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July 15, 2008
Volume 9, Issue 29

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Martin Automatic
CONVERTING MAGAZINE
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PUBLISHER
Phil Saran

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
John Kalkowski

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Mark Spaulding
Raw-material price hikes just keep on comin'
Another day, another price increase…or so it seems. Six major suppliers of raw materials for package printers and converters announced another round of price hikes in the past...
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Pliant Corp. sets up JV with Russia’s Nova Roll
Flex-pack maker Pliant Corp. and Russia’s Nova Roll will form a joint venture to produce films and packaging products. This business will be headquartered in Moscow and will...
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Ozone Destruction System

The Corotec Nozone® System provides a leak-free alternative in ozone destruction. Negative pressure air flow clears the air simply and efficiently, solving the problem of ozone leaks at poor connections. Learn More
Corotec
UK’s Systems Labelling adds IML-converting plant
Deeside, UK-based Systems Labelling Limited acquires a new 12,000-sq-ft site in Runcorn, England, to expand its in-mold and wraparound labeling printing and converting.
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Sonoco to close Montreal paperboard mill
Diversified packaging converter Sonoco will permanently close its Montreal, Quebec, Canada, uncoated recycled paperboard...
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How do brands take shape?

MWV has developed the world's most integrated packaging platform, uniting product development, design, research, materials engineering and process management with paperboard mills, converting- and prepress-facilities and automation centers around the globe. We collaborate with companies to create packaging solutions that are more effective, more efficient and more sustainable. Learn More
Mead Westvaco
Online Exclusives
Using laser doppler velocimetry
to cut downtime on converting lines
Product length is preferred by customers due to variability in thickness and moisture content. Thus accurate length measurement is required to insure that the customer is not getting more or less than he is paying for, explains Mike Kordik of Beta LaserMike.
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Long and strong
Converting machinery maker Premier Converting finds a Nim-Cor air shaft to fit its new winding product.
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FREE Flexo Seminars Coming To A City Near You

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Harper
Blogs
Converting Curmudgeon: Solar's flex-pack printing shines
I visited Solar Communications earlier today and was impressed by the company's strong moves toward flex-pack printing.

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Substrate Secrets: Beta and X-ray diffraction in cavitated films
DaveO asks: "Is it possible for different orientations in a 2D expanded-PET film to cause variable diffraction of beta particles of X-rays in a measurement device?"

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Converting Magazine Previews

If you build it...
An extensive press retrofit lets Kansas City-based Starport Technologies move into RFID-label converting, reports contributing editor Barb Axelson.
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Overworked...but not necessarily underpaid
Our 2008 Salary and Career Survey reveals converters have above-average job satisfaction despite long work hours and a growing list of responsibilities.

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