Cutting

Slitting/Rewinding | Trim Loss as Low as 3%

(Slit)

March 14, 2012, ... loss,” Etchells comments nonchalantly. He calculates one example: “Cutting six-inch material into one-quarter inch would yield 24 cuts with no edge trim. The two outside cuts cannot be accurate; they cannot ...

Avery Dennison Boasts Good Safety Record

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2012, ... were replaced across the globe with safer cutting tools, which virtually eliminated hand lacerations. In addition, machine safety was improved through “Project Untouchable,” which minimized the amount ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... CHINA | DGM Co. Ltd. (Booth 11C 44), which has a 20-year history in the industry, specializes in automatic folding/gluing, automatic laminating, and automatic die-cutting machinery. The company will display ...

Flexo Printing | Colbert Packaging Installs Nine-Color Primographic Press

(Flexography)

February 28, 2012, ...  Designed for efficiency, the new press can run at speeds of 500 fpm. It includes an in-line Kempsmith flatbed die-cutter as well as a rotary embossing station to streamline the printing and die-cutting ...

WHQuiz Answer #5 - Draw Control Pros/Cons

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, ... shifts in printing and die-cutting registration. Disadvantages: Draw control is widely misunderstood, especially their dependence on upstream tension and strain as baseline for draw zone tension. ...

Tapeworks Now an Approved Converter for 3M

(Adhesives)

February 20, 2012, As an approved converter for 3M for industrial adhesives and tapes, Tapeworks adds value to 3M’s products  BETHLEHEM, PA | Tapeworks, a national supplier of engineered tape solutions, has become an ...

Preco Expands with New Facility

(Die-Cutting)

February 17, 2012, With emphasis on medical packaging and clean converting, Preco’s new facility will expand production capacity and capabilities  SOMERSET, WI | Preco, provider of laser, die-cutting, lamination, and ...

On the Road Again!

(Yo's Yarns)

February 16, 2012, ... plates, cylinders and rolls, coaters, laminators, bagmaking, inks and coatings, substrates, slitting, surface treating, cutting, embossing equipment and much more. A conference program is planned to ...

On Print | Inkjet and Beyond

(On Print)

February 13, 2012, ... are being integrated with machines performing the adjacent steps in the process, such as die-cutting, scoring, over-laminating, and over-coating, as well as, in the case of Indigo, substrate pre-coating. ...

Contract Converting Services Directory

(Uncategorized)

February 12, 2012, ... a job shop specializing in high speed laser cutting services. • Machinery Design Solutions, Inc.; Philadelphia, PA; B Killar; www.machinery-design.com | ...

Clearwater Adds EarthCoating Resins

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2012, With mineral-based EarthCoating resins from Smart Planet, Clearwater Paper’s Candesce paperboard products will be able to use less PE  SPOKANE, WA | Clearwater Paper Corp., a manufacturer of bleached ...

Siemens Extends Toolbox to Include PLC Control

(Controls)

February 03, 2012, ... winding, laminating, cross-cutting, calendering, perforating, embossing, coating, flying saw, die-cutting, traversing, and more. Components of the Toolbox take the form of pre-programmed functions. Sample ...

Martin to Show Full Line at drupa 2012

(News | New Products)

January 30, 2012, ... Berhalter stand, which will feature a die-cutting system with new Martin butt splicer and accumulator/festoon for nonstop operation. Labelmen Machinery Co. will demonstrate Martin nonstop splicers and ...

Folding Cartons | Cut & Crease Without Dies

(Carton Box)

January 29, 2012, Highcon's Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine gets beta testing in Israel Converter Graphica Bezalel Ltd., in Yavne, Israel, is the beta site for the first Highcon Euclid digital cutting and ...

Colbert To Close Louisville Manufacturing Facility

(Carton Box)

January 19, 2012, ... prestigious customer accounts, and cutting-edge equipment. Since that time, we have had many positive experiences that have improved our value proposition to all Colbert customers.” Customers currently ...

China-based Meikei Printing Buys Second OMET Flexy Press

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2012, ... it in action at Labelexpo Asia 2011. The press has ten flexo stations, two cold foil, and in-line die-cutting. This purchase comes after MEIKEI’s success with its 2007 purchase of an OMET Flexy S machine ...

Web Handling | Russian Converter Growing Fast

(Flexography)

January 08, 2012, ... testify to our success in these areas,” says Mamaev. New markets include inserts for cigarette packs with special die-cutting and folding inline on the Comco, as well as lottery promotions using inserts ...

Corrugated POP | Digital Finisher a Cut Above

(Carton Box)

December 18, 2011, ... Kongsberg XP44 Auto." The EskoArtwork Kongsberg Auto XP44 Auto forms the perfect complement to Digital Impact's two older-model EskoArtwork Kongsberg DCM 24 digital cutting machines, driven by EskoArtwork' ...

New East Coast Facility Planned for Core Systems Intl.

(News | New Products)

November 20, 2011, Core Systems Intl. is expanding its core cutting and core handling equipment operation to the Lehigh Valley, PA, area. ERIE, MI | Core Systems Intl. is expanding its core cutting and core handling equipment ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... of label stocks alongside the printing (http://pffc-online.com/print/), die-cutting (http://pffc-online.com/die_cut/) , and matrix-stripping (search?searchword=Matrix+Removal&ord=d&cat=) processes. Market ...

Power Up with the New PFFC!

(Yo's Yarns)

October 18, 2011, ... once again in the hands of those people who knew it most intimately, and we intend to keep it safe and on the cutting edge of electronic media delivery to keep you current with the news that makes you ...

Digital Printing: Digital Meets Demands

(Digital)

August 16, 2011, ... the point-of-purchase business. Laminating and die-cutting are accomplished on two coater/laminators and a die-cutter from Grafisk Machine Fabrik (a partner of Xeikon) as well as an additional die-cutter ...

Advanced Labels NW Buys Its 1st HP Indigo WS6000

(Digital)

August 14, 2011, ... treatments they currently utilize on their flexo presses. The finishing line includes flat bed hot stamping and embossing, semi-rotary die-cutting and embossing, cold foil and lamination as well as multiple ...

$2 MM Folding Carton Expansion at Menasha Includes Sheeting

(Carton Box News)

August 04, 2011, ... that's what we are here to do." With the expansion, Menasha can buy and store raw material, subsequently cutting six weeks of waiting for delivery of ordered materials, and carry out the sheeting process ...

Modular Press Has Many Functions

(Print)

July 31, 2011, ... many printing processes and offers rotary and flatbed die-cutting units, slitting, flatbed punching, and adaptor for special cutting die assemblies. Gallus | +41 71 242 86 86 | www.gallus-group.com ...

Papers for Jean Labels Enhanced

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2011, ... colorants, and reduced paper odor. Enhancements are said to deliver crisper printing though offset, flexo, screen, and hot stamp methods, and improved tear resistance during sheeting, die-cutting, perforation, ...

Show Preview Narrow Web & Label: Labelexpo Europe Evolves

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... new way of die-cutting, which has the potential to revolutionize the traditional converting process.” ThinStream is an ultra-thin PET liner material that, combined with patented machine technology, is ...

Show Preview: Graph Expo's Goa

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2011, ... one. The company, based in Germany and Kennesaw, GA, plans to exhibit its KAMA ProCut 74F automatic die-cutting system and ProFold 74 folder-gluer in Booth 1200 at this show. New This Year Making its ...

Report Examines Development of China's Paper Industrie

(Flexpack News)

July 26, 2011, ... have invested very heavily in cutting-edge technologies to make our production as efficient as possible and minimize impact on the environment. By the end of 2010, APP-China had invested more than 5.5 ...

Experience Speaks: Myron Geiser

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2011, ... We need to be better than the rest to sustain our business, and I consider service and quality to be the keys to that. I don't consider technology to be Capri's differentiator because what's cutting edge ...