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New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... waste, co. says. Recommended for film-to-board laminated packaging applications, including cosmetics, personal care, and sporting goods, as well as product security applications. Reduce Injuries When ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... co. Paperboards are said to meet quality and consistency standards critical to efficiency and waste reduction in high-speed converting, filling, and sealing operations. Hot Melt Adhesive for Wax-Coated ...

Six Sigma Keeps Intelicoat Technologies on Target

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2003, ... substrates, and the Six Sigma methodology, predominately, "is being used to achieve a significant step improvement in cost reduction by removing variation and, therefore, eliminating waste throughout [the] ...

Chromas Offers Lean Manufacturing to North America

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2003, ... Manufacturing," according to Chromas, "is an English term that describes the Japanese manufacturing philosophy of continually reducing waste throughout a workflow to increase productivity and profitability." ...

An Uplifting Experience

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2002, ... sunchemical.com CONTROLLING WASTE Pliant Corp., South Deerfield, MA, a blown film production operation, recently upgraded the controller technology on a couple of its three-layer lines. “[These lines] ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportReducing Silicone Mist

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... improved coater hygiene around the coating head, and reduced requirement for cleaning ovens and other equipment. As a result, productivity can be increased and waste decreased. REFERENCES 1American ...

The Third Wave: An Iron Tale about the Business of Print, Vol. 11

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... reducing errors, mistakes, and waste What's challenging, exciting, and urgent is applying the basic principles of "leanness" to sales and marketing. While most lean thinking has been centered on manufacturing, ...

What's Ahead for Bagmakers

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... to stores of all levels, to consumers for household use, and to communities or private organizations for waste collection. Their overall quality level, including print, shows a wide variation. The high ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... and dispensing performance adversely. Release Liner as Packaging Waste The prospect of classifying release liner as packaging waste is a reality in parts of Europe, and the likelihood is this will impact ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... suggested National Center for Resource Recovery, Inc. With raw materials in short supply, the municipal waste stream is now being recognized as untapped reservoir of steel, aluminum, glass, paper, and ...

May 1993 - 1994

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... reduced environmental impact. June 1993Top Flight Bird Feeders wins the President’s Award in the Paperboard Packaging Council’s 1993 Carton Competition. July 1993Despite expanding waste reduction ...

Leading Converter in India Reports Benefits of AVT Investment

(News | New Products)

September 02, 2002, Paper Products Limited (PPL) of India reports an increase and decrease in waste, resulting from the installation of automatic defect detection systems from Israel-based Advanced Vision Technology (AVT). ...

Turning Defects into Perfection

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... to this waste,” explains Braby. It was this reduction in waste, in its various forms, that allowed Rotoflex-Quix to justify the expenditure on the second, third, and fourth PrintVision systems. “In ...

Want the Most Out of Your System? Knowledge Is Power!

(Magazine)

August 31, 2002, ... when all they need are panel trucks.” John Thome, VP of marketing at BST Pro Mark, Elmhurst, IL, also encourages converters to know and understand their waste stream. “I can't tell you how many converters ...

1970 - 1973

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2002, ...  student contest for designing a symbol to promote interest in improving environmental quality and lessening solid waste pollution. Gary Anderson, an architecture student at USC received a $2500 tuitio ...

Outsourcing Is Trendy, But Is It Right for Process Expertise?

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, ... In other words, how will this internal web technology expertise create benefits? Waste is the first place to look for potential benefits. Web handling waste includes web scratches, misalignment, wrinkling, ...

Toxic Release Inventory: AIMCAL Urges Members that Report Deadline Imminent

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2002, ... toxic chemicals in waste for recycling, energy recovery, treatment, or disposal; Whether the chemical is manufactured (including importation), processed, or otherwise used and the general categories ...

Splice Twice? Not on Your Life!

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, Remember the last time you missed a splice? Not a good day, was it? If there's one word to describe the new splicing equipment available today, it's Phil Remember the last time you missed a splice? Not ...

Would You Eat That? Some Readers Say No to Edible Film

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... all excellent reasons to make an edible package very unappealing to the appetite. The correspondent appreciated that finding a better way to eliminate packaging waste is laudable. He as well as the ...

The Buck Stops

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... less waste; less production space; reduced work in progress; and lower capital investment. On the last point, White explains that a narrow web UV press suitable for carton production costs less than ...