Hole Punching

RFID Pioneers

(Magazine)

April 26, 2006, ... beginning, everybody was in their ‘micro’ world trying to do their part without understanding how the whole [RFID] world worked. I think that has changed dramatically,” Bielas says. “One of the long-running ...

Metallized Papers and Films: A New Focus for Global Growth

(Archive)

April 17, 2006, ... in a number of fields: clear oxide and other opaque barrier coatings for flexible packaging; patterned metallizing (e.g. holographic "wallpaper"); and the whole platform of overt security and brand authentication ...

Puttin' On the Ritz

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, Marketing glitz and glamour equally share the limelight with technical merit in this year's annual metallized and coated products competition, staged by AIMCAL, the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... to offer cost savings for supermarket meat departments on warehouse space, freight, shrinkage, and more. Tray features tiny surface holes where liquid passes to an “open cell” area, is trapped away from ...

A Family of Possibilities

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... to make this whole thing work is not the equipment, it’s really the people,” Salazar maintains. “The printing press will print, but you are only as good as your prepress department and your printers.” ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

February 27, 2006, ... whole eggs, egg yolks, or egg whites. Yummy! A DKNY fragrance called “Be Delicious” incorporates packaging concepts with an “au natural” look and feel, thanks to Curtis Packaging, Sandy Hook, ...

2004 RFID What's New

(Archive)

February 26, 2006, ... and the meeting chairperson writes: You better learn how to compete on a whole new playing field, or you'll, ultimately, be left watching from the sides." However, converter skepticism was evident after ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... initiated tear strength and unsupported hole strength. Coex Label Stocks Offer Clarity Avery Dennison, Leiden, The Netherlands; +31 (0) 164 317 015; europe.fasson.com Fasson Global Co-Ex self-adhesive ...

Protecting Brands

(Magazine)

January 30, 2006, ... BPA offers an open door to end-users and converters that are seeking security labeling and marking systems and want to evaluate the whole spectrum of professional options available for their particular ...

Materials for Printable Electronics to Reach $1.9 Billion

(Archive)

January 09, 2006, ... The next few years represent a key period for the PE business of a whole. PRESS RELEASE GLEN ALLEN, VA—The market for inks, substrates, and other materials used in printable electronics (PE) is expected ...

First Glance

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, Innovative packaging from: Caraustar Industries, Graphic Packaging Intl., and Chesapeake Corp. Products Bread's Boards Joe Corbi’s Wholesale Pizza products are used by many groups in their fundraisers. ...

Modern & Massive

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... system and a downstream F&K unit for lacquering. “The capacity of the machine and factory are enormous,” says Christiansen. “We actually are increasing capacity on the whole European preprint market ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... classification as packaging waste, the self-adhesive label value chain as a whole will have a problem on its hands. There is still little evidence that the industry is developing environmentally responsible ...

EFTA and ADCCAT Support ICE

(Archive)

November 14, 2005, ... believes that ICE will allow the larger tape converting and manufacturing industry as a whole to benefit from a centrally based, well balanced show. A concentrated exhibition with technical seminars and ...

Profit Squeeze

(Flexpack)

September 29, 2005, ... supplying across the whole of Europe. In addition, brand owners in Western Europe are beginning to source some of their high-specification flexible packaging needs from converters based in Central and ...

RFID: The Next Generation

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... investment in expensive equipment. It can handle difficult protocol and different standards and therefore streamline the whole process.” Ream adds, “Class 0 and Class 1, while they may operate on the ...

Static is Gone, Price is Right

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... bar that we had on there, the bars that you don’t get a whole lot of control from. You maybe get a half inch or an inch of static elimination.” Looking for a new solution, Streicher walked the CMM 2005 ...

More of the 411 on RFID

(Archive)

August 30, 2005, ... and end-users; and industries as a whole can drive EPC implementation with standards-based equipment. November 2004 Intermec Technologies Corp. and EPCglobal Inc. announce that Intermec has offered ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... label in-line (silicone and adhesive coating) after the printing operation, thus allowing the printing under the adhesive. The companies are targeting both pharmaceuticals and wholesaling. RFID ...

Without Boundaries

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... been modified in-house). Next, the company had to apply the coating in a way that would ensure the coat weight could be controlled accurately and would be free of pinholes. Transporting the coated web ...

Fighting Flaws

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... and use easy-to-understand training procedures. Static electricity buildup in the coater can generate a variety of defects, i.e., dirt, pinholes, tracking, and “photo effects,” and it can cause fires ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... oxygen can permeate into the package via micro-pores, holes, inconsistent sealing, etc. This leakage of oxygen into the packaging causes reduction of shelf life and may result in product spoilage. A need ...

Pouch vs. Bottle

(Flexpack)

July 30, 2005, Would you drink water out of a pouch? CLP Industries has begun marketing a laminate pouch that offers consumers portability and convenience when transporting water. And the company obviously feels there’s ...

Laboring Lean

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... Dunsirn Partners has been pleasantly surprised. Brian explains, “They’ve taken to it. The whole argument or point I’ve been making all along is that it’s really the US against the Chinese. It’s not you ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... packaging to create a unique identity for the pack as a whole. Making the Choice Security taggants can, and do, provide the solution that manufacturers want for the authentication of their brands, for ...

New Products

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, New products from: Pinpoint Laser Systems, Bosch Rexroth, Flxon, ABB, Max Daetwyler, CEA Instruments, Enercon, Vorne Industries, Heidelberg USA, Graymills, H.S. Boyd, Durex Industries, Nordson, Mamata ...

Toray One of 'America's Healthiest Companie

(Archive)

July 13, 2005, ... smoking cessation, and stress management programs, among others. Additionally, the company provides screening services, including blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose, vision, posture, hearing, and foot ...

Gerhardt Rethinks Business Approach

(Archive)

July 11, 2005, ... celebrating its 50th year, Gerhardt Intl. began to rethink it’s whole approach to business.“We had lost our leading position in the marketplace and had neglected investments that would have enabled us ...

Seeking a Converting Superhero

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... a flaw in gauge control or an actual hole or tear can wreak havoc by causing a line break, with ensuing downtime that could last for hours. Variation across the web of a film also is a common problem. ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... or plastic cards. Visit booth 857. Adjustable Hole Sizes Possible Schober USA, Cincinnati, OH; 513/489-7393; schoberusa.com The VentPerf-Cold system is designed for micro-hole patterns; the VentPerf-Hot ...