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Leaders in Sustainability

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 05, 2020, ... athletes share the same objectives and methods. The choice of the main partners of the industrial process represents the first step of a strategy with the aim of using the best resources and technologies ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... encompasses a variety of manufacturing methods, materials and resources. The average flexible packaging converter is a small to medium-size company with annual sales totaling approximately $76-$78 million. ...

Roundtable Q&A: Slitting, Winding & Unwinding

(Slit)

February 16, 2020, ... methods unnecessary. Taylor: Any process steps that can cost effectively be automated from a manual setup and done automatically with precision and repeatability will make the overall winding process ...

Is Gravure Coating Right for You?

(Coatings)

February 09, 2020, ... have products they want to coat or coating machinery they want to utilize.  Gravure coating is a robust coating method, but it does some things better than others. Both groups of readers can benefit from ...

Macdermid Graphics Solutions Expands Its Patened Clean Plate Technology Portfolio With Digital MCP

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2020, MacDermid Graphics Solutions announced it recently expanded its Patented Clean Plate Technology portfolio with the addition of Digital MCP.  MacDermid Graphics Solutions announced it recently expanded ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... converting operation. Cotton Swab Method A better way to test dyne level is the cotton swab method. Dyne solutions of various concentrations are placed on the substrate until a solution is found that ...

Leading the Way Towards Sustainability AND Clean Rolls

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2020, ... so with our latest technological development – the Eclipse® Laser Anilox Roll Cleaning System. Let me back up……ARCS pioneered the effort to deep clean anilox rolls using the baking soda method over 25 ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Ifeu) of Heidelberg, “PET is the only plastic which, even as a post-consumer material, can be converted by appropriate recycling methods into recovered ...

What’s Next in Inkjet and the Many Reasons to Adopt it

(Digital)

December 16, 2019, ... and well positioned to displace conventional printing methods. In 2016 we were supposed to “touch the future” and in 2020 we should really “embrace it” properly. For 2020, everyone is guessing that drupa ...

New Holographic Packaging Sleeve Wins International Award

(Shrink Sleeves)

November 17, 2019, ... create a packaging solution without the requirements for any new treatment methods or additional processes. Organised by industry trade body International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), the ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... the task of recycling much harder and, given there is no standard composition of multi-polymer packaging, there is no feasible standard method to unpick and recover these materials. “Recyclability really ...

AICC Members Learn Corrugator Best Practices

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2019, ... of the four M’s of the splicing process- Materials, Machines, Manpower, and Methods. He then offered detailed information about each phase, including operator best practices, which included ensuring proper ...

The New Generation of Comexi Offset CI8 Introduces New Solutions for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... allows to be manufactured in under 20 minutes. Unlike other technologies, the cost of ink per square meter is equivalent to conventional printing methods. A higher cost of EB offset ink per kilogram ...

Roundtable Q&A: Rolls & Roll Handling

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2019, ... the press. Paduano: The latest technology advancement we offer for precise cylinder cleaning utilizes a proprietary laser.  Lasers clean better than traditional methods and also remove a wider range ...

FPA Publishes 2019 State of the Flexible Packaging Industry Report

(News | New Products)

September 05, 2019, ... people in the United States and encompasses a wide variety of manufacturing methods, materials, and resources. The average flexible packaging converter is a small to medium-size company with annual sales ...

Agenda set for AIMCAL/SPE Technical Conference

(News | New Products)

July 31, 2019, ... define a “Practical Method to Identify and Prioritize Hazards.” In the final 90 minutes, Tom Rimmel, chief operating officer of Dunmore Corp., and Bob Pasquale, president of New Era Converting Machinery, ...

Sustainable Winding: Reduce, Reuse, Rewind

(Web Handling)

July 21, 2019, ... provides even greater service alternatives to the customer other than other traditional slitting and re-winding methods. State of the art paper converting processes provides an avenue to address product ...

Corona and Plasma – The Different worlds of Surface Treatment

(Surface Prep)

July 03, 2019, ... that had become popular after the Second World War.  Eisby’s simple but effective solution for making the ink stick without smearing became known as Corona treatment, and today is the accepted method worldwide ...

NDA’s World of Wipes® 2019 International Conference Provided Valuable Connections and New Ideas for a Circular Economy

(News | New Products)

July 02, 2019, ... methods to create a more circular model for a sustainable future.   Participants connected face-to-face with hundreds of wipes professionals during the Welcome Reception atop the 49th floor in The Commerce ...

Roll Diameter Requirements in Converting Processes

(Web Handling)

June 30, 2019, ... Methods of Diameter Determination Diameter determination can be accomplished either by direct measurement from an external sensor or calculated from process data in the tension control.  The following ...