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PPC Meeting Advises on Adding Value

(Carton Box)

May 15, 2018, ... defining culture in terms of certain behaviors and creating rituals to help employees embody and sustain values. Economist Alan Beaulieu told attendees that the US economy is headed toward a mild recession ...

Converting Outlook | Flexo Is On The Go For 2018

(Flexography)

May 14, 2018, ... optimistic outlook is also echoed by the Converting Solutions community. Growth last year and this year is the best in the last few years, according to Adrian Fordham, president of MoistTech Corp., an ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... of label performance. The label removal occurs prior to color, infrared and manual sorting, thus preventing shrink-labeled PET bottles being removed from the rPET stream due to misidentification. The ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... (top and bottom web print registration system). AMIN: What Mamata delivers is machines with flexibility and versatility without compromising the speeds. Mamata offers pouch machines for each converter ...

Fujifilm Releases Wide-Format Press

(News | New Products)

May 07, 2018, ... the market, offers instant startup, long-life LED UV lamps, no ozone or VOC emissions, and only one consumable: the ink. Along with the new press is the new Uvijet RL ink range, which is available in ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 2

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... coating thickness of the adhesive is strongly connected to the internal strength of the adhesive. An adhesive chemistry can vary widely, and the effect on the ability to coat thin varies with the molecular ...

Uteco & Kodak Announce Digital Press

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2018, ... of the Sapphire EVO digital press. Said to allow packaging service providers and converters a digital offering without compromising on productivity or economics, the press addresses a full range of low- ...

Siemens Launches Servo Drive

(Controls)

April 29, 2018, ... Sinamics S210 is commissioned using an integrated web server. One-button tuning functionality allows automatic optimization of control parameters, taking into consideration the behavior of the connected ...

FINAT Technical Seminar Ranges Widely

(Label/Tape)

April 25, 2018, ... can be streamlined, so that label converters can better meet the requirements of their brand owner customers and enjoy benefits across the production process – without compromise. “All of a sudden, your ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, ... cover a wide range of applications, but the fundamental chemistries associated with EVAs, PURs and PSAs are all based off tackified polymers applied to substrates at elevated temperatures. Hot melt adhesives ...

Schreiner ProTech Enhances Laser Film

(Label/Tape)

April 24, 2018, ... for creating self-adhesive nameplates, since marking occurs inside the material composite underneath a transparent protective film. As a result, the system is emission-free and its nameplates are highly ...

GSE Adds Features to Ink Dispensing Program

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2018, ... bucket is automatically grounded. GSE’s new vapor extraction unit sucks emissions from solvent inks as they evaporate when the ink is dispensed on the Colorsat Slim and Compact dispensers. On the Slim, ...

Xeikon Café North America Coming in May

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2018, ... also will feature a wide roster of industry suppliers from across the value chain. They will include providers of job submission software; print management information systems; digital presses; feeding ...

Metsä Board Ensures Sustainability

(Carton Box)

February 26, 2018, ... have been able to reduce our CO2 emissions by 45 percent since 2009. Metsä Board has worked systematically to reduce the weight of its paperboards, which helps reduce carbon footprint in the entire value ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... demise of plastics in the short term, it’s no mean feat to translate chilled and frozen food and drink applications into fiber-based substrates without increased pack design complexity. This will certainly ...

Hyde Increases Commitment to Clean Energy

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2018, ... sources), will provide energy equal to that used by 28 homes, the company says, adding the total yearly generation savings would replace greenhouse gas emissions from 55 cars, while sequestering carbon ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, Adhesives expert Ingrid Brase peels back the curtain to show how chemists build performance into pressure-sensitive systems. Adhesives expert Ingrid Brase peels back the curtain to show how chemists ...

Maxson Announces Dust Collector

(Carton Box)

February 07, 2018, ... that has been developed to relieve sheeting operations of printers’ complaints involving dust-related blemishes (“hickies”). As the sheet packet is conveyed from the cutter to the piler, it passes between ...

Riyadh Orders BOBST Press

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2018, ... second press ordered by Riyadh Plastic Factory Company is almost identical to the first one commissioned in 2014. Featuring ten colors, a print width of 1,450 mm, printing speeds to 500 mpm, and maximum ...

Tilia Labs and Cerm Report Partnership

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2017, ... solutions for the graphic arts industries, has announced a new partnership to benefit label printers. In a development with Cerm, Brugge, Belgium, an MIS provider to this sector, the two companies will ...