Hole Punching

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... fan works with finned rotor to cool the brake, while open-designed guard allows heat to dissipate away from machine quickly. Cross-drilled holes in the rotor increase air flow, adding a critical element ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... Test-A-Pack, Orchard Park, NY; 716/662-0006 The 2800 Series Tester integrates mass flow, pressure decay, burst, creep, and creep-to-burst tests into a single system to detect channel or pinhole defects ...

The Power of Three

(Tapes)

November 29, 2003, ...  position as one of Western Canada's largest label converting operations. “I think the whole package we put together this year — with the Mark Andy LP3000 and the Creo and the DuPont systems — ha ...

AWA Reports on European Self-Adhesive Industrial Tape Market in 'Groundbreaking' New Stud

(Tapes)

November 13, 2003, ... promoting the interest of self-adhesive tapes. "It represents a valuable tool with which industry players can view their current business platform in the context of the market as a whole; assess trends; ...

Doctor Blade Systems: A Cure for What Ails Your Printing Process

(Magazine)

October 31, 2003, ... Allison. “Some use air bladders; others use engineered uniform pressure spring clamping with a simple means of opening and cleaning. Blade holder screws and the tapped holes they engage are an enormous ...

Labelexpo Europe 2003 Was 'Best-Attended Yet

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2003, ... two days we generated as many leads as we obtained at the whole show two years ago. Labelexpo Europe also proved that digital-color printing is no longer a niche technology, which allows us to focus more ...

Meeting the Need

(Materials)

September 30, 2003, ... in all heat sealable foil high-barrier laminations and to inhibit moisture ingress from pinholes or foil fractures often seen in the filling and final conversion process. Reportedly offers reduced packaging ...

Spotlight on the North American Market

(Disposables)

September 30, 2003, ...  In the North American release liner market as a whole, industry consolidation, acquisitions, and liquidations indicate that fewer coaters will account for a larger share of the release liner business ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 29, 2003, ... plasma treaters are said to offer uniform treatment; high-dyne, long-lasting treatment; no backside treatment in polymer film applications; and no pinholes when treating porous materials. Treating is available ...

100 Recycled Paperboard Makes 'Great' Stride

(Folding Cartons)

September 21, 2003, ... trends are due to the many excellent performance qualities of today's 100% recycled paperboard product as well as because of the fact that the industry as a whole has been more aggressive in marketing itself ...

BBA Group to Acquire Italian Nonwoven Manufacturer Tecnofibra Spa

(Disposables)

September 18, 2003, BBA Group plc recently announced an agreement under which it will acquire the privately owned Italian nonwoven manufacturer Tecnofibra Spa. According to BBA Group, it will buy Tecnofibra for Euro 31.8 ...

Products

(Magazine)

August 31, 2003, New from: Amacoil, Amplas, Appleton, Bosch Rexroth, Bunting, CMC Cevenini, Contech, ControlAir, Conversource, Convertech, Daetwyler, Davis-Standard, Dusenbery, Dynaspede, EDI, EGS, Enercon, Exair, Flexo ...

What Would PI Do?

(Corrugated)

August 31, 2003, ... “When someone asks, ‘What's your niche?,’ well, our niche is we, pretty much, can handle the whole deal,” explains Mazzocco. The “whole deal” includes short- and long-run corrugated packaging; one- to ...

A Letter from Frank Sablone

(Magazine)

August 27, 2003, ... upon in the coming years to the benefit of our members and the industry as a whole. There is no better example of this than our upcoming Technical Conference, which for the first time will be developed ...

Winning with Covers

(Folding Cartons)

August 06, 2003, ...  Overall Converting Guidelines When Using Heavyweight Papers Prior to folding, wide-score the paper using a flat-bed press for best results. This will provide an even score on the whole sheet at ...

Ups & Downs of Business Make Escape an Attractive Option

(Magazine)

July 31, 2003, ... positive week. Of course there were a few not-so-great things that also had occurred during this timeframe, but on the whole, it was a pretty “up” week, and I chose to write about these positive things ...

Packaging Groups Form Coalition to Fight FDA

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2003, ...  If a food packaging supplier produces even one of these food packaging items, the whole facility would have to be registered and records maintained. It is unclear if suppliers of coatings and inks would ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

June 30, 2003, New products for the narrow web converting industry from: FLEXcon Co. Inc., Gidue Intl., and Ko-Pack Intl. Machinery, Accessories, Materials, Services Servo-Driven Press Increases Versatility Gidue ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2003, ... Examples of bags that would be covered by the law include grocery sacks; dry cleaning bags; take-out food bags; retail, membership, or wholesaler bags; and service station bags. Retailers would be exempt ...

Folding Carton Shipments Up in 2003

(Folding Cartons)

June 08, 2003, ... of demand (measured in recent months), predicts PPC, "offers a promising sign for the economy as a whole, since many economists regard folding carton shipments as a leading indicator of customer purchases." ...

Converting Activity Strong in Middle East and Turkey

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, Favorable export taxes coupled with political stability have made the United Arab Emirates (UAE) a virtual hub of Middle Eastern flex-pack converting Favorable export taxes coupled with political stability ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... converter supplies Cadbury with two eight-color, rotogravure-printed flexible packages for three flavor combinations. The 189- and 354-g pillow bags include a peg hole that allows them to be hung on racks ...

Exopack Signs to Buy Plassein Flex-Pack Plants

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2003, Exopack LLC and Plassein International Corp. recently announced the companies have signed letters of intent with respect to Exopack's acquisition of Plassein's flexible packaging facilities in Thomasville, ...

Industry Responds to California Plastic Bag Tax

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2003, ... California retailers to pay a two-cent tax on every disposable plastic bag they use. Examples of bags covered by the tax include grocery sacks; dry cleaner, take-out food, retail, membership or wholesaler ...

Packaging Jobs Trackable with Dalim Web-Based Software

(News | New Products)

May 11, 2003, ... system for publishers and their prepress and printer partners. Dalim reports ProPack "unites the whole production chain, including retailers, designers, prepress and printers, in a shared workflow via ...

Tetra Recart Wins EAFA Award Makes Inroads for Retort

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2003, ... products and one that could change the picture of this sector considerably." Adds EAFA, "The new flexible pack saves significant space, weight, and logistical costs throughout the whole packaging and ...

Guts and Glory

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... 24 days a month, to four shifts 30 days monthly during 2003, and thus cope with the possible increase in sales, while getting more ROI [return on investment] out of our presses.” Tech Pak's whole story, ...

Think Lean

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... when the customer needs it, in the amount needed. If and When to Get Lean Who's thinking, “So, it's simple but not easy, counterintuitive, and it was developed to dig an automobile company out of a hole ...

Koerber PaperLink Helps Weyerhaeuser Record

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2003, ... January was 20-pound stock. However, the record is even more impressive because the plant also ran two days of three-hole punch, five days of smaller nine-pocket roll stock, and one day of 24-pound stock ...

Filtration Transformation

(Magazine)

February 28, 2003, ... in place of the two lower-pressure cartridge filters — and they last longer. Plus, they're much easier to change, which makes the whole process safer and more efficient for operators,” he adds. “Overall,” ...