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WHAT'S NEW
Appleton Mfg. Div. Customizes Butt Roll Slabber
NEENAH, WI | Appleton Mfg. Div. reports it has customized its butt roll slabber for a customer that wanted a manual loading process but also wanted a powered solution for removing the material in order to improve safety and productivity.
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Brotech Offers System for In-Mold Labels
LISLE, IL | Brotech Equipment brings the Eurotech Cut and Capture system to North America. It allows rotary die-cutting of any IML label material and the ability to control the label and capture it directly from the rotary tool. The system allows for the fast and efficient die-cutting, stacking, and packaging of IML labels normally done through a sheet-to-brick workflow.
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WESTERLY, RI | Maxson Automatic Machinery Co. announces a penetrating breaker roll decurl unit programmed to treat web curl automatically as the roll unwinds. This is said to relieve the operator of such adjustments and permit "best practice" routines.
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 Jemmco's NEW JemmTac Component Style Web Cleaner houses a JemmTac Pre-Sheeted Adhesive Roll and is designed to mount over an existing idler roll that is covered with our proprietary JemmTac Web Cleaning Sleeve. The JemmTac Web Cleaning Sleeve effectively removes loose dirt and contaminants from the moving web. The JemmTac Pre-Sheeted Adhesive Paper is nipped onto the backside of the JemmTac Sleeve, enabling it to continually clean the sleeve. The new JemmTac Component Style Web Cleaner is available in widths ranging from 6" to 80" and features a sturdy construction; easy adhesive roll changes and controls to move the adhesive roll into and out of position as needed. It is the most economical solution to continuous web cleaning available today. To Learn More.
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FEATURED STORY
 Web handling expert Tim Walker visited a converting operation where the slitter/rewinder was set with an acceleration time of 180 sec (3 min) to reach 1,000 fpm (300 mpm). He recommended changing to a faster acceleration time for several reasons. Find out why.
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 Click here if you need to move large rolls of paper, fabric, tissue, or nonwoven material. The compact, battery-powered Appleton RollMover™ moves them quickly, easily and safely. Constructed with a rugged steel frame for durability yet easy to maneuver it is the standard by which all roll pushers are measured. Click here for a risk free trial at your location now.
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COOL CONVERTED PRODUCT
 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND | Amcor Flexibles was the proud recipient of a Silver award at the Flexible Packaging Assn.'s Annual Achievement Awards. The company received the award in the Technical Innovation category for its StayClean overwrap, which serves the pharmaceutical market.
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 thelamco enhances an almost limitless range of converted products for the paper, packaging, specialty label, automotive and electronic markets. Our custom coating and laminating equipment processes ultra light weight films from 18 gauge to heavier substrates up to 60 mil thick. With 63" web widths and line speeds up to 1000 fpm, the lamco is your lean and green partner for long production runs.
Roll with thelamco! Call us toll free (866) 926-6101 or email Roxanne Behrman for more information!
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FEATURED WHITE PAPER
 Learn more about the digital solution for cost-efficient, high-quality, short-run label printing and how one company transitioned from flexographic to digital printing. See why "the future is inkjet, the future is digital" for printing beautiful labels.
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NRD LLC has revolutionized the elimination of static electricity build-up in commercial and industrial environments by advancing technology in ionization products that directly control work areas or equipment that require static neutralization. Learn more here.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
WAUCONDA, IL | Menges Roller is the winner of the 2014 "Technology of the Year" Award from AIMCAL. The award recognizes Menges for using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) to design better heat transfer rollers.
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NEWPORT BEACH, CA | Smart Planet Technologies and Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions, Cranford, NJ, announce a strategic collaboration to evaluate the use of Smart Planet Technologies' Earth Coating technology in recyclable barrier paperboard solutions.
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NORCROSS, GA | RockTenn and Simpson Lumber Co. report an agreement in which RockTenn will acquire the Simpson Tacoma Kraft Paper Mill, Tacoma, WA, for approximately $343 million.
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