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New Product Digest

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... layout. Now includes an RS-232 PC interface for use with optional Wingather Software, which allows user to collect, analyze, and record test data within the application or export data files to Excel. Includes ...

Specialty Film Demand to Approach $7.3 Billion in 2010

(Archive)

April 11, 2007, PRESS RELEASE CLEVELAND, OH—Demand for specialty films is forecast to advance 4.8% per year to $7.3 billion in 2010. Gains will be driven by increasing performance requirements in a number of markets, ...

A Scrappy Competitor

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... we tend to turn things upside down to service them. We certainly have no problem customizing the film, tweaking it this way and that way.” Shaw says Mohawk's customers tend to be very loyal. “There are ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... races (my armadillo was fascinated with Leo Nadolske), jail breaking (took me only 5 seconds), cow pie shuffleboard (I wasn't the worst), and frisbee tossing (representing something even less appetizing ...

Spot Less

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... vacuum systems may not perform as well as custom designs that take into account the width, speed, substrate, and proper positioning within the configuration of the converting equipment. These systems ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ...  PFFC-ASAP 404 Sensors Overcome Movement Baumer Electric, Southington, CT; 800/937-9336; www.baumerelectric.com OBDM 12 laser sensors are designed to recognize a target regardless of its distance ...

Booth Listings & Product Highlights

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... optimum performance in each application. Winding configurations, fiber modulus ratings, composite resins, and curing cycles for each shaft are all controlled within company's ISO-certified winding operation. ...

AIMCAL Saddles Up in Texas

(Archive)

March 26, 2007, ... races (my armadillo was fascinated with Leo Nadolske), jail breaking (took me only 5 seconds), cow pie shuffleboard (I wasn’t the worst), and frisbee tossing (representing something even less appetizing ...

TLMI Announces 2007 Technical Conference

(Archive)

March 11, 2007, ... practices within their own companies. RFID manufacturing options: Where are we really? A discussion on RFID and its current place in the label converting industry with application examples and technology ...

Reader's Choic

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... perfectly round. Product is said to be easy to maneuver and control and can accommodate two plugs from both sides of the paper roll within its body. Rolpex—PFFC-ASAP 303. rolpex.co.uk Composite ...

East Beats West

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2007, ... is unlikely the region’s markets will become more integrated. However, trade flows within the region nevertheless are expected to grow. Markets in the Middle East and Africa are forecast to grow on ...

Folding Carton Shows Off

(Carton Box)

February 27, 2007, ... effects that provide the consumer with an almost interactive experience. Quite unlike any other decorative medium, the diffractive nature of holograms—the ability to incorporate all manner of designs within ...

Leader of the Six-Pack

(Magazine)

February 27, 2007, ... Bishop of Charles Bishop Consulting Ltd. The first finalist is DuPont Teijin Films, Richmond, VA, in the coated, laminated, or metallized product category for Mylar ECO13 Film. This thin-gauge (1 mil ...

Converter Clips

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ...  Nothing but the Best Harley Frank, president of Admiral Packaging (formerly Union Industries), Providence, RI, wants his company to be the best as a supplier of flexible packaging. To that end, ...

Lessons in Laminating

(Magazine)

January 31, 2007, ... are very few sources of information about lamination. This area is a well-kept secret or a trial-and-error process that evolves into something manufacturers can live with, he says. “When you look in technical ...

A Look Ahead: Sustainability and Other Hot Topics

(Archive)

January 30, 2007, ... do you see the greatest opportunities for packagers/converters to grow their businesses? A. I don’t think anyone can argue that “faster and more convenient” are key drivers in a huge percentage of our ...

Loparex Adds Capacity

(Archive)

January 28, 2007, Loparex announces several capital investments to add paper coating and film blowing capacity, and to streamline operations within North America. PRESS RELEASE WILLOWBROOK, IL—Loparex announces several ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... will transfer production of these products to its new 25,000-sq-ft water-based adhesives manufacturing center located within the 240,000-sq-ft South Bend operation. Until the transition is complete, Basic ...

Twist & Shout

(Web Lines)

December 31, 2006, A wrinkle is the web’s equivalent of a shout—stop it, you’re hurting me! To avoid your web shouting at you, think about how to apply uniform tension across it. Web Lines A wrinkle is the web’s equivalent ...

What's Next for China

(Materials)

December 31, 2006, ... that appears, on the surface, to have the ability to supply global needs. International buyers should be clamoring to buy from these suppliers—and to some extent they are. However, the fascinating thing ...