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Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... materials, solution chemistry, process equipment, curing, and web handling). Working backwards from these product requirements leads to the product requirements that define success: Product (number ...

Faustel Exceeds Pre-Recession Business

(Coating/Laminating)

May 21, 2014, ... customers, who also happen to be manufacturers.” The company also reacted by putting more emphasis on marketing and development of new equipment technology. “Manufacturers are showing signs of optimism ...

Clear Lam Packaging Wins DuPont Award

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2014, ... package provide consumers with a better user experience, the enhanced cubing translates into tangible fuel and warehouse space savings offering multiple opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...

IPS Provides Flushability Testing

(Flexpack)

May 02, 2014, ... wipes products have often been misrepresented as the source of the problem for waste and sewer system clogging, full flushability testing is essential in eliminating any question marks, according to Reitmeyer. ...

Agglomerates

(Mark's Coating Matters)

April 23, 2014, ... the dispersion chemistry, test the coating and work in a reciprocal fashion between the process and product engineer. These two people need to stick together so the particles do not! If you are interested ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, ... onto the substrate. You could pour the fluid on with a hose, paint it on with a brush, or spray it on as a mist, but if precision is your concern, then slot dies are your method. The manifold cavity ...

Web Lines | Why Is Winding Optimization Difficult?

(Web Handling)

April 21, 2014, ... and winder. Product-winder mismatches are more obvious when trying to wind a giant roll on a tiny core. Driving and entry span options are varied and significant (center vs. surface, gapped vs. nipped). ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX Offers Gold Mine of Solutions

(Trade Shows)

April 10, 2014, Event will be held April 28-29 at the Baltimore Convention Center during FTA’s 2014 Annual Forum With more than 30 conventional and digital press manufacturers exhibiting, INFO*FLEX 2014 promises to ...

Ajanta Packaging Adds Weigang Converting Machine

(Label/Tape)

April 08, 2014, ... post-Labelexpo India 2012, Ajanta Packaging has now ordered similar but feature-rich converting equipment from Weigang. The machine will be commissioned at its Sharjah factory next month. Weigang ...

Newark Converted Products Re-Opens Plant

(Carton Box)

March 29, 2014, ... packaging. At the re-opening event, Frank Papa, president and CEO of Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions (Newark), said, “Franklin is a prime example of how we continue to live up to our promise of ...

Business Forms | New Developments in Passport Manufacture

(Adhesives)

March 11, 2014, Australia-based NPA is employing a new system that uses PUR hot melt adhesive and new chip insertion machine Passports are documents that make high demands in terms of forgery protection. The machinery ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... oxygen transmission rate. In fact, by varying the optical density of the metallization, liners can be tailored to provide the oxygen transfer rate needed by a particular wine. The two-film liner structure ...

German Perspective: Economic Forum 2014

(Yo's Yarns)

February 19, 2014, ... during the event. Other roundtable participants included Adolfo Laurenti (deputy chief economist for Mesirow Financial), who gave introductory remarks regarding the outlook for the US economy; Geoffrey ...

Acimga Reports on the Italian Graphic and Paper Industry

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2014, Market survey indicates optimism from market players but also points to stagnation of the domestic market and increasing foreign competition MILAN, ITALY | According to a new survey from Acimga, the ...

FTA Forum to Focus on Expanded Gamut Printing

(News | New Products)

February 18, 2014, Experts from the retail, design, and printing sides will offer an in-depth look at EG, how to manage it, and the benefits it can bring  BOHEMIA, NY | The Flexographic Technical Assn. will present Forum ...

Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge

(Trends/Management)

February 12, 2014, ... can be adopted to enhance packaging through a range of interesting, dynamic, and visually stimulating designs without compromising the prismatic integrity of corporate or brand colors. Envirofoil contains ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, When equipment is mishandled and damaged unnecessarily, these nicks and dings are both expensive and avoidable. Here's what a maintenance manager can do. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips ...

Online Courses for Radiation Curing Applications in NY

(EB)

January 29, 2014, ... to lead an across-the-board reform of America’s training programs to make sure they have one mission: Train Americans with the skills employers need, and match them to good jobs that need to be filled ...

Foil Stamping | Exquisite Boxes for Top Brands

(Carton Box)

January 28, 2014, ... of Pusterla 1880 in Venegono Inferiore (Varese), Italy, has the shape of a horseshoe. The architect and general manager of the company, Giuseppe Meana*, explains that the premises have grown little by ...

BJK Flexible Packaging Expands with Blown Film Line

(Flexpack)

January 22, 2014, ... the addition of a new five-layer blown film line from Reifenhauser Inc. The company recently installed and commissioned the new line in an all-new 30,000 sq ft addition that it built specifically for that ...