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FTA Hands Out Awards for Excellence

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2014, ... FIRST works, the various certification levels, and how to enroll employees. Two years later, Master Packaging has more than 350 Level I, II, and III certifications among its workers and another 116 certifications ...

Gloucester Engineering Reaches Safety Milestone

(News | New Products)

December 21, 2013, ... Gloucester encourages workers to actively engage in safe practices, says Cros. “Every meeting starts with the safety record,” he says, adding that every procedure and change goes through a safety analysis. ...

K-Show 2013 & Upcoming Extrusion Coating Seminars

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 23, 2013, ... US Plastics Industry shipped $373 Billion of product in 2012 and employed 893,000 workers in 15,949 factories, making it the 3rd largest sector of US manufacturing.  Bill cited the forecast explosive growth ...

AguaSAC Water Pouches Get Attention

(Bag Pouch News)

September 12, 2013, ... given the opportunity of quality employment. These workers are developing skills and building relationships that will enrich their lives as a whole.” The AguaSAC pouches will be custom-printed with the ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... is great recognition of Amcor's talented co-workers who passionately and relentlessly apply art and science to develop innovative packaging solutions and bring them to commercial reality." The DuPont ...

MACtac Expands Certifications to Chemical Drum Labels

(Label/Tape News)

April 29, 2013, ... have confidence that labels will stay put knowing the products meet the latest industry regulations, keeping workers safe." BS 5609 is a specification for printed pressure-sensitive, adhesive-coated labels ...

Pursuing a Patent on Breakthrough Technology: The Pros & Cons

(Yo's Yarns)

March 24, 2013, ... and cohosted by AIMCAL & PFFC, will offer four options. You’ll want to be on your computer—maybe with a group of your fellow co-workers—on March 27 at 11 A.M. EDT to listen to a webinar led by Dr. ...

Flexo Industry: Speak Up for Trained Workforce!

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2013, ... students interested in the flexo printing industry or current workers already employed at industry companies in Illinois. To receive the federal grant, DFI will need to provide Letters of Intent from industry ...

Patlite Display Boards Aid Productivity

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2012, ... systems provide real-time production status indication to alert workers and supervisors to manufacturing productivity. The series provides four-digit, three-terminal “Plan,” “Actual,” and “Status” indication ...

A 4-Shift, Around-the-Clock Schedule that EVERYONE Will Love

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 09, 2012, ... with either schedules is problematic to say the least, as many exhaustive days in a row are required to cover for time off by fellow workers.  In my experience, this is less of a problem overseas for example ...

Wausau Paper Invests in RollMover from Appleton Mfg. Div.

(Disposables)

May 22, 2012, ... line will further benefit because we’re able to get more undamaged and finished materials off of our rolls using Appleton’s HDLR than with our previous system. Workers appreciate how useful the RollMover ...

Avery Dennison Boasts Good Safety Record

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2012, ... experienced a recordable incident rate of 4.4 injuries/100 workers in 2010, according to the most recent data published by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. All of Avery Dennison’s worldwide sites follow ...

Spinnaker Coating Now Owned by its Employees

(Coating/Laminating)

February 08, 2012, With employees becoming owners through an ESOP, Spinnaker Coating has some very motivated workers producing its adhesive-coated papers and films TROY, OH | Spinnaker Coating, a manufacturer of adhesive-coated ...

Free Tool from Rockwell Predicts Safety System ROI

(Trends/Management)

December 20, 2011, Safety Return on Investment Tool helps potential users justify the cost of acquiring an integrated safety automation system  MILWAUKEE, WI | Rockwell Automation offers the free Safety Return on Investment ...

Static causes 6 kinds of waste

(Kelly on Static)

October 27, 2011, ... and power supplies that are never used are wasteful. 3. Motion of material, workers or equipment should create customer value. If not, it is waste. Maintenance of the static control system and static ...

Education Training: School's in Sessio

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... to sales and front office workers. Sam Ingram says his program graduates generalists. “New students may say, 'I want to be a designer.' I tell them not to lose the dream, but they have to cover all printing ...

Keeping Pace with Demand

(Trends/Management)

April 30, 2011, ... materials or the need for new equipment means low plant capacity utilization and/or idle skilled workers. But what happens to a industry such as ours when demand both for converted products as well as ...

FTA Establishes the FIRST Operator Certification Scholarship Program

(Flexography)

November 04, 2010, ... individuals and/or displaced workers who desire to improve their skills in the pursuit of certification training, but who need financial support. The FIRST (Flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications ...

Bill Smith

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2010, ... of converted goods to a more widespread market. Are there challenges in your region to find and keep good employees? Western New York is fortunate to have an abundance of skilled workers. We challenge ...

What Did You Do for Earth Day?

(Yo's Yarns)

April 21, 2010, ... provides for its workers and the community in which it's located, but it also makes sound fiscal sense to adopt a greener energy solution. The company claims in only two months it decreased its carbon footprint ...