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Coating Operation Cleans Up Its (Trim Removal) Act

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... the building to a compactor. "The glitch is that it's difficult to maintain an adequate vacuum throughout the entire length of tubing," says Sangl. "Any hole that develops in this piping arrangement can ...

More Laminating Diversity Equals More Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, What do the apparel, automotive, marine, shoe, juvenile car seat, and medical industries have in common? Not a lot, really, except for one small textile-to-foam What do the apparel, automotive, marine, ...

On-Line Purchasing Saves Time, Money, and Space

(Magazine)

May 31, 2000, ... me when I get back. By the time I'm done responding to them, there'll be 12 more. Being able to order supplies on-line without talking to another person makes my life a whole lot easier." Companies like ...

Converter Can't Seem to Stay Out of Busines

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... us be more profitable, and consequently allows us to pay those higher wages. It's a win-win situation for everyone." The Stratus Group as a whole expected annual sales in 1999 of nearly $10 million, ...

Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... the shaped pouches can be designed to accommodate a broad spectrum of closing/dispensing devices, such as pour spouts, zippers, peelable closures, valves, pumps, and special straw entry holes, and additional ...

Selecting the Right Tensioning System for the Application

(Magazine)

April 30, 2000, ... decreases as roll size decreases. However, heat dissipation is constant over the whole range of slip speeds, from full roll to unwound core. Electromagnetic Clutch-Brakes An electromagnetic friction ...

French Fry Fascination Brings Big Business to Bonar

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... before the onset of 2000. Barrett explains: "Some of our other sites had generations of software that were not Y2K compatible. The ERP system is an opportunity to get the whole organization to use software ...

Managing Your Way Through a ''Green'' Futur

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... arguably, have they gotten any easier to overcome. In fact, this new millennium brings with it a whole host of environmental issues that demand new approaches and solutions. Increasingly, the challenges ...

Electrically Heated Rollers Are Top Technology Choice

(Magazine)

March 31, 2000, ... constant and symmetric power supply. As a result, power is used more efficiently, wetting of the boats is more uniform, pinholes are reduced 60%, and boat life is extended at least 20%, all of which reduce ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ...  need a whole bunch of hands-on training, but Mark Andy provided what we did need: one week of training in St. Louis and one week on-site." "It's been a good company to work with," says Johnson of Mar ...

Converter Plays Key Role in Mercosur Trading Group

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... they cannot place larger orders of printed material for the whole range of products. No matter what the application is--promotions, strategics, or whatever--the point is that some products in the lines ...

Converters See Hurdles Ahead in Digital Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... what you're going to see absolutely is digital stations in a flexo press or digital combinations with other print technologies, because you don't need the whole job to be digitally produced. That will be ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... agrees wholeheartedly that rewinding is the way to go. "Less trouble, less equipment cost, less space, less dirt, less noise," he sums up. Outside the clean room are two rewinders. One is used to convert ...

The Good Times Keep Rolling -- At Least for Now

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ...  from 1997 until mid '99," Fry explains, "the US consumer kept the world economy out of recession. Not in every country, of course, but we kept the whole world from going under. Now, we're starting to ge ...

Getting Off to a Smooth Start with a New Coater

(Archive)

December 31, 1999, ... equipment, and that way we'd only need two maintenance people for our whole facility. We have 95 percent uptime on our equipment." Coating Excellence serves the food and industrial packaging markets with ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

(Magazine)

November 30, 1996, ... metallic gold and silver. "The system is designed to produce completely waterproof, ultraviolet-stable, and weatherable products for anyone selling short-run labels on a wholesale basis," says Kathleen ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, Walle Corp. attributes much of its success to keeping tight control of operations at the company's three plants.Listen to the latest crop of advice coming Walle Corp. attributes much of its success to ...

New possibilities for beer packaging in PEN and LCP

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... of an LCP liner with either PET or PEN. In a paper presented at the American Chemical Society meeting in March, Dr. Benny Freeman of North Carolina State noted, "For beer, keeping oxygen out is the whole ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... on the environment. When you buy a drum of material, the whole drum is used. With the new 100% solids technology initially intended for the wire and cable industry that Chase & Sons has serviced for ...

Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.

(Magazine)

August 31, 1996, ... all of which provide a super-clean, crisp perforated edge. To emulate the classical appearance of a round-hole perforated stamp, a mock round-hole cutting edge was produced and then micro-toothed with ...

Congress is considering FDA reform bills

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... Further, beginning July 1, 1998, if the Agency fails to meet a statutory time limit for action on a direct food additive petition that potentially could make foods "more wholesome and contribute to a healthier ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, The technology of prepress is changing at such a dizzying pace, that converters keep up or quickly get left behind.Speaking recently at the 12th Digital The technology of prepress is changing at such a ...

Paperbox winners honored for industry excellence

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... wheel and the axle hole and to feel the composition of the wheel compound. The package replaces a clam shell blister pack, and, according to Kryptonics, sales have quadrupled since die new design was introduced. ...

Court ruling on HMT may mean a tax refund

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... the aspect of employment alleged to have been violated. In similar fashion, the court said, "The Family and Medical Leave Act extends to all those who control, in whole or in part" the employee's ability ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... for wholesale bakeries. Another goal related to corporate hierarchy. The new company would be competing against Fortune 200 companies, so it would have to be lean and mean. When a potential investor ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... to run on existing form/fill/seal equipment. The winning packages address that problem with a proprietary microperforation system featuring minute holes that are invisible to the naked eye. The amount ...

Flat tax proposal is getting serious consideration

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... on what they spend - a consumption tax - rather than on their income. Neither of these proposals has been set forth in detail. Proponents of the flat tax say it would wipe out loopholes, vastly simplify ...

The 1996 Metallizing Roundup: Experts Ponder and Predict

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ...  on quality. It's not just a look anymore -- we're selling a performance-based product. The industry is really focusing on a quality performance product through the whole chain. Those who are dedicated t ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... the fold line, die-cuts the J hook hole (with dies from Baker Die Works), and sheets the card to a 5-in. length. Production speeds exceed 6,000 parts/hour, and, says Stearns, "We can achieve a much richer ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ...  the Cyrel SHD drill has the flexibility and precision to drill registration holes at any coordinate on a Cyrel plate and can drill carrier sheets for corrugated, it will support a wide range of flexo application ...