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How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... These effects are spot printed and flood coated with a SunCure® UV coating. The use of embossing and debossing to enhance a package is well known, but specific dies must be set up, which adds cost and ...

Fujifilm Expands its RxD Inkjet Pigment Dispersions Colour Range

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... to create a secure cage around the pigment. This provides a stable dispersion that is compatible with a wide range of components used in inkjet ink formulation, enabling the design of stable ink formulations ...

The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... rigidity and strength for high-quality printing or stiffness for good barrier properties to keep aroma in, but water vapor, oxygen and light out. Ensuring that all these layers ‘stick’ together securely ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... sheeting, slitting, rewinding and shipping. This keeps work-in-progress goods out of inventory. Finally, UV cured surfaces do not scratch, mar or become damaged when passed through downstream manufacturing ...

Corona or Plasma – Which is Best for Your Process?

(Surface Prep)

March 13, 2022, ...  Surface treatment is all about adhesion – the ability of one medium (a liquid) to adhere securely to another medium (a solid), or in practical terms getting ink, lacquer or adhesive to stick to a non-absorbent ...

New Digital Label Applications with Xeikon’s Panther 2.0 Series

(News | New Products)

October 26, 2021, ... and PX3300 presses leverage the advantages of dedicated PantherCure UV inks, which meet the demands from brand owners for high-gloss, durable labels with high scuff resistance. The Panther DuraCureTM UV ...

Flex Films to Launch Metallic Polyester Ultra-High Barrier Film ‘F-UHB-M’ for Aluminum Foil Replacement

(Coating/Laminating)

September 26, 2021, ... products packaged in aluminum foils, the high metal bond strength ensures no delamination making the laminate a lot more secure and packed product safe and retain quality. As against traditional aluminum ...

Phoseon Introduces Nexus ONE Sustainable UV LED Curing Products for Flexographic Printing

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2021, ... speeds. Due to the long wavelength range of UV LED, Nexus ONE products can reportedly cure difficult inks with reliably higher quality at faster speeds. Today, all the major brands are requiring its ...

The Value of Specialised Experience

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2021, ... The only problem is that water-based requires higher surface tension to secure good adhesion and requires a higher-powered surface treatment.  More power means a larger treater with more electrodes and ...

Baldwin Vision Systems and AMS Spectral UV Showcase New XP Quatro Series LED Curing Technology and Debut Defender 100% Inspection Solution at virtual.drupa

(Upcoming Conference News)

April 20, 2021, ... Module is designed to cure LED-formulated printing inks and coatings on sheetfed and web offset printing presses, or larger-format flexo presses and digital print engines. Hosting two large, high-performance ...

Ashland Introduces New Purekote 29100 Water-Based Inkjet Primer Series

(News | New Products)

February 21, 2021, Designed for water-based inkjet on-demand printing, Ashland’s coater-ready Purekote™ 29100 primer series offers a versatile range of high gloss Designed for water-based inkjet on-demand printing, Ashland’s ...

INX International and VerifyMe Sign Supply Agreement

(News | New Products)

February 15, 2021, ... Inc. announced they have signed a Supply agreement which builds on the strategic partnership they formed in January, 2019. INX has and is developing inks incorporating VerifyMe’s RainbowSecure pigment ...

Asahi OEE Reloaded. A handy Video for the Flexo Printer

(News | New Products)

February 01, 2021, ... Technical Marketing Manager of Asahi Photoproducts Europe. “Although not rocket science for many operations, the OEE concept has remained complicated and how to actually calculate it a bit obscure. There ...

Digital Print for Corrugated – The Future Condition of Things

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2020, ... cube looks at the future of the industry and offers concrete recommendations for activities that will secure a successful digital management as well as important background information on how to take the ...

Surface treatment for labels

(Label/Tape)

October 04, 2020, ... 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 relates to those substrates that have ...

Hazen Paper Pioneers Two-Sided Sub-Micron Custom Holography

(News | New Products)

August 16, 2020, ... Envirofoil uses less than 1 percent of the aluminum of traditional foil laminate and a recycled film carrier, and is repulpable as paper after de-inking. It was offset-printed using UV-cure inks by AM ...

New H.B. Fuller Flexible Packaging Adhesive Helps Converters Meet Paa Guidelines Faster and Enhance the Food Safety System

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2020, ... installation in one day; PAA compliant for most structures in as soon as one day; Quick cure and processability time; 40-minute pot life at 105 degrees Fahrenheit; FDA177.1395 (boil-in-bag, microwave ...

A Packaging Design Update Enables More Sustainable Packaging Printing

(News | New Products)

June 17, 2020, ... company and plate manufacturer Marvaco Ltd, the European pioneer in EGP. Linkosuo’s Development Director Suvi Urvikko-Mäkivaara says that the packaging update has made packaging material procurement ...

New Coating Technology Providing Real Solutions in Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

June 07, 2020, ... in the valleys of the base matrix, but it also is embedded in the porosity. When the polymer cures, it creates a mechanical bond throughout the coating, not just the top. This is critical for durability. ...

The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... require curing time to achieve fully cured bonds, especially need to be made and handled on larger cores – the product will be better and waste will be lower. Wax lamination or heavy stocks that assume ...