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The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... t of opportunities with substrates that aren't films, such as nonwovens, textile-related, and paper. By taking a broader view, and considering what the properties of aluminum and other metals could do thermal ...

European equity supplier acquires plastics division

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... joint venture and expansion of PTA capacity in Taiwan. The major Taiwanese fiber group, Far Eastern Textile Limited (FET), will acquire a 300% shareholding in IGI's existing Taiwan PTA business based on ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... cones, and tubes used for a variety of applications in the paper, film, converting, construction, and textile industries. Roll Surface Requirements The two key surface variables of a core are waviness ...

Emerging markets: doing business in Latin America.

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ...  The sudden opening of the markets in Latin America, and particularly in Brazil, where I live and face the daily problems, has produced both good and bad consequences. For example, toy, textile, clothes ...

Doctor blades are the right Rx for gravure

(Magazine)

September 30, 1995, ... steel, has a Rockwell C Scale rating of 57 and is used in the looms of the textile industry where the requirements for straightness, purity and tensile strength must meet higher standards. It is durable ...

Recovered materials content guidelines for packaging change.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... question for paper products is fiber, which can be derived from wood, textile or agricultural products. EPA has defined "recovered materials" to include both preconsumer (prior to its intended end use) ...

Book details Japan's packaging industr

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... and Section 18 is "Plastic and Textile Bags." Film sections are fairly inclusive with materials ranging from polyvinyl chloride to TPX. Section 15, which discusses coextruded multilayer films is quite ...

Slower growth, continued expansion seen in 1995

(Magazine)

January 31, 1995, ...  balance our system," Stuckey said. "That includes about $35 billion in textiles and apparel. We have an import bill of $35 billion for oil, plus a similar amount for automotive parts and assembled cars ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

(Magazine)

December 31, 1994, ... was designed for the special niche markets of flexographic, large-size wide-web offset and screen printing, such as corrugated and folding-carton packaging billboard and display manufacturing, and textile ...