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- Converting Industry News
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- August 31, 2001, ... provides for quick changeovers and plug-in attachments. Maximum speed for conventional sideweld bags is reported to be 180 cycles/min. Maximum speed for conventional bottom weld bags is 100 cycles/min. ...
- Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer
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- July 31, 2001, ... with a new converting challenge when launching its frozen chicken line. “This job,” says Dowgray, “required an ink with high flex- and crack-resistance to print white opaque PE bags. The ink would have ...
- Materials
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- June 30, 2001, ... Bags Polymer Valley Chemicals, Akron, OH; 330/945-6499 Carbon black is available in preweighed copolymer bags in weights to 60 lb. Low melt bags are offered in melting points of 85 or 98 deg C. Bags ...
- All Zipped Up: Hard-to-Beat Valley Packaging Tackles New Zipper Technology
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- June 29, 2001, ... bags and pouches has become much more than a niche at Valley. “This is an area where we've seen growth in the last five years; we've put in five or six zipper machines since then,” says Lance. Valley' ...
- Converting Industry News
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- May 31, 2001, ... There are no torn inner bags. No destroyed boxes. No spilled or wasted product. And the non-round canisters are easy for anyone to hold and handle.” Supplier Information Paper Machinery Corp., Milwaukee, ...
- Division Conference Offers Varied Program
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- May 31, 2001, ... will discuss how cyclic olefin copolymers as a blend component can dramatically improve the performance of polyethylene films in bags, pouches, and other packaging applications. “Use Of Oxygen Scavengers ...
- The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging
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- April 30, 2001, ... went right to work. “After two or three years, I invented a side-welded bag for packing toilet paper rolls. Previously, manufacturers had been using side-fold bags, which could not be printed on the side. ...
- Converting Industry News
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- March 30, 2001, ... PE business to strengthen its position in the specialty packaging industry. The business, which includes such products as industrial stretch film and institutional waste bags/can liners/food bags, has ...
- Materials
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- March 30, 2001, ... such as hot chocolate and soup mix bags. This metallized, non-sealable film comprises an aluminum-coated surface with a bonding layer, an OPP core, and a treated bonding layer. It is said to have excellent ...
- Converting Industry News
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- February 28, 2001, ... “Genesis is an excellent addition to our group because of the complementary product lines, the high-end flexo printing capability, and the advanced converting of pouches and bags. This transaction highlights ...
- Doctor Blades: Making the Most of Mission Critical
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- February 28, 2001, ... And this consistency is very important, notes Allison. “You need to have a very repeatable doctor blade system. Say you have a pile of printed fertilizer bags [displayed for retail]. This particular ...
- Converting Industry News
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- December 31, 2000, ... film is for bags and sacks, which account for about 40%, and shrink and stretch packaging, which account for about 25% of the PE film market. The study says the European film extrusion industry is expected ...
- Flexible Packaging Committee News
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- December 31, 2000, ... of form-fill-seal machines could add this new closure device. Another development from the same inventor addressed reclosing of gussetted bags or stand-up pouches with a single piece of molded or folded ...
- Converting Industry News
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- November 29, 2000, ... A major source of potential contamination in the past was the metallized bags the converter used for shipping. Sometimes the foil would flake off during shipment or when the packaging was being opened, ...
- Converting Industry News
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- October 31, 2000, ... S. Carter, who founded the company in 1963, will retire. Randall D. Richardson, VP of Nordson's nonwovens systems group, will succeed Carter at EFD. Product Developments Foil Bags Suited for Export ...
- Wide-Ranging European Converter Keeps on Moving
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- October 31, 2000, ... bags for bakery products and two for side-weld machines. Finishing is done with 16 slitters. Markets Open Up The Spanish flex-pack market ($550 million) is highly fragmented. About 35 converters operate, ...
- Corona Treaters Adapt to Converting Processes
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- September 30, 2000, ... system with metal electrode segments. "If you have a 60-inch-wide web and you're going to slit the web and make it into bags, you have a section that needs to be heat sealed. You don't want to treat that ...
- Bringing Together the Many Benefits of Film and Paper
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- September 30, 2000, ... bags, are among the first targets for a coextruded polyethylene film that has been developed by new British converter Harrier Packaging. The product, designated PaperFeel, reportedly looks, feels, prints, ...
- The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth
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- August 31, 2000, ... and coffee bags. We metallize holograms for point-of-purchase displays, cartons for liquor and golf balls, and cosmetics. Holograms are now showing up on flexible packaging as well." Adds Korowicki, ...
- Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing
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- August 31, 2000, ... and lithography. Corrugated, labels, flexible packaging, paper bags, and folding cartons are the growth market sectors, with much of this growth at the expense of letterpress, offset, and gravure. Anilox ...