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WHAT'S NEW
BOPP Film Suited as Inside Sealant Layer for Food
NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) introduces Torayfan CBS2 film, an environmentally conscious, clear, high-oxygen- and moisture-barrier BOPP film designed for use as the inside sealant web for the packaging of bakery items, crisp salty snacks, cookies, crackers, granola, fruit and nut mixes, and confections, as well as dry pet food and treats and non-food items.
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WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA | The Double E Co. has added "Fast Lane" to its manufacturing process, allowing paper, film, and foil web converters in North America and Latin America to obtain common web accssories more quickly than ever. The program includes common safety chucks, core shafts, adapter chucks, brakes, slitting modules, and shafted unwind roll stands.
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PEACHTREE CITY, GA | Label Vision Systems releases the INTEGRA 9580 handheld linear (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) bar code verifier. Powered by a 10-ft USB 2.0 cable, it is said to verify bar code labels located on a wide range of surfaces, including corrugated cardboard boxes, shipping containers, and on a web.
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 Heat, humidity and a lack of cleaning are a lethal combination that can shut down your operation. Learn the techniques used by the pros to prepare their corona treaters for the increased challenges presented when temperatures and humidity rise. Get Webinar Instant Replay & Presentation Slides
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FEATURED STORY
 Can you predict differences in wrinkle sensitivity of different products? Yes, says web handling expert Tim Walker. Wrinkling experiments are not overly hard. They can be time consuming, if you want to test a variety of webs, rollers, and process conditions, but they are speedy-quick compared to winding trials. Here are three wrinkle mechanics that can be tested with a fairly simple equipment setup.
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Looking for news, new products, and advice on drives, brakes, inspection, thickness gauging, and more? Visit the CONTROLS content category on our website.
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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, thelamco is your lean and green partner for long production runs.
Roll with thelamco! Call us toll free (866) 926-6161 or email Roxanne Behrman for more information!
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 HEALDSBURG, CA | Truett-Hurst Inc. reports it completed a general supply agreement with Ecologic Brands Inc. to produce paper bottles for the PaperBoy brand. The eco-vintage recyclable wine bottles, which are made from compressed recycled cardboard formed into the shape of a standard Bordeaux wine bottle, are 85% lighter than traditional glass bottles.
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FEATURED BLOG
 Editorial Director Yolanda Simonsis lives in Chicago, which recently voted to ban the plastic bag in most stores next year. Surely there are better ways to alleviate our plastics litter problem beyond banning the material, she says. In her blog, she reports on the creation of a "Zero Waste Zone" at NPE2015, which will bring life to the plastics industry's mission to advance recycling and sustainability.
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PFFC CONFERENCES AT CPP EXPO
The world has gone patch coating crazy, says Mark Miller, author of PFFC's Coating Matters column. From batteries, pharmaceuticals, even adhesives, the interest in reducing waste and providing functional coating that can be used right off the coating station is very high. But we have to consider the technical challenges. What special issues are associated with the start and stop of a coating head?
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QuadTech is the leading innovator of advanced color and inspection technology for the printing industry. Our modular and flexible solutions achieve complete control over every phase of production on virtually any packaging press--regardless of substrate, ink, or printing technique. Learn More Here.
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 The FIFE-500 provides an easy to use interface in the language that is most comfortable for your operator. Begin by selecting the language that you want. To do this, press the "gear" button, which opens the settings menu.
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SUSSEX, WI | QuadTech has sold its first inspection system in Israel to CLP of Kibbutz Negba. Installed on a new eight-color gravure press, the QuadTech system was chosen for its ability to inspect translucent and transparent flexible packaging materials, with the need for white ink--simplifying production and enabling substantial financial savings.
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LabelsOnTime Launched for Thermal Labels
PEEKSKILL, NY | LabelsOnTime is the newly formed division of WorldLabel Holdings. The company says the new website will offer roll and fan-folded labels for direct thermal and thermal transfer printers in all popular sizes, materials, and colors online.
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AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS | Clondalkin Group is rebranding its two UK-based consumer packaging businesses. CB Packaging and AP Burt will trade as Clondalkin Consumer Bangor and Clondalkin Consumer Bristol respectively.
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Talk To Me
 This is a tough day for our VP of sales, Tim Janes. He had to put down his beloved boxer, Boomer. Always ready for adventure, she was his constant companion and hiked many mountains and traveled by car across the country with him. Boomer was suffering from lymphoma sarcoma. If you've ever had a loyal, loving pet, then I think you know how he's feeling today. You can write to him at tjanes@pffc-online.com. I know he'd appreciate it. -- Claudia
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