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Polykar Installs EREMA Plastics Recycling System

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

June 09, 2011, ... waste and material expenses without compromising the quality of our products. With it we can effectively reclaim highly printed film and roll scrap and process it into superior quality repro pellets for ...

Industry Associations

(Uncategorized)

June 01, 2011, ...  In-Mold Decorating Assn. (IMDA) Scottsdale, AZ; 480-473-0301; www.imdassociation.com Inst. of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) Naperville, IL; 630-544-5050; www.iopp.org Inst. of Scrap Recycling ...

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 31, 2011, ... are not widely used. Fronczkiewicz says, “Only a handful of people are using very thin plates. I'm surprised they haven't been scrapped altogether.” However, the plates offer ecological and user benefits ...

Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles

(Flexpack News)

May 18, 2011, ... in the future with a buried layer of PCR to allow use in food contact applications, employing its newer proprietary blown film lines. At present, says Harji, the plant is sending minimal scrap to landfills. ...

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 03, 2011, ... these plates are not widely used. Fronczkiewicz says, “Only a handful of people are using very thin plates. I’m surprised they haven’t been scrapped altogether.” However, the plates offer ecological and ...

Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2011, ... key contributors to positive cash flow include incremental sales of products meeting lay-flat specifications, reduction in material scrap, and increased production efficiencies with improvements such as ...

Checking a Security Breach

(Print)

February 28, 2011, EUCLID, OH | InterGroup Intl., a recycler of post-industrial scrap plastic, reports a recent investigative mission to India had two purposes. InterGroup EUCLID, OH | InterGroup Intl., a recycler of post-industrial ...

Coating Matters: Defects | Finding the Cause

(Coating/Laminating)

December 31, 2010, ... company has been slot die coating a polyester substrate with a 50% solids fluid at room temperature. Unfortunately, a third of the coated web is scrap due to a consistent streak being coated in the machine ...

Converter Industry Events

(News Clips Archive)

December 31, 2010, ... FL; www.flexpack.org 16 | Laminated Flexible Packaging Scrap Prevention Workshop, Henkel & Nordmeccanica, Edgewood, NY; www.nordmeccanica.com or www.henkelna.com/liofol 17-19 | Dscoop Digital Solutions ...

Erema's K Show Success Shows Confidence in Recycling Futur

(Print News)

December 16, 2010, ... recycling systems during K2010.  The TVEplus is the latest version of Erema’s vented TVE series designed to process heavily inked and otherwise contaminated scrap into useful near virgin quality material. ...

Films Meet VOC Directives

(Label/Tape)

November 30, 2010, ... low static in unwinding operations to help rollstock laminators and label printers achieve high productivity, low scrap, and reduced machine adjustments. Print surface is compatible with hot and cold foil ...

Cut Cores Cleanly

(Slit)

November 30, 2010, ... air-assisted knife reportedly produces clean, burnished cuts every time and minimizes unwanted scrap due to operator error. Appleton Mfg. Div. | 920-751-1555 | www.appletonmfg.com Circle 428 or visit ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... reducing costs. Selig's laminations require multiple passes through the line, and the new equipment allows extremely high-speed splices with minimal scrap. One unanticipated side benefit turned out to ...

Davis-Standard Promotes Green Initiatives at K 2010

(Flexpack)

September 07, 2010, ... that offer greater energy savings, reduced scrap and improved processing for both extrusion and converting operations. This includes the display of a 2.5-in. direct drive extruder, ProCone die mandrel, ...

Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2010, ... we require.” In the basic EREMA system, scrap material is fed into a vertical densifying unit that uses friction to compress and preheat the plastic. The preheated, densified material is then fed directly ...

Adhesive Helps Reduce Waste

(Adhesives)

August 31, 2010, ... also helps manufacturers improve the sustainability performance of their lines, since the high quality reduces scrap rates and bonding failures. This reduces costs for waste disposal and repackaging. Lower ...

James Sanfilippo

(Trends/Management)

August 31, 2010, ... customers with innovative packaging solutions. What sustainability efforts has your company made? We employ a closed-loop manufacturing process at our plants to ensure scrap is reused, and our air-conditioning ...

Blade Coatings: Prolong Blade Life

(Slit)

May 31, 2010, ... knife and razor edges; tool breakage; scrap rates by holding close tolerances and finishes; and tool costs by decreasing the need for replacement blades. This translates to increased productivity, speeds, ...

System Aids Recycling

(Coating/Laminating)

May 31, 2010, ... available as a standard feature, increases the amount of print and other contamination that can be efficiently removed from plastics scrap. It is said to facilitate recycling heavily inked and additive-laden ...

Art Yerecic

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2010, ... drawings to expand our previous location and avoid the pain of moving. Later we scrapped those plans and built a new facility featuring cellular offices and manufacturing. What do you most enjoy ...