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- Converting Industry News
- (Archive)
- November 07, 2006, ... investment strategy has been to focus on middle-market companies with consistent growth stories and solid management teams. Ampac is a great fit—it has done an excellent job of growing the company over ...
- Challengers Press On
- (Tapes)
- October 31, 2006, ... the competitors once again prove there are many ways to print a winning label. Despite the difficulties posed by industry consolidation, slimmer profit margins, and higher cost of materials, this year’s ...
- Automatic Roll Change
- (Magazine)
- August 14, 2006, Web Exclusive Large converting machines may have as many as two or more unwinds besides the rewind. In such a machine, the operator will be kept quite busy just changing rolls, if operator intervention ...
- LabelExpo
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2006, ... hand-held unit for the production of solid or half-tone flexo proofs. Said to be economical, unit incorporates a spring arrangement rather than micrometers. Employs a doctor blade on a miniaturized anilox ...
- Labelexpo What's Ne
- (Archive)
- July 30, 2006, ... Get Proofs with Portable Unit RK Print Coat Instruments, Herts, UK; +44 (0)1763 852187; rkprint.com A new version of the EsiProof is a portable, hand-held unit for the production of solid or ...
- Digital Deliberations
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2006, ... no fit or tint issues. Solids are strong and the majority of Pantone colors can be achieved. The ability to print white, more than one hit if required, opens up even more possibilities to designers and ...
- New Products, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2006, ... allows virtually any combination of 100% solids or water- or solvent-based adhesives. Featuring a wide range of laminating/coating configurations, machine is designed mainly for retort packaging applications. ...
- Board to the Future
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2006, ... of solid bleached sulfate and laminated film, is said to be unique in every aspect. Excellence in production processes range from critical registration requirements in lamination to sheeting, offset ...
- A Bunch of Hot Air
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2006, ... radar, radio frequency, etc.) are great when the radiation couples to the solvent. They are pretty good when it couples to the coating solids. These conditions avoid or reduce overheating uncoated substrate. ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- November 29, 2005, ... for films in Finland, Scandstick in Sweden; Ahlstrom and ExxonMobil Chemical in France. In addition, consolidation continues across the value chain. I don’t think 2006 will be an easy year in the label ...
- Siliconizing: Challenging the Status Quo
- (Magazine)
- October 30, 2005, ... how its future health depends very much on “changing the rules of the game.” The current industry-wide challenges—material cost inflation, exchange rate pressures (the weak US dollar), consolidation ...
- An Exercise in Compliance
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... still are in effect. Converters today sometimes can avoid them by using materials that do not emit solvents during use, such as aqueous products, 100% solids materials, and similar approaches. Adhesive ...
- The Case for Automatic Splicing
- (Magazine)
- September 29, 2005, ... a bond in a fraction of a second, pasting with solid and uniform crossweb contact. The pasting event must be timed smartly to avoid contact ahead of or partially on the tape. I’ve worked more on the ...
- Testing for Toxins in Packaging
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2005, ... reducing the amount of toxics in municipal solid waste landfills. The laws are based on model legislation adopted by the Source Reduction Council of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG); 19 ...
- New Products
- (Magazine)
- July 30, 2005, ... of 80 gsm and above, board and solid board to 1,400 gsm, and corrugated board to 0.16 in. thick. Speeds are to 7,500 sheets/hr and maximum cutting force is 300 tons. Said to offer high flexibility and ...
- 18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2005, ... If possible, increase the solids content of the mix to reduce the drying load and speed up the web. If an organic solvent system is used, another benefit is the reduction in solvent consumption and savings ...
- Concave Rollers Pros & Cons
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2005, ... viscoelastic webs. The concave roller mechanism requires the web to act like a solid beam, creating a torque that induces a bending in the web. A viscoelastic web will flow instead of curving, defeating ...
- Reclying Plastic Materials
- (Archive)
- June 20, 2005, ... Recycling of post-consumer greenhouse PE films—Blends with polyamide-6. Recycling of plastics from urban solid wastes—Comparison between blends from virgin and recovered from waste polymers. Management ...
- Materials
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2005, ... specially developed acrylic adhesives in a product construction said to handle easily. Company says high print quality results from lower dot gain and higher solid ink densities. Performance properties ...
- Biodegradable Films Today
- (Flexpack)
- April 29, 2005, ... It changes from a solid waste substance to harmless products that enter the ground and atmosphere. The trick to all this is to make a plastic film appropriately biodegradable. Most of the current technology ...