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Laminator adds metallizing to the mix

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August 31, 1996, ... to customer-specified humidity levels, it is hermetically sealed in shrinkwrap before shipment or storage. Alubec uses water-based lacquers and adhesives. "It's more than ecology; we have to give the ...

Green Bay gears up for specialty labels

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May 31, 1996, ... for curing. The second coating station applies a water-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive, using the reverse gravure method. Both coating stations use a fountainless/enclosed applicator featuring an internal ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... produces a reduction in print ink gloss. The uniformity of an ink film may be affected in the first printing unit by a phenomenon known as "water interference." The ink, as it moves through the inking ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ...  The single-layer package reduces package weight by 18% and volume by 25% over the previous package. The structure can be printed with water-based inks, and the single-layer package reduces package waste ...

Improved paper chemistry provides multiple benefits

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December 31, 1995, ... control of retention, dewatering, and strength of the sheet while it's being made is key to a high quality base sheet. If you can control those functions, you can actually take control of the way molecules ...

Clean air rules are changing & you can have a say

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May 31, 1995, ... experiment which could potentially rebuild the agency's infrastructure for regulating environmental protection. Called the Common Sense Initiative (CSI), it seeks to combine air, water, and solid waste ...

Film offers food packagers green marketing opportunity

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April 30, 1995, ... adhesive systems. It's particularly suited to water and solventborne inks systems. Melinex ECO 813G performance is indistinguishable from standard Melinex 813 except that it may be somewhat tougher. ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... features. The challenge was to replace a rigid canister for packaging numerous individual, water-soluble pouches of hazardous materials, such as pesticides and herbicides. The easy-to-open package boasts ...