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AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, Winning entries are recognized for excellence in AIMCAL's annual Vacuum Metallized or Coated Product, Sustainability, and Technology of the Year Competitions During the Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... heat of the beverage. While the health and safety implications of direct beverage contact are taken very seriously by the paper industry in the US and European Union, efforts to apply plastic-coated ...

A Honey of a Pallet

(News | New Products)

February 14, 2011, ... Hexacomb Billboard, an all-paper, honeycomb-based pallet alternative that incorporates an additional outer edge wrap. It consists of kraft paper layers laminated to a clay-coated (white) outer surface ...

Films Meet VOC Directives

(Label/Tape)

November 30, 2010, ... p-s labels comply with EU directives limiting the emission of VOCs during manufacture. Both two-side coated, multilayer grades are said to provide durability and esthetic appeal. Films are designed for ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... Based on Clearfoil barrier-coated PET, plus an aggressive sealant, structure enables high-speed sealing. Oxygen barriers available to 0.0008 cc/100 in.2/24 hr, and moisture barrier properties to 0.0008 ...

Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... into the label adhesive or coated above or below it. In the label face material (paper or film), a catalog of covert options might include two- or three-dimensional, customer-exclusive watermarks; nylon ...

Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... expand in the coming decade. These systems are needed to determine defects rapidly and accurately on the product as it is coated. It is a necessary technology to improve quality and reduce scrap losses. ...

A future for photovoltaics

(Metallizing)

April 30, 2010, ... years ago, there was a desire for more transparent conducting coated material, but there was a worldwide overcapacity for machines that could produce these coatings. The gap between the words and the reality ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... paper face on these materials is all semi-gloss quality paper or higher. Line copy and process printing can be achieved. The only exception is sugar pack material, which is an uncoated paper. Pouching ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... KY. A multi-dimensional Northern Lights effect is made possible from holographic material that comprises a laminated Ultracure lacquered Rainbow 80-ga OPP to the coated side of 0.024 SBS using a water-based ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... the Composipac structure. The 24-pt clay-coated solid unbleached sulfate (CCSUS) carton, designed by Bryan Schuttinger, Concord, NH, is said to eliminate the need for corrugated shippers and thereby ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... is all semi-gloss quality paper or higher. Line copy and process printing can be achieved. The only exception is sugar pack material, which is an uncoated paper. Pouching of these materials will cause ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... adhesive-coated film. The clear, styrene-acrylic copolymer is designed for applications that require high water and blush resistance. Its high transparency makes it ideal for use in clear film labels used ...

Inkjet Coatings Are Versatile

(Carton Box)

February 28, 2010, Aqueous coatings for inkjet printing are formulated to accept a diverse range of inks with varying surface tensions, allowing the printer to achieve even Aqueous coatings for inkjet printing are formulated ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... be a consistent clear or solid color even if the surface is scratched or damaged, unlike the color-coated surfaces of many paper alternatives. Conformability is another advantage, especially for applications ...

Lite Beer Carrier

(First Glance)

November 30, 2009, KapStone Charleston Kraft, Charleston, SC, has created a promotional beverage carrier made from its ultra-lightweight 0.020/58# Kraftpak uncoated carton board. KapStone Charleston Kraft, Charleston, SC, ...

Get a Grip on Your Web

(Tension)

October 31, 2009, ... (Arkwright produces coated paper and film for the reprographics industry. Green Bay Packaging produces pressure-sensitive laminated structures for the roll label industry.) Analysis of a Vacuum Roller ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... to curved or irregular surfaces. Oil boards can be replaced with Synthetic Stencil Board-Cut 10-mil, 0.010-in.-thick, semi-rigid coated PE material. This nonadhesive material is adhered to a natural kraft ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: Narrow Web & Labe

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2009, ... an aggressive adhesive system, product is said to adhere well to coated and uncoated paper stock and to maintain its initial positioning with little to no movement. Can be recycled during pulp and repulp ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS Carton & Bo

(Folding/Gluing)

July 31, 2009, ... Made Using Wind Renewal Folding Board 80% PC White is FSC-certified and said to have the highest PCW content available. Company says product features a premium uncoated surface that accepts ink well and ...