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LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... job within 5 working days, and a shrink sleeve job within 7 working days. PakMarkas began working with GEW UV curing in 2002, with the installation of a UV system on an Arsoma press and this same system ...

First Certified Biodegradable Anticorrosion Film powered by Nano VpCI®

(News | New Products)

June 04, 2019, ... fully disintegrate within 2-3 months.  The film is extremely elastic and can be used as a complete replacement for non-degradable and inferior blend films. The exact time for films to biodegrade is dependent ...

Maneuvering Material

(Web Handling)

June 04, 2019, ... has reduced, and in some cases removed the use of utility knives within a plant, eliminating cuts and strains,” said Spang. When it comes down to it, loading and unloading railcars and trucks is not ...

Trends Driving Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

June 02, 2019, ... better graphics that gain the consumers' attention.  And for something a little different than our readers are used to, in this issue we take a look at the marketing journey and offer a path suppliers ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

May 23, 2019, ... offers more options for take-along and specialty products. Indeed, recyclable multi-layer substrates for flexible packages really seem to be the big new thing for converters and materials suppliers. ...

Perspectives on the Meaning of Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

May 21, 2019, ... in general and particularly sustainable materials, but many do not think consumers care about sustainable processes. The majority of brand owners believe that consumers care about the sustainability aspects ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

(Label/Tape)

April 21, 2019, ... industries. But this reliance comes with a cost. The current approach to plastic is not sustainable. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, if nothing about our consumption changes, new plastics ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... water to cool down the molds. Flexible stand-up pouches are formed by laminating multiple thin layers of film together, which requires much less water by contrast. In fact, the HDPE bottle consumes 6X ...

ICE and InPrint USA Wraps in Louisville

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2019, ... think the quality has been phenomenal at this show. Most everyone that has come is a plant manager, or an executive or a president who has buying power. It’s who we need to talk to, so we’ve had excellent ...

Emerging Technologies Turn Converters’ Heads

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2019, ... layer or “skin” you would expect to form on something drying or curing in a state of excitation, allowing water vapor to more readily pass through this layer making it easier to incorporate water-based ...

Davis-Standard’s Global Equipment Platform with Bernal Industrial and Grupo Janfrex at Plastimagen Mexico® 2019

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2019, ... engineered for producing thin films from 7.8µ to 13µ (31-to 51-gauge) at high speeds. Davis-Standard’s side-by-side DS S3 overlapping winder is essential to this capability. The DS S3 winder enables ...

FPA Publishes Perspectives on the Meaning of Sustainability in Flexible Packaging Study Report

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2019, ... particularly sustainable materials, but many do not think consumers care about sustainable processes. The majority of brand owners believe that consumers care about the sustainability aspects of packaging ...

FPA 2019 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners Announced

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Packaging Achievement Awards within one or more categories including Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging; Packaging Excellence; Printing and Shelf Impact; Technical Innovation; and Sustainability Achievement. ...

Label Tech Inc. Selects Flint Group’s nyloflex® Xpress Thermal Processor

(News | New Products)

March 07, 2019, ... questions and make sure we understood everything we needed to know,” said Routhier. “Then we sent in files to make sure plates we’d be producing would meet our needs. When we saw that they did; we made ...

Combatting Static

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2019, ... line for a number of reasons. Fast running web rolls may generate friction, for example, or the web being processed may be within a highly statically charged field. Separation and induction are also capable ...

Precision Slitting Sets Converters Apart

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2019, ... initial custom work, plus other converting steps, converters can stand out. Saari states, “Slitting a customer’s substrate is not the only thing precision slitting companies do these days. They offer the ...

ICE USA – It’s All About Converting

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2019, ... very high line speeds and very thin coat weights, and the accompanying die positioner ensures stability and repeatability from job to job. The EDI® EPC™ extrusion coating die increases the speed and repeatability ...

Avery Dennison Recognized on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies List

(News | New Products)

February 24, 2019, ... to be recognized by Barron's for the second year," said Georges Gravanis, president, label and graphic materials. "Sustainability is at the center of everything we do, and our employees are addressing the ...

NDC Technologies to Showcase Unique Augmented Reality Experience of Complete Measurement System at ICE USA

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2019, ...  SR710S – accurately measures thin coatings on metallic foils, metalized paper and plastics during the process. ConvertIR – offers fast, fixed-point, on-line measurement of paper moisture or coat ...

MPW Series Coreless Winding: GOEBEL IMS

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2019, ... as the MPW, producing rolls with a running length of 50 m in a cycle time of 21 seconds can save cores for 171 roll sets within one hour. With 10 cores per roll set, this equals savings of 1,710 cores ...