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Adhesives Cure Quickly

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2010, ... adhesives feature long, stable viscosity said to provide hours of run time. This flexibility is coupled with a fast-curing technology that allows package adhesion to cure within 24-48 hr at room temperature. ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... but there are millions of other uses that operate at, let's say, under 125-150 deg F. The new product is tougher than tough, making it perfect for high load. It has better abrasion resistance than anything ...

Atlas Converting Equipment Completes MBO from Bobst Group

(Slit News)

November 02, 2010, ... within 48 hours of the start of the K Show in Germany, the two companies shared exhibition space at the event with the new Atlas and Titan branding and corporate identity being presented to the market ...

AWA Conferences Cover Hot Topics

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... included global trends, sustainability, and new opportunities within the prime label market. The seminar's final session, “The Importance of a Release Liner from the Label Converter's Perspective,” offered ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... & Waste Management | Release liners remain controversial in terms of sustainability, despite their positive aspects. Waste management in the p-s label market is a key issue for the future, because everything ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, Six Sigma is a quality control system utilized for everything from discrete parts to organizational efficiency. The question is: How do you best utilize If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... economic downturn coupled with increased interest in sustainability likely will change consumer buying and usage habits with respect to flexible/paper packaging materials in significant ways within some ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... only can the new machine process the foil with less waste, it can handle a thinner grade of foil than the older equipment. Selig now has the ability to produce thinner cap liner constructions at a tremendous ...

Barrier Films: SiOx Barrier Benefits

(Coatings)

September 30, 2010, ... and purchasing behavior. A century ago, food was bought fresh and directly from the source — the farmer, butcher, and baker. Nothing was packaged, it was simply wrapped in paper. Today our daily food requirements ...

Bag Making: Strength in Numbers

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... have redundancy. Plus, it lets us get closer to our customers. The site was well planned because we can get almost anywhere in the Southeast within one day of trucking.” Wider & Faster CEI's Wrightstown ...

Free PFFC Webinar Updates Labeling & Product Decoration Markets & Technologies

(News | New Products)

September 21, 2010, ... within all the current labeling and product decoration industries The technology innovations within the labeling and product decoration industries The global sleeve labeling market Webinar participants ...

ISCST Symposium Continues Tradition of Connecting Academia with Industry

(Coating/Laminating)

September 19, 2010, ... has provided a forum for both academic and industrial researchers to discuss the latest research on application and solidification of thin liquid films.   An impressive attendance list included 300 people ...

Dow Unveils ENLIGHT Polyolefin Encapsulant Films for Photovoltaic Modules

(Flexpack)

August 17, 2010, ... The new encapsulant films are suitable for C-Si and thin-film modules. The new encapsulant films are claimed the latest solutions spurred by Dow’s focus on delivering sustainable solutions to address ...

Flex Americas To Double BOPET Production

(Flexpack)

August 15, 2010, ... (BOPET) film. The  facility started with an 8.7-m-wide BOPET line and reportedly achieved 100% capacity within a few months at an initial investment of US $100 million. With this next phase, installing ...

A&V to Distribute GMG Color Management/Proofing Solutions

(Flexography)

August 08, 2010, ... (the proofing standard for flexo and packaging markets), along with GMG dotProof for color-accurate halftone proofs and GMG proofControl that can verify proofs within seconds. A&V will sell GMG products ...

Next Generation Films Orders Sixth VAREX Co-ex Line from W&H

(News | New Products)

August 03, 2010, ... of custom films. Last year, Next Generation boasted $100 million in annual sales, with the goal of doubling that figure within the next five years. According to Dave Frecka, who founded the company ...

Bill Smith

(Trends/Management)

July 31, 2010, ... company, I wanted to do more than just provide industrial packaging services within our community. It was a logical progression for us to steer the company away from that business model into the provision ...

Pressure-Sensitive Coating: Ready & Able

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... because there's a much better chance of using the whole width more effectively with minimal handling. But if you have a smaller-volume product and you've got to get something out today, they may not have ...

Laminating Corona Treating: Bond Boosting

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

July 31, 2010, ... treatment diminishes over time. Within a few days or weeks, the film can lose sufficient surface energy and become unreceptive to bonding. That is why it has become the industry's best practice to install ...

Cut Cores Accurately

(Slit)

July 31, 2010, ... the same machine. With two cutting assemblies, one for fiber and thinner-walled plastic cores and another for cutting thicker-walled plastic cores, cutter offers users versatility and precision cutting. ...