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A Golden Opportunity

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2008, ...  Entry | Whoppers Sno-Balls 10 oz bag Category | Wide Web Winner | Coating Excellence Intl. Entry | Malta Cleyton Triple Corona New Generation bag Category | Combined Corrugated Winner | Allpak Container ...

Trail Blazing

(Green Converting)

March 31, 2008, Curtis Packaging, a converter of premium folding cartons, proves that going green and making green don't have to be mutually exclusive. Not only is the Curtis Packaging, a converter of premium folding ...

Drupa '08

(Trends/Management)

March 31, 2008, ... and neighboring cities on show days. As a cooperating media partner, PFFC has been reporting on Drupa 2008 for almost a year in our print edition, on our website (www.pffc-online.com), and in our semi-monthly ...

Metal Is in the Mix

(Metallizing)

February 29, 2008, ... laminated to 50-micron blown LDPE. Pouchmaking entails the marriage of five webs in register to create a stand-up pouch with one bottom and two side gussets. Differentiating the tea from its competition ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... a durable steel screen that distributes vacuum suction evenly across the roll face. Company says fine mesh creates a smooth surface for mark-free web handling, while providing better control in transporting ...

New Products, Part 2

(Archive)

November 06, 2007, ...  Part 1 | Part 2 Machinery, Accessories, Services Die-Cut Thin Materials The DLI eDrive reportedly allows die-cutting at higher speeds on thin p-s materials and laminates. Using advanced web transport ...

Release Liner Special Report, Part 1

(Tapes)

October 31, 2007, ... a new business platform. With brand manufacturers continuing to proliferate variants of the same basic brand in terms of flavor, scent, etc., print runs are becoming shorter. The narrow web label converter ...

In Search of Tension Isolation

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, In web handling, one of the myths told most frequently is that of the independent tension zone, protected from other tension zones by the protective powers of the tension isolation. Like most myths, we ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... Machinery Co. | 401-596-0162 | maxsonautomatic.com | PFFC-ASAP 327 Produce Coreless Rolls Newly designed rewind shaft allows existing owners of company’s high-speed, wide web rewinders to produce ...

Scoring the Scorecard

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... vendors had even logged on to the company’s website to download the scorecard; just 1,200 SKUs had been completed. Task Forces Formed “It’s a huge undertaking; huge, huge, huge,” says Marla Donahue, ...

Be A Good Citizen

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, Green Converting What do the ancient Iroquois, Thomas Jefferson, and many of today’s leading companies have in common? They all embraced a philosophy that has become known as “sustainable development.” ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... in.; flying splice unwind and rewind for maximum roll diameters of 39.3 in; an AVT PrintVision Prelude video camera for web inspection and auto register control; a Speedy Clean automatic wash-up system; ...

CONVERTER CLIPS

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ...  Coex Line Producing Sheeting TROISDORF, GERMANY—Reifenhauser and Appleton’s Performance Packaging Div. have designed and installed a wide web three-layer coextrusion line for Appleton’s Milton, WI, ...

WHAT'S NE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2007, ... static charges even when installed 2-10 in. from web (depending on conditions) and to 20 in. on winders. Capable of neutralizing charged materials traveling to 2,500 fpm and more. Available in three configurations, ...

Oui to Flexo

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... Awards Presentation held Tuesday evening. Judges selected 123 winners from a total of 608 entries in the following categories: wide web; mid-web; narrow web; folding cartons; combined corrugated; preprinted ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, New products from: Ashe Converting, Webex, Webco Engineering, CS Hyde Co., Jemmco, Goldenrod Corp., MAGPOWR, Proslit/Comexi, Rosenthal, Surfscan Technologies, Matthews Marking Products, GL&V USA, Atlas ...

Driving R&D

(Magazine)

June 29, 2007, Improvements in web processing are driven by the need to reduce manufacturing costs and boost product quality. Playing a key role in many of these improvements are advances in web handling technology, ...

Going Thin

(Slit)

June 29, 2007, ... Web Exclusive There is a strong economic incentive to make webs as light and thin as possible providing, of course, performance properties are not sacrificed. To begin with, raw material costs are contained. ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... portfolio of differentiated solutions by expanding our collective expertise and capabilities.” New Coex Line on Board APPLETON, WI — Appleton's Performance Packaging Div. has added a new wide web coextrusion ...

Paper Roll Handling: What's Right For You

(Archive)

May 30, 2007, ... to automate at all, can be tricky. June Web Exclusive With the potential to improve productivity, worker safety, and the bottom line dramatically, paper roll handling automation is making its way into ...