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Fast & Flawless

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... became the first high-volume consumer application of holograms as companies such as Topps and Upper Deck began using them to produce specialty baseball cards in the early 1990s. “We literally produced ...

The Mettle of Metallizers

(Magazine)

March 31, 2004, ... it wrong.” In addition to producing defect-free product, metallizers (the equipment) may start to incorporate technology that widens the production gamut. “There's a growing interest for specialty coatings, ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... 201/670-4848; neweraconverting.com Company has added wet-on-wet slot die coating technology to its range of specialty coating equipment, which includes a broad range of roll coating configurations as ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, ... technology to its range of specialty coating equipment, which includes a broad range of roll-coating configurations as well as slot-die application of 100% solids coatings, aqueous- and solvent-based solutions, ...

A Communication from the PLACE div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... coating. Jim Cooper of Dow Chemical USA and Scott Marks will then discuss polyethylene and polypropylene resins and specialty resins, respectively. The afternoon session of the first day will feature a ...

Adhesives Research Opens Tech Center in Singapore

(News | New Products)

February 16, 2004, Adhesives Research was founded in 1961. The developer of custom p-s materials says it offers problem-solving capabilities and custom solutions in adhesive polymerization, mixing, adhesive coating, films ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... Specialty Coatings in May 2003.” Tom Kura was named general manager of the new division as well as the Paper Metallizing Div. Now all of Vacumet's metallized papers are produced in the Morristown facility, ...

Materials

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January 30, 2004, ... MA; 888/571-8558; bostikfindley-us.com The 400 Series film adhesives are solvent-cast from specialty nylon polyamide resins said to provide superior adhesion to a wide variety of substrates. Suited for ...

Products

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January 30, 2004, ... and optional features. Reproduce Linework with No Gravure Screen Max Daetwyler Corp., Huntersville, NC; 704/875-1200; daetwyler.com TranScribe specialty engraving method is said to eliminate the limitations ...

Converting Industry News

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January 30, 2004, ... MU842. Pyramid winners are as follows: McNeil Vial Products (McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals and National Label Co.); Label-Lyte 302 POWERade Matrix/NHRA National Promotion (The ...

Products and Materials

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December 30, 2003, ... hazen.com Line of Brilliance specialty cover papers includes a variety of foil, film-laminate, and metallized transfer paper boards, all said to add high-intensity effects to printed materials. All products ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... weights. They are suited for use as bakery pick-up, basket/tray liners, and sandwich wraps, in specialty, fast food retailers, and other markets. Adhesives Stay Clear in UV Light National Adhesives, ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... pressure flow using standard components such as co.'s air power units, fans, cyclones, rotary airlocks, and speed spout. Specialty components, including c, are available for customization into any type ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ...  ATLANTA, GA, USA—Printpack Inc. has acquired Amcor Inc.'s specialty packaging plant in Newport News, VA. The 105,000-sq-ft facility has enough land to more than double manufacturing capacity. The plant ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ...  Acquisition Webex Purchases Fox Companies NEENAH, WI, USA—Webex Inc. has purchased Fox Cos. Machining Inc., a roll manufacturer and specialty machine shop in Greenville. Terms were not disclosed but ...

PLACE Recognizes Best Entries from Recent Conference

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, ... and Jennifer Lee of Queen's University discussed “Binary Blends of EVA and Metallocene Catalyzed Ethylene-alpha-Olefin Copolymers and Their Film Properties.” Roswell E. King, III, of Ciba Specialty Chemicals ...

What Works Best?

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... the US Gulf Coast and in the Midwest. Its facilities have a combined annual capacity to produce more than 11 billion lb of ethylene and more than 5 billion lb of polyethylene, along with other specialty ...

Film Supplier Klockner Pentaplast Acquires Greenway Plastics, Slated to Open Brazil PVC Plant

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2003, ... it will relocate the manufacturing assets to its Beaver, WV, facility. "The purchase of Greenway Plastics is a logical product portfolio enchancement for our specialty barrier film product lines," adds ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... Curing A session developed and chaired by Rick Sanders of Energy Sciences, Inc., had seven papers covering various areas of radiation curing. Albert A. Lin of Sovereign Specialty Chemicals, Inc., spoke ...

The Fundamentals of Being a True Leader

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... turnarounds at smaller widths. This same wide-web converter might also have a narrow web press off to the side to handle specialty jobs for even shorter jobs with time-sensitive deadlines. On the same ...