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Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  CHESHIRE, UK—M M Digital, the sole UK agent for Italian flexo press manufacturer Omet, announces a sales and marketing alliance with Pomeroy Plastotype, with particular interest in the areas of unsupported ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... shutdowns of the pulp mills and paper machines. To compound the difficulties, the paper union in neighboring Sweden supported the Finnish paper workers with an overtime ban at 16 mills there. Strikes ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... It also offers plasma treatment capability to meet the increasing market requirements for enhanced adhesion of metal depositions to film substrates. Applications supported by the new line include solar ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... path methods employed with razor slitting are a wrapped, supported web over a grooved anvil roller and an unsupported web with the blade bursting through the material. Choice of blade material and employment ...

Tech Specs

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... on application Features/options include shaftless servomotor drive technology; gearless sleeve-based plate systems; multisubstrate capabilities from 0.5-mil unsupported film to 24-pt board; and inserts ...

Converting Industry News, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... packaging segment of the flexographic printing industry. Data will be collected from flexible packaging and unsupported film converters, industry suppliers, end-users, and packaging buyers via Web-based ...

A King of Shrink Contender

(Flexpack)

March 30, 2005, ... when they used to be litho label," Seuss observes. And other packaged products, he says, are continuing the trend toward unsupported film labeling. "The 360-degree graphics of shrink sleeve have made ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, ... substrates, from cartonboard to unsupported films. With flexography the dominant narrow web technology today—and UV flexo the fastest growing—the focus on inks from label converters and end-users is ...

Reporter Clips

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October 30, 2004, ... hottest topics by attending the Smart Packaging conference, held at the same venue September 8–9. Supported by the Inst. of Packaging Professionals, the conference featured such well-known end-users as ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, ... inert UV curing module with special web transport features. Because the line, from Polytype, was intended to coat unsupported films with a thickness as low as eight microns, the maximum in heat management ...

New Clear Barrier Film Resin Technology Replaces Coated Films

(Archive)

September 29, 2004, Creating packaging that allows consumers to see clearly the food they are purchasing — and also promises the food is fresh — presents converters and end-users with a unique manufacturing challenge.  ...

Aquaflex Introduces Gearless Servo Press at Labelexpo Americas

(Archive)

September 16, 2004, ...  According to Aquaflex, "This revolutionary three-axis servo, gearless press is capable of running multiple substrates, from unsupported film to 24-point carton board." Co-designed by engineers from F.L. ...

A New Definition

(Magazine)

August 30, 2004, ... a major area of opportunity for converters. Advanced narrow and mid-web presses can print a whole range of substrates, from self-adhesive label stocks to unsupported flexible packaging films, toothpaste ...

Shear Slitting Can Provide Advantages

(Archive)

July 30, 2004, ... and kiss slitting. With wrap slitting, the web actually wraps around the female knife and is positively supported while being cut. The arc of contact between the web and the female knife must be greater ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

(Magazine)

May 30, 2004, ... tension controller supported by a family of option modules. Modular concept reduces auxiliary equipment costs. Slim profile is said to optimize existing space and fit easily into a machine control panel. ...

Tracking Wrinkles: Part I

(Magazine)

April 30, 2004, ... As a foil or film enters a roller-supported oven, the heating process will cause thermal expansion in the initial web spans. Looking at either web edge, the web's angle will be slightly outward. As this ...

Fast & Flawless

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... two new pieces of Stanford equipment, Spectratek relied on two older Stanford slitters, Models 334 and 338, that actually were designed for running p-s materials far heavier than the unsupported 48-ga ...

The Secret's Out

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... substrates from 1-mil unsupported film to 24-pt board-stock. It is available in web widths to 26 in. and can be custom configured with as many as a dozen water-based, UV, and rotary screen printing stations. ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ... On the operator side, each sleeve mandrel is supported and locked in three positions, reportedly ensuring perfect deck/sleeve alignment and rigidity. Says Uteco sales director Leonardo Gobbi, “Our R&D ...

BST Pro Mark Says Three-Quarters of Tag & Label Mfrs. Inst. Using Its Inspection Systems

(Archive)

March 01, 2004, ... tight color-to-color and color-to-die register. "In many cases," adds BST, "the labels were produced at higher press speeds than in previous years and converted on substrates that range from unsupported ...