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- A Winning Bet: Profile Industrial Packaging
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2001, ... place.” Profile employs 31 and runs seven days a week, 24 hours per day, operating four extrusion shifts and three conversion shifts. Swartz points out that most of his employees are cross-trained ...
- WEB SOLUTIONS
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- April 30, 2001, The key to a successful and low-cost upgrade is to have a competent engineering analysis done of all the critical machine interactions… Upgrade Can Add Years to Older Converting Machines Many older ...
- The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging
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- April 30, 2001, ... installed in their plant.” Though Böhme wasn't planning to invest in any more flexo at that point, he agreed to take a look at the gearless machine. “Originally, I had intended to wait for the technology. ...
- Sheet-Fed Label Converter to Keep Winning Ways
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- April 30, 2001, ... on its expertise in offset litho technology to become a leading supplier of large point-of-purchase-type labels to corrugated box manufacturers, who in turn deliver their boxes with labels in place to ...
- Some Smart Ways to Face Inevitable Price Increases
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- March 31, 2001, ... his product. Make sure any attempt at raising prices is accompanied by a reinforced emphasis on items such as technical service support. What can you do from a technical viewpoint? The key is to act ...
- Flexo Inspection
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- March 31, 2001, ... point in time. The fact is that 100% Sampling systems do not allow you to find every defect on the web — particularly nonrepeating defects. Their strength is in utilizing sampling techniques to monitor ...
- Converting Industry News
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- February 28, 2001, ... and the Internet. One point that came out: Although the Internet has become a viable competitor to print, one growth area for the printing industry is likely to be packaging materials and labels (particularly ...
- A Primer on How to Put Substrates Together
- (Unprinted Rolls)
- February 28, 2001, ... as PE imine or ethylene acrylic acid polymers are formulated specifically for use as a primer. Which Technique Should I Use? That is the obvious question at this point. Unfortunately, the answer is ...
- There Are Many Reasons for Packaging Peculiarities
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- January 31, 2001, ... standpoint, but equally influential on the choice of a laminate, is the preference of a consumer for a particular package. These preferences often have no technical basis as the following three examples ...
- Innovative Problem-Solving: Advances in the Industry
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- January 31, 2001, ... or the adhesive at the point of origin. We measured the static at about 40,000 to 55,000 volts. Then we mounted the Virtual AC neutralizer bar four inches from the web, and in a fraction of a second, the ...
- Reporter Clips
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- December 31, 2000, ... Narrow Web PEOPLE & PLACES Harper Corp. of America, Charlotte, NC, has appointed Robbie King technical accounts manager for narrow web flexographers in the southeastern US. Wausau Coated Products, ...
- What's New in Narrow We
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- December 30, 2000, ... Service Program offers co.'s "TRU-Point" plasteel doctor blade material for process printing cut to size for shipment within 24 hr. Included in the program are blades for Aquaflex, Mark Andy, Webtron, Allied ...
- Polyester Film Sourcing: Tips to Improve the Bottom Line
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- November 30, 2000, ... The most critical point to be considered when purchasing polyester film is the exact application for the film. A general application will not provide the information required to ensure that the right ...
- Converting Industry News
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- October 31, 2000, ... to locate all types of new or used equipment, services, and systems. The free site provides the tools to develop equipment specifications. A single-point submission elicits direct responses from capable ...
- Materials
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- October 31, 2000, ... to capture, create, and hold consumer attention in advertising, packaging, point-of-purchase display, gift-wrap, and label applications. The metallized application reportedly diffracts light to create ...
- The Digital Advantage... More Than Just Printing
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- October 31, 2000, ... in the next six months, because the volume is getting to the point where we're just not able to handle everything in one shift and still keep the customer happy. In other people's areas, they may say the ...
- Takin' Care of Business: How the Industry Does It
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- September 30, 2000, ... provided by the state. In addition, the SPI is addressing US workforce issues through its appointment of Gary Moore. Moore, who was appointed last spring and, according to the SPI, has more than 20 ...
- The Vacumet Story Is a 30-Year History of Growth
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- August 31, 2000, ... points out, "Our philosophy is governed by the company's mission statement: `Vacumet Corp. exists to satisfy profitably the current and future needs of its customers, employees, shareholders, and suppliers, ...
- Converting Industry News
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- August 31, 2000, ... Ignites Candy Sales MOORESVILLE, NC, USA—When Beacon Sweets launched its line of Baskin-Robbins Smooth & Creamy Hard Candy, sales were disappointing. Company executives looked closely at the package and ...
- Specialists in Interior Packaging Branch Out
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- June 30, 2000, ... contract converting. When Rick Lewis, president of Winter, Bell Co., High Point, NC, and G.L. "Sparky" Stroud, VP of manufacturing, traveled to Jagenberg's facility in Massachusetts in the fall of 1997, ...