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Shrink

A slang term for the losses a retail company suffers from shoplifting. Some companies, such as grocery stores, may build shrink into their earnings estimates.

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Some cold foils used for traditional surface printed labels may be used successfully with shrink films, especially transparent holographic foils.

Printing cold foil on shrink sleeves: a how-to guide for creating metallic effects in 360-degree coverage

Well, my shrink says you're manipulative and that you're damaging my self-esteem

IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T ANALYZE THIS

Although polyvinyl chloride (PVC) currently dominates the market, shrink film can also be made of oriented polystyrene (OPS), oriented polyethylene (OPE), oriented polypropylene (OPP), and oriented polyesters.

Shrinkage modeling of polyester shrink film

AWA states that 62% of shrink sleeve labels are used in the beverage market, while the food category ranks second at 22%.

Shrink sleeve labeling: this growing market continues to mature across the globe

9) Shrink-art guru Audrey Fogg places the plastic into an oven to bake the designs for her shrink art.

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL

Zirconium tungstate shrinks as much as other ceramics expand, so it would be just as susceptible to thermal shock.

A Nonconformist Compound

With the ability to offer 360[degrees] of graphics and information on consumer products, shrink films have been growing in popularity as a decorating option.

Shrink films: to attract consumer attention, more companies are using the coverage area and interesting visual appeal of shrink films

We first used a shrink label in 1995 for our Pina Colada label," says Michael Kutner, vice president of operations for the company, which (despite its name) is located in Lake Success, NY.

Shrink films: influenced by packaging trends, technology and increased demand, the shrink film industry has seen dramatic change in recent years

Now Shrink Nanotechnologies creates products such as stem cell research devices and solar cells using a polymer that shrinks 95 percent and does so more consistently than the toy (60 percent shrinkage) that served as its inspiration," stated the article.

Shrink Nanotechnologies' NanoShrink Material Featured in "Scientific American" Magazine

The laser energy shrinks the annulus and the leaflets of the valve, just as laser energy is used to shrink facial tissues to treat wrinkles.

Trimedyne Issued U.S. Patent on New Device to Treat Widespread Heart Valve Disorder

As chip components continue to shrink in accordance with Moore's Law, which maintains that the processing power of electronic components such as transistors doubles every eighteen months as their size shrinks by half, the industry is approaching a point where just a few atoms of impurities could determine the function of a particular device.

Bell Labs Researchers Invent Technique for Imaging Single Impurity Atoms Within Silicon

In fact, the simple explanation of DryIce(TM)," added Panaia, "is that it shrinks things.

``Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'... Pictures! With MyPicZip!'' by eCom eCom.com, Inc

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