Converting

Selecting the right flexible packaging materials is a lot like going to the doctor. To find your solution, you need to answer a barrage of…

Established in 1957 in the St. Louis, Missouri area, RotoMetrics has a presence on 5 continents, servicing more than 5,000 customers in 140 different countries. They know a thing or two about rotary dies, which is why we reached out to RotoMetrics’ Cris Slay for in-depth insights.

Confucius said, “The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?” There are many interpretations on the…

A laser die cutting machine uses light instead of hard tooling and hard steel blades. As a result, your materials are going to react differently,…

September 24 has become a date that inspires anxiety among medical device manufacturers. September 24, 2014 was the UDI (unique device identifier) compliance deadline for…

The current regulations are the result of a final rule released in September of 2013 by the FDA, which stipulated that most medical devices carry…

There’s an old saying: Stuff happens. When it comes to a converting production line, “stuff” manifests in the form of defects, such as: Parts not…

Good Automated Manufacturing Practices (GAMP) are the guidelines for manufacturers and users of automated systems in the pharmaceutical industry. Because of the regulatory nature of…

What do we mean by modularity? Wikipedia gives us the broad-based definition of modularity in relation to manufacturing: “In manufacturing, modularity refers to the use…

Henry Ford once said that if he made what people asked him for, he’d have invented a faster horse.   That’s the thing with innovation:…

All devices as defined by 21 USC 321 (h), i.e., a “medical device,” are subject to the requirements of the UDI rule unless an exception…

Full disclosure: Strouse Corporation has been a long-time customer of ours. But what they revealed in a recent edition of Label & Narrow Web explains…

Business is a balancing act between growth and efficiency. You plan, you implement, you grow. Then you start to think about reducing scrap. Scrap, as…

Jams. Machine adjustments. Lack of materials. Breakdowns.   These are but a few of the many calling cards of downtime. While we’ve blogged that making…

OEE measurements can range from an individual work center, or an entire plant. You may be tracking the OEE of a particular machine, and may break it down to shifts, parts or a number of other parameters.

Digital printing presses have changed the game for label makers. You can make a decent profit on a variety of smaller, more complex jobs that…