Hole Punching
- The 411 on RFID, Part 1
- (Archive)
- August 30, 2004, ... 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 ...
- The Rx for RH
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2004, ... impossible to correct. Edge tightening also can cause unsightly wrinkles in stock, which causes waste. Dimensional instability affects the sheet as a whole but is usually more severe in the width, leading ...
- A New Definition
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2004, ... a major area of opportunity for converters. Advanced narrow and mid-web presses can print a whole range of substrates, from self-adhesive label stocks to unsupported flexible packaging films, toothpaste ...
- Release Liners: Challenges Ahead
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2004, ... the whole release liner value chain — participated in a pre-conference round table forum to discuss the effects of downgauging materials and the opportunities to increase the value of the self-adhesive ...
- Converting Industry News, Part 1
- (Magazine)
- August 30, 2004, ... satisfactorily with DiMS! for years, utilizing the system at its main printing division. Wanting "one system for the whole group," Gestel chose DiMS! for the boxmaking plant, and the results have been positive. ...
- Screen Savers
- (Magazine)
- July 31, 2004, ... an electroforming process. The nonwoven mesh and hexagonal hole structure give the screens strength to withstand the rigors of the pressroom environment and print at speeds of 500 fpm. The durable screen ...
- Chinaplas 2004 Breaks Attendance Record; More Than 57,000 Flock to Shanghai for Plastics Show
- (Archive)
- July 29, 2004, ... sponsor. Adsale Exhibition's Chinasplas 2004 stats include: 63.8% visitors were manufacturers 16.9% were importers/exporters/wholesalers/agents 6.3% were retailers 4.1% were from research and ...
- Embossing Impacts Form and Function
- (Magazine)
- June 30, 2004, Diamond Packaging, Rochester, NY, knows the value of an embossed package. In April, the converter took Best of Show honors in the annual competition sponsored Diamond Packaging, Rochester, NY, knows the ...
- Flex-Pack & Recycling in Japan
- (Flexpack)
- June 29, 2004, ... yen or with less than 20 employees, or retailers and wholesalers with annual sales totaling less than 70 million yen or with less than 5 employees, are exempt. The Packaging and Container Recycling ...
- Products
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2004, ... output stage damage, as short circuit (dielectric pinhole) is detected within one output cycle. Reference Color Continually Futec Europe Ltd., Herts, UK; +44 (0) 1442 241700; futec.co.uk The Kaleido ...
- Keeping Score
- (Magazine)
- June 29, 2004, ... of the odd month when the earlier numbers don’t appear to be reaching “bonus” level. And, says Carmany, that’s the whole point. “It’s kind of like the Masters golf tournament,” explains Carmany. “They ...
- Recycled Paperboard Packages Win Big in Paperboard Contest
- (Archive)
- June 06, 2004, ... are extremely pleased with the performance of these unique cartons. The unusual design and great graphics fit right in with the new Swoops shape, helping us to provide consumers with a whole new experience." ...
- A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum
- (Magazine)
- May 31, 2004, ... original design ran at 300 fpm on an Arpeco press, with in-line rotary die-cutting. Judge Ian Hole, Esko Graphics, commented, “An example of work that has simply balanced all the factors of accurate color ...
- New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004
- (Magazine)
- May 30, 2004, ... paper masking sheets. Company reports vinyl can be cut easily and used repeatedly in pin register systems with minimal register pin hole deformation. Extrusion Die Cuts Costs Diamond America Corp., ...
- Editorial, Wal-Mart Friend or Foe to Packaging Industry, PFFC, May 2004
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2004, ... find supply sources to help them compete in the marketplace. Other claims of an accusing sort are accumulating to cast the retailer in a less than wholesome light. Jesse Jackson recently made caustic ...
- Clean Room Consumables Show Gains
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2004, ... as a whole, as well as from the recovery of the semiconductor industry and the continuing expansion of clean room technologies into non-electronics market. Clean Room Consumables Demand Million dollars ...
- Using a Chemical Primer for High Bonds & Low Oxygen Transmission
- (Magazine)
- April 30, 2004, ... Producing an optically clear film with an effective barrier to oxygen requires delivery of a smooth, continuous coating to a treated film web. Pinholes are unacceptable since they act as a window to oxygen ...
- Converting Industry News
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2004, ... economy as a whole, as well as from the recovery of the semiconductor industry and the continuing expansion of clean room technologies into non-electronics market. The best opportunities for growth, ...
- A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2004, ... to do what is right for the whole while making sure that the needs of the PLACE Division are met. Those who are members of PLACE and especially those who help to manage its many successful activities should ...
- The Secret's Out
- (Magazine)
- April 29, 2004, ... “We almost reinvented ourselves,” adds Kirk Valadez. “We started a new business, and in many ways we're still learning. When you do cartons and high-shrink films, that's a whole different ball game.” ...
- When Rollers Fight, Webs Lose
- (Archive)
- March 31, 2004, ... or bearing blocks to prevent shifting in bolt hole clearance. Change over to split cap blocks, allowing rollers to be removed and installed without losing alignment. Good roller alignment is the first ...
- High & Low
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... design did not provide installers a great deal of flexibility when drilling holes for mounting. According to Diego Giugovaz, Winpak's maintenance manager, “During our evaluation we found an extremely ...
- A Secure Alternative
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... the image it creates, yet the whole image can be “scrolled” through the width of the thread by tilting it. (See figure at right.) But wait, there's more: a single micro-optic film can incorporate the ...
- A Century Salute
- (Magazine)
- March 30, 2004, ... for a very big part of its business. “We're still focused on selling our product at the wholesale level to the printing industry,” reports Western States president Mark Lemberger. “Ninety-five percent of ...
- Narrow Web Press Manufacturer Mark Andy Takes Customer Support to
- (News | New Products)
- March 23, 2004, ... US-based manufacturer says, with this certification and its supplier entities Comco and UVTechnology, "[We] have taken support to a whole new level." Says Mark Andy, "Using ISO-Certified Processes and ...
- Scitex Vision's CORjet at Drupa: Taking Inkjet to the Top of the Short-Run Corrugated and Rigid Display Market
- (News | New Products)
- March 09, 2004, ... whole new mind-set is opening that allows us to capitalize on regional and retail account-specific promotional opportunities." The creation of value-added, digitally produced corrugated and board product ...
- Competitive Investment Strategies for Packaging Converters
- (News | New Products)
- March 08, 2004, ... rapid profitability. George B. Cusdin, flexographic printing specialist, has worked in the flexographic printing industry for more than 30 years, serving the whole spectrum of flexo applications. ...
- Discount Labels Gains Proofing-Process Efficiencies with Latran's Digital Halftone Technolog
- (News | New Products)
- February 29, 2004, ... Now a division of Mail-Well Inc., Discount Labels prints approximately 3,000 orders per day for close to 50,000 wholesale dealers. Most simple short-run labels leave Discount in 24 hours, while full-color ...
- Discount Labels Gains Proofing-Process Efficiencies with Latran's Digital Halftone Technolog
- (News | New Products)
- February 29, 2004, ... Now a division of Mail-Well Inc., Discount Labels prints approximately 3,000 orders per day for close to 50,000 wholesale dealers. Most simple short-run labels leave Discount in 24 hours, while full-color ...
- The Family Breadwinner
- (Flexpack)
- February 28, 2004, ... bread aisle, it opened a whole new market to metallization, thus bagging the Peter Rigney of the Year Award (named for PFFC's former publisher) from the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters, and ...