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NEWS CLIPS Less Maintenance Needed With New UV System BRISTOL, PA | With three facilities, Dunmore Corp. manufactures a variety of metallized, coated, and laminated films. Each line typically features both thermal and UV curing capabilities, but at the Bristol plant, a 74-in.-wide production line had a ten-year-old arc lamp system requiring more and more maintenance. With another line in the plant operating for 15 years with a Fusion UV F3000S curing system, Dunmore ran trials on its pilot line of the Fusion F6005 system. The company chose the system, which features one row of VPS/1600 UV curing systems mounted in an MLS light shield, with dichroic reflectors and H bulbs, plus a chill bed. Paul Sullivan, director of engineering at Dunmore, says he is seeing maintenance savings with the new system. “…The Fusion UV system uses only air to cool the lamps, while the chill bed located below the substrate is cooled with water.” In addition, maintenance personnel don’t have to clean bulbs and reflectors so often. uFusion UV Systems | www.fusionuv.com AT O W RK PFFC-ASAP 330 Chicago Passes Recycling Law ARLINGTON, VA | Chicago has passed legislation that requires the establishment of instore recycling programs for plastic bags in certain retail stores, reports the Progressive Bag Affiliates of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Steve Russell, managing director of the plastics division of the ACC, says, “The City Council is making it easier for Chicago residents to participate in a growing national movement to recycle plastic bags.…the more policymakers study this issue, the more they recognize that promoting plastic bag recycling is the right choice for their communities.” According to ACC, plastic bag and film recycling increased by 24% in 2006 in the US, reaching a record high of 812 million lbs. Sun Ink an Award Winner PARSIPPANY, NJ | Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation announced that Sun Chemical was awarded a 2008 InterTech Technology Award for its Platinum White technology. The UV flexo white ink is said to improve the productivity of converters when printing narrow web labels by delivering increased line speeds, faster changeovers, improved color separations, and reduced costs. Sun Chemical says printers will not need to modify press equipment or invest in new equipment to use Platinum White and says InterTech award judges noted that the technology will have a positive economic impact on flexo printers and praised the improvements in opacity and speed offered by this ink. Inaugurated in 1978, the awards honor excellence in innovative technology for the graphic communications industry. WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM PFFC-ASAP 113 18 | SEPTEMBER 2008 http://www.fusionuv.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM

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PFFC - September 2008 Contents First Glance Calendar of Events From the Editor Web Lines Process Management News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Flexo Printing Cover: Green Converting Green Printing Labelexpo New Product Digest Focus: Ink What’s New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Equipment Buyers & Sellers Advertisers Index Experience Speaks

PFFC - September 2008

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