section, three-drawer dryer, and post expose or detack section. Processes plates up to 24 × 30 in. PFFC-ASAP 443 Instant PDF Introduced ...

Keep Your Eye on the Gold

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August 30, 2004, ... Labelexpo on September 14 at 8 A.M. at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Ctr. in Rosemont, IL, and draw your own conclusions. Supplementing his outlook will be Mike Fairley's presentation (September 16 ...

A Touch Above

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August 30, 2004, ... end-use applications, is reliable, and is without a lot of variability.” Raflatac is able to deliver “quality, consistency, and reliability” through what it defines as a consistent supply of raw materials ...

Release Liners: Challenges Ahead

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August 30, 2004, ... label stock. At the 2004 AWA Global Release Liner Conference, held in Helsinki, Finland, the consequences of rising raw material costs coupled with the impossibility of passing on price increases to ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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August 30, 2004, ... Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, is slated for October 20–27 at the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Centre, where it will occupy 150,000 sq m. The event, which is held every three years, is expected to draw ...

Battenfeld Gloucester Says MDO Provides Enhancements to PE; OEM Spotlights K Show Offerings

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July 05, 2004, ... with a blown film line, has draw ratios of 3:1 and 4:1. Rather than being wound after extrusion, film is fed into the MDO unit, pre-heated, and run through drawing rolls for orientation. The set of rollers ...

Wal-Mart Revisited

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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 ...

The Latitudes of LEAN

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June 29, 2004, ... packaging for fast food vendors. “We produce a lot of materials with not a great number of people. … We've implemented shop-floor reporting in production so that data entry is instantaneous with our raw ...

Weight Control

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June 29, 2004, ... — maintaining line speed, uniform drying, raw material costs, and wound roll quality — are influenced by coating weight uniformity. The control of coating weight in a web coating process often is viewed ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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May 30, 2004, ... raw materials, processes and equipment, specialty laminates and specialty applications, economics, global marketing, designs for new markets, marketing to compete with other technologies, and coping in ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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May 30, 2004, ... Graphic Solutions Intl., Burr Ridge, IL; and Belmark, DePere, WI. For more information, visit tlmi.com. SVC Event a Big Draw DALLAS, TX, USA—Vacuum coating from every angle was on the agenda at ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

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May 30, 2004, ... work on-hand, raw material costs, capital investment, economic conditions, and more. The report is based solely on the responses of converters that have agreed to become members of our economic panel. ...

Drupa 2004 Exceeds Expectations; Global Print Industry Anticipates Improvement

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May 20, 2004, ... and international visitors could get information about every link in the value chain—from raw materials, manufacturing, and processing to the broad range of papers and paperboards. The strong visitor interest ...

Koerber PaperLink Schneider XT System Helps Converters and Paper Mills Eliminate Dust

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May 02, 2004, ... beset with drawbacks and really don't work effectively. "Brushes and adhesive rollers damage the surface of the paper. Vacuum suction systems are largely inadequate, as the suction power is far too weak ...

Fast & Flawless

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April 29, 2004, ... equipment from Stanford Products. Terry Conway, a director of Spectratek Technologies, says packagers really have only two essential concerns when marketing their products: “How do I draw attention ...

Gussets Lead to Growth

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April 29, 2004, ... says Inwood, and eliminates the need for heavier chipboard or corrugated stiffeners, which add weight and cost to shipping. Inwood notes that, on average, less than 1% of direct mail pieces draw a response, ...

Optimum Release

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April 29, 2004, ... particularly at high speeds. Finally, capital investment required for a dedicated UV line is relatively low. The limitations that continue to prevent wider acceptance are high raw material costs, nitrogen ...

Proud & Proficient

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April 29, 2004, ... “all our suppliers are selected based on their reliability, and their products must be approved by our technical department. escortnavi geneva We project the imports of most of our raw materials five months ...