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- Converting Industry News
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- October 31, 2000, ... is added, the excess air is extracted, and the shroud is sealed to the base sheet. The foil materials used reportedly are tough in construction for durable handling and have the lowest known moisture vapor ...
- Digital Products for the Converting Industry
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- October 31, 2000, ... sets, flexible base materials, and the ability to transfer to multiple printing stocks. Color options include standard CMYK; high-density CMYK; Euro CMYK; and custom colors said to be well-suited for packaging, ...
- A Glossary of Descriptive TermsSecond Installment
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- September 30, 2000, ... that a mandrel under- goes during winding. Dielectric : A material that does not conduct electrical current through its matrix body. However, most of these materials will give up or add surface electrons ...
- New Packaging Technology Will Star at Pack Expo
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- September 30, 2000, ... doors on November 5, attendees will be able to witness the latest innovations in packaging and converting machinery and materials. Located at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL, the show runs through November ...
- A Glossary of Terms to Help Avoid Failure to Communicate
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- August 31, 2000, ... - Conductor: A material that can carry electrical current and/or transmit heat energy by conduction to another surface. Contact roll: Referred to as a lay-on roll in certain configurations. This roll ...
- More New Products for the Converting Industry
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- August 31, 2000, ... kit contains all the materials necessary to view anilox inventories accurately, mfr. says. Kit includes either 10 or 25 Echocheks[TM], a metallized laboratory tape that, when applied to the face of an ...
- Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches
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- July 31, 2000, ... with a unique, proprietary lamination process, the CDfender is a three-part product (polyester/polycarbonate/polyester) designed to protect the playing surface of the CD. (Material suppliers are proprietary.) ...
- Strong, Versatile Cartons Offer Plenty of Shelf Appeal
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- June 30, 2000, ... of its ease of opening, non-bridging large pour aperture, predictable closing, and full-life functioning, as well as its use of environmentally friendly materials. (Entries in this category are submitted ...
- Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting
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- June 30, 2000, ... almost 100 years ago—a material that would enable the customer to see the product and protect it from moisture—the world of packaging has grown into a domain that includes high polymer research and discovery; ...
- Outlook 2000 and Beyond: The State of the Trade
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- June 30, 2000, ... the forecast for some segments of our industry. Remaining are paper and allied products; and plastics materials and resins. Paper and Allied Products The Outlook begins its discussion of this sector ...
- Experts Scan the Future for Technologies with Impact
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- May 31, 2000, ... advisor Grover Foote. Is there a Gutenberg-style revolutionary invention awaiting converters in the next decade? Materials In the past, much new development work in the adhesives and coatings field ...
- French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar
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- March 31, 2000, ... Black Clawson screws, says Carne, were designed specifically for the materials Bonar uses and include both dispersive- and distributive-mixing capability, assuring Bonar of consistently mixed, gel-free ...
- Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds
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- March 31, 2000, ... ways for more efficient machine control and better communication. Converting has come a long way from the days of labor-intensive machine setup. With the help of automation, physical material measuring ...
- Drupa 2000 Celebrates Change on a Global Scale
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- February 29, 2000, ... to Messe Dusseldorf, that "printers and managers from all over the world will see the production of printed material in its entirety and diversity, including each production step-from pre-media to print ...
- FPA Winners Prove Again How to Do More with Less
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- February 29, 2000, ... at the FPA's Fiftieth Anniversary Annual Meeting, held February 29 through March 3 at the Westin La Paloma in Tucson, AZ. FPA reports that the winners improved product protection, reduced costs and materials, ...
- Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater
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- December 31, 1999, ... "but we felt that any place we went, we really compromised on cost because you went in with a lot of material handling inefficiencies and waste. We felt that completely new was the way to go to make sure ...
- Narrow web adapts to multiple applications
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- November 30, 1998, ... Perhaps the greatest advantage of narrow web converting is its versatility - the ability to perform many different converting processes in-line. The amount of set-up time and material handling that' ...
- What you should know about filled adhesives and coatings
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- October 31, 1996, ... illustrations and the other common fillers are particulate materials that frequently do not dissolve readily in common solvents or disperse easily in water. That is why the handling of filled adhesives ...
- EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.
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- October 31, 1996, ... in the development of the methodology, members from all parts of the industry - substrate manufacturers, ink manufacturers, and the printers themselves - will be donating the materials and facilities needed ...
- Partnering launches future growth in laminations
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- August 31, 1996, ... manufacturers eliminated the tapes from the outer jacketing, replacing them with extrusion-processed materials. Other parts of the cable eventually incorporated extrusion processes as well (to reduce tape ...