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Industrial Pack to Debut Awards

(News | New Products)

March 20, 2018, ... Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, will host the inaugural Industrial Pack Awards. The event is managed by Easyfairs and will provide recognition of those organizations and individuals within the industrial ...

Tetra Pak's Fully Renewable Package on Display at Museu

(Carton Box)

March 05, 2018, ... to differentiate themselves with stronger environmental messages. With everything traceable to its plant origin, consumers are assured that the package they hold in their hands is derived entirely from ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... EFIA explains, “We’ve already seen banning of black plastic trays from Waitrose [grocery] due to their inability to be identified by plastics sorting systems within the UK recycling infrastructure and ...

Sticking With It | PSA Acrylics Primer

(Sticking With It)

February 12, 2018, ... This can be described as adding links or bridges between the monomer components within the polymer or to other polymer chains. Cross-linking adds stiffness and cohesive strength to the adhesive. The amount ...

Material Science | The Future of Packaging

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, ... technology, intelligent labels, and sustainable products and services. Labeling and packaging within food and drink is multi-faceted and can be quite complex, but the challenges of today and the opportunities ...

Vetaphone Offers Guide to Surface Treatment

(News | New Products)

January 21, 2018, ... Eisby, think of the similar situation with UV curing, where dwell time under the lamp, defined by power rating and running speed, are critical to achieving a complete cure. The third and final section ...

2018 Predictions

(Marketing Mojo)

January 20, 2018, ... to address their “long game” this year to keep themselves viable in the future. This means making commitments to investment in technology and talent. They may consider leveraging the Internet of Things, ...

Brady Label Material Provides Brand Protection

(Label/Tape)

January 16, 2018, ... printing systems and solutions, reports the release of the TruLens Spectrum (TLS) label material. This new material uses a thin optical lens film combined with high-resolution printing to offer brand owners ...

Berry Global Group to Acquire Clopay

(News | New Products)

January 07, 2018, ... within the faster growing health and hygiene markets. Clopay will bring Berry new capabilities in the production of technical films, where they are a known innovator with patent protected breathable hygiene ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, Forward-thinking industry leaders submit their predictions for the gamut of converting topics, including counterfeiting, fluid & extrusion coating, recyclability, marketing, static control, adhesives, ...

Sun Chemical to Raise Silicone Product Prices

(News | New Products)

December 26, 2017, ... the industry, our suppliers have passed on price increases beyond anything we have seen in recent years,” says Dennis Sweet, VP-Commercial, Rycoline and Distributors, North American Inks, Sun Chemical. ...

RadTech Reports Technology Accelerator

(News | New Products)

December 13, 2017, ... effort, in addition to supporting funds, RadTech will offer something potentially more valuable to a startup—mentoring and networking to help foster start-up success, especially in the early stages of ...

Constantia Flexibles Wraps Santa in Patented Foil Packaging

(Flexpack)

December 05, 2017, Tepro2 is a combination of aluminum with very thin OPP foil. VIENNA, AUSTRIA | Every year, Constantia Flexibles manufactures packaging for more than 50% of the 150 million chocolate Santa Clauses produced ...

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, ... study how things break or why they break we are in an area of science known as fracture mechanics. Fracture mechanics is a field of mechanics that focuses on what causes cracks to propagate in different ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, ... is biodegradable as long as it “will completely break down and return to nature (i.e., decompose into elements found in nature) within a reasonably short period of time after customary disposal.” In other ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... for faster converting and labeling speeds; reduced platinum dependency; materials downgauging and the use of thinner/less-refined papers as release base; film liners, growing as a result of clear-on-clear ...

Sunshield Deployed on NASA's James Webb Space Telescop

(Coating/Laminating)

November 09, 2017, ... for being the size of a tennis court, will protect and prevent the background heat from the Sun, Earth, and Moon from interfering with JWST’s infrared sensors. The sunshield layers, each as thin as a ...

Nanotechnology Foils | A New Packaging Design Vista

(Print)

November 07, 2017, ... the brand augmentation market and pushing the boundaries in contemporary design and thinking. It could even be possible that these new stamping foils (hot and cold) now emerging will ultimately replace ...

AMI Issues Report on Agricultural Films

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2017, ... global poverty within the next 15-yr period and to become, for the first time in the human history, a zero-hunger generation. For this to be achieved, it is crucial to employ the latest technologies so ...

Kodak Offers Substrate Expansion Kit

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2017, ... to the latest technology available within each NEXPRESS Platform,” says Leonard Christopher, product manager, NexPress, Electrophotographic Printing Solutions, Eastman Kodak Company. “With the introduction ...