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February 26, 2008
Volume 9, Issue 9

Montalvo
CONVERTING MAGAZINE
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PUBLISHER
Phil Saran

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
John Kalkowski

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Mark Spaulding

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jorina Fontelera

Is Sam's Club RFID mandate no big deal?
The new pallet, case, and item tagging requirements Sam's Club announced last month represent a major step in its RFID efforts, but it's a step that the discount retailer's suppliers appear to be taking in stride, reports RFID Update...
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Aldabra 2 completes Boise paper/pack acquisition
New York City-based Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp. officially closed its acquisition of Boise Cascade LLC’s packaging and paper manufacturing businesses on Feb. 22. With the deal complete, Aldabra changes its name to Boise, Inc., and...
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  • Ospram Sylvania
    Sun pigments, Ahlstrom papers are latest to see price hikes
    The recent string of price increases for package-printing and converting consumables continues with announcements from Sun Chemical and Ahlstrom. Faced with continued increases in raw materials, energy, and transportation costs, along...
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    New Website Blogs
    Substrate Secrets: Dimensional stability considerations
    Most times, dimensional stability is simply considered as thermal shrinkage, but there are many more aspects to substrate stability than
    that, explains Eldridge Mount.
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    Converting Curmudgeon:
    Not enough time for innovation?

    With "lack of time" cited as the key inhibitor for packaging innovation by consumer goods companies, here's an opportunity for converters to become an even more indispensable part of their customers' packaging process, says chief editor Mark Spaulding.
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    Sealing the deal
    New solventless laminator builds productivity and sales while cutting harmful
    emissions for converter
    Flexstar Packaging, reports associate editor Jorina Fontelera.

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    Common Sense Flexo
    How much ceramic-coating porosity is acceptable in anilox-roll manufacturing? David J. Lanska, “The Anilox Guy,” details the answer and its effect on print quality.

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