It’s especially challenging when your current setup seems to “stop working” out of nowhere.
Problems Like These in Your Cutting Operation… (more…)
Did you know York Saw & Knife is one of the oldest active saw and knife manufacturers in the United States?
In 1906, York, PA man Louis Klunk set out to become a premier manufacturer of steel, set-tooth saw blades. He built a business from the ground up, employing and honing the skill of a dedicated, local workforce to see it all through. The then-titled York Saw Works soon became renowned for its quality, reliability, and superior service to numerous industries in need of quality saw blades. (more…)
Does your company have converting, packaging or printing needs?
Want to discover your best options at one exceptional event?
The 2009 Pack Expo will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV from October 5 -7. Devoted to the packaging industry, this event serves suppliers and buyers of packaging machinery, materials, components and services. As in previous years, Pack will also be co-located with both Process Expo, with a focus on the food processing industry, and CPP Expo, dedicated to converting & package printing interests. (more…)
Pack Expo 2009 - Las Vegas, NV
Has it been a year already?
It seems like just last week we were sharing our excitement over our enormous success at the 2008 Pack Expo, and now we’re gearing up for what hopes to be even bigger event than before.
Devoted to the packaging industry and serving suppliers and buyers of packaging machinery, materials, components and services, the 2009 Pack Expo will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.
We’ll be following with more details as the event date nears, and we sure hope you join us at Booth S4924 if you’re at the Expo – it’s a great opportunity to visit with customers and vendors, both old and new!
Tough material or film affecting your production and wrecking your bottom line? Or just giving you a headache you don’t need?
The YSK shark tooth cut-off knife will be the topic of an upcoming post.
Stay tuned…
Apple has the iPod nano. An Indian car maker (Tata Motors) launched its Nano this week.
Related, there’s buzz building re: nanotechnology in some of the industries York Saw & Knife serves. But, it’s only buzz, and it’s only building. Packaging World notes a January report on nanotechnology in packaging by the Swiss Center for Technology Advancement TA-SWISS.
From PW, the Swiss group noted nanotechnology:
York Saw and Knife is now active in Google Maps’ Local Business Center.
By searching for or visiting us there, you’ll find our enhanced company listing featuring our contact info, directions, website link, general info and some photos and videos.
The YSK Google Maps business listing is a pretty cool feature, particularly for folks not familiar or previously not aware of York Saw and Knife and our high-quality products and services.
And it never hurts to drop some additional knowledge on the folks at Google.
All across food processing, materials conversion and packaging, folks are trying to cut costs to meet these challenging economic times. John Henry, Certified Packaging Professional (CPP), suggests looking for ways to increase production line changeover efficiency. Henry notes,
Better quality changeovers, Henry argues, will lead to increased performance and efficiency, going straight to the bottom line. (more…)
In the latest Food & Beverage Packaging (they’re welcome for the free pub), there’s an interesting roundtable featuring some of the heavyweights of food and beverage packaging (including one – Steve Gaeta of Unilever – who shares the same last name as this mutineer on Battlestar Galactica).
Anyway, the discussion centers on the industry outlook in 2009 and the challenges in creating an aesthetically pleasing, handy package that can be developed economically using principles of sustainability and (preferably) green materials.
Adaptability, flexibility and the openness to new ideas were common themes. The round table discussed the development and implementation of new designs, processes and materials with an eye on value and sustainability.
It’s an interesting read. The article made us consider how well-positioned YSK is to work with the packaging industry and OEM manufacturers. Want to know how? Email us!
We wanted to share the video of YSK’s free, in-house test cutting machine (ol’ Cutty) in action…
This instance is from our involvement on the University of Illinois student’s senior design project. We utilized knife (E) from the picture in the previous post. It made a clean cut with the lowest cut forces.
As you can see…
YSK offers free, in-house test cutting and perforating of flexible films utilizing a plunge cut with a straight, serrated edge blade.
If you are interested in using YSK’s test cutting capabilities, email York Saw & Knife and we’ll get you on the right track.