Bar Coding

Significans Automation Offers Workflow Services

(News | New Products)

June 03, 2018, ... can expect an entirely integrated “lights out,” prepress operation that automates labor-intensive jobs, identifies and eliminates barriers to enhanced productivity, and facilitates robotics and robotic ...

IoPP Names Winners of 2018 AmeriStar Awards

(Flexpack)

May 29, 2018, ... channel directly above the metallized layer. Carbon dioxide lasers are applied within a 2-micron tolerance, a significant development that allows for preservation of the barrier properties. Pattern-applied ...

Gpack Groups Opts for Multi-Ply Invercote for Perfume Carton

(Carton Box)

May 29, 2018, ... based in Barcelona, which originally suggested Invercote, but which also considered the results of the test runs. The decisive factors were the appearance of the creases and also how well defined the edges ...

Sun Chemical Has Big Plans for LatinPack

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2018, ... package sterilization or boiling. Converters can also use a SunLam lamination adhesive with oxygen barrier properties to lightweight packaging by removing a film layer while still maintaining the protective ...

InPrint Conference Presents Inkjet Insights

(News | New Products)

May 22, 2018, ... the closing keynote session, “Growing your Inkjet Printing Business.” The addressed covered what companies need to consider as they embark on adopting digital technologies in their operations, urging attendees ...

Static Beat | Use Static Splices with Metallized Films

(Static-Beat)

May 21, 2018, ... traces when splices pass over metal rollers. Films with metallized layers and conductive traces are important because metallized layers provide excellent barrier properties and conductive traces enable ...

W&H Posts Strong Press Sales

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2018, ... pumps, said to significantly reduce ink and energy consumption at low noise levels. The VISION package combines systems for web monitoring, bar code check, printing impression, and register setting in ...

Primera Offers Label & Tag Printer

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2018, The RX500 on-demand color RFID label printer encodes, verifies, and prints in a single pass PLYMOUTH, MN | Primera Technology, a global designer and manufacturer of specialized digital printers, announces ...

Sutherland Packaging Enjoys Growth Spurt

(Carton Box)

May 13, 2018, ... printing or conventional printing methods with digital—makes Sutherland a highly attractive partner.” Adds Manny De Barros, sales manager for Sutherland Packaging, “At Sutherland Packaging we pride ourselves ...

Mitsubishi Announces Price Increase

(Flexpack)

May 13, 2018, The company is increasing thermal paper prices beginning July 1, 2018, due to the rise of raw material costs BIELEFELD, GERMANY | Mitsubishi announces that due to continuing rises in costs for pulp ...

Slitting Rewinding | Waste Not, Want Not

(Slit)

May 13, 2018, ... the door and to the customer. “I visit many flexible converters on a global basis and am always surprised by the amount of work in process (WIP) that is accumulated prior to slitting,” Barrie Homewood, ...

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

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... push packages that are more eco-friendly. This growth has been supported by improvements in films with alternative barriers, allowing the pouches to be used in various industries. These eco-friendly pouches ...

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 ...

Diagraph Reveals New Global Strategy

(News | New Products)

May 08, 2018, Company aims to make package marking, coding and labeling easy, and brings sister companies Trident and Norwood into Diagraph Marking & Coding brand ST. CHARLES, MO | Diagraph Marking & Coding an ITW ...

Pouch Making | Ensuring Quality Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

May 07, 2018, ... factors as the side seal, however, most issues with seal strength here are related to the seal bars not being properly lined up with the zipper profile itself, Rosenow explains. “With proper training the ...

ExxonMobil Announces Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

May 06, 2018, ... used in laminated sacks, freezer films, barrier packaging, and sachets. “Converters are looking for easier processing and higher output, while brand owners seek higher packaging speeds and a reduction ...

Mark Andy Press Goes to UK Plant

(News | New Products)

May 06, 2018, ... a top-of-the-range Performance Series P7 for its plant in Barwell, Leicestershire, UK. The new press, which features the updated P7 platform, brings to 27 the number of Mark Andy presses currently in use ...

Flexo Printing | FTA Honors 2018's Top Print Job

(Print)

May 06, 2018, ... minimizes common “hardware” issues like press bounce, making it a very strong contender against both digital and gravure printing. It is targeted to address both barring and slurring. The software produces ...

Constantia Flexibles Acquires Creative Polypack

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2018, ... home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, high-definition flexo printing press, and laminators that will produce high-barrier laminates that can be fully recycled. The extra capacity will come onstream ...

DuPont & ADM Partner on Biobased Pilot Facility

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2018, ... sustainable, and better performing. According to DuPont and ADM, research shows that PTF has up to 10–15 times the CO2 barrier performance of traditional PET plastic, which results in a longer shelf ...

FINAT Technical Seminar Ranges Widely

(Label/Tape)

April 25, 2018, ... label industry, recently held its biennial Technical Seminar in Barcelona, Spain. The seminar combined networking and exploring as well as evaluating the challenges in the label market that constituted ...

Toray Aiding CPG Companies in Mexico

(Flexpack)

April 25, 2018, ... are critical factors when customers are specifying packaging films. Structures must be barrier-stable and exhibit little or no barrier degradation as the temperature and humidity rise. Packaging also requires ...

Two-Sided Pouch Offers Corrosion Protection & Desiccant Action

(Bag Pouch)

April 25, 2018, ... the enclosed package to provide a protective molecular barrier against corrosive elements that may enter the package. This synergistic action between desiccant and VpCI provides unparalleled corrosion ...

Flint Announces New-Generation Sleeves

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2018, ... a 25% weight reduction and provides easier and safer handling of sleeves. The High Performance Sleeve has an additional barrier layer that provides superior dimensional stability. Both sleeves employ the ...

Klöckner Pentaplast Reports Expansion

(Flexpack)

April 15, 2018, ... used, as well as increased demand for barrier performance to protect the sensitivity of new drugs. We are excited to make this first and significant step into China to support these trends in our marketplace.” ...

Grafikontrol to Show Press Controls

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2018, ... options such as statistical inspection, delta color monitoring with ∆E, barcode verification, print repeat monitoring, UV coating visualization, and transparent varnish inspection. MATRIX C/S: This is ...

Compostable Pack Launches for Cereal Brand

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2018, ... certified industrial compostable according to the European standard EN13432 and TÜV Austria’s OK Compost Home standard for home composting. NatureFlex offers outstanding barrier properties to moisture, ...

Supply55 Lowers Cost of Laminators

(Coating/Laminating)

April 09, 2018, ... features include the following: Solid, all steel construction for high quality performance, ensuring laminators are built to last Upper and lower idler bars Variable speed (to 23 fpm) Easy loading ...

Label PRomotion | Use Your Labels to Generate, See Reviews Rapidly

(Label PRomotion)

April 04, 2018, ... eliminate a “barrier” to entry. Often, the folks taking the time to write a review are either very disgruntled or extremely happy. A big group in the middle may have intentions to go there, but it gets ...

X-Rite Announces Color Management System

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2018, ... high-speed printing/converting operations. Said to allows user to scan the color bar on a typical press sheet in less than 10 sec, resulting in shorter makeready time, faster turn times, accurate, consistent ...