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- A Brief Chemistry Lesson On Printing Ink Pigments
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- October 31, 2001, ... these colorants is their solubility. Pigments used in printing inks are colorants that are insoluble in water and most solvents. For instance, copper phthalocyanine blue is the primary blue colorant used ...
- Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties
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- September 30, 2001, One of the key areas of ink/coating formulation is the use of crosslinking additives to improve physical resistance properties, such as ink adhesion and One of the key areas of ink/coating formulation ...
- VOC-Compliant Inks: What State Are They In?
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- September 30, 2001, ... industry for at least two decades are environmental regulations and flexography. As the quality of flexo continues to improve, alternative ink technologies are making their mark in the push to reduce ...
- Electronic Ink Technology: New Players Aid Progress
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- August 31, 2001, Not only will these electronic inks be used on paper, but they can be printed and laminated to create many packaging products. More than a year ago, I Not only will these “electronic inks” be used on paper, ...
- Akzo Nobel Inks' Free Seminar Provides Education for Narrow Web Printers
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- August 28, 2001, October 23 and 24, 2001, narrow web printers, will have the opportunity to invest in education absolutely free. According to Akzo Nobel Inks, the ink supplier will host "New Technologies for Narrow Web ...
- Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer
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- July 31, 2001, An alliance with Flint Ink allows Packaging Products Corp. to meet the needs of three facilities and 150 different customers. An alliance with Flint Ink allows Packaging Products Corp. to meet the needs ...
- Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration
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- June 30, 2001, Potential transfer…depends on many factors, such as degree of cure, ink adhesion, pressure between cups, length of time in contact, etc. Recently, I received an e-mail in which a reader questioned ...
- Jet Inks, Colorants, and Packaging What's Ahead
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- April 30, 2001, The rapid growth of ink jet technology in various printing sectors forecasts their use in package printing. However, use of ink jet printing in packaging The rapid growth of ink jet technology in various ...
- The Missing Link: Plastics History Leads to Packaging
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- April 30, 2001, From fake flowers to hygienic-paper packaging, Germany's Böhme family has been in plastics for nearly 50 years. For almost as long, the company has linked its print quality to Fischer & Krecke presses. ...
- Award-Winning Boxmakers Think Outside the Box
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- April 30, 2001, Unique structures and eye-catching graphics grab the judges' attention in the annual National Paperbox Assn. packaging competition. A total of 27 rigid box and folding carton converters shared 133 ...
- Water-Based Ink Adhesion and Web Temperature
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- March 31, 2001, Unlike solvent-based inks where binders are dissolved in the ink solvents, water-based inks comprise several binders, none of which are soluble in water. Unlike solvent-based inks where binders are ...
- Assessing Inks, Dealing with DigitalThe NPIRI Conference
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- December 31, 2000, The National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) held its 44th Technical Conference in October in Pine Mountain, GA. The well-attended event included The National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) ...
- Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again
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- December 31, 2000, ... research on ink trends that these materials are no exception. According to John Samony, division president of Braden Sutphin Ink Co.-Flexo Div., North Wales, PA, it's important for converters to realize ...
- The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink
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- October 31, 2000, ... their existence. Unlike water, alcohols have low surface tensions. Foaming is rarely a problem in solvent-based inks, since the low surface tension does not support foam stabilization. Water-based inks, ...
- Estimating the Drying Rate of Flexo Ink in the Laboratory
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- September 30, 2000, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has become an important subject is the general trend toward the use of thinner ink films. In the narrow web sector, One reason the drying rate of flexo inks has ...
- What Is the Role of Additives in Water-Based Inks?
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- August 31, 2000, The performance of water-based inks in flexographic printing is, to a large degree, based on additives that are incorporated into the ink to optimize The performance of water-based inks in flexographic ...
- Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.
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- November 30, 1996, ... an industry leader in the manufacture of high quality printing inks. Since the company was founded more than 150 years ago, it has maintained this position through research and technical facilities in ...
- EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.
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- October 31, 1996, Determined to secure systematic, comparative data on inks, the flexo industry and the Environmental Protection Agency have launched the Design for the Determined to secure systematic, comparative data ...
- Viscosity system saves ink and improves print quality
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- December 31, 1995, ... single-service paper and plastic disposables. The company prints on a variety of substrates, including poylethylene, polypropylene, OPP, and shrink films. Materials are provided by Mobil, James River, ...
- Bagmakers add a strong link to quality chain
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- July 31, 1995, Sengewald USA believes in high quality equipment all along the line. Amplas bagmakers fit perfectly into that philosophy.Sengewald USA, Marengo, IL, is Sengewald USA believes in high quality equipment ...