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Akzo Nobel Inks Becomes ANI Printing Inks

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May 16, 2004, At Drupa, ANI Printing Inks -- formerly known as Akzo Nobel Inks -- made its name change -- and new company goals -- official. PRESS RELEASE DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—At Drupa, ANI Printing Inks—formerly ...

Unique Issues of Laminating Inks

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April 29, 2004, One of the major advances in flexible packaging was the introduction of film laminated structures. Film lamination allowed different properties to be One of the major advances in flexible packaging was ...

Migration of Fluorescent Whitening Agents from Food Packaging Made from Recycled Paper

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February 28, 2004, Application: A polyethylene coating can prevent migration of fluorescent whitening agents from food packaging made from recycled fibers. Email the author(s) at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Effort to increase ...

Precisia Presents Key RFID Developments at Intelligent Packaging USA; Packaging Supply Chains to Experience '(R)Evolution' of RFID

(News | New Products)

February 03, 2004, ... smart/active packaging and labeling, printed electronics, lighting, and displays. LAS VEGAS, NV, USA—Speaking late last month at the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA conference in Las Vegas, Precisia ...

Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry

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January 31, 2004, ... to Corey Reardon of AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., packaging buyers — particularly in the fast-moving consumer goods field — are moving away from the traditional approach to product labeling. “What we once ...

UV & Jet Inks: An Exciting Combo

(Materials)

January 30, 2004, ... inks are one of the more exciting technologies being developed in packaging applications. Dr. Richard M. Podhajny has been in the packaging and printing industry for more than 30 years. Contact ...

RFID and Conductive Inks: What You Need to Know

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2004, ... packaging applications as well. And since these are the people that currently have to print or convert the packaging anyway, it seems like a natural entry for them to add value to their customers and to ...

Flint Ink Launches X-Treme Dispersions Colorants for Water Inks

(Materials)

January 13, 2004, ... packaging division's product development lab. Flint Ink says the new dispersions yield clean, precise images on combination plates fitted with the finest anilox rolls. X-TREME Dispersions are available ...

Packaging and Label Gravure Assn. to Cover Competition and Cooperation at 7th Technical Conference

(News | New Products)

December 30, 2003, ... in the marketplace." —PLGA NEW MADISON, OH, USA—The Packaging Label and Gravure Association reports its Seventh Technical and Operational Conference, "Co-Opetition," is slated for February 18 through 20, ...

Sniffing Out the Sources of Packaging Odors

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, Packaging products consist of substrates, and they can contain adhesives, primers, coatings, or inks. Converting processes involved in package manufacturing Packaging products consist of substrates, and ...

TAPPI Sponsors Smart Packaging Event

(The Place)

October 31, 2003, TAPPI is sponsoring the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA Conference with exhibition organized by Pira International and IDTechEx. The event is January 27 and 28, 2004, at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las ...

Security Inks Raise Our Level of Protection

(Magazine)

October 30, 2003, ... The disadvantage of these inks is that once activated, the reactions typically are not reversible. Our current concerns with terrorism have put a growing focus on security in printing and packaging ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. explores the options and opportunities in security, brand protection, and product authentication with today's active packaging. AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. explores the options ...

Packaging Groups Form Coalition to Fight FDA

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2003, Packaging associations, such as the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC), have formed a coalition to fight the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), reports a recent AICC release. ALEXANDRIA, ...

RadTech Pursues FDA Clearance for UV/EB Food Packaging

(News | New Products)

July 20, 2003, RadTech reports it's pursuing explicit Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for packaging manufactured with ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) cured materials. CHEVY CHASE, MD, USA—RadTech reports ...

SunSure: Sun Chemical InkSure Partner to Combat Counterfeit/Diversion Losses

(News | New Products)

June 12, 2003, ...  underlying concept, explains the mfr., is the use of "encoded ink" (ink embedded with unique signature codes) in the printing of documents, product packaging, etc., and the ability to "sense" the ink usin ...

Good Advice Is Key When Purchasing UV/EB Inks

(Materials)

May 31, 2003, ... and flow. “The printer can use finer anilox and get sharper print quality.” A major change in the use of UV/EB inks is the increased popularity in printing on secondary food packaging. “There is more ...

Lithotype Adds 8-Color Capability for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2003, ... "EB coating rapidly is becoming the standard technology in the food packaging industry for printing, coating, and laminating," reports Lithotype. "With the Sanden press, we can now offer customers the latest ...

Concern over Phthalates in Food Packaging

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January 31, 2003, Plasticizers are used extensively to soften plastics, building products, blood bags, cosmetics, and personal care products, as well as packaging inks Plasticizers are used extensively to soften plastics, ...

PIRA Study Breaks Down Security Packaging Outlook

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December 12, 2002, Pira's latest report The Future of Anti-Counterfeiting, Brand Protection, and Security Packaging II provides exclusive new data, detailed quantitative forecasts, and expert analysis that provides an overview ...