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MPI Release Projects 20% Sales Increase

(Label/Tape)

June 07, 2011, ...  exceptionally high quality performance.  The company supplies release liners for pressure-sensitive labels, the graphic arts field, plastics and rubber processors, converters, composites and structural ...

Industry Associations

(Uncategorized)

June 01, 2011, ... www.postcom.org Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) Naperville, IL, 630-544-5048; www.pstc.org Print Services & Distribution Assn. (PSDA) Chicago, IL; 800-230-0175; www.psda.org Print UV Assn. ...

Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... drinks, and ready-to-drink teas and juices, as well as for PET containers of food and condiments. Also their comparatively low shrink initiation makes these labels well suited for temperature-sensitive ...

Ashland To Raise Prices on Vinac and Flexbond Emulsion Products

(Coatings)

April 24, 2011, ... global leader in unsaturated polyester resins and epoxy vinyl ester resins. In addition, it provides customers with leading technologies in gelcoats, and pressure-sensitive and structural adhesives.  ...

Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2011, The following column, co-written by Joe Martin at Qualitek, Tucker, GA, is a preview of the paper I will be presenting at the Pressure Sensitive Tape The following column, co-written by Joe Martin at Qualitek, ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... and Performance Printing, Dallas, TX, is the converter. FLEXmark MMV 400 F Silver TC-848 A-109 94 PRW serves as the base film, comprising a 4-mil, metallized silver, pressure-sensitive polyester/vinyl ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... converter. FLEXmark MMV 400 F Silver TC-848 A-109 94 PRW serves as the base film comprising a 4-mil, metallized silver, pressure-sensitive polyester/vinyl laminate. This rendition replaces a previous ...

People

(Trends/Management)

February 28, 2011, ... and Matt Owens, business development manager for the VersaUV UV-LED inkjet printer/cutter line. Kurt Schramer of MACtac is elected to the board of directors of the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council, Naperville, ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... profits. New flame plasma burner designs are providing better film treatment quality and a wider operating range for heat-sensitive films. And higher chill roll cooling efficiencies are improving surface ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... in the important beer label market in response to a demand for lower costs (therefore white papers), competition from pressure-sensitive (p-s) labels, and reduced beer consumption. Barrier packaging ...

Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

December 31, 2010, ... is: “What is the maximum allowable resistivity for my product?” The answer depends on two things: Sensitivity | How sensitive is your product to static? To keep static low for critical applications, ...

Xeikon partners with Yupo To Expand Substrate Range

(Digital)

December 06, 2010, ... said to offer more substrate flexibility to Xeikon users for their label and package printing needs. The qualified substrates are used to produce pressure-sensitive labels for a broad array of consumer ...

RotoMetrics Opens New Converting Technology Center

(Die-Cutting News)

December 01, 2010, ... folding cartons, and pressure-sensitive labels.  Applications include creasing, die-cutting, and embossing with solid or flexible dies in processing widths up to 34 in. (863mm).  The equipment, claims ...

AWA Conferences Cover Hot Topics

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... pressure-sensitive versus glue-applied. A lifecycle analysis or carbon footprint analysis of IML likely will materialize in the future. That evening, IMDA presented awards to deserving recipients for its ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... Batavia, OH, drives home a first place prize for the Mobil 1 Delvac gravure-printed bottle label, entered in the Non-Pressure-Sensitive-All Processes/Cut & Stack (Color Process-Prime) category. The label ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... Pacific region is the fastest-growing release liner market at an overall 8.7%, although growth rates are slowing. South America now is showing dynamic growth overall at 5.3% annually, and in the pressure-sensitive ...

Web Lines: Q&A on Roller Deflection

(Web Handling)

October 31, 2010, ... is more difficult to pin down. Nipping systems are the most sensitive to deflection for two reasons: They have load many times higher than gravity or tension. They control many critical processes ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... Faustel's PerfectStart winder auto-splice technology, the elimination of idler rolls in the drying oven, controlled cooling of the sensitive foils after drying, and the improved tension control made possible ...

Free PFFC Webinar Updates Labeling & Product Decoration Markets & Technologies

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2010, ... will benefit from a global overview, providing up-to date, concise, and complete market data; a review of the various labeling technologies—self-adhesive/pressure-sensitive, in-mold, sleeving, and glue ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... UV press. This press is targeted to complement Hammer's customer base and expand its presence in pressure-sensitive markets. The investment, along with the installations of its Muller Martini VSOP presses, ...