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Inspection system helps profits stick
When you make tape, the adhesives have to stick—or your profits won't. And if the release coatings don't work properly, the profits get all gummed up as well. Those are the constant concerns for Shurtape Technologies, the Hickory, NC-based converter of tapes used worldwide. Shurtape's products run the gamut from lint removers that pick up dust and pet hairs from dark clothing to high-tech...

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