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Web Handling...Making a Slitter/Winder Upgrade Work for You

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March 31, 2001, ... is a frequent source of slip pimple winding defects. Good razor slitting technique is required to minimize the debris. Good razor slitting technique requires that the web be slit at the minimum possible ...

A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSixth Installment

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February 28, 2001, ... source. Many processes reduce static charge in their machines with grounded tinsel or “static string” because of simplicity and economics. These methods are not as effective as powered ion generators ...

Cast Film Dies and Auxiliary Equipment

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February 28, 2001, ... translators can themselves be a source of heat, careful design considerations have been made to isolate this heat source from the die lip. Hot spots on the die lip will typically lead to film streaks or ...

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 30, 2000, ... discussed MACT 2000. The HAP emission limits are based on emission capture and control technology that can reduce total organic HAP emissions by 95% at existing sources and 98% at new sources. Dr. Joseph ...

Converting Industry News

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October 31, 2000, ... reportedly will give users of both systems the resources they need to conduct e-commerce and expand into new markets, while reaping the benefits of lower transaction costs and improved supply chain efficiency. ...

Customer Satisfaction Begins and Ends with Quality

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September 30, 2000, ...  backs it up with aggressive investment, careful selection of raw materials, and routine training of employees to enable them to be a valuable resource for customers. All of that adds up to a company wit ...

Technology Puts Converter "In-Line" for More Succes

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September 30, 2000, ... says Jackson. "And our challenge, especially in being a sole source supplier to the Orville Reddenbachers of the world, is to improve continually what we've already done. For example, the consumer won't recognize ...

Synthetic Paper from Plastics

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September 30, 2000, ... form a major fraction of municipal waste. They offer a good source of inexpensive raw material that could be very suitable to develop a synthetic paper-like product. This work examines mixtures of linear ...

Converted Flexible Packaging: Trends to Watch

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July 31, 2000, ... on market expansion, product introductions; and technological advances. Converted flexible packaging demand in nonfood applications will rise at a slower pace yet be stimulated by source reduction efforts ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

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June 30, 2000, ... stock is sourced from coaters all over Europe, including Raflatec OY, Fasson, Ritrama, Jackstadt, and MACtac. Inks purchased from Akzo Nobel and Sicpa are mixed in Sinel's ink room. New developments ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

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May 31, 2000, ... and services directly over the Internet, is rapidly becoming big business-even for small companies. Just ask All Printing Resources (APR). Better yet, talk to its customers. APR, which offers a wide ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

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March 31, 2000, ... greater public scrutiny. For its part, EPA continues to work on shifting its resources toward programs that promote waste minimization and pollution-prevention activities. Many of the agency's "re-invention" ...

FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less

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February 29, 2000, ... DC, presented its 1999 Top Packaging Awards to seven companies for flexible packages that broke new ground in technology, closures, substrates, and source reduction. The official awards were presented ...

Static electricity can be a very costly problem

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August 31, 1998, ... service, since no two applications are the same. On page 236 of our June '96 Buyers Guide, we list 46 different suppliers of static elimination equipment. Another excellent source of information is ...

Two states adopt regulations for rigid-container laws

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January 31, 1998, ... and source-reduction requirements or reusability/refillability requirements. Manufacturers of rigid-plastic containers used for food and cosmetics were given a temporary reprieve with the passage last ...

The role of barrier materials in packaging low-fat goods.

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October 31, 1996, ... testifies to the effectiveness of acrylic and high-barrier PVdC-coated OPP in comparison to co-extruded OPP. And, since it continuously provides this barrier to off-odors, the off-odor sources themselves ...

Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.

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October 31, 1996, ... desirable source reduction capabilities, says Jackson. Jackson also notes that this new structure offers cost reductions and advantages in roachinability due to its excellent layflat property. Since ...

Dutch converter retakes his company

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July 31, 1996, ... built in-house) producing 400 million die-cut lids annually. At present, Bolding purchases most of its inks (solvent-based) from German sources, but plans are underway to begin in-house manufacture of ...

On-line gauging brings big benefits to coating operation

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July 31, 1996, ... to one-sixth the strength of conventional beta gauge radiation sources. The approach required a rethinking of old assumptions about the source size, data processing, and mechanical engineering. And ...