Article: Customized machine smooths paper printing. (Protein Technologies International)

A customized conveying/printing system offers faster, more reliable printing on rough-surfaced kraft paper bags that Protein Technologies chose in a switch from film bags for isolated soy proteins...details by Steven Nix-Ennen.

The switch from plastic to paper packaging started as a costly one for Protein Technologies International, Pryor, OK. The maker of isolated soy proteins used in meat, drinks, baked goods and other food systems and pharmaceuticals, used an existing thermal transfer marking system for plastic packaging. Early in 1996, Protein Technologies decided the thermal transfer system offered challenges to printing on paper. These challenges meant downtime ...

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