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- Golf Balls by the Dozen
- (News Eclips)
- June 23, 2009, ... and reduced waste generated in the manufacturing process. Essentially, the carbon footprint was cut in half for both Caraustar and its customer. The DuPont award program is judged by an independent ...
- How To Measure Total Asset Utilization
- (Process Management)
- May 31, 2009, ... waste must be low, line speeds high, run lengths high, and all downtime components small. In converting, all departments can contribute to greater TAU numbers. For example, consolidation of repeat customer ...
- Carton & Box Reporter
- (Carton Box Main)
- May 31, 2009, ... deducted from the increased waste revenue. Press Combines Economy & Ecology HEREFORD, UK For more information or to schedule a free analysis of your shop's productivity and recycling efficiency, contact ...
- Lean & Green
- (Substrates)
- May 31, 2009, ... film offers end-users substantial source reduction benefits, including reduced waste and shipping costs. ▶Toray Plastics (America) Inc. | 401-294-4511 | www.torayfilms.com Circle 304 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...
- Toray Sees Results Of Green Project
- (Substrates)
- March 31, 2009, ... 10.1 billion BTUs. Those savings are reaped from operational innovations that include zero landfill non-hazardous waste utilization, waste reduction, water conservation, and wastewater recycling. Says ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200
- (New Products)
- March 31, 2009, ... or roll systems. Long shelf life reduces environmental and financial waste. ▶Michelman | 800-333-1723 | www.michelman.com Circle 405 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Inks for Laminating IroFlex ...
- Sustainability in Today's Econom
- (Packaging Converting)
- February 28, 2009, ... bent” on serving our planet from the “creeping tide of packaging waste.” It has affected consumer thinking to a degree that makes absolutely no sense. For example, a New York Times (January 18 edition) ...
- Edelmann and Codimag Web Offset Semi-Rotary Web Presses Are for Short Runs
- (Offset)
- February 28, 2009, ... Waste is reduced, as a semi-rotary press has a straight-through web path, not looped through the press to accommodate driers and pull groups. A straight-through web path also allows register to be maintained ...
- Metallized Polyester Film Has Improved Bonding
- (News Eclips)
- February 04, 2009, ... film, MK61 offers end-users substantial source reduction benefits, including reduced waste and shipping costs and savings on structure materials and manufacturing. Considered a reliable foil-free lamination, ...
- Green Is Global
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... of their material makeup, however, has created problems in post-consumer waste recycling — an issue the company is addressing actively. However, while papers and boards will continue to grow at a steady ...
- Conserve Energy
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... of dollars of energy. All too often, processes are left idling for extended periods of time between production runs with dryers exhausting clean hot air to the atmosphere. Not only is this a waste of process ...
- Martin Automatic to exhibit at India Label Show
- (News | New Products)
- December 10, 2008, ... their productivity and limit their waste. After the show, this splicer will be installed on a KPG press at an Indian label converter, joining two other Martin splicer installations at this location. ...
- Cartons Lighten Up
- (Carton Box)
- November 30, 2008, ... very quickly and very efficiently with a minimum of waste.” The printing and converting equipment at its 40,000-sq-ft facility includes six-color Komori sheet-fed presses, die-cutters and folder/gluers ...
- Reduce & Reuse
- (Extrusion Coating)
- November 30, 2008, ... growing global interest in the reduction of packaging in the waste stream and the reduction in shipping costs through lower packaging weights, flexible packaging is positioned to enjoy strong growth over ...
- Special Causes: Enemy or Opportunity?
- (Process Management)
- November 30, 2008, ... “tweaking” is required, leading to waste of time and materials. In my experience, special cause variation seems to be inevitable, even in the best-run manufacturing operations. That being the case, ...
- AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry
- (Metallizing)
- November 30, 2008, ... waste by securing product integrity and freshness. The program began and ended with two joint sessions that served to unify the diverse but similarly discriminating tastes of both vacuum and web coaters/laminators ...
- AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry
- (News | New Products)
- November 16, 2008, ... healthy environment, and it even can reduce municipal solid waste by securing product integrity and freshness. The program began and ended with two joint sessions that served to unify the diverse but ...
- Pregis Dedicated To Sustainability
- (News Clips Archive)
- October 31, 2008, ... reintroducing it back into the manufacturing process; density reduction programs across all product lines to limit material entering the waste stream; products engineered to maximize packaging efficiency ...
- Martin Automatic to Exhibit at CPP/PackExpo
- (News | New Products)
- October 28, 2008, ... waste. In today’s economy, notes Thomson, converters must look even more closely at waste reduction. “PackExpo has for years been an important show in the packaging industry,” says Craig Thomson, Marketing ...
- Narrow Web & Label Reporter
- (Narrow Web)
- September 30, 2008, ... Labelling, is waste reduction. The CHECKpress has been programmed to measure the density of ink using its greyscale value, and this allows advance warning before ink runs out, which, in turn, saves operator ...