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Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

Published: November 12, 2008, By By Keith Fordham, Ashe Converting Equipment
Despite the fact that crude oil prices have risen sharply, in turn elevating the price of oil-based raw materials used in plastic film manufacture, this group of materials still has largely untapped packaging possibilities

Experience Speaks: John Dion

Published: November 01, 2008
Owner of Dion Label Printing Inc. Management Style | Collegial Hobbies | Kayaking and roller blading with my wife How did you get into the converting

NatureFlex chosen for Barkwheats biscuits packaging

Published: November 01, 2008
NatureFlex, a biodegradable and compostable film, has been chosen as part of the packaging for Barkwheats organic dog biscuits. The

Partnering to Serve Different Markets

Published: November 01, 2008
Milwaukee, WI | Anguil Environmental Systems and Spooner Industries, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, UK, announce a partnership to provide industrial facilities

Sustaining Technology Hunger

Published: November 01, 2008, By Yolanda Simonsis Associate Publisher/Editor
Have you abandoned, like I have, looking at the stock market's sharp plunges and short-lived vertical climbs that resemble the daily and multiple ups

Shifty Answers to Nip-Induced Tracking

Published: November 01, 2008, By By Timothy J. Walker Contributing Editor
Nipping rollers are used in many value-adding processes in web converting roll coating, laminating, embossing, calendering, high-speed winding, and more.

P&G Purchases

Published: November 01, 2008
Cincinnati, OH | The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co., reports the purchase of new converting machinery from Fabio Perini, including TIME rewinders,

Tune Up Your People

Published: November 01, 2008, By By David Argent Contributing Editor
The cause-and-effect diagram shown below (also known as the or diagram after its creator Kaoru Ishikawa) is used to systematically list all the different

Endorsements for CMM 2009

Published: November 01, 2008
Tulsa, OK | Five organizations have signed on as endorsing associations for CMM Intl., scheduled for June 2-4, 2009, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention

November 2008 PPFC News Clips

Published: November 01, 2008
Edale Ltd., Romsey, Hampshire, UK, a printing and converting press manufacturer specializing in commercial security solutions, is moving in 2009 to a

Solvent Study Is Here

Published: November 01, 2008
Cleveland, OH | Demand for chemical solvents will rise less than 1/%yr to 11.8 billion lb in 2012, according to Solvents, a new study from The Freedonia

Using Renewable Energy

Published: November 01, 2008
Wrightstown, WI | Coating Excellence Intl. (CEI) has committed to replace a portion of its traditionally carbon-sourced electrical energy with energy

Narrow Web and Label Report, November 2008

Published: November 01, 2008
Mark Andy, St. Louis, MO, is acquired by newly formed MAI Holdings, held by American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV L.P. The management and operational

Menges Expands Roller Repair Services

Published: November 01, 2008
Wauconda, IL | Menges Roller Co. has expanded its repair services for rollers used in the converting industry to relieve industry budget stresses. According

Narrow Web & Label

Published: November 01, 2008
Mount Plates Cost-Effectively The VPM400 updated plate mounter is said to provide high quality video plate mounting technology at a cost-effective price.

Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade

Published: November 01, 2008, By By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
Gathering in Palm Beach, FL, for an annual meeting that commemorated the legacy of the 75-year-old Tag & Label Mfrs. Assn., TLMI members also celebrated

Getting Carded: Card Making comes of age for Converters

Published: November 01, 2008, By Edited by Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
As an innovator in the plastic card-printing market for the past 20 years, Mag-jestic Card is both youthfully aggressive and well experienced. With the

Web Coating: Process Characterization

Published: November 01, 2008, By By Edward D. Cohen, Edward D. Cohen Consulting Inc.
The web coating process has about 15 major components, and each of these components, in turn, has many hardware subsystems. All these hardware subsystems

Ink Dispensing: Mix to Match

Published: November 01, 2008, By Edited By Claudia Hine, Managing Editor
With supermarkets taking an ever-greater share of the groceries market, high-impact decorative packaging, which attracts consumers' attention at the point

Plate System on the Job

Published: November 01, 2008
Rochester, NY | Autumn Graphics is the first in Canada to install the Kodak Flexcel NX Digital Flexographic platemaking system, which was awarded the

November 2008 People

Published: November 01, 2008
Marcel Hage is promoted to president and chief operating officer of Maxcess Intl. Corp., Oklahoma City, OK, parent company of Fife, MAGPOWR, and Tidland.

Mondi Is Expanding

Published: November 01, 2008
Vienna, Austria | Mondi Coating & Release is investing more than e7 million in its core technology and is building another extrusion coating plant next

Film Line Comes in Early

Published: November 01, 2008
Hoogstraten, Belgium | Davis-Standard has completed the installation of a 65-ft agricultural film line for Hyplast NV. Says Paul Leenders of Hyplast,

MEGTEC Is Acquired

Published: November 01, 2008
De Pere, WI | Hamilton Robinson Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Stamford, CT, reports that, together with MEGTEC Systems management,

Pregis Dedicated To Sustainability

Published: November 01, 2008
Deerfield, IL | Pregis Corp. has announced sustainability initiatives, reports Kevin Baudhuin, president, Pregis Protective Packaging North America. Achievement

Pouch Demand To Climb

Published: November 01, 2008
Cleveland, OH | Demand for pouches in the US is forecast to climb 6.1%/yr to $7.9 billion in 2012, stimulated by robust growth for stand-up pouches and

Automation Is on Board

Published: November 01, 2008
Allschwil, Switzerland | Rondo, a producer of folding cartons, clinical inspection samples, and specialist packaging, has ordered a 41-in. KBA Rapida

Pilot Coating Line Announced

Published: November 01, 2008
White City, OR | New pilot toll coating capabilities for low-cost, small-run, and experimental projects are offered by Tollcoating.com and include roll

Exopack Successes

Published: November 01, 2008
Matthews, NC | Completing one year of operation under the Exopack banner, Exopack Advanced Coatings reports it is surging ahead with the manufacturing

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

Published: November 01, 2008

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