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Products

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... is the compact unit; Saturn is a larger and faster, general-purpose machine with added features; Venus is designed for slitting very thin films and includes an AC servo drive for the unwind brake; Jupiter ...

Satisfaction Guaranteed

(Disposables)

January 31, 2003, ...  “When customers think of product innovation and where to go to get help with that, they automatically think of Tufco,” says Tufco Technologies CEO Louis LeCalsey III. And rightfully so. The Wisconsin-based ...

Atmospheric Plasma

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... bombardment occurs within high-density atmospheric plasma is up to 100 times greater. This increased electron activity forces a greater ion bombardment to the substrate surface. This results in increased ...

EPA Finalizes Paper and Web Coating MACT

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... must submit their initial notification no later than Dec. 5, 2004. New sources starting up after Dec. 4, 2002, must submit their notification within 120 days of initial startup. Now that the MACT is ...

Achieving Drug Compliance through Packaging

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... more importantly, plays a vital factor in the patient's overall health. The main seminar was divided into four tracks covering everything from blister barrier to drug delivery systems. Michael Pereira, ...

Study Finds Extrusion Coaters/Laminators Focused on Innovation

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... at them all and at the end-user markets they serve within four broad segments — liquid packaging, flexible packaging, photographic, and commercial applications. All these end-use applications demonstrate ...

Technology Improvements and Emerging Markets Drive Growth in Metallizing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... in production, but worldwide 1.6- to 2.4-meter machines are more common.” Machine width isn't, of course, the only thing metallizers are looking for. “They are asking for increased moisture and oxygen ...

Automotive Industry Opportunities

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... of other suppliers, who were forced out. In 2003 and beyond, suppliers to this industry will need to think of the automobile as a precision instrument and educate themselves in clean room manufacturing ...

Metallized Products Sourcebook Predicts Increased Demand

(Magazine)

January 31, 2003, ... metallized products within the range of available converting technologies. At more than 300 pages in length, “Metallized Papers and Films: World Sourcebook 2002” will provide valuable support to strategic ...

It's a New YearTime to Ask, What Does the Future Hold

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... as diverse as adhesives, coatings, and inks supplied in water to plastic films made from monomers that are as benign as possible. Prevention of theft, counterfeiting, and adulteration of product within ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... Thin-film barrier coatings, blister packages, laser imaging, slitting, and surface treatment were a few of the many topics in the vacuum web coating sessions. Vendor sessions and a tabletop exhibit /reception ...

Neither Boom Nor Bust

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ...  “I think a weak dollar would be beneficial to the US economy because it needs more stimulation now,” Lowney adds. “A strong dollar has an effect similar to increased interest rates. It represents a ...

PIRA Study Breaks Down Security Packaging Outlook

(News | New Products)

December 12, 2002, ... of things to come in the security packaging realms, says the market research organization. SURREY, U.K.—Pira's latest report The Future of Anti-Counterfeiting, Brand Protection, and Security Packaging II ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... run sizes. The Evtec provides shorter run sizes on a wide range of sheet sizes. That means Mohawk is now positioned to handle everything from the large cut-size order to the small, custom-size order.” ...

Opportunities in Academia

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, ... metering and transfer of thin fluid films; finite-element modeling of drying stresses to analyze starry-night coating defects in graphic films; and optimizing the coalescence, leveling, and film-formation ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... hiring plans. “These results are very encouraging,” says CMM Events VP Leo Nadolske. “I think it is a combination of guarded optimism and the fact that things have been so tough in the converting industry ...

In Flexible Packaging, Barriers Are No Obstacles to Success

(Flexpack)

October 31, 2002, ... its PP, or PET, or nylon for that matter, and then catch the value-add of the barrier component.” What's down the road? “I think the biggest impact we're going to see on the market is what we call the ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportMedical/Healthcare Use

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... papers and films, the report examines the subject from an industry perspective, assessing volume data and providing a detailed market segmentation. Setting its content within the context of global market ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special ReportEB/UV Curing Drying

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, ... is the same. However, the voltages employed are much greater, and a thin metal foil (usually titanium) acts as a window that allows the electrons to pass through and strike the coating or film (replacing ...

Products

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... of pressed paperboard (dual- and non-ovenable) and thermoformed corrugated trays. Process offers up to 100 samples of custom-sized, single-compartment trays within 10-15 business days. Coaters Available ...