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- A New Twist on CSR
- (Magazine)
- January 30, 2006, ... policy and an estimate of the costs and benefits of such a policy. GE disagrees and has informed the SEC it intends to exclude the resolution from its annual meeting materials. The company is requesting ...
- Can This Coater Be Saved?
- (Archive)
- January 30, 2006, ... level, and profitability at a relatively low cost, and efficiency can be maintained for years with ongoing upgrades. It is also an alternative to investing in a new facility. In an effort to gain insight ...
- Trends & Technical Solutions
- (Archive)
- December 30, 2005, ... in label applications is relatively low today, creating an excellent opportunity for future growth. Cost Reduction Trends The global p-s marketplace is driven by the need to produce increasingly more ...
- Modern & Massive
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2005, ... the machine of five or seven years ago. So it’s really an increase in productivity, and that means my variable cost per square foot or square meter is lower.” Christiansen also credits the printing ...
- Need a Hand?
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2005, ... Wind Gap, PA (converteraccessory.com) Safety First The safety initiative is paramount for reducing insurance claims and costs. Worker safety requires constant monitoring of product-handling techniques. ...
- PLGA Hosts Gravure Operational Conference
- (Archive)
- November 21, 2005, ... in decision-making, productivity, cost reduction, and new product development. The conference is designed to challenge provincial thinking, preconceived notions, and defensive attitudes. If you are ...
- Getting Top Dollar
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... globalization of business has had many negative effects on middle-market acquisition pricing. The cost advantages often available to many non-US-based companies have heightened the acquisition interest ...
- Profit Squeeze
- (Flexpack)
- September 29, 2005, ... region amounted to just over ,80 million, accounting for less than 1% of the European market, but our research has identified increasing interest from brand owners in low-cost sources outside of Europe. ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... converters and raw material suppliers. The other major challenge was “increasing raw material costs.” The report is available only to FPI members, but an overview and results are available at fpi.org in ...
- UV/EB Technology Helps Reduce VOCs
- (Archive)
- September 04, 2005, ... advances, the study notes that the savings offered by UV/EB technology translated into not only big energy savings, but also as much as a 55% reduction in capital and installation costs. For a complete ...
- Extrusion Coating Evolves
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... might eliminate the need for purging and its associated waste and cost.” For this and other foil stamping new products, see our September New Products section. Restrictions of time and space ...
- Fighting Flaws
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... to add this equipment when needed and to improve it when installed can be a significant factor in preventing defects. Technical efforts in this area can be very effective, because the equipment cost is ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... processing and performance advantages of these materials. More rapid advances, however, will be constrained by high costs of metallocenes and co-catalysts, as well as by the introduction of more competitive ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2005, ... concentrate carrier resin is necessary to achieve the optimum balance of properties, performance, and total cost in extrusion coating applications. The use of calcium carbonate is not new to the polyolefin ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2005, ... to re-startup on July 1, but the cost was high. One-third of Finland’s total exports are in paper industry products, and the situation impacted other Finnish industries (particularly road transport and ...
- PLGA Request Entries for 2005 Technical Achievement Awards
- (Archive)
- July 06, 2005, ... Support Systems—will be judged using five equally weighted criteria: innovation, affordability, operating cost savings, quality improvement, and safety and/or environmental impact. All entries must ...
- New Products
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2005, ... Offers Cost Benefits THK America, Schaumburg, IL; 800/763-5459; thk.com Type VLA actuator is said to provide long-term cost savings through company’s compact Type SRS LM guide featuring patented Caged ...
- E-waste Recycling Legislation Could Frame Waste Management Debate
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2005, ... contrast, California’s Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 imposes an advanced recovery fee (ARF) on consumers to cover the costs of recovering and recycling cathode ray tubes and other similar display ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2005, ... films, paper, and board. Board Ensures Brand Security Rock-Tenn Co. , Norcross, GA; 678/291-7386; rocktenn.com Series 3000 white label security board is said to offer an efficient and cost-effective ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2005, ... a plus and the US will enjoy 3%–4% growth in the coming year. Negatives, according to Varney, include the following: healthcare costs holding down job creation; energy crisis; budget deficits; household ...