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Sticking With It | Hot Melt PSA Primer

(Coating/Laminating)

March 26, 2018, ... or liquefy when subjected to heat. The products are melted to apply to surfaces and become solid as they cool to room temperature. This provides a convenient method to create the pressure-sensitive laminate ...

Poly Ploys | Why Wine 'Cries'

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 26, 2018, Tom Bezigian explains the fundamental fluid science that gives wine its "legs." Tom Bezigian explains the fundamental fluid science that gives wine its "legs." Surface tension is an important considerati ...

Partners Join Forces To Develop RGB Printing for Packaging

(Carton Box)

March 25, 2018, Permits printing of images directly on a black substrate. Photo source: Istock and Kobrin_photo PARIS, FRANCE | Recently, Merck, Saueressig, Siegwerk and Vrijdag Premium Printing – all suppliers ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... 0.020 solid bleached sulfate. The holographic film with the eye-catching pattern sets the stage for a printed, stamped and embossed surface and stands out on the department store shelf. The Stardust pattern ...

European Bioplastics Talks About EU Legislation

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2018, The revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving European Union recycling goals BERLIN, GERMANY | The provisional agreements reached by the European ...

PIA Announces Advocacy Group for Print

(Print)

March 18, 2018, ... across the country. This multi-faceted advocacy initiative combines lobbying, grassroots action, and public affairs to promote and protect the printing and graphic communications industry. "Printing Industrie ...

Uflex Announces Glitter Gravure Cylinder

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2018, ... laser engraving line is the real innovation here. Pigments of the glitter ink have a tendency to get stuck inside the pits of the cylinder. When the printing surface is sandwiched between the impression ...

UPM Raflatac Offers Guide to Digital Materials

(Label/Tape)

March 07, 2018, ... pressure-sensitive label industry and a film facestock portfolio for the digital market. But the company says that with such a diverse selection available, it can be difficult to find the right materials ...

Miki Pulley Bushings Provide Solid Connection

(Controls)

March 05, 2018, ... socket-head cap screws that reportedly tighten quickly and easily. When tightened, these screws allow the inner and outer hub of the Posi-Lock to move along shaft contact surfaces. The movement between ...

Icma Packaging Solutions Are Customized

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, Tailor-Made allows company to create several types of packaging in minimum quantities with a number of custom finishes and textures MANDELLO DEL LARIO (LC), ITALY | Icma says with Tailor-Made, it has ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... -open mechanism, achieved by harmonizing the sealant and surface layer orientation, allows simple and reliable access to the product. The end result is a composite that has robust sealability, requiring m ...

ebeam Technologies Announces Finishing System

(News | New Products)

February 28, 2018, ... coating unit is a perfect fit for surface print flexible packaging, such as form/fill/seal reel-fed lidding applications, which require highly demanding and durable protection for HP Indigo ElectroInks,” ...

Bobst Offers Technology for Metal Adhesion

(Coating/Laminating)

February 28, 2018, The Alubond process is said to provide high metal adhesion and surface energy levels through vacuum metallization MEX, SWITZERLAND | Bobst announces Alubond, said to eliminate the need for chemically ...

Greycon Trim System Working at Isovolta

(News | New Products)

February 27, 2018, The X-Trim optimization system is working with various materials and is said to the aiding waste reduction and reducing knife changes LONDON, UK | Greycon has been selected by Isovolta Group to improve ...

Mactac Expands UL-Approved Inkjet Portfolio

(Coating/Laminating)

February 26, 2018, New label solutions are approved for SCREEN Truepress UV inkjet digital inks STOW, OH | Mactac announces additions to its Underwriters Laboratories (UL) approved narrow-format UV inkjet printing portfolio ...

Static Beat | Static Control for Films with Conductive Layers

(Surface Prep)

February 26, 2018, Sparks from metallized webs and films with conducting traces are difficult to suppress because static control devices are ineffective. Sparks from metallized webs and films with conducting traces are ...

Proton Products Launches Verification Service

(Controls)

February 25, 2018, ... beams from the test gauge create a Doppler frequency pattern on the tangential surface of a calibration wheel that is used to measure its speed and cumulative run length. The gauge readings are compared ...

Press To Close Zippers Benefit Small Snack Packages

(Bag Pouch)

February 21, 2018, ... re than 70% of purchasing decisions are made directly in front of the store shelf, face-to-face with the product. A visit to the store can take approximately 20 minutes on average, and the purchase decis ...

NewTek Sensor Solutions Starts Up

(Controls)

February 18, 2018, Company is a new source for what is reported to be reliable standard and custom linear position sensors with short delivery times PENNSAUKEN, NJ | Incorporated in 2017, NewTek Sensor Solutions is a ...

EFI Sells Corrugated Suite to CSI

(Carton Box)

February 14, 2018, ... for a full, end-to-end business and production framework to handle the company’s digital, analog flexo, single-face litho-lam and litho label operations. “We are excited to have the first ‘all-in’ move ...

OneBoxVision System Aids Inspection

(Controls)

February 13, 2018, ... this automatically. Click on defect, live view, and template view all available from front screen, Zoom level maintained between all three Option to interface bar code scanner and prompt user for Job ...

Verstraete Converts In-Mold Label for Mayo Tub

(Label/Tape)

February 13, 2018, ...  favorites!'” What were the greatest technical challenges? Ettienne Pretorius says, “One of the main technical challenges we faced was making sure the IML label covered the whole of the tub. However ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, ... through careful monomer selection. For example, acrylic acid imparts polarity to the polymer and also can be a site for cross-linking. This aids the adhesion to polar surfaces like metals. The monomers ...

Mactac Reports New CHILL AT Products

(News | New Products)

February 11, 2018, ... and frozen foods, meat and poultry, cheese, and corrugated labeling and performs exceptionally well on low-surface energy substrates. The three newest additions are as follows: Chrome Polypropylene ...

Pregis Trains Through Virtual Reality

(Flexpack)

February 10, 2018, ... packaging materials, equipment systems, and surface protection, announces the introduction of virtual reality training for protective packaging equipment and material selection.  Clint Smith, product ...

Anderson & Vreeland Offers Processing System

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2018, ... print surface. Adding to this is the increased detail nyloflex XPH and XPM plates provide on film and on both smooth and rough paper surfaces while delivering greater solid ink density with fewer pinholes. ...

GPA Offers Papers with Tactile Feel

(Flexpack)

February 06, 2018, Touch Class Specialty Fine Papers have unique surface treatment and can be used with many finishing processes CHICAGO, IL | GPA, supplier of substrate solutions for digital, wide format, and offset ...

Material Science | The Future of Packaging

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, ... technology, intelligent labels, and sustainable products and services. Labeling and packaging within food and drink is multi-faceted and can be quite complex, but the challenges of today and the opportunities ...

Flex Films Launches Metallized Polyester

(Flexpack)

February 03, 2018, ... F-HMB high-barrier metallized polyester film. The film is either untreated or corona treated on the other surface, while metallization is carried out on the specially treated composite surface imparting ...

Troika Systems Celebrates 21 Years in Business

(Print)

January 30, 2018, ... AniCAM with Anilox QC. AniCAM, with its QC products, measures the surface profile of anilox rolls, gravure cylinders, sleeves, and plates used to deliver the correct volume of ink to the material to ...