What is "converting"

Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Converted; p. pr. & vb. n. Converting.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See Verse.]

1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.]

   O, which way shall I first convert myself?
   --B. Jonson.

2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.

   If the whole atmosphere were converted into water.
   --T. Burnet.

   That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy.
   --Milton.

3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.

   No attempt was made to convert the Moslems.
   --Prescott.

4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.

   He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death.
   --Lames v. 20.

5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

   When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny.
   --Cooley.

6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.]

   Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted.
   --B. Jonson.

   Converted guns, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes.
   --Farrow.

   Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.

   Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.

vb. (present participle of convert English)

Converting is a type of metallurgical smelting that includes several processes; the most commercially important form is the treatment of molten metal sulfides to produce crude metal and slag, as in the case of copper and nickel converting. A now-uncommon form is batch treatment of pig iron to produce steel by the Bessemer process. The vessel used was called the Bessemer converter.

Converting was a trade publication and Website owned by Reed Business Information serving the information needs of converters: industries that convert paper, paperboard, plastic film and foil materials into finished, printed packaging such as bags, pouches, labels, tags, folding cartons and corrugated shipping cases.

The editor-in-chief was Mark Spaulding; the editorial offices were located in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA.

Mark Spaulding became the associate publisher/editor-in-chief of CONVERTING QUARTERLY in September 2010. CONVERTING QUARTERLY is the official publication of the Assn. of International Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators, headquartered in Ft. Mill, SC. CONVERTING QUARTERLY is a new hybrid technical-journal and B2B trade magazine with five Q&A technical columns and 8-12 technical articles in each issue. Content focuses on the web-processing and finishing technologies of coating, laminating, vacuum coating and metallizing, slitting, rewinding, diecutting, flexographic and gravure printing.

Converting columnist Dr. David R. Roisum is now a columnist with CONVERTING QUARTERLY, writing the Q&A column, Web Wise. Converting contributors Dr. Eldridge Mount, Dr. Edward Cohen, David Rumson and Dr. Charles Bishop are also now regular columnists with CONVERTING QUARTERLY.

Established in 1983, Converting was published monthly. Common topics included equipment, material, and machinery case-history feature articles, industry trends, business news, trade show previews and post-event reports.

In April, Converting published its Buyer's Guide, which provided a list of 500 industry suppliers. In June, it published the CMM International Show Daily.

Converting also published Frontline News, an e-mail newsletter every Tuesday morning, and OEM Update, a monthly e-mail newsletter for Original Equipment Manufacturers of converting and package-printing machinery.

Converting's Website, www.convertingmagazine.com, featured exclusive online-only content, three industry Blogs updated almost every business day, Videos, and an Online Buyers Guide, etc.

As of June 2008, total BPA audited circulation was 37,200 subscribers.