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Surface Treatment: The Importance of Getting it Right

(Surface Prep)

May 19, 2024, ... is often a multi-layer material. Corona treatment will be required on the PP surface to allow it to be printed and subsequently have an adhesive applied before laminating it to a metalized film - in every ...

Sun Chemical Recognized by FTA for Sustainability Excellence

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2024, ... printing and lamination with adhesives.  The inks’ applicability across a wide range of printing and packaging applications minimizes or avoids costly and waste-generating press startups and shutdowns, ...

Excelitas Technologies to Showcase UV Curing and Disinfection Innovations at the 2024 RadTech UV+EB Technology and Conference

(News | New Products)

May 07, 2024, ... the highest reliability and quality for light curing adhesive processes, OmniCure S2000 Elite redefines UV spot curing with enhanced productivity, precision and security, while enabling next level control ...

HOW TO: Dual Layer Plasma Release Coatings for Curing Oven Rollers

(HOW TO Guide)

May 02, 2024, ... web substrates. As an example, during adhesive coating or curing in ovens, rollers are in contact with the web while the adhesive is still in an "uncured" wet or tacky state. If the roller surface has ...

Surface Tension and Wettability

(Surface Prep)

May 01, 2024, ... Tension and Wettability The basic principle of surface tension and wettability in converting is that for ink, adhesive or bonding agents to adhere successfully, the substrate’s surface tension must ...

Adheso-Graphics joins the Anderson & Vreeland, Family of Flexo Brands

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2024, ... Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of flexographic print technologies, equipment, and consumables, has announced the acquisition of Adheso-Graphics, a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive adhesive ...

BioEmitter®- Keeping Corrosion and Rust at Bay in Enclosed Spaces

(News | New Products)

April 15, 2024, ... enclosed spaces of up to 1.4 m3 (50 cubic feet).  It attaches to a clean surface by using either the hanging hole on the package or the four removable adhesive patches provided. The BioEmitter® will provide ...

Fedrigoni Names New Commercial Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2024, Fedrigoni — the world’s leading manufacturer of specialty papers, premium self-adhesive materials, RFID and connected solutions Fedrigoni — the world’s leading manufacturer of specialty papers, premium ...

SEI integrates Vetaphone on new Labelmaster KyoJet

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2024, ... as it became known, is designed for roll-to-roll and roll-to-sheet applications of a variety of substrates in the self-adhesive sector, and since 2011 more than 130 Vetaphone corona treaters have been ...

Elite Cameron, Inc. Supplies New Wide Format UV Hot Melt Coater

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2024, ... companies, both large and small, shifting toward UV acrylic hot melt adhesives.” This HM1000 is part of the custom range of Elite Cameron’s hotmelt coating equipment.  In combination with their industry ...

Pressure on Paper Packaging Converters

(Flexpack)

March 24, 2024, ... you consider the facestock of the label itself, but also the inks and coatings utilized, the adhesive, and in the case of self-adhesive labels, the liner material as well. There are a myriad combinations ...

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes Launches New Appliance Portfolio

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2024, Avery Dennison Performance Tapes today introduced a new portfolio of pressure-sensitive-adhesive (PSA) tape solutions for the appliance industry. Avery Dennison Performance Tapes today introduced a ...

Fedrigoni Announces Executive Team Updates

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2024, Change in the executive team of Fedrigoni, one of the world's leading manufacturers of specialty papers, premium self-adhesive materials, RFID and connected solutions Change in the executive team of ...

Addressing Bio-film/Compostables and Plastic Film Processing Challenges

(Bag Pouch)

March 17, 2024, ... oriented polypropylene. Films such as oriented polypropylene (OPP) films when surface treated are often suitable for conversion with water-based inks, adhesives and cold seal, as well as with heat-activated ...

Clariant to Showcase Sustainably-evolved Coatings at American Coatings Show 2024

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2024, ... to sustainability, we have also developed polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-free and renewable-based solutions for the printing industry,” commented Ray Gonzales, Head of Marketing Coatings & Adhesives, Business ...

Sticking to Sustainability

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2024, The Advantages of Micropheric Adhesives with Ultra-removable Labels The Advantages of Micropheric Adhesives with Ultra-removable Labels By Andrew Palmer, Director of Sales, RRD Label Solutions Adhesives ...

The Importance of Ink Troubleshooting on Press

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2024, ... has enabled Sun Chemical to create inks, coatings and adhesives with solutions to problems already built-in and designed to prevent issues from arising in the first place. What steps can package printers ...

Surface Treatment for Wide, Thick & Porous Material IS Possible

(News | New Products)

February 25, 2024, ... porous, hollow, and over-size materials. 3DT’s new, patented HeliDyne corona treatment system was developed to produce strong bonding on these specialized substrates for adhesive, printing, coating and ...

ETI: Pioneering Innovation in Label Manufacturing

(Coating/Laminating)

February 12, 2024, ... labelstock yourself, using your choice of raw materials including paper or filmic substrate, silicone, and adhesive. This transformative approach isn’t just about manufacturing your own material, it’s ...

Reducing Waste in the Production Line

(Surface Prep)

February 11, 2024, ... web and break through the boundary layer, they typically use an elastomer and adhesive roller based system, making them ideal for the removal of small particles (as low as 0.5 micron). Other contact systems ...