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A Clear Winner

(Tapes)

March 31, 2003, ... multi-part forms in the credit card arena, his company began converting thermal transfer labels on 16- and 20-in. Mark Andy and Webtron presses. Baker also saw that while growth rates in business forms ...

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 2, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ... America, Spinnaker Coating, UVitec, Vishay, and Webex. Machinery, Accessories, Services, Materials Measure Web Tension in Multiple Zones Vishay BLH, Canton, MA; 781/821-2000; vishay.com The DXt-40 ...

Graphics of the Americas Reports Strong Numbers

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2003, ... the terms of the new agreement, Artes Gráficas and Conversión, Latin American print and web media covering the region’s printing and converting industries, will contribute significant advertising benefits ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, News from: Altrif Label, BST Pro Mark, Creo, Discount Labels, Hewlett-Packard, Pechiney, and ScenicSoft. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Label Converter Adds Two HP Indigo Presses PALO ALTO, CA, ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... Plastics Industry (SPI), sponsor of the triennial event, is offering assistance in this task. At the Web site npe.org, you will find visa information and a number of links that can help facilitate the ...

Flexo 2003: AVT to Show Range of Inspection Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2003, Advanced Vision Technology Ltd (AVT) reports it will be demonstrating three machine vision-based solutions and its range of options for package printing and converting applications at its stand at Flexo ...

Canadian Converter: Labelad

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... needs of pharmaceutical and promotional manufacturers. The press is capable of handling web structures and also can handle complex die-cutting inline. Also added to the production floor is a high-speed ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... slitting lines; doubling and separating lines; web texturizing systems; automated coil loading and handling systems; and shaft extraction equipment for light-gauge aluminum foils. Design enhancements have ...

An Uplifting Experience

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2002, ... to OSHA's Web site (osha.gov). “Our Macedon plant is a ‘star’ facility,” Merrill explains. “In fact, that's the only facility that's ever won two VPP awards. Our goal is also to be a VPP-Star facility. Hopefully, ...

International Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... support Drent Goebel's narrow web products in the US and Canada, including the Novaprint Series and Vision/VSOP (Variable Sleeve Offset Printing) web offset shaftless presses. Goebel will market RDP's larger ...

Increasing Your Flexo Press Speed a Notch or Two

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... be installed. Measure the surface tension of the web as a function of press speed with the corona treaters in normal operating mode. If you place an additional corona treater or increase the power, you ...

Energy-Curable Inks

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... have decreased over time, and it's logical to believe this trend will continue into the future. Q: What applications dictate sheet- or web-fed printing? A: Oxygen in the curing area inhibits the production ...

Prime UV Gets Gegenheimer Award for Industry Service at NPES

(News | New Products)

November 24, 2002, ... it also provides customized equipment for narrow, mid, and wide web presses as well as sheetfed presses. The award, named for a former NPES president and chairman emeritus of Baldwin Technology Company, ...

Wine Label Printer Tapp Technologies Goes Digital with HP-Indigo

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2002, ... Tapp's new digital presses will provide the narrow web converter with "high-speed, high-quality, cost-effective, short-to-medium run label printing on demand in up to seven colors," says the mfr. Officially ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... on a roll, so specialized web-fed presses were developed that could print, die-cut, matrix-strip, and rewind in-line. Early label presses were based on the letterpress process. Multi-process printing lines ...

US Label Shipments to Grow thru 2006

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2002, US label shipments will expand 4.8 percent/yr through to 2006 to eight billion sq m valued at $14 billion (US), predicts Freedonia Group, the Cleveland-based industrial research firm. CLEVELAND, OH, USA—US ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... & Krecke Inc., a sales and service organization for the group in North America; and SMB Sondermaschinenbau, manufacturers of narrow web specialty flexo presses and converting equipment. Some consolidation ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... That is, typically 800 rpm for sheet-fed and 1,200 rpm for web offset. Temperature is set at 90 deg F. Tack is measured 1 min after inks are distributed evenly on the rollers. Ink stabilities or “ink length” ...