Film

SGIA Announces 2018 Product of the Year Winners

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2018, All 255 entries will be displayed in the Golden Image Gallery/Product of the Year Gallery at the 2018 SGIA Expo. : FAIRFAX, VA | After evaluating a record-setting field of 255 submissions, judges of ...

Accredo Packaging Announces $100-Million Investment in Expansion of North American Facility and in New Vietnam Packaging Plant

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2018, ... rd quarter this year, it will install a new W&H blown film extruder that will incorporate the latest technology, including inline stretching [MDO] capability. This technology will enable Accredo to produce ...

Fujian Furong Technology Group add Atlas Slitter

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2018, Fujian Furong Technology Group, one of the three largest producers of BOPP film in China, will install a 10.4 meter Atlas CW1040 primary slitter rewinder. BEDFORD, UK | Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd ...

Flexible Packaging Company Rebrands to Jet Packaging Group

(News | New Products)

August 09, 2018, ... design and engineering, with custom solutions for pre-formed pouches, roll stock, barrier films and lamination, flexo printing, laser score and perforation, and graphics and plates. JPG’s designs are produced ...

Label PRomotion | Time for Truth in Labeling that Goes Beyond Regs

(Label PRomotion)

August 07, 2018, Mark Lusky dives deep into the PR opportunities tied to labels and branding that exuded honesty instead of hype. The 1990 film “Crazy People” relates the story of a disgruntled advertising executive ...

Victor Dixon has been named CEO of LL Flex

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2018, ...  film formulations using uniform, high quality resins throughout the structure for consistent, reliable long-term performance. For tobacco companies, LL Flex is North America's largest supplier of cigaret ...

NDC Technologies Recertifies to New ISO 9001:2015 Standard

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2018, ... a diverse range of measurements such as moisture, oil, protein and other constituents in food, tobacco and bulk materials; film thickness and coating weight in extruded films and converted products; dimensional ...

American Permalight, Inc. Introduces UL1994-Listed Substrates

(Uncategorized)

August 01, 2018, The company's new website details its photoluminescent flexible films, rigid PVC sheets and aluminum for screen printing, digital printing, plotter-cutting, ADA signage and more. TORRENCE, CA | America ...

Epson SurePress Receives 91 Percent Pantone Coverage Certification

(News | New Products)

July 31, 2018, ... by Epson; backed by the Epson service network Versatile Substrate Support – Prints on off-the-shelf flexo PS label materials including uncoated, gloss and semi-gloss papers, film, and vinyl Industrial-quality ...

Pregis Completes Acquisition of FP International

(News | New Products)

July 21, 2018, ... protective films business, Easypack paper-based protective packaging systems and Eagle Film Extruders. Pregis LLC is a provider of innovative protective packaging materials, equipment systems and surface ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 05, 2018, ... of the main film-making processes were given.  Rather than start at the beginning of the extruder and discuss each component sequentially, this article will discuss the heart of the extrusion process.  ...

Mondi Commits to Strong Presence in US

(Label/Tape)

June 17, 2018, ... draws on an extensive tape industry experience. Mondi in Europe has a number of coaters running two-sided coated liners in one pass, covering paper, film, and polycoated substrates. Besides having an established ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ... d Pat Reynolds, Packaging World's editor emeritus; Hallie Forcinio, packaging journalist of Forcinio Communications; and Yolanda Simonsis, Paper, Film & Foil Converter's editorial director emeritus.  ...

Mactac Reports Partnership with ARMOR

(Label/Tape)

June 12, 2018, Mactac’s Durable Film offering is now UL approved with ARMOR AXR 7+ thermal transfer ribbon STOW, OH | Mactac is partnering with ARMOR, a manufacturer of thermal transfer ribbons, to enhance Mactac’s ...

Catapult Opens Its Doors

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2018, ... narrow web film, and linerless labeling. The company says it has been launched with the customer at the forefront, adding that it is pioneering a new way of working with a focus on setting new standards ...

Davis-Standard Acquires Brampton Engineering

(Flexpack)

June 02, 2018, Brampton brings its blown film technology, including AeroFrost and AquaFrost, systems, to Davis-Standard PAWCATUCK, CT | Davis-Standard, global supplier in the design, development and distribution ...

Process Sensors Launches Profiling System

(Controls)

June 02, 2018, ... film, foil, textiles, release liners, tags, tapes, and labels. The Guardian-HD Web Profiling System is commonly used in the following applications: Hot Melt and Film Thickness Wet End Water-Based ...

acpo Adds to Overlaminate Line

(Flexpack)

May 29, 2018, 531FDA self-wound overlaminate film is compliant for direct food contact OAK HARBOR, OH | acpo has added 531FDA to its line of self-wound overlaminate films. In addition to 505FDA and 615FDA, 531FDA ...

Nordson Adapts Extrusion Die Technology

(News | New Products)

May 28, 2018, ... use for 15 years and now offers it under the new name Uniflow as an alternative for cast film applications that do not call for the capabilities of the EDI Contour die.  The Uniflow Die The Uniflow ...

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 ...

Hazen Paper Wins AIMCAL Honors

(Coating/Laminating)

May 23, 2018, ... awards for a Marc Jacobs “Decadence” perfume box and a Burmester Porsche “Music to your Ears” brochure. Hazen’s carton for Kat Von D features metallized film laminated to the coated side of 0.020 solid ...

W&H Resin Purger Offered for Retrofit

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2018, Blown and cast film lines with compatible dosing systems built in or after 2010 can be retrofitted with the TURBOCLEAN from Windmoeller & Hoelscher LINCOLN, RI | Windmoeller & Hoelscher has developed ...

W&H Announces Sales to Sigma Companies

(Flexpack)

May 20, 2018, ... Group has placed an order for blown film lines from W&H for Republic Bags of Houston, TX, and McNeeley Plastics of Clinton, MS, and completed an installation at ISOFlex Packaging in Washington, IN.  L ...

Web Industries Winds Thin-Width Materials

(News | New Products)

May 16, 2018, ... 1 mm wide.  According to the company’s director of operations James G. Oas, films and laminates can be slit to exacting customer specifications and wound onto spools in lengths exceeding 130,000 linear ...

INX Employees Honored by NAPIM

(News | New Products)

May 16, 2018, ... various positions over the years and was a key contributor in the introduction of new ink technologies for film lamination inks. CONTACT COMPANY  ...

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 ...

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

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... Digital file is sent to vendor in the morning, film is digitally printed and goes directly to the pouch machine to thermally laminate, and the pouch in the same day to a shipped product. This will change ...

Avery Dennison Discusses Functional Packaging

(Flexpack)

May 08, 2018, ... designed to provide value-added consumer benefits, such as greater convenience or ease of use. It may incorporate flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive films, reclosure solutions, and intelligent label ...

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

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... gh precision coating applications including thin film photo voltaic, Li-Ion battery, and optical systems technology. Mark has been integral to new developments and technology that minimize product waste  ...

Pouch Making | Ensuring Quality Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

May 07, 2018, ... presence, so they need to use a machine that can handle simple or complex shapes. “Both can be produced using Totani’s Thomson full-shape die-cut unit, which can shape-cut the film around the finished ...