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Converters Strike Back

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... with clearly defined optical effects, even an untrained eye can distinguish easily between originals and counterfeits. Trustseal is said to meet three primary requirements for an optically variable ...

RFID Labels a Good Read

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... label is attached. Those are the kinds of variables X-Ident tests before the product reaches the end-user. “There are ways to inspect for those hidden flaws as part of the label-making process,” notes ...

New Products for the Narrow Web Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... integrated directly into co.'s 13-in. Model 2200. The UV ink jet module is a four-color system reportedly capable of printing full-coverage, 100%-variable information at 80 fpm. In addition, 300-dpi resolution ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... F high-speed, thermal transfer printers are said to be perfect for printing code dates, pricing, variable information, and scannable bar codes directly onto package substrates such as film, foil, paper, ...

Coating and Laminating Special Report

(Archive)

February 28, 2002, ... and OVDs (optically variable devices) can offer opportunities for thermal as well as sputtered evaporation.   Looking at the market overall, it is evident there is limited profitability in general trade ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... for internal use or to supply to customers; and they have the ability to monitor and trend, not only the primary measurement, but an unlimited number of variables in the process.” Deitrick says, “Make ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... other to engage, plus a wide interior base, so the zipper locks even when particles enter the track. New zipper styles and forms are being developed rapidly. These include powder-proof, variable alignment, ...

Direct Answers Drive Presses

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... quick job changeovers,” says Schiavi of its equipment. “[It features] an infinitely variable repeat capacity, plate cylinder, and anilox roller sleeves, [thus resulting in] reduced manpower.” The Dirt ...

World Label Shipments to Grow thru 2005, Reports Freedonia

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2001, ... lithography, gravure, screen). Moreover, the nascent market for digital label presses—200 or so were in place worldwide in 2000—will expand rapidly in the new decade. Variable information printing of various ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... and label printing disciplines. Leading label press manufacturers and international label stock manufacturers were there in force. Release liners, silicones, inks, dies, variable information printing equipment, ...

Polymers / Laminations / Adhesives / Coatings / Extrusions

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... Chemical Canada, Inc., “A Consultant's Viewpoint Of High Precision Coating For The Converting Industry” by Chris Watson, Watson Consulting, “Stretch Film Properties-Effects Of Equipment And Process Variables” ...

Product Develpment Help Is Here, There, Everywhere

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... a substrate, and they were happy if they just hit the levels they were looking for. Now there seems to be so many other variables that come into play, like whether an over-treatment or an under-treatment ...

European Conference Draws Large Audience

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... only statistics may determine. If no independent measurement method of the same variable exists that has even greater resolution, determining whether variation belongs with the material, sensor, or both ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... cold foil applications and laminations and can be used in combination UV screen, UV flexo, UV offset, and almost all variable information printing, co. reports. Metallized Papers Offer High Performance ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... threats to business, a neck shrink sleeve was developed in conjunction with packaging specialists Decorative Sleeves. The sleeve featured a secure optically variable device (OVD) from De La Rue Holographics ...

New Product Digest

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ...  The 5XF variable-size bag machine combines the size ranges of three machines in one. Produces square-bottom bags of one, two, or three plies in a range of widths and heights. Bags formed on the machine ...

Delivering Digital: CTP Carries Flexo Printing to Competitive Quality

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... variable-information printing not only a reality but increasingly commonplace. (See Product Focus, July 2001, p. 88: “Digital Printing at Your Service: Keeping Customers Happy.”) But it's digital platemaking ...

Polymers/Laminations/Adhesives/Coatings/Extrusions

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... speeds of 1,300 ft/min. As previously discussed, the coating weight tolerance is variable and depends on such factors as speed, width, and weight. Considering the original equipment manufacturer's perspective, ...

What's New in Digita

(Magazine)

July 30, 2001, ... 14.7 mpm (24.7 cm/sec), which co. says makes its productivity level one of the highest in the digital label industry. Typical applications include labels, variable information promotional food labels, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... variable devices (OVD). The vodka bottle's neck shrink sleeve now features a secure OVD, which works as a strong visual assurance of product and brand integrity in tandem with thermochromic and other ...