Bar Coding

Badger Plug Offers Kits to Assemble Spools

(News | New Products)

December 10, 2012, ... hand holes, barrel grooves, and slots, with other custom configurations available. Assembled spools are also available. CONTACT COMPANY  ...

Walki Helps Gourmet Coffee Producer Go Green

(Flexpack News)

December 09, 2012, ... he amount of its packaging and to use mainly recyclable materials. Walki’s task in the development project was demanding. The company was asked to deliver a barrier for the pod frame, and a paper-based  ...

Martin Automatic Joins Two Overseas Events

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2012, ... Bar, sponsored by Weldon Celloplast. Visitors to the Martin booth saw the MBSC automatic butt splicer courtesy of Webtech, New Delhi, its second Martin MBSC butt splicer for label stock and mono-film. ...

Core Systems Offers 24-Month Warranty

(News | New Products)

December 04, 2012, ...  CM8; CM8+;CM9; CM10; CM11; CM16; CM20; Shark; Piranha; Great White; Barracuda; and the Stingray. CONTACT COMPANY  ...

Spear Is Certified as a G7 Master Printer

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2012, ... from an outside registered source. “The G7 qualification has delivered a win-win to Spear and our customers,” says Doug Bartlett, director of graphics at Spear. “Using this methodology allows our customers ...

Industry Outlook | Packaging Predictions for 2013

(Trends/Management)

December 02, 2012, ... short repurchase cycles allow true “just in time” production. Most importantly it reduces the barrier to piloting new product/package launches with the ability to order small quantities without penalty. ...

Universal Lubricants’ ECO ULTRA FlexPak Wins Award for Innovation

(Flexpack News)

November 29, 2012, ... is constructed using a polyethylene barrier that provides superior burst and seal strengths required for the rigors of oil. A larger, 5.1-quart FlexPak will be available next year. As the nation’s first ...

McCullagh Coffee Launches Compostable Packs Using Natureflex Film

(Flexpack)

November 28, 2012, ...  NatureFlex films offer advantages for packing and converting such as inherent deadfold and anti-static properties, high gloss, resistance to grease and oil, good barrier to gases, aromas, and minera ...

Another Review of Die Streaks

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 25, 2012, ... orth an inch or so (2-3 cm) every 20-30 seconds.  The other end of the cam is attached to a bar that latches into a groove in the floor, thus fixing the carriage onto floor, allowing for the oscillating mov ...

Roland Digital Printing Technology Provides Production Platform for NY Firm

(News | New Products)

November 19, 2012, ... specialty at Favors and Flowers, a NY-based company that has been providing customized products for corporate events, sweet 16 birthdays, baby showers, and bar and bat mitzvahs since 2003. “There’s ...

Chevron Phillips Updates Lab with Davis-Standard Winder

(News | New Products)

November 18, 2012, Adds new stationary knife winder and roll changer to its extrusion coating laboratory in Bartlesville, OK FULTON, NY | Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. (CPChem) recently added a new Davis-Standard stationary ...

Meech Upgrades Static Elimination System

(News | New Products)

November 06, 2012, The Hyperion 971 static elimination system from Meech resists contamination and offers improved features   NORTON, OH | Meech Intl. offers the Hyperion 971 static elimination bar designed for labeling, ...

Rollprint Technology Adds Brand Security

(Bag Pouch)

November 04, 2012, ... barrier structures. Chevron pouches and lidding materials for trays are expected to be the first commercialized applications. The technology is engineered to allow a film of one color to transfer a peel ...

Static Beat | High Static on Unwinding Rolls

(Static-Beat)

October 30, 2012, ... two different materials touch and separate. Since a bare PET web has the same material on both sides, unwinding should generate no tribocharging, right? Right! Unwinding rolls of homogeneous webs will ...

ExxonMobil Offers New Films at Pack Expo

(Flexpack)

October 28, 2012, ... 70MET-HB2 OPP film with enhanced barrier properties; Bicor 18MAT-S OPP film said to reduce package weight; OPPalyte 42WOS-RH film said to improve operations in frozen novelty food packaging; and Label-Lyte ...

PFFC’s Kelly Robinson Named Matteucci Winner for ‘Patent’ Paper

(Coating/Laminating)

October 24, 2012, ... Barrier Session on the Vacuum Web Coating track applauded Carolin Struller for her winning presentation, titled: “AlOx Barrier Layers on Polymer Web.” She explored the effect of various parameters on barrier ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... excellent light barriers. The sample prints from the factory are pleasing. Release is expected early in 2013. The big appeal of UV cure is that satisfactory performance can be obtained with common substrates ...

Ampac Announces Addition of Two Machine Capabilities

(Bag Pouch News)

October 24, 2012, ...  and /or pre-zippered roll stock to its growing customer base from one fully integrated Ampac location. Ampac’s Marketing Director Dave Bartish states, “The addition of these machine capabilities elevate ...

RFID Tags | Help Brand Owners Combat Diversion

(Label/Tape)

October 22, 2012, ... recorded and stored in a database. “In order to define the serialization strategy, New Sunshine needed to make three key decisions: what will the data carrier be (bar code or RFID)? how will the serial ...

Web Handling Q&A on Lateral Web Movement

(Web Handling)

October 18, 2012, ... bs in air flotation ovens. This is a strong effect. The baggy side of the web floats higher off an air bar or air turn, presenting the web at an angle to the impinging air, and creates strong lateral forces−m ...

Gloucester Acquires Pearl Technologies

(Extrusion Coating)

October 17, 2012, ... liquid chilled bubble cages, pre-nip chillers, turning bars, and advanced gusset boards. Mark Steele, CEO of Gloucester Engineering, says, "We are excited to have Bob Tewksbury and the entire Pearl tea ...

Show Preview | Pack Expo Intl. 2012

(Print)

October 17, 2012, ...  and waste. Ideally suited for high-mix, low-volume applications that require a large number of label varieties. ExxonMobil (Booth E-8114) will exhibit Metallyte high barrier film with significant reduction ...

Appleton Facestock Suited for Weigh-Scale Labels

(Label/Tape)

October 16, 2012, ... the addition of Résiste 185-3.3 to its portfolio of label facestocks. Developed specifically for retail weigh-scale label applications, product is said to offer darker images and barcodes when printed ...

Meech System Cleans Web with No Contact

(Narrow Web)

October 14, 2012, ... web industry and is suitable for both single- and double-sided cleaning. Ionizing bars on entry and exit sides provide integrated static control and guarantee a thorough, long-lasting cleaning process. ...

Kodak Line Helps Deter Counterfeiters

(News | New Products)

October 09, 2012, ... are made with security pigments developed specifically for anti-counterfeiting applications. Traceless thermal transfer ribbons automatically adds company’s ultra-covert markers to barcodes, product ...

Sustainability | BASF, Mariners Debut Compostable Snack Bags

(Bag Pouch)

October 03, 2012, ... have been one of the biggest barriers preventing us from getting to our goal,” said Jenkins. “Flexible packaging made with BASF biopolymers could represent the holy grail of greening for our waste stream.” ...

Rapidly Expanding Flexpack Converter Details Equipment Plans

(Flexpack News)

October 02, 2012, ... packaging operations. “We’ve embarked on equipment purchases in line with our expansion plans,” explained Barry Le Roux, managing director of M-Tech Plastics. “This includes a recently installed Titan ...

Coating Matters | Understanding Rheology

(Coating/Laminating)

October 01, 2012, ... screw as polymer moves through the barrel. Like mayo, most polymers are shear-thinning materials. The faster they move, the softer (less viscous) they become. The heat in your equipment system helps ...

SoftRIP Helps Australian Label Printer with Short-Runs

(Label/Tape)

September 23, 2012, ... igital Lollipop can instantly create repeating values or sequential values, such as serial numbers, with the Auto-Data feature; customize variable data fields with fonts, bar codes, QR codes, Data Matrix ...

Net and Polar Charge

(Kelly on Static)

September 22, 2012, ... the top surface. Static bar 1 is well positioned to neutralize static on the top surface of the web. The static bar responds just like a fieldmeter. Draw control volume CV2 enclosing the web in front of ...