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August 26, 2008
Vol. 9, Issue 35

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CONVERTING MAGAZINE
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Phil Saran

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
John Kalkowski

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Mark Spaulding
Tapemark acquires Snap!® division of Smyth Cos.
St. Paul, MN-based labelmaker Smyth Cos. sells its Snap!® operating division to Tapemark, also of St. Paul. Snap! is a single-dose packaging sachet marketed by Smyth Co.
Western Shield Label installs Mark Andy 2200 press
Western Shield Label Co., a Los Angeles-area label converter, installs an 8-color Mark Andy 2200 UV-flexo press. With its quick-change architecture, short web path and tooling compatibility with...
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New Low Cost / High Quality Tension Sensors

FMS introduces the CA203 Series Tension Sensors offering FMS's legendary quality at an ultra-low price. They feature stainless steel sensor bodies, 10X overload protection, and 0.5% accuracy class. CA203's offer forces of 11, 28, 56, 112, 225, & 337lbs. and adapters for 1.00", 1.25", and 1.50" diameter shafts.

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FMS
CA cartonmaker targets the future with manroland press
Tom Wynne figures the first three manroland presses worked so well at Fleetwood-Fibre Packaging & Graphics, the fourth shouldn't be any different. Responding to changing market conditions...
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Help us celebrate Converting's 25th Anniversary
Tell us what you think were the most significant technical developments of the past quarter-century. Or give us your thoughts on what the industry will be like 25 years from now. Fill out one or both of the forms at the links here. Top 25 Patents of the Past 25 Years -  What Lies Ahead for the Industry? 

Join us at Labelexpo Americas, this year's largest event for the label, product decoration, web printing and converting industry, taking place 9-11 September at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago.
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Label Expo
Blogs
Converting Curmudgeon: Why one industry-wide megashow won't work
Here's my "on the other hand" posting to Wednesday's blog about "Does the idea of one industry-wide, package-printing and converting megashow for North America every four years make sense?"

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Substrate Secrets: MD/TD/MD tensilizing
Extending my promise to Daniel from an earlier posting, to compare the differences between MD and TD orientation in various situations, I'm upping the ante a little and adding MD/TD/MD orientation to the mix.

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Converting Magazine Previews

A proven niche and global enterprise
Committed to clear, p-s labels, Spear employs Martin Automatic splicers/rewinds to meet worldwide production deadlines.
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Outsourcing speeds "time to market"
TUFCO Technologies relies on Contract Converting to meet ever-tighter deadlines and its chief goal of "Total Delivered Cost."
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