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- Recycling Logo for Cartons Offered
- (Carton Box)
- April 30, 2011, ... Trade Commission has stated that marketers could advertise a product or package as “recyclable” when it could be “collected, separated, or otherwise recovered from the solid waste stream for reuse — or ...
- Web Lines: Would You Like Nips with That?
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- March 31, 2011, No nips, please. I need a button that says this. Every day, dumpsters and truckloads around the converting world are filled with waste generated due to “No nips, please.” I need a button that says this. ...
- Green Trends Prevail
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2011, ... “Green Dot” packaging laws connecting suppliers of the goods with package disposal — urban dwellers face four to five different waste bins representing metal, glass, and plastics of different colors. ...
- Mark Andy Surpasses 50 Years with Performance Series Press Sales
- (Flexography)
- February 21, 2011, ... Europe 2009 and has been making an impact on the industry since, the company reports. "Converters are searching for ways to improve their productivity, reduce waste and streamline their workflow. With ...
- Nonwoven Laminations: Absorb Profit
- (Controls)
- January 31, 2011, ... slitter/rewinder station: Eliminated product give-away by 2%, representing $40,000/yr in savings (2% of $2 million) Realized a return on investment on the LS4000 encoder in 3 months Minimized waste, ...
- Looking South
- (Label/Tape)
- October 31, 2010, ... of continuous pressure and change. Pressure has come in various forms: lower market growth rates, raw material price inflation, and waste creation and management issues. As a result, there has been considerable ...
- Process Troubleshooting
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 31, 2010, ... effects needs to be balanced against the overall cost of waste. Curing: In curing operations, equipment variables to monitor include energy into the web, drying, and stability. Issues include temperature ...
- Flexographic Printing: Super Setup
- (Inspection/Defect Detection)
- September 30, 2010, ... print inspection system. Pressure To Perform The retrofit was initiated because of competitive pressures. Envases Del Pisueña wanted to optimize press performance while minimizing waste and downtime. ...
- Press Meets Demands for Short Runs
- (Flexography)
- September 12, 2010, ... capabilities of the Performance Series are claimed to reduce setup waste as much as 60% over conventional in-line flexo technologies. The Performance Series design has also eliminated several operator ...
- Plastics Recycling: Reclaim & Reuse
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 31, 2010, ... finished material. This especially important with postconsumer waste because some of it may be reprocessed over and over again. Working with EREMA, Hilex Poly took its standard system and custom-configured ...
- Web Lines: Are You Getting the Shaft?
- (Winding Unwinding Rewinding)
- June 30, 2010, ... and energy costs. Shafted rewinding usually requires an operator to manually inflate a pneumatic bladder and, if forgotten, leads to waste from slippage-related contamination and lateral shifting. Since ...
- Multipack Juices It Up
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2010, ... reduces waste, and eliminates hot-stamping or patch-lamination production steps. Other security features also are possible since the film, in either sheet or roll form, is compatible with laser engraving. ...
- Beyer Adds 4th Bobst Folder/Gluer
- (Carton Box)
- March 31, 2010, ... or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff The Recycling Div. of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Creve Coeur, MO, partners with Emerald Waste Services (EWS), Freeport, FL, to operate EWS's materials recycling ...
- AIMCAL Awards
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2010, ... adhesive, the structure is simplified, costs less, reduces waste, and eliminates hot-stamping or patch-lamination production steps. Other security features are also possible since the film, in either sheet ...
- Flex-Pack = Opportunity
- (Extrusion Coating)
- January 31, 2010, ... material usage, as well as less packaging waste. Paper-based flexible packaging products still are considered a sustainable alternative also. There are indications that the growth rate for the use of ...
- Technical Report: Thin Coating Challenges
- (Coatings)
- January 31, 2010, ... products is the requirement to coat thin, functional coatings on a thin substrate. The advantages of these coatings are reduced material cost in the product and the waste stream because of less material. ...
- Yerecic Label Installs 12-Color Mark Andy Performance Series Press
- (News | New Products)
- January 24, 2010, ... a new Mark Andy Performance Series P7. The purchase supports the company's lean initiatives, streamlining their production processes so they “don't waste time, energy or materials, giving their customers ...
- Eco Fiction
- (Substrates)
- August 31, 2009, ... to make a real difference right now. Some of the comparisons include: Design Better Products | Rather than trying to remove waste and recycle extra materials and packaging on the back end, many companies ...
- Carton & Box Reporter
- (Carton Box)
- July 31, 2009, ... The program highlights the natural renewability and sustainability of paperboard packaging. As part of TICCIT, milk cartons are collected out of schools' waste streams. Seeds and saplings are planted ...
- Playing the Wrinkle Blame Game
- (Web Lines)
- June 30, 2009, ... winding defects grab the attention of converters more than wrinkles, especially anyone venturing into thinner, wider, or stiffer webs. Wrinkles mean waste. The first step in fighting wrinkles is to ...