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Double E Company Acquires Convertech

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2018, ... web handling components to the narrow web industry, including air shafts in a full range of sizes, orientations, and gripping methods, joins Appleton Manufacturing, Epoch Industries, and Double E Europe ...

Coating Tech Slot Dies to Offer Institute

(Coating/Laminating)

February 20, 2018, ... mix of classroom learning paired with hands-on opportunities in a laboratory and on a coating line. Participants can assemble and disassemble parts of a coating line, create coating defects, resolve coating ...

PaperWorks Adds Die-Cutter to Litho Press

(Carton Box)

January 28, 2018, A new die-cutter from Bobst is helping company meet growing production demands at its North Carolina facility BALA CYNWYD, PA | PaperWorks Industries has invested $2 million in a new 40-in. sheet-fed ...

Coating Tech Institute for 2018 Announced

(Coating/Laminating)

January 02, 2018, Registration is open for the event, which is recommended for those new to the industry as well as those who want to add to their knowledge EAU CLAIRE, WI | Coating Tech Institute, a three-day intensive ...

Tangent Shear Slitting | Reduce Edge Defects in Shrink Sleeve Film

(Slit)

December 04, 2017, ... the lower anvil. Similar to a pair of scissors, this point must be closed in order to slit any material. Keeping this nip closed requires the converter to manage the following six critical factors: Slitter ...

OMET Americas Hosts Students

(News | New Products)

November 25, 2017, ... operations and all across the flexographic supply chain. Guest speakers included: Tony Parsons of Nazdar Ink Technologies, Steve Molinets of tesa tape, North America, Randy Davidson of Praxair Surface ...

PPC Reports on Trends in Folding Cartons

(Carton Box)

November 11, 2017, ... Trends also analyzes 17 end-use segments including confectionery, dairy, dry foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and recreational products. This year, four categories were classified as growing markets, ...

Nanotechnology Foils | A New Packaging Design Vista

(Print)

November 07, 2017, ... foil-based brand protection feature for product susceptible to counterfeiting and piracy. The technology also can be used to produce pairs of highly saturated iridescent colors for added design impact, ...

Drug Packaging | Holography Gets in on the Act

(Carton Box)

November 06, 2017, ... a unique product identification code on prescription drug units of sale and homogeneous cases distributed in the US. The chairman of the International Hologram Mfrs. Assn. argues that a product identifier ...

SGIA Honors Golden Image Winners

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2017, The association also announced the Best of Show, the People’s Choice award, and the Product of the Year winners FAIRFAX, VA | The SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association) presented winners of the ...

Flexible Packaging | Constantia Flexibles Reports on Global Trends

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... above sea level. A chips bag manufactured for the US market could burst at that altitude because of the difference in air pressure.” Identifying and responding to trends When developing packaging ...

Polymag Tek & Static Clean Form Alliance

(News | New Products)

September 14, 2017, ... Serving both the converting and medical Industries, the company’s product line consists of non-contact and contact Web Vacs, Static Neutralizing Systems, Static Bars, Power Supplies, Ionizing Air Blowers, ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2017 is its Largest Exhibition To-Date

(Trade Shows)

September 08, 2017, ... will be presented by Mike Fairley and focus on how electronically managing an efficient and profitable twenty-first-century operation is able to offer an integrated management information solution. To ...

FTA to Launch New FIRST Resource

(News | New Products)

August 27, 2017, ... Randazzo, FIRST founder and past chair. “Shortly after my involvement in prepress, I saw the process much differently. What I saw was the potential to refine the process, allowing it to compete with a ...

What Was Your Eclipse Experience?

(Yo's Yarns)

August 23, 2017, ... cars, folding chairs, and tripods—a dead giveaway as to this unusual group's intentions. Continuing on the road for a couple hundred feet, we knew we had passed the perfect location, so we made a 'youie' ...

Avery Survey Shows Label Frustration

(Label/Tape)

August 22, 2017, ... portfolio includes a core of general-purpose, “go-to,” removable adhesives. Paired with film and paper facestocks, they are engineered to work across a variety of substrates and environmental conditions. ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... so great and the mass is so small, instantaneous air quenching reduces crystallinity in a similar manner to water quenched films, and high clarity is the result. Even DSC polymer signatures have been altered ...

Sonoco Presents Innovative WindowCan

(Carton Box)

July 25, 2017, ... of lifestyles. Until now, however, they lacked the kind of window that is the norm in plastic packaging," explains Séan Cairns, VP and general manager at Sonoco Consumer Products Europe. "The WindowCan ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold's 2017 Winners Span the Gamu

(Label/Tape)

June 12, 2017, ... Labels Brand owner: Valio Ltd Molder: RPC Superfos Label supplier: Verstraete In Mold Labels The Finnish leading dairy producer Valio Ltd. presented a lactose-free panna cotta in a specially ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 2

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2017, ... 2. A traditional five-layer coextrusion blown film line showing a nested spiral die, air ring, and bubble. Courtesy Alpine American. However, careful examination of data [6] shows that the secant modulus ...