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International Converting Industry News

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September 30, 2000, ... be viewed as it flows into the outer bag, without the need to fill another container. Industry Studies Packaging Fuels Growth of Presses in China CHINA—The number of new web- and sheet-fed printing ...

Printing/Converting Show Bursting at the Seams

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August 31, 2000, ... this technology to run folding cartons, flexible packaging, direct mail, specialty documents, and labels gain a significant competitive advantage, because web-fed is faster than sheet-fed, and finishing ...

Hologram in 3-D Makes Postage Stamp a Keeper

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August 31, 2000, ... a six-color, 28x40-in. Man-Roland sheet-fed litho offset press to print five million souvenir sheets and 250,000 miniature sheets. The 95-cent intaglio stamp was produced in the same quantity by Canadian ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... for both large presses printing high-end graphics or for small-format, sheet-fed presses, inks are said to offer the "widest window of water tolerance" available. Product's strong lithographic tolerance ...

Converter Preps for Digitally Printed Packages

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July 31, 2000, ... sheet-fed printing processes, and he reports that the print quality is equivalent to four-color offset printing. E-Commerce Expansion Stora Enso research center's new digital printer has afforded the ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... proofing systems. "Prediction" is a two-up system that was developed using the company's Laser Ablation Transfer (LAT) technology. Xeikon debuted its first sheet-fed digital color press, the Xeikon CSP ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... Less Cost, More Products Jacobsen says printing on a lenticular lens, until just recently, had to be done through a sheet-fed method -- a time-consuming and costly production process. But after almost ...

Converting Coverage Grows at Graphics of the Americas

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December 31, 1999, ... Dot Gain in Flexo, by Lluis Rebled The Digital Flexo, by Lluis Rebled Overcoming Multicolor Sheet-fed Press Problems, by Ken Rizzo 100+ Technical Ideas on Producing Consistent Color Quality, by Frank ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, ... own proprietary topcoats for superior ink adhesion and shelf life." She adds, "Xeikon, for example, requires a 6-in. core rather than a typical 3-in. core. It's also roll- to sheet-fed, so layflat was ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... (Soloflex) and Comco equipment, the firm runs 22 flexo presses, up to nine colors each, at widths to 25 in. Walle's headquarters in Harahan is a sheet-fed offset label printing facility. Two Mitsubishi ...

Today's printing presses are whatever you want them to be

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March 31, 1996, ... market has grown 6% to 10% and now commands 60% of market share. In the folding carton business, in the past five years, the growth has been 12% to 15%, taking over 20% of the market from sheet-fed. And ...

In-house sheeting promotes growth and quality

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February 29, 1996, ... been accomplishing over the past decade. As a custom printer of sheet-fed packaging, Hammer has enjoyed annual double-digit sales increases. Hammer's work is varied. The company specializes in the manufacturing ...

Retrofit brings older sheeters back to life.

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August 31, 1995, ... addition of good chucks and pneumatic disc brakes on the unwind stand is essential to improving web tension control. Flat sheets are becoming much more critical with new high-speed, sheet-fed presses. ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... vacuum-metallized process with an additional step for holographic embossing. The paper is sheet-fed offset printed by Seneca and laminated to package-cover and puzzle stock. Nonfood Packages: Technical ...