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- Box Plant Rises from the Ashes to New Heights
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- May 31, 2000, ... sections used for warehousing raw materials and finished goods remained structurally sound, and a new addition that was under construction at the time of the fire suffered only smoke and water damage. ...
- Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act
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- May 31, 2000, ... Inc. Flaking Off into Trouble In the production process, a liquid-state, epoxy-type resin, comprising raw glass and a catalyst, is applied in a bath onto a woven fiberglass web that is 38-58 in. wide, ...
- On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space
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- May 31, 2000, ... utilizing the FlexoSource system, "Our inventory reduction has been unbelievable," notes Marquart. Printpack has slashed its raw materials storage area from 370,000 to 90,000 sq ft. The company orders ...
- Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.
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- November 30, 1996, A new FMC servo draw bag machine fits right in at All-Pak, a company that takes customer needs very seriously.When Fred J. Faletti founded All-Pak Inc., A new FMC servo draw bag machine fits right in at ...
- Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.
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- November 30, 1996, ... Raytek Raynger PM portable noncontact thermometers to help its customers get the most out of their presses. Any printing process is difficult to maintain without a good sense of the raw materials and ...
- Czech retail developments could affect converters.
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- October 31, 1996, ... after shopkeepers admitted to ignorance of the law. City-center rivals Tesco and Kotva both take back empties, and a straw poll conducted by the Prague Post found Krone to be the only offender among ...
- Popcorn packaging leads converter down new paths.
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- October 31, 1996, ... tight specifications and good roll formation, which provide the necessary even tension control that minimizes blocking at the core and gauge bands. "We constantly seek out quality, low-cost raw materials, ...
- Label converter controls quality from the inside out
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- August 31, 1996, ... allows us to customize them to meet our own needs." Walle's inks are drawn down on the same paper the labels will be printed on and are constantly subjected to rigorous computerized testing. "When we'r ...
- New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP
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- August 31, 1996, ... raw materials needed for PEN production. At the recent Interpak exhibit, Greiner and Sons (Kremsmunster, Austria) exhibited PEN bottles for beer. These were designed as returnable and refillable bottles ...
- Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process
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- August 31, 1996, ... been unevenly treated will deliver different readings in different test areas, rendering the test useless. Because of these potential problems, some converters use a drawdown rod rather than a cotton ...
- Gauging system lights the way
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- August 31, 1996, ... process using expensive screen printing technology. BKL Inc., located in King of Prussia, PA, however, claims to have "reinvented" the way EL lamps are made, using technology drawn from the high-speed converting ...
- Web-inspection system supports label operation
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- July 31, 1996, ... and hotels. Label America specializes in four-color process and data processing labels printed on a variety of papers, films, and specialty substrates and maintains an on-site raw materials inventory of ...
- FDA proposes to reduce environmental filing burdens.
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- July 31, 1996, ... substance in food, food packaging, or cosmetics (e.g., the withdrawal of approval of the use of a food or color additive) are excluded from the current EA requirements. These exclusions would be very ...
- Bagmaking machines adapt to conquer new markets.
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- July 31, 1996, ... manufactured today incorporates AC servo motors and controllers. Their job is to turn the draw rolls to accurately index the correct amount of film to make a perfect bag every time. The advantages of servo ...
- Making Lemonade in the Converting Industry
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- June 30, 1996, ... The press release goes on to explain that the drop in profits on the part of flexible packagers corresponds to a "sizeable increase in costs for 1995. The cost of raw material, manufacturing expenses, ...
- A look at the status of UV/EB curing
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- June 30, 1996, ... by members of RadTech International North America to assess the markets for UV- and EB-curable products. The studies involved a representative cross section of end users and suppliers of equipment, raw ...
- Coextrusion: making the equipment fit the need
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- June 30, 1996, ... & Hoelscher Corp., says that one of the biggest developments in the extrusion process involves not equipment but raw material called "metallocenes" that he says are "probably the biggest development since ...
- Guide to European packaging will keep converters up to date
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- April 30, 1996, ... structural realignment and expansion in the face of significant raw material price increases. Referring to the plastics market, Volume I states that, "in terms of total output, Germany and Italy are ...
- Paperbox winners honored for industry excellence
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- April 30, 1996, ... inner case that allows access to the product without raw edges. A folded SBS divider is included. Taylor Box reports that this is a compact, convenient way to store two disparate items and easily fits ...
- Trim system in India to be first to handle sugarcane paper.
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- March 31, 1996, ... The concept of using bagasse for papermaking is crucial to the Indian pulp and paper industry, which suffers a shortage of forest-based cellulosic raw materials. Recycling Units Tesco Stores U.K. ...