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- Experience Speaks: Jim Streicher
- (Bag Pouch)
- July 31, 2011, ... do you handle a difficult customer? We have learned over the years to make sure everything is well documented and that processes are in place to handle situations when they arise. The key is to be prepared. ...
- ALOX Coater & CPP Film Line Debuting in Egypt
- (Flexpack News)
- July 13, 2011, ... Reportedly, this capability places UFLEX among a select handful of manufacturers that produce aluminum oxide coated films. The ALOX coater will apply a thin and highly transparent coating of aluminium ...
- Update on World BOPET Market Trends
- (Flexpack News)
- July 07, 2011, ... pricing, and forecasts for thin and thick BOPET film markets to 2015. The study reports: The global BOPET film shortage has eased to the point that supplies are now plentiful, and new capacity coming ...
- Catching Up with PFFC News
- (Trends/Management)
- June 30, 2011, ... news about machinery, materials, products, and services, that I forget about promoting PFFC's own great news. So this month I'm taking this space to talk about things some of you astute readers already may ...
- Web Lines: Is Wound Roll Pressure Greater Than Tire Pressure?
- (Tension)
- June 30, 2011, ... When you stretch a rubber band around something, it creates tension proportional to how much the band is elongated beyond its untensioned length (a.k.a. strain). The pressure under a rubber band on a cylinder ...
- Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing
- (Print)
- June 30, 2011, ... interesting things happening” in both the creation and use of holographic materials that have brought holograms light years from their origins. “We're still living with that sort of [inferior] image ...
- Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans
- (Yo's Yarns)
- June 21, 2011, ... is currently running an Europe-wide survey, amongst other things. The explanation accompanying the survey contains incomprehensible claims. According to this, each and every EU citizen is supposed to ...
- One Sweet Delivery Option
- (Flexpack)
- June 15, 2011, ... The key to its success lies within the multiple layers of film, supplied by Danafilms, that form air-filled baffles for insulation. The number of baffles is directly related to the structure's thermal characteristics ...
- SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference
- (Metallizing)
- May 31, 2011, ... for Thin Film Photovoltaics” and “Coating Advances and its Impact on the Future of the Vacuum Coating Industry.” Günter Bräuer, Fraunhofer Inst. for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST, Braunschweig, ...
- Static Beat: Surface Resistivity Testing
- (Static Elimination)
- May 31, 2011, ... of a thin layer because the thickness (dLAYER) in Equation 1 is often so small (perhaps only a few molecules thick) that it is difficult to measure. One practical way to avoid this problem is to define ...
- Technical Report: Up & Running
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, ... razor slitting, these systems greatly reduce setup times. For example, an auto score system can precisely position more than 100 score knives within a few minutes. In addition to reducing setup times, ...
- Splice Film & Foil Efficiently
- (Label/Tape)
- May 31, 2011, ... web preparation time. Enhanced features reportedly allow for trouble-free splicing, even between challenging substrates such as thin films and foils. tesa tape | 800-426-2181 | www.tesatape.com ...
- Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity
- (Label/Tape)
- May 10, 2011, ... person to the consumer. Consumer research by Market Focus (2009) revealed that 38% of respondents tried a product because “something caught my eye at the store” while only 8% of respondents tried a new ...
- Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!
- (Print)
- April 30, 2011, ... into a leadership role in pharmaceutical dispensing packaging in Canada, Italy, Spain, and the UK. The company's mantra — Thinking Ahead of the Box — describes its passion for innovation. Jones offers ...
- Ampac to Relocate Pouch Plant, Purchases Totani Machine
- (Bag Pouch News)
- April 21, 2011, ... purchase a Totani BH-60DG-F (SG-6) Box Pouch making machine at this year’s Interpack Show in Dusseldorf, Germany. This purchase is the third pouch format Ampac has added within the past 12 months to its ...
- SVC Holds Ambitious Technical Conference
- (Coating/Laminating News)
- April 20, 2011, ... two symposia: “Manufacturing and Technology for Thin Film Photovoltaics” and “Coating Advances and its Impact on the Future of the Vacuum Coating Industry.” Günter Bräuer, Fraunhofer Inst. for Surface ...
- 'ICE Age' Forecasted for US Converting Industr
- (Trends/Management News)
- April 11, 2011, It was anything but chilly in Orlando, FL, on April 6-8 when ICE USA, the new Mack Brooks Expositions' event, made its grand debut with a total of 275 exhibitors heating up the action BURLINGTON, MA | ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... as well as Technology of the Year. Nothing Generic There's nothing generic about the tissue canister housing Kimberly-Clark's Kleenex tissues. Graphic Packaging Intl. (GPI), Marietta, GA, virtually blew ...
- Galileo, Rusnano JV Enjoy Growth Separately
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... business opportunities that require technology development, particularly for applications in photovoltaics, display and touch panel manufacturing, RFID, and thin films.” In 2010 Galileo announced a joint ...
- Galileo, Rusnano JV Enjoy Growth Separately
- (Metallizing)
- March 24, 2011, ... involving photovoltaics, display and touch panel manufacturing, RFID, and thin films.” In mid-2010 Galileo announced a joint venture, named Galileo Nanotech, between itself and Rusnano, a Russian government-owned ...