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Converter combines profit with environmental concern

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... control was received well by employees. Benefits of the process include improved weatherability, gloss and minimal cleanup. Volatile organic compound emissions were reduced to near-zero levels. Solvents ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

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May 31, 1995, ... Grafiba uses waterborne and solventborne inks. Grafiba products are used in the dairy, confectionery, breakfast cereal, dehydrated soup, pasta, powdered dessert, beverage, tobacco and sugar markets. ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, New regulations nailed a solvent done considered environmentally friendly. Poly-Pak Industries scrambled to meet the new standards and combat a wave of New regulations nailed a solvent done considered ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... adhesive systems. It's particularly suited to water and solventborne inks systems. Melinex ECO 813G performance is indistinguishable from standard Melinex 813 except that it may be somewhat tougher. ...

Consortium proves quality growth of flexo printing

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April 30, 1995, ... .067 in., hard mounting tape over foam tape, laser-engraved over mechanically engraved anilox rolls, aqueous over solventborne inks, stainless-steel blades over plastic doctor blades and film over paper. ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ...  neutralize corrosive gases, instead they absorbed them. They worked by coating the contents with an oil which then had to be removed by solvents, and their shelf life was as little as six months. Thi ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... outdoor conditions. It is resistant to humidity, salt, ultraviolet degradation, mild acid, alkalis and most petroleum-based oils, greases and aliphatic solvents. Judging of this year's competition was ...

Computerized dispensing provides ink management

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... are solventborne, the dispensing machinery should be explosion proof and enclosed to retard evaporation. The dispenser must be capable of formulating batches from one gallon to 50 gallons, with any ...

Printing system offers quality performance

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, A solventborne rotogravure printing-ink system that provides ultralow retained solvents when adhesive or extrusion-laminating treated and on polyvinylidene-chloride A solventborne rotogravure printing-ink ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... e. Because the PVOH layer is very smooth, we think you can get a much brighter-looking film. Converters can print on the PVOH surface, if they want to, using a solventborne ink. Rhone Poulenc is the o ...

Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.

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February 28, 1995, ... change coatings, solvents, inks or additives that you're currently using if they don't have approval rather than attempting the time consuming and costly alternative of obtaining approval. This is an area ...

Reassessing market brings growth to this converter

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December 31, 1994, ... has no solvent, so it doesn't contain any volatile-organic compounds and, thus, doesn't pollute the air. According to Neal, ultraviolet ink has no volatile-organic compounds because it's a 100%-solid system. ...