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Chromatic Technologies Names Distributor for Africa

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 03, 2011, Chromatic Technologies, a specialized inks company bringing thermochromic and photochromic inks to packages throughout COLORADO SPRINGS, CO | Chromatic Technologies, a specialized inks company bringing ...

UV Flexo Ink Aids Sustainability

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 28, 2011, ... resin technology. Said to offer high press performance and to enhance sustainability. Suitable for a wide variety of applications, including self-adhesive labels, cartons, and tags. Can be used with negative ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... a label to an already blow- or injection-molded container with some sort of adhesive. In its most basic form, that adhesive could be wet glue, an old method still used today in large volume. A step ...

Change Label Press Quickly

(Print)

January 31, 2011, The EM 280 for the production of self-adhesive labels in small to medium-size runs is easy to operate and has a quick-change platform for short changeover The EM 280 for the production of self-adhesive ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ...  Metallized OPP is widely used in the region in flexible packaging applications, such as snack packaging laminates that use adhesive lamination technologies and in metallized wraparound labels for carbonated ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

December 31, 2010, ... for packaging and narrow web inks in Savli (near Baroda) in India. Charlotte, NC-based tesa tape is an official supplier to the US Bobsled/Skeleton Federation Team as the team's sole adhesive tape ...

ETI Converting Equipment Wins Innovation Award

(Label/Tape)

December 27, 2010, ETI Converting Equipment won the best technological innovation award for its unique multi functional process off-line or in-line printing, along with silicone and adhesive coating, at the China Intl. Exhibition ...

Mark Andy Performance Series Breaks Into China

(Label/Tape News)

December 09, 2010, ... and cold foil unit. Astron Packaging has also invested in a Performance Series P5. The company is a leading supplier of corrugated boxes and self-adhesive labels. The 10-in., eight-color press will ...

Xeikon partners with Yupo To Expand Substrate Range

(Digital)

December 06, 2010, ... or indirect contact with dry food products. Substrates printed with this press series require no pre-coating or treatment and include various self-adhesive materials such as co-extruded films, Bopp, PVC ...

Short Path to Versatility

(Flexography)

November 30, 2010, ... it makes it easier to be successful. The new 340 can only help that.” The press, which was installed in November 2009, allows virtually any combination of inks, adhesives, coatings, and substrates, ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... the WS6000. Clear, matte, and gloss PP and Label-Lyte stocks are supplied topcoated, eliminating the need for converters to apply their own topcoats, and are available with a variety of adhesive options. ...

OMET Wins Innovation Award for Second Time

(Flexography)

November 21, 2010, For the second time in the last three years, OMET has won the "Label Award for Continuous Innovation," which is sponsored by Tarsus, the company which also organizes the different editions of Labelexpo ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... medical dosage reminder label that was entered in the Flexography (Line/Non-Prime) category. The converter's challenge: Develop a medical dosage schedule label with no release and create a bond, no adhesive. ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... many different properties from a release liner, and no single liner can fulfill all requirements. Liner specification cannot be separated from adhesive and carrier specifications, and the chemistry ...

Inspect Critical Apps

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

October 31, 2010, ... software platform is suited for critical applications such as inspecting pharmaceutical labels; confirming proper colors and text are present; checking shapes, contamination, adhesive tabs, etc., in nonwoven ...

Color Separations

(Print)

October 31, 2010, When someone tampers with or tries to remove an AuthentiCal color-changing label manufactured by William Frick & Co., Libertyville, IL, the polyester film's pressure-sensitive adhesive hen someone tampers ...

Press Offers High Image Quality

(Digital)

September 30, 2010, ... wide and prints at a speed of 19.2 mpm, regardless of the amount of colors used. Called ideal for the production of self-adhesive and heat transfer labels, press is equipped with a high-precision LED-based ...

Peel Away

(Label/Tape)

September 30, 2010, IntegraPeel technology from Curwood, Oshkosh, WI, integrates peel-off promotions directly into the package, reducing costs associated with adhesive labels while retaining brand identity and barrier protection ...

UPM Raflatac Says: It's Prime Time

(Label/Tape)

September 28, 2010, ... company's high quality, high performance, all-temperature adhesive. UPM Raflatac also served as a material supplier for the Labelexpo Technology Workshops, which featured four working presses, each using ...

Xeikon Expands Label Production Capabilities with 'One-Pass' Opaque Whit

(Label/Tape)

September 26, 2010, ... labels.   Transparent—or clear film—self-adhesive labels have emerged as a highly desirable option for companies looking to enhance their brand image and seeking an alternative to glue-attached paper ...