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ITC Rules in Favor of Petition Against Woven Sacks Imports from China

(News | New Products)

September 03, 2008, ... and subsidized imports from China prevented us from getting this business off the ground,” says Mike Nowak, president of Coating Excellence, Wrightstown, WI. “We now look forward to working closely with ...

Winterborne Recognized by Wal-Mart for Sustainable Packaging Success

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2008, ... was the first of its type, and Winterborne, a Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club preferred packaging provider, was the only packaging supplier to be recognized. EnviroShell, invented by Winterborne and first introduced ...

Weight Reduction

(Archive)

August 31, 2008, ... founder Mike Nowak, “The ITC's decision confirms something that we have known for a long time — dumped and subsidized imports from China prevented us from getting this business off the ground. We now look ...

It's 40 Years for IM

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

March 31, 2008, ...  not tied to any particular thing. I think that flexibility is the reason that we're still here.” That flexibility has not prevented IMC from establishing a niche in traverse winding. Company presiden ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, ... — to a fully recyclable, fully biodegradable product, and they're not compromising the look at all,” says Droppo. “We're not only saving them money, but we've prevented over five million sheets from going ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... 3,000–100,000 scfm+, units provide thermal efficiencies to 97%. Secondary add-on heat recovery systems designed to utilize the 250–1,500 deg of heat energy normally vented out the stack can be incorporated ...

Working Undercover

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... monitoring may not have prevented the contamination—after all, they can’t test every raw material—it would have made it easier for Diamond and other manufacturers to deal with the aftermath. “At the ...

Coding: A Digital Signature

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... ingredient monitoring may not have prevented the contamination — after all, they can't test every raw material — it would have made it easier for Diamond and other manufacturers to deal with the aftermath. ...

Metallizing Makeover

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... Toronto facility, CEO Larsen said, “We have reinvented our business model over the last two years.” Dante Ferrari, product development engineer, adds, “We made a business decision to go value-added on ...

Introduction to Roll Handling

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... lifting. No approach has been found for totally eliminating back injuries caused by lifting, though it is felt that a substantial portion can be prevented by an effective control program and ergonomic ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... are being re-invented. Laminating ink composition differs globally due to printing preferences as well as local regulatory requirements. More rotogravure laminating is done in Europe and Japan compared ...

Evolving Ink Jet Technology

(Magazine)

January 30, 2005, ... early systems lacked reliability and suffered from nozzle clogging and image quality consistency. However, in 1979 Cannon invented a DOD method based on generating a vapor bubble using a small heater ...

Coating Rods

(Magazine)

October 30, 2004, The Great Equalizer Charles Mayer, who grew up in the age of Edison and Ford, invented the metering rods we use today. A century of evolution has gone into wire-wound coating rods. Still called Mayer rods, ...

Safety in Converting: Part III

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... reached the conditions necessary for it to explode when mixed with air. A simple examination of the area above the ceiling with subsequent cleaning could have prevented the deaths. While the North Carolina ...

The Secret's Out

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ...  “We almost reinvented ourselves,” adds Kirk Valadez. “We started a new business, and in many ways we're still learning. When you do cartons and high-shrink films, that's a whole different ball game.” ...

CMYK=RGB - The Digital Color Revolution

(Technical Reports)

January 30, 2004, ... upstream in prepress and approved via a CMYK contract proof. This is the most cost-effective reproduction process ever invented, because you never need to change your anilox or ink set. You simply change ...

Colbert Packaging's Senior-Friendly, Child-Resistant PharmaDial Gets Highest Rating from US Consumer Product Safety Commissio

(Folding Cartons)

December 08, 2003, ... Chicagoland-based converter. Invented by Colbert Packaging and first introduced in September 2002, the PharmaDial product, says Colbert, is a senior-friendly, child-resistant unit dose package designed ...

Just Rolling Along

(Archive)

September 30, 2003, ... which may improve the efficiency of production and reduce operating costs. From Accidents Come Inventions Rolling ring drive technology was invented in the late 1940s by a German factory worker named ...

Hard Copies Keep Paper in Demand For Now

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... A.D. that actual paper was invented in China. Mixed mulberry bark, hemp, rags, and water were pressed and hung to dry. This turned out to be one of man's greatest inventions. The driving force behind ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... have not prevented applications for RFID labels in a wide range of product security and tracking uses. Major retail outlets are using RFID technologies for tracking and traceability of clothing and designer ...