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January 31, 2001, ... 413/538-8204; hazen.com Transfer metallized holographic items are available in a Quick Ship program. Coated with co.'s Ultracure acrylic lacquer to facilitate printing and stamping, sheets are said to ...

On the Move...

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January 31, 2001, ... died on January 7 at the age of 96. Rosenthal started the co. in 1928 with wife Bessie to develop machinery for the laundry industry. In the 1940s, the co. began developing sheeters and other converting ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2000, ... produce holograms that accommodate the large size of press-ready sheets of holographic paper. It developed a laser ablation optical system that uses no rotating parts and operates at high speeds to produce ...

On the Move...

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December 31, 2000, ... has appointed Barry Cottam senior technical sales executive for the Sheet Finishing Div. of Strachan Henshaw. Elias M. Karter, VP of the Mead Corp., Dayton, OH, announced his retirement effective Dec. ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... the benefits of sheet-fed offset and UV ink, reports mfr. This "two-in-one" technology is said to enable printers that normally outsource UV work to produce UV-quality print with minimal investment. Co. ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2000, ... heavy-caliper 0.028-in.-thick SBS paperboard sheet especially formulated by GulfStates Paperboard for heat seal forming on this canister. Production speeds are 85-90 containers/min. According to Jerry ...

International Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... converting industries including gravure, flexo, offset, and combination presses; unwinders and rewinders; sheeters; label cutters; and rotary die-cutters. International Flexo Printers Visit Harper Facility ...

Conference Features New Networking Opportunity

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October 31, 2000, ... the manufacture of products for export to other countries. The largest applications for polypropylene are film and sheeting at approximately 10%. In the last two years, polypropylene has been taking market ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs A-L

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October 31, 2000, ...  Coating techniques: Doctor blade, meyer rod Annual sales: Between $20 million and $35 million ISO certified: Pending No. of employees: 100 (6 lab) Offers coating, laminating, slitting, and sheeting ...

Directory of Pilot Lines/Labs M-Z

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October 31, 2000, ... (9-18 mil), corrugated sheets (1-10 mm) Coating processes: Flexo Coating techniques: Doctor blade Annual sales: Less than $20 million No. of lab employees: 2 Deals primarily with the printing aspect ...

Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It

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September 30, 2000, ...  environments." Lee also believes the plant's clean room environment is a draw. The company has had to recruit for only one position in the clean room; all the other sheet operator positions have bee ...

A Basic Understanding of Chill Rolls

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September 30, 2000, ...  A chill roll primarily acts as a heat transfer and finishing device in the extrusion of flat sheet and cast film and in coating operations. Although these processes are different, the design criteria ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... July. Stay tuned for further updates. A total of four sessions covered film and sheet extrusion; innovations in printing and film converting; new developments in barrier packaging; and emerging technologies ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... venture company of Kem Plastic Playing Cards and Gentex Corp., extrudes Tenite into sheets from which the cards are made. According to the mfr., Tenite is easy to mold, extrude, or fabricate and can be ...

When Employees Become Owners... A Happy Ending

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May 31, 2000, ... but it also includes a cut-size sheeting operation and does some specialty coating and one-color printing with a Black Clawson flexographic printer/coater. Blue Ridge also has two sheeters at Waynesville. ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

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December 31, 1999, ... both high-volume label users. Label production consists of three rotogravure presses, two sheeters, one laminating and lacquering machine, and four die-cutting label lines. Carton production equipment ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

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December 31, 1999, ... polys." A proprietary moisture control system has allowed the company to achieve very flat, curl free sheets that are free of static. Arndt also is happy with the Eurotherm Link fiber optic drive control ...

Czech converter pursues new free-market direction

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August 31, 1995, ... - a rolling plant producing sheet, tubes and foil and a converting plant - Kovohute Bridlicna sales are approximately 70% domestic (in January 1993 Czechoslovakia was divided into two independent nations, ...

Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain

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July 31, 1995, ... but was not happy with the quality of printing that resulted. Deficiencies in the film made registration difficult, especially in the area of gauge control. "Gravure printing requires a very flat sheet," ...