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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 ...

Pop-Up Card Produced on Iggesund Paperboard

(Carton Box)

January 30, 2018, ... f construction thanks to its tear strength and its unsurpassed ability to be folded many times without the creases cracking. He also likes the tactile feel of the silky-smooth surface. “For Iggesund  ...

Packaging Trends | Technological Advances Push Holograms Forward

(Carton Box)

January 29, 2018, ... metallic coatings that glisten on the surface of paper. The proprietary imaging processes used by Hazen produce papers than can be optimized and customized by in-house designers to produce three-dimensional ...

AIMCAL Annual Meeting Coming Up

(Coating/Laminating)

January 28, 2018, ... South Park in Charlotte, NC. AIMCAL members will have an opportunity to hear from the AIMCAL board of directors about the news and challenges faced by AIMCAL in 2017—and the plans for 2018. Immediately ...

Davis-Standard Introduces Winder

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2018, ... speeds than previously possible. When optimized, these features can reduce defects such as tin-canning caused by blocking and entrapped air, resulting in annular raised bands on the roll face. Other defects ...

BOBST Metallizer Handles Many Films

(Coating/Laminating)

January 24, 2018, ... reduction. Company says it also provides better film cooling due to the increased surface area of the drum; additional cooling is also given by the two-zone gas wedge, said to provide better conduction ...

SPGPrints Offers One-Step Developer

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2018, ... air are needed for use. With variable speed modes, the system accommodates the complete range of RotaPlate meshes. It also comes with an intuitive human-machine interface that requires only the push of ...

DSM Coating Resins Add Touch to Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

January 20, 2018, ... first three Skins feel coating resins have been developed: The rubbery surface of Rubbert helps with grip and enhances the ergonomics of designs. It reportedly works harmoniously with human anatomy ...

2018 Predictions

(Marketing Mojo)

January 20, 2018, ... o be a lag in our industry behind consumer products manufacturers. Here are some inspirations; digital dashboards/graphic user interfaces, online cameras (e.g. backup cameras), GPS/location tags, audio contro ...

Pregis Invests in Blown Film Testing Lab

(Flexpack)

January 20, 2018, ... packaging materials, equipment systems and surface protection, has invested $1 million in a new 1,000-sq-ft testing lab for its Grand Rapids, MI, blown film manufacturing facility. Lab personnel will be ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating Systems

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ... xists between the coating head and the substrate. Coating is replacing the air at the substrate surface with a liquid. This process is continuous for the duration of the required coating (full roll or di ...