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Properly Select a Web Guide for Your Operation

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

June 30, 2021, ... or the surface roughness of the rollers also play a critical part in web guiding. Grooved rollers help eliminate air entrainment. Especially with non-porous webs such as plastics, grooved rollers help ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable, Coated Lidding Film Ahead of the Proposed UK Plastic Packaging Tax

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2021, ... priority with both brands and consumers, Starlid GPE-CL is a significant development for the food packaging industry.” Suitable for all types of food products including dairy, convenience, meat, fruit ...

Achieving Durable Codes in the Toughest of Conditions

(Coating/Laminating)

April 21, 2021, ... interfere with code adhesion. This is particularly the case in routinely hot regions, especially if air conditioning in factories and refrigerated trucks for distribution are not regularly used or reliably ...

In the Spotlight: IMS Technologies Q&A

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 29, 2021, ... is the perfect choice to pair with our end-of-line automation for a state-of-the-art downstream material handling. How are your products or services helping companies to achieve sustainability goals? ...

GMG to Sponsor FTA FORUM/INFOFLEX 2021 Conference

(Upcoming Conference News)

March 24, 2021, ... involvement, Rick Guebert, GMG Americas Director of Sales, Southern Region, will be a session chair at the event. “Showcasing Emerging Products”, scheduled for 1:30-3:00pm on May 11, features a roster ...

Roundtable Q&A: ROLL CLEANING & MAINTENANCE

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2021, ... retaining effectiveness.  The unit should be simple enough for your own staff to be able to carry out basic repairs, servicing and general maintenance.  You also shouldn’t need to introduce an entirely ...

Achieving Fluid Production: Controlling Static and Contamination

(News | New Products)

February 14, 2021, ... machinery can also lead to static generation through induction. The presence of static can lead to a myriad of problems – contamination being one of the most significant. Static charges attract airborne ...

Achieving Fluid Production: Controlling Static and Contamination

(News | New Products)

January 27, 2021, ... machinery can also lead to static generation through induction. The presence of static can lead to a myriad of problems – contamination being one of the most significant. Static charges attract airborne ...

AIMCAL Hall of Honor Inducts First Five Members

(News | New Products)

October 19, 2020, ... growth. My most satisfying accomplishment while vice president and program chairman was working with Bob Burgess (president 1998-2000) to move a failing technical program with unsustainable attendance ...

Meech International Announces Launch of CyClean-R: A New Non-Contact Web Cleaner for Webs Running in Low Tension

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2020, ... installations and applications. Able to be installed as either a single- or double-sided unit, it is also suitable for a variety of web widths. Every system also has air balancing and auto airflow adjustment, ...

Technical Support Under Extreme Circumstances

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

August 02, 2020, ... industry has been affected, it has weathered the storm fairly well. Outlined as a critical sector by the federal Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in early March, manufacturing facilities ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... group, or product, this term refers to the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted into the air as a result of various activities. Most relevant to the food packaging industry would be activities like the ...

Rising to the Challenge

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2020, ... of quality products. What does that mean? No reliance on foreign sources for products, quick turn around on orders, repairs done in house to assure a quick return to productions and loaner equipment available ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2020, ... eco-friendly process, as well, featuring low power consumption and ink savings. Some presses can even save 50-75% of waste throughout the printing process, reducing heat and air and ink loss. By utilizing ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... group, or product, this term refers to the amount of greenhouse gasses emitted into the air as a result of various activities. Most relevant to the food packaging industry would be activities like the ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... Some presses can even save 50-75% of waste throughout the printing process, reducing heat and air and ink loss. By utilizing technologies like these, printers offer brands a way to decrease the overall ...

Wen Chyuan Brings Western Quality to Sheet Fed Lamination

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2020, ... while the hot-air dryer consumes 20 percent less power by re-circulation.  Available with a disc knife for BOPP film or a flying knife for BOPP/PET/metallised film, the machine comes in three sizes from ...

Converting Solutions During Critical Times

(Static Elimination)

April 12, 2020, ... charge on the substrate. Air can be an impactful delivery method for ions, but as web speed increases the impactfulness of the air as a means of delivery diminishes. In terms of static charge measurement, ...

Interview: Drupa Postponed to April 2021

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2020, Mid-March, the postponement of the world's leading trade fair for printing technologies, drupa, to April 20 - 30, 2021 was announced due to the exponential spread of the coronavirus Mid-March, the postponement ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... have been added in North America that intend to provide material to the transportation sector. Filtration media has also been strong as public awareness of health issues drives demand for cleaner air, ...