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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... into a single, full-service BOPP film supplier for the US, designated Treofan America. BOPP films include transparent, opaque, coated, cast, and metallized films and are found in the baking/snack, confectionery, ...

Corona Collaboration

(Tapes)

October 31, 2003, ... old and in with the new. The treater at Label Technology incorporates a single fixed-width bare roll electrode assembly for both conductive and non-conductive treatment. An added bonus to the new electrode ...

What Works Best?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... kind of resins should we be using? Should we coextrude or single extrude?’ We can find out what works best before they put it on their larger equipment. We're pretty much equipped to handle anything our ...

Where Does a Spreader Spread?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ...  surface as it shifts laterally, and leaves the roller either taut (in the case of a single wide web) or spread with uniform gaps (in the case of multiple slit strands). Amazingly, on-roller spreading i ...

A Global Focus on the Market

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... Liners' Future Growth Our research shows industrial self-adhesive tapes, both double- and single-coated, will be the major growth area for release liners in the future — particularly as the world's developing ...

A Cure for the Common Marketing Technique

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2003, ... print directly on the facing sheet, which saves time and money by eliminating the need to laminate an offset-printed lightweight bleached board to single-faced corrugated. “Last of all,” Torquato says, ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... when each bonding aluminum atom carries a single soap group. Even at room temperature, acetic acid can easily pass through a coating infiltrating chemical bonds by advanced attack and leading to adhesion ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... image analysis technology. Co. says quantitative, objective decisions can be made in every step of the flexo process — from proof to film to plate to print — all using a single instrument, anytime, anywhere, ...

What Would PI Do?

(Corrugated)

August 31, 2003, ... a Bobst 1575 auto-platen die-cutter; a Tanabe 110-in. specialty gluer; and an Automätan single-place laminator. In addition, the operation manufactures all of its own inks (for control and efficiency, ...

Testing Equipment: Does Your Lab Measure Up?

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... involved in a single label product — facestock with top coat or overlaminate, adhesive, release coating, and liner — testing can be a difficult task, says Gary Avalon, group marketing director at Chemsultants ...

3M Combines Label Business with Emtech Emulsion Technologies

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2003, Last month, 3M and Emtech Emulsion Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to combine Emtech and 3M's label business into a single 3M operating unit. As part of the agreement, 3M will acquire Emtech's assets; ...

FTA Raises the Bar

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... at 175 fpm on an in-line press where die cutting and embossing were accomplished on a single die, using magnetically mounted tools. Pacon Corp. took Best of Show in the wide-web competition with its ...

Retrofitting Older Sheeters

(Archive)

June 30, 2003, ... and deceleration of the sheeter. This is not the case for most older fixed-bed (single rotary) knives. Short Sheet Runnability — The minimum and maximum sheeted length for a fixed-bed sheeter is ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... to save on the amount of premium resins by filling with lower cost materials; and the possibility to make multi-layer, multi-functional structures in a single pass.” A group at Battenfeld Gloucester ...

Can't Touch This (Web): Part

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... need a single roller web guide (90 deg), a pull roller (90 deg), and a tension-measuring roller (30 deg), we won't have enough web wrap to go around. Fortunately, we can change the rules of the game. ...

AIMCAL Summer School: Get an Educational Edge

(News | New Products)

May 27, 2003, ... Summer School Block c/o Charlotte Marriott Executive Park 5700 Westpark Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 Rate: $99 (single or double) free airport shuttle (15 mins. each way) Technical Questions Welcome ...

FTA Awards Exemplify High-End Flexo

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2003, ... but also from very fine print to emboss—was what impressed me." According to Kramer Carton, the job was run at 175 fpm on an in-line press where die cutting and embossing were accomplished on a single ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... Corp., Hoffman Estates, IL; 847/645-3774; boschrexroth-us.com Ecodrive Cs Series is described as a new generation of system-compatible AC servo drives in the power range of 100-750 W, with 230VAC single- ...

A Clear Winner

(Tapes)

March 31, 2003, ... were dropping to single-digit percentages throughout the '90s, many p-s label converters were enjoying double-digit growth. Given the company's p-s label manufacturing experience, coupled with its long-standing ...

Furthering Flexo: Today & Tomorrow

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... on that single job [a great deal].” Back to servo: Called “gearless” in the printing industry, this technology offers makeready benefits as well as a host other advantages, says Jim Hulman, account ...