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Does your roll look like a soup can, i.e., with evenly spaced buckled rings running in the machine direction? This defect also is called machine direction buckles or tin-canning. Web handling expert Timothy J. Walker offers 6 tips for this strange defect.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
NEENAH, WI | Webex, a manufacturer of precision engineered rolls and custom converting machinery, has been acquired by Bertram Capital, a private equity firm based in San Mateo, CA.
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APPLETON, WI | Rollguard provided the solution for Japan-based Nitto Denko's international shipments of films and tapes from manufacturing facilities in Belgium. The company's recycled fiber cradles offered an alternative to the wooden block cradles Nitto Denko was using when it shipped rolls horizontally on pallets.
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CRANFORD, NJ | The Newark Group reports a $25/ton price increase on all uncoated grades of recycled paperboard effective with shipments on or after February 18.
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 During the ProMat Show at McCormick Place last week, I met Baxter, a robot from Rethink Robotics. Got to admit, he was kind of adorable. Is he poised to take over your repetitive job tasks? Write to me at chine@pffc-online.com. -- Claudia Want to share your news with our subscribers? Send your company's announcements and new product releases to us for inclusion in E-Clips. Editorial Inquiries/Press Releases: Yolanda Simonsis | President/Editorial Director | 773-916-PFFC Claudia Hine | Managing Editor | 312-286-1374 Advertising Opportunities: Tim Janes | VP Online Sales | 303-674-0577 Copyright 2013, YTC Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This newsletter is protected by United States copyright and other intellectual property laws and may not be reproduced, rewritten, distributed, re-disseminated, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, directly or indirectly, in any medium without the prior written permission of YTC Media, Inc.
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