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- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2002, ... position relative to other print technologies. Product entries will be judged according to five equally weighted criteria: innovation; capital affordability; operating cost reduction; quality improvement ...
- Outsourcing Is Trendy, But Is It Right for Process Expertise?
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2002, ... afford not to have internal expertise in web handling and converting processes? To answer this question, we need to look at the costs and benefits. Let's start with the costs. In the US, it may cost ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2002, ... to Consolidate Some Operations HARTSVILLE, SC, USA—Sonoco will close its bag plant in Santa Maria, CA, and consolidate those operations into lower-cost facilities. The closure is expected by late June ...
- Packaging That Takes You Away
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2002, ... goal was to keep the customer in the high end of the graphic packaging arena and still find ways for cost reduction,” explains GAA. The substrate's basis weight was lowered, and engraving specs were adapted ...
- FFTA Campaigns for Flexo
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2002, ... that make graphics more challenging; and digital workflows that will drive cost and time savings. The CPC managers expressed what they saw as the core advantages of flexography, as well as their frustration ...
- Avery Completes Jackstadt Acquisition
- (News | New Products)
- May 21, 2002, ... around the world." Avery Dennison also says it expects to post an acquisition-related restructuring charge in the range of $30 to 40 million (US) by the end of 2002. Reorganization costs, adds the co., ...
- Ergonomics: In a Box?
- (News | New Products)
- May 14, 2002, Out-of-the-box thinking from Ergonomic Technologies Corp. has resulted in a cost-effective way for your operation to have an "ergonomist in a box." Out-of-the-box thinking from Ergonomic Technologies Corp. ...
- Sonoco to Raise Paperboard Prices
- (News | New Products)
- May 14, 2002, ... by $50 (US) per ton, effective June 4, 2002. Says Jim Bowen, Sonoco sr. VP, "We are initiating this increase as a partial pass-through of increasing costs in energy, logistics, insurance, raw materials, ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... to assist flexographic printers in their pursuit of quality improvement and cost-reduction programs, and we are increasing our sales effort to combat an increasingly competitive market.” Flint Ink Toronto ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- March 31, 2002, ... warehouse costs, mfr. reports. By using only two end flanges, two 2×4s, two core plugs, and two PET bands, a more stable and reusable packaging system is obtained, co. notes. No pallets, toe boards, H ...
- The Buck Stops
- (Magazine)
- February 28, 2002, ... to White, it's fairly common for narrow web press manufacturers to put forward very convincing reasons why roll-fed production of folding cartons is infinitely more cost-effective than a sheet-fed operation. ...
- Coating and Laminating Special Report
- (Archive)
- February 28, 2002, ... under these headings. The packaging market accounts for the bulk of coated and laminated products. Drivers in this sector include: cost-effectiveness “added value” functionality esthetics quality ...
- Envelopes Extraordinaire
- (Office Products)
- January 30, 2002, ... Direct mailers also are driven by the phenomenon that is always abuzz in this industry: cycle-time reduction. Says Muma, “They absolutely want to reduce their cycle time. [We estimate] it costs from $300,000 ...
- Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films
- (Magazine)
- December 31, 2001, ... retention as well as the cost of applying the primer. Use of primers for high-slip film is difficult since, like ink adhesion, the primers themselves need to anchor to the film. However, if primers ...
- Factoring Terrorism into the Economic Equation
- (Magazine)
- December 30, 2001, ... models. “Zero percent financing didn't cost the automotive industry as much as it might appear on the surface. With interest rates as low as they are, zero percent financing doesn't cost them as much ...
- Flexo Printing to Outpace GNP in 2002, Says FTA
- (News | New Products)
- December 09, 2001, ... of the North American package-printing market, as well as 24 percent of the worldwide printing and publishing market. Charting the Trends Cisternino notes, "A major trend toward cost reduction throughout ...
- PGI Provides Industry with Price-Friendly Proofing Product
- (News | New Products)
- November 04, 2001, ... new pricing includes all of PolaProof 1420's newest features, including "SpotOn" for highly accurate spot-color checking. "As a result of aggresstive cost reduction in the PolaProof 1420 Imager Gold platform," ...
- One-Dimensional Converter Expands Its Reach
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... by acquiring established companies with strong positions in both. And that, says Mulch, is an even better thing. “We're considered a very reliable, cost-effective supplier of labels,” he explains. “And ...
- Oxygen Scavengers Offer Safety and Savings
- (Magazine)
- October 31, 2001, ... the cost of packaging, active barrier materials actually generate clear cost savings when used appropriately with passive barrier materials. This cost savings can be illustrated by examining the incremental ...
- Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2001, ... tape-mounted plate to sleeve • All three sleeve types processed “in-the-round” While CTP has helped flexo in its quest for quality, flexo printers cannot let digital prepress costs price the methodology ...