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Furthering Substrate Functionality

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... “Most companies find the return is within a year, so that's what makes it attractive.” With such swift ROI, and its additional environmental benefits, will plasma treating eventually replace corona? ...

Converter Panel Attracts Interest at Conference

(The Place)

September 30, 2003, ... David R. Roisum of Finishing Technologies, Inc., spoke on “Thinking Thin.” Noting that the markets driving converters to ever thinner webs to reduce material costs and waste going to the landfill provide ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... they are also recommended for shipping art. A card is simply inserted within sealed or shrink-wrapped cargo and also can be placed in shipping containers to monitor total freight exposure while in transit. ...

Coating Success

(Unprinted Rolls)

September 30, 2003, ...  The coater is unable to produce improved quality. New coated structures are more complex — multiple layers, thin coatings, light gauge substrates. High costs due to poor coater yield and ...

The Fundamentals of Being a True Leader

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... isn't anything like your father's in-line model. It can also print screen, letterpress, offset, gravure, offset digital, and ink jet digital in a surprising number of combinations. Simply buying new technology, ...

Pilferers Beware

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... under pharmaceutical guidelines. We give them everything they need to guarantee product integrity. There is no ‘mix’ possibility. We treat this like a drug-type product. “That's what they really appreciate ...

A Global Focus on the Market

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ...  Overall, within the constraints of current economic pressures, we have every reason to be confident in a healthy future for release liners. While the self-adhesive label market may be maturing, it still ...

New Market Study on Asia

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... and threats also are examined within the context of the broader global release liner market. The geographical focus of the study is Australia and New Zealand, China and Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... motor, reducing the tension range for thin-gauge products. Treaters Yield High-Dyne, Long-Lasting Treatment Sigma Technologies Intl. Inc., Tucson, AZ; 520/575-8013; sigma-technologies.com Atmospheric ...

Flex Pack Loses Industry Vet Visionary: Grover L. Foote

(News | New Products)

September 23, 2003, ...  It is true Grover loved his work, and he had the discipline to focus on his business to the exclusion of everything else. The reason he loved his work, and the reason he worked so hard, was the people. ...

Adhesion of Coatings to Aluminum Foil

(The Place)

August 31, 2003, ... to a thin strip or from continuously cast strip in a thickness of approximately 2-4 mm. The solidification of the metal melt during ingot casting occurs slowly compared with quenching during strip casting. ...

Pay Attention to Tension

(Archive)

August 31, 2003, ... slitting/rewinding process appears to be simple. Instead of simple, I think of slitter/rewinder processes as subtle. Learning the subtle secrets of slitter/rewinders will help turn your workhorse into ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... was just 4% below the record set by NPE in 2000 and 12% above the 1997 number. Not bad, Duncan emphasized at a press breakfast on the first day of the show, considering, “At SPI we've known for months things ...

Reporter Clips

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... and aquaflexlean.com. Mounting Adhesive Is ‘Optically Clear’ STOW, OH, USA—MACtac Inc. says PermaTrans IP4000 mounting film has a thin layer of adhesive that eliminates light refraction and is optically ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... label-printing technologies within Europe over recent years are shown in Figure 4, together with the forecast technologies to 2005. Market Trends and Drivers The current, major changes taking place ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... making it possible to correlate the proofer and presses and virtually eliminating inconsistencies between presses and ink room. Speed accuracy is said to be within ±1% at 100 fpm. Output Long-Format ...

What Would PI Do?

(Corrugated)

August 31, 2003, ... thing,” says Mazzocco. The Mazzocco's experience, along with their team, is what seems to keep Packaging Innovators true to the converting company's name. That experience and regard for teamwork and innovation ...

Considering China

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... business, know trade and China, when paired in even the most polite conversation, can lead to disagreements, frustration, arrays of theories, and confrontations — but one thing it rarely leads to is dull ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

August 30, 2003, ... leaders who had guided the division to a place of prominence not only within the TAPPI organization but also in the fields of converting and packaging. In my attempts to continue the very successful efforts ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, ... enhancing its appeal to converters and end-users alike. Other factors that have contributed to this trend: Cold UV technology has advanced significantly, facilitating the production of thinner-gauged ...