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Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... a new Nordmeccanica Sprintflex 10 quick-change flexo press. The press will give the converter the capacity to print to a 28-in. repeat and a 47-in.-wide web in up to ten colors. According to Star, the ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, ... high stamping quality, press's rotary principle allows the application of extremely fine fonts to be placed next to large solids. Decelerates foil web and pulls it back, reportedly reducing stamping foil ...

Let's Talk Trend

(Tapes)

August 28, 2003, ... p-s film substrates on narrow to mid-web press systems. The successful and wide-ranging implementation of chill rollers on-press has increased press speeds when printing on p-s film substrates.  ...

Labelexpo Europe: Unparalled Access to Latest Label Trends

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2003, ... exhibition for the labels and web packaging industry, the Labelexpo series has always attracted a loyal following among exhibitors and visitors alike. The fifteenth Labelexpo Europe—being held 24 through ...

Products

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ...  Dover Flexo Electronics Inc., Rochester, NH; 603/332-6150; dfe.com The Webhandler3 is a digital version of co.'s WebHandler2 analog tension controller. Automatically maintains a preselected tension set ...

Star Packaging Prints Up to 10 Colors with New Nordmeccanica Press

(News | New Products)

July 15, 2003, ... the converter the capacity to print up to a 28-in. repeat and 47-in. web width in up to 10 colors. COLLEGE PARK, GA, USA—In early May, Star Packaging Corp. announced the purchase of a new Nordmeccanica ...

Size Doesn't Always Matte

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, ... Trends in the Global Converting Industry”; “Other Grades of Paperboard Can Learn from the Tissue Industry”; “Better Web Handling”; “UV Ink Systems”; “Basics of Electron Beam Curing”; “Energy Curable Adhesives”; ...

Coex for Success

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... by the blown film process to match cast film capability, increased automation and simplification at the operator level, a truly universal feed screw, and higher speed web handling systems that are more ...

United Graphics Intros In-House Sheeting with Valmet's TSK Mode

(Unprinted Rolls)

June 05, 2003, ... web tension controls and decurlers, digital slitter positioning, a web cleaner, and an automatic skid-change system. This order, adds Valmet, brings the total of Valmet TSK sheeters sold in the USA and ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... Accessory Corp., Wind Gap, PA; 800/433-2413; handleyourweb.com The Rol-handlR is a two-station rotating roll handling device for rolls to 2,000 lb. Dual lift stations, with two pivot points, allow a roll ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... web cleaner from Teknek. The two companies have joined forces to offer potential customers the opportunity to test materials with greater protection from contamination. At today's high speeds, the companies ...

Fit for Use

(Materials)

April 30, 2003, Hard and strong or soft and weak, picking the right substrate depends on your application. Hard and strong or soft and weak, picking the right substrate depends on your application. In the manufacture ...

Products

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... Kraton Polymers, Lung-Meng Machinery, Maxson Automatic Machinery, Munchy, Novaflex, Pillar, Schiavi (Bobst), Teknor Color, and Webex. Machinery, Accessories, Services Five-Layer Coex Line Has Many Features ...

Complete Solutions

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... The web path is reduced, meaning less waste, and less material to web to press,” Dennis explains. “The press also allows quicker changeover, so you can get in and out of the units easy and make changes.” ...

CMM Tops 22K; Product Debuts; Show-Floor Sales

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2003, ... on the show floor and that the overall outlook for future sales was very optimistic." CMM's web site (cmmshow.com) noted many exhibitors were pleased "with both the quantity and quality of visitors during...the ...

New Products for the Converting Industry

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... proximity coating. Pre-metered system applies fluids to the web at a constant rate and permits precise control over coat weight and cross-web distribution. Enclosed unit prevents airborne contamination ...

New Products for the Converting Industry (2 of 2)

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... America, Spinnaker Coating, UVitec, Vishay, and Webex. Measure Web Tension in Multiple Zones Vishay BLH, Canton, MA; 781/821-2000; vishay.com The DXt-40 multi-zone web tension transmitter measures each ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... web packaging for oral care products. Huhtamaki executive VP Mark Staton says his company is the only supplier of tube laminates for Dixie Toga, Brazil's largest producer of oral care packaging. He says ...

Think Lean

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... manufacturing is pull production, as this enables you to reduce raw materials, work in process, and finished goods inventory. Jim Ollier, general manager of The Printing Plant, a narrow web flexographic ...

New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... of the advantages of standard proximity coating. Pre-metered system applies fluids to the web at a constant rate and permits precise control over coat weight and cross-web distribution. Enclosed unit prevents ...