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Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... bane of the extrusion coating converter, and to a lesser extent, cast and blown film producers.  Nothing has changed in this regard. I would say more than 90% of the extrusion coating lines I see (if ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... director, Polyolefins, for Europe and Africa at IHS Chemical, specialists in chemical market analysis and forecasting. As global economic growth gradually picks up, Koster showed "the commodities supercycle ...

PRIMIR Summer Meeting to Look at Print Evolution

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2014, ... of LPC. They will share a current overview of the evolving North American tag and label marketplace including market sizing and forecast data, market trends, brand owner insights, print process trends, ...

Label Summit Latin America Has a Full Agenda

(Label/Tape)

April 28, 2014, ... the new realities of label and package design and share his insight through client case study examples such as Chateau Ste Michelle Wines, Barneys New York, and Sephora. Neuromind’s Dr. Henry Castillo ...

Agglomerates

(Mark's Coating Matters)

April 23, 2014, ... on his podcast below: agglomerates Agglomeration is a dispersion issue that can cause headaches for coating operators. Fundamentally, an agglomerate is a collection of particles that stick together ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, ... like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column titled, "Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow," click on his podcast below: equipment-for-fluid-flow In premetered ...

SAM NA Open House

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 08, 2014, Hot off the press...SAM NA holds open house at it Phoenix, NY headquarters and Pilot Plant facilities. In a move to position itself as an alternate supplier of extrusion coating, cast film and laminating ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating," click on his podcast below: under-pressure-damage Stress is bad. Really bad! And I’m not talking about in your personal life. I’m talking about stress-induced ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column titled, "Coating Matters | Defects in Coating," click on his podcast below: defects-in-coating Fluid coating is only as good as the quality ...

Freedonia Issues Study on Active and Intelligent Packaging

(Flexpack)

March 16, 2014, ... US is forecast to expand 8.0% annually to $3.5 billion in 2017, well above total packaging demand growth, according to a new study from the Freedonia Group. Active packaging provides functions such as ...

Gloucester Engineering Creates Two Divisions

(Coating/Laminating)

March 11, 2014, ... OEM Division will concentrate on the company’s line of traditional complete blown film, cast film, foam and sheet extrusion, bagmaking, and extrusion coating systems and equipment.  Laurent Cros has ...

BF Consulting Is In Business

(Coating/Laminating)

March 10, 2014, ... on extrusion coating processes since about 1990. He is willing to assist with processes and product sourcing for extrusion coating and cast film processes, as well as interpretation of polymer characterization ...

Amcor Flexibles Wins Technical Innovation Award

(Flexpack)

March 10, 2014, ... needs with solutions that deliver the highest standards of product integrity and safety,” said Art Castro, VP sales & marketing–Amcor Flexibles North America. Amcor’s StayClean flexible overwrap was ...

Acimga Reports on the Italian Graphic and Paper Industry

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2014, ... research department of Acimga with regard to market performance in the Q4 2013 and forecasts for Q1 2014. Acimga represents a sector producing over €2 billion in revenues, 83% of which are generated ...

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ...  If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters blog post titled, "Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating," click on his podcast below: top-five-things-fluid-coating ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... What?" click on his podcast below: mark-miller-done-coating I am not a curing expert. Now that we have that out of the way, I would like to discuss why curing is important. Just like coating technology ...

Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge

(Trends/Management)

February 12, 2014, ... hologram will not continue to evolve as packaging designers continue to see the benefits unfold before their eyes and comfortable with a technology that has a lot to offer. Ian Lancaster is general secretary ...

Sigma Stretch Film Adds Two Gloucester Lines

(Flexpack)

February 03, 2014, Installs 5-layer cast and 5-layer blown stretch film lines GLOUCESTER, MA | Leading US stretch film producer Sigma Stretch Film recently installed two stretch film lines from Gloucester Engineering, ...

Show Preview | Graphics of the Americas 2014

(Trade Shows)

January 30, 2014, ... International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects the 2014 Latin American GDP at 3.1%. In its annual forecast of the printing industry in Latin America, GOA estimates Mexican printing growth in 2014 at 2%, assuming ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... rather than read his Coating Matters blog post titled, "Slot Die DOs and DON'Ts," click on his podcast below: slot-die-dos-and-donts We have seen it numerous times–equipment is mishandled and damaged ...