PFFC - November 2007 - (Page 2) ������� ������������������������������������ ���� ��� ���������� ���������������������������������������� �������������������������������� ���������������������������� ��������������������������������� ����������������������������������� ���������������������������������� ������������������������������ �� NOVEMBER 2007 p34 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAPER, FILM & FOIL CONVERTER ������������� ���������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������� ������������������ ����������������������� �������������������������� ������������������� ����������� ������� ����� Columns Departments 4 10 16 20 21 34 42 46 52 First Glance Calendar of Events News Clips Narrow Web & Label Reporter Narrow Web & Label What’s New Products What’s New Products Services Directory Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index 26 COVER| Release Liner | Whether you buy it SPECIAL REPORT or supply it, release liner is seeing a lot of global market activity today. 8 From the Editor | A taste for learning is satisfied | Yolanda Simonsis 26 | Material costs, environmental issues, and technical challenges are some of the threats faced by the release liner supply chain, says AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. 12 Web Lines | Differential winding limits | Timothy J. Walker An independent siliconizer maintains its strong role with the help of new roll-fed coating equipment. 30 | 33 | 14 Process Management | The value hierarchy revisited | David Argent Donald F. Larsen | Larsen Converting With energy costs rising, healthy growth is forecast for radiation-curable release coatings. flex-pack, and more…the winning entries are a paradise of print. 56 Experience Speaks | On the cover | Narrow film release liner rolls being slit on a Deacro C600A slitter at Rayven, St. Paul, MN. NARROW WERB 22 TLMI Awards| Labels, security tags, 53 thePLACE| Practical technology information from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI. Coming in December | The industry’s only Pilot/Lab/ Technical Facilities Directory DIE-CUTTING See p34 FOCUS p35 p33 Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER, Volume 81, Issue 11, (ISSN 0031-1138) is published monthly by Penton Media Inc., 9800 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66212-2216 (www.penton.com). Periodicals postage paid at Shawnee Mission, KS, and additional mailing offices. Canadian Post Publications Mail Agreement No. 40597023. Canada return address: Bleuchip Intl., P.O. Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER, P.O. Box 2100, Skokie, IL 60076-7800 USA. For more information on the converting industry beyond this issue’s contents, visit www.pffc-online.com. 2 | NOVEMBER 2007 WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM http://www.penton.com http://www.pffc-online.com http://WWW.PFFC-ONLINE.COM
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