Search

CPI Installs Atomic Layer Deposition Systems

(Coating/Laminating)

July 14, 2015, ... protection layers to flexible polymer substrates used to produce optoelectronic devices using sensitive active electronic materials. Company says thin films produced using the ALD method are cost-efficient, ...

Flexo Printing | Mid-Web Press Answers Shift to More SKUs, Short Runs

(Print)

July 14, 2015, ... Spare enclosed chamber doctor blades are lighter and easier to handle for offline changing of blades and end seals. Down-gauging to thinner materials is easier and better handled, and overall material ...

BOBST Open House Welcomes Converflex Visitors

(News | New Products)

July 10, 2015, ... equipment dedicated to gravure printing, visitors moved to the CL 850D duplex laminator equipped with a flexo trolley, said to have high performance in coating solvent-based adhesives onto thin aluminum ...

Comexi Wins Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

June 16, 2015, ... within the category of large companies. The European Commission, in charge of granting the prize, has awarded Comexi Group for its Comexi Offset sustainable printing technology among the six candidates ...

Synchrono Releases Version 6.0 of Software

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2015, ... release of version 6.0 of SyncOperations, the company’s manufacturing intelligence system powered by Savigent. SyncOperations reportedly enables the Industrial Internet of Things by pulling data from ...

CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2015, ... attendees through the web coating operation from unwind to rewind, with everything in between. The instructors are experts on their topics and present the fundamentals of coating and drying through engaging ...

Cortec Offers Auto Industry Nitrite Free VCI Paper

(Flexpack)

June 03, 2015, ... inhibiting action forms a very thin and effective protective layer that does not alter the appearance of products or require removal before further finishing or use. Parts protected with VpCI-146 can be ...

Static Problems with Metallized Webs

(Static-Beat)

May 31, 2015, Metallized webs have static problems, too! Recently, I have helped investigate several static problems with webs having conductive layers. My "old school," conventional thinking was that structures ...

Dow Opens Innovation Center in Italy

(Coating/Laminating)

May 23, 2015, ... global innovation hubs, the new Italian Pack Studios features a collaboration room to inspire solution-based thinking, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for material development, and fabrication and ...

Food for Thought—the Italian Way

(Yo's Yarns)

May 20, 2015, ... vegetable and less animal based diet something that is reserved to professional cooks? Not necessarily. One need simply reverse proportions in a dish: meat is no longer the hero of the dish but rather ...

Enterprise Labeling | Top 5 Trends in 2015

(Technical Reports)

May 20, 2015, ... increase competitive advantage, and meet customer demands. Extending Labeling for Business Partners and Suppliers: Collaboration allows businesses connected within the supply chain to work together and ...

On Print | UV/EB Inkjet for Food Packaging

(On Print)

May 11, 2015, ...  The first thought that comes to mind when discussing EB cure is that the capital cost is too high. However, when a process permits doing something that couldn’t be done before, the economics are different. ...

BDT Granted Patent for Sheeting Method

(News | New Products)

May 02, 2015, ... this method, company says, media stacks with clean edges can be collected within variable sheeter systems without the need to mechanically adjust end stops or guides, and stacks will be inherently aligned ...

PACK PRINT INTERNATIONAL Coming in August

(News | New Products)

April 25, 2015, ... will transform Southeast Asia into a region with free movement of goods, services, investment, skilled labor, and freer flow of capital. “With the launch of AEC this year, businesses within the region ...

Should Unwind Tension Be Lower Than Winding Tension?

(Web Handling)

March 26, 2015, ... is initiated by machine direction slippage (a.k.a. cinching) within the unwinding roll. Usually this is avoided with the first rule of winding and unwinding: “A roll’s unwinding tension should be lower ...

Durst Digital Label Press Handles Jumbo Rolls

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2015, ... 330, or with the Tau’s Low Migration System for printing on foils and thin films. It handles a range of materials as thick as 20-pt paperboard. Reportedly, users will have up to two hours of continuous ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 2

(Flexpack)

March 23, 2015, ... and combination of many alternating layers from as few as two extrusion melt streams. This equipment allows production of structures with multiple thinner EVOH layers, which achieve the target gas barrier ...

Reducing Surface Contamination

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 05, 2015, ... both on the film, and within the film.  We used HEPA filters on all resin conveying lines, and various web cleaning techniques to clean the surface of the film. Probably the worst of all the products ...

Flexible Packaging | Coveris, Cryovac Big Winners at FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2015, ... packages were recognized with 22 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards within one or more categories including Packaging Excellence, Printing and Shelf Appeal, Technical Innovation, and Sustainability ...

Packaging Films Target Longer Shipping, Storage Cycles

(Flexpack)

February 25, 2015, ... products that also require high-pressure cushioning and protection. The proprietary film design enables air to be contained within the cells for extended periods of time and provide superior protection ...