Face Stocks

Hazen Paper Wins AIMCAL Honors

(Coating/Laminating)

May 23, 2018, Company is honored for Product of the Year and takes home two Product Excellence awards as well HOLYOKE, MA | Hazen Paper Company won the “Product of the Year” award at the 2018 annual meeting from ...

Static Beat | Use Static Splices with Metallized Films

(Static-Beat)

May 21, 2018, Static splices suppress sparks from metallized webs and films with conducting traces when splices pass over metal rollers. Static splices suppress sparks from metallized webs and films with conducting ...

W&H Posts Strong Press Sales

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2018, ... e single operator interface. "The deep integration of the modules in the press means less data entry when starting a job, faster machine changeovers, and reliable, faultless print production—essentially,  ...

Primera Offers Label & Tag Printer

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2018, ... papers, vinyl, polypropylene, and polyester. Reportedly a high degree of water, smudge, and smear-resistance is achieved through advanced, third-generation dye-based inks and the print surfaces of inkjet ...

Labels and Labeling | A Moment With Colordyne's Taylor Buckthorpe

(Label/Tape)

May 14, 2018, ... do you face as a label equipment manufacturer? How do you overcome them? TB: The biggest challenge as a manufacturer is delivering digital printing solutions that provide a balance of speed, resolution ...

Converting Outlook | Flexo Is On The Go For 2018

(Flexography)

May 14, 2018, ... reviewing basics and advancements are part of the solution. Very thin film and substrates with highly irregular surfaces continue to be a challenge seen by Retroflex and others. Says Lichon, “In most ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, We caught up with the chief marketing officer at Sun Chemical, a manufacturer of printing inks, coatings and supplies for the packaging, publication, commercial, industrial, and digital markets. Converting ...

Slitting Rewinding | Waste Not, Want Not

(Slit)

May 13, 2018, Time Is Money, So Efficiency, Production And A Good Roi Tend To Be The Driving Factors For A Successful Slitting Rewinding Operation. How Are Slitter Rewinder Manufactures Making This Happen For Their ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... they face in hiring, training and retaining operators. It’s a battle they face every day. Machinery OEMs are challenged to find ways to help converters reduce the operator training cycle, while minimizing ...

ProAmpac Acquires Gateway Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

May 09, 2018, Gateway brings expertise in pet food packaging, including multiwall bags, stand-up pouches, and more, to ProAmpac’s Extrusion and Laminations division CINCINNATI, OH | ProAmpac announces the acquisition ...

Tetra Pak Launches New Packaging Material Effects

(Carton Box)

May 09, 2018, ... effect Tetra Pak Craft: to give the package the natural look of bare paperboard with wood fibers More offerings are in the pipeline, including Tetra Pak Sculpt, an embossed surface texture for an ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 2

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... appearance. Because heat causes the metal to move, die bending adjusters may be required to flatten out the front face of the slot die to match the flatness of the substrate or backing roll. As hot melt ...

New Technology Transforms Glass into A Projection Screen

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2018, Avery Dennison is challenging the possibilities of how technology can elevate ordinary surfaces into extraordinary interactive spaces with the unveiling of Vela™ Dynamic Display System, technology that ...

INDA Announces Finalists for Wipes Award

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2018, ... TCEP and 83% of the carcinogen Benzopyrene, a component found in soot. Rhino Wipe Tote System features a carry handle and built-in adjustable straps to attach the water repellent container to surfaces ...

Good-bye and Hello

(Yo's Yarns)

April 26, 2018, ... ut to enter the office door for my interview with president Bill D'Alexander, I spied a women's restroom where I could clean up. I removed my coat, folded it inside out, put on my most confident face, and ent ...

FINAT Technical Seminar Ranges Widely

(Label/Tape)

April 25, 2018, ... bottleneck is NOT the printing machine,” said Daragh Whelan, process manager at Bobst, who discussed digital automation for flexography in the face of the challenges in the label market from digital print. ...

Two-Sided Pouch Offers Corrosion Protection & Desiccant Action

(Bag Pouch)

April 25, 2018, ... access to the surface of the metal, without competition from moisture on the metal surface. VpCI molecules in the pouch vaporize, emit through the breathable membrane, and condense on metal surfaces within ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, ... he lip faces, sharp edges to the lip face geometry is helpful. A hot melt slot die operates without the gap and nip arrangement of extrusion coating. This proximity coating arrangement, where the slot  ...

Avery Dennison Offers Thermal Print Technology

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2018, ... management, and test tube labeling. Platinum Thermal consists of a surface-printable polyolefin film and a black pigment built into the film construction that eliminates the need for DT coatings (e.g. ...

AMI Issues Study of Polymer Demand in NAFTA

(Flexpack)

April 23, 2018, The report includes detailed statistical data for all major thermoplastic materials in the US, Canada, and Mexico with forecasts until 2022 BRISTOL, UK | Applied Market Information (AMI) announces ...

Acucote Expands UV Inkjet Line

(Label/Tape)

April 22, 2018, ... to support any die-cut shape and provide UV inkjet printers the capability to offer both single and two-sided coupons. Company offers two-day lead times on UV inkjet facestocks paired with permanents, ...

Testing Machines Inc. Enhances COF Tester

(Controls)

April 22, 2018, ... in testing.  Improved features include a color touchscreen display, GraphMasterPro PC-software package, and intuitive software user interface for easy navigation and test method storage. New peel testing ...

Contact Originators Offers Wide Plate for Corrugated

(Carton Box)

April 21, 2018, The 2.8-mm-wide flexo plate reportedly allows corrugated printers to maximize their print yields BREDBURY, STOCKPORT, UK | Contact Originators, a packaging origination and graphics management company, ...

Show Preview | RadTech UV+EB 2018

(Print)

April 19, 2018, ... , topics include the following: Inkjet Surface Decoration, UV/EB Professional, Advanced Photopolymerization, Click Chemistry in Radiation Curing, Design of Experiments for UC/EB Scientists & Engineers. F ...

Sleeve Label Awards | AWA Confers 4 with Top Honors

(Label/Tape)

April 19, 2018, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. bestows awards on four winners of its annual Sleeve Label Competition. AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. bestows awards on four winners of its annual Sleeve Label Competition. ...

Vetaphone Corona Units Installed at CeDo

(News | New Products)

April 18, 2018, ... Ruciński (l) and Andrzej Majewski say they value the technical expertise and support CeDo has received from Vetaphone It was when a new plant opened in Poland in 2001 that CeDo began to look at surface ...

Monadnock Announces Label Product

(Label/Tape)

April 17, 2018, ... onto the shelf or cooler, and finally into an ice bucket. Envi 96 is suitable for embossing, foil stamping, and intricate die-cutting, and reportedly the brilliant white surface will make labels pop on ...

Iggesund Invercote Paperboard Used for Jimmy Choo Perfume Box

(Carton Box)

April 16, 2018, ... is also laminated with soft touch film, matte varnished, and foil embossed with both silver film and holographic film. “Our choice to use Invercote G was motivated by the fact that its smooth surface ...

Show Preview | INFOFLEX 2018 Collocates with Forum in Indianapolis

(Trade Shows)

April 15, 2018, More than 240 exhibitors from every facet of the package printing and converting industries will meet more than 2000 attendees at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis INFOFLEX 2018 takes place ...

Sibress Announces Plate Measuring Device

(Print)

April 10, 2018, ... device captures the surface as well as the lower areas of grid points and their base from the side. Two cameras record the surface and flanks of the grid points, whereby the side camera can detect the ...