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BJK Flexible Packaging Expands with Blown Film Line

(Flexpack)

January 22, 2014, Adds capacity with 5-layer Reifenhauser-Kiefel blown film line WICHITA, KS | BJK Flexible Packaging, a specialty films producer based in Louisville, KY, has expanded its film production capacity with ...

Thinfilm Builds Stand-Alone Smart Sensor Label

(Label/Tape)

January 20, 2014, ... include: Low-voltage display driver based on complementary organic logic (June 2013) Memory write based on detection of temperature thresholds (December 2012) Full addressing logic for multi-bit ...

Amcor Flexibles Wins WorldStar Award

(Flexpack)

January 07, 2014, ... solids such as tablets, capsules, or powders. The Advanced Blister Design is based on an existing blister pack, which was re-engineered in such a way that the material consumption has been reduced by more ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... quality. The dryer is said to offer environmental benefits by broadening the use of water-based ink and reducing energy consumption. Compared to conventional dryers, this equipment reportedly uses up to ...

E.C. Shaw Installs nyloflex NExT FV Exposure

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2013, ... production house dedicated to providing its customers the latest in flexographic printing plates, saw the opportunity with the nyloflex NExT exposure to strengthen its customer base by offering a more ...

Freedonia Group Issues Study of Bioplastics

(Substrates)

December 10, 2013, ... a new study entitled World Bioplastics, in which the group predicts global demand for biobased and biodegradable plastics will rise 19%/yr to 960,000 metric tons in 2017. The bioplastics industry, while ...

CGS Adds Color Management Products

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2013, ORIS Lynx is a cloud-based solution and IC3D Suite for the packaging industry aids 3D packaging visualization   MINNEAPOLIS, MN | CGS Publishing Technologies Intl. announces two new products that ...

Clear Lam Produces Rollstock for Multi-Packs

(Flexpack News)

November 25, 2013, ... with traditional petroleum-based resin or with bio-based materials. To achieve consistent snap-apart strength, company enhances the rollstock with compounded additives produced by its CL Polymers Division. ...

Mondi Offers New PerfoamPack Film

(Flexpack News)

November 13, 2013, PE-based packaging film combines sustainability with cost savings VIENNA, AUSTRIA | At the German trade fair FachPack in October, Mondi demonstrated that it can offer products that are stable, sustainable, ...

Cortec Produces Multimetal Corrosion Protection Paper

(Paper)

November 12, 2013, ... a water-based barrier coating. In manufacturing process there is no chlorine or other bleaching chemicals. This is said to completely eliminate package contamination found with other VCI/VPI papers on ...

PPC Awards | JohnsByrne Earns Paperboard Package of the Year

(Carton Box)

October 27, 2013, ... Packaging International, Atlanta, GA, for its Yuengling Tite-Pak 12-Count carton for D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. GPI developed partitions in the shape of shark fins that are pushed up from the base between ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... preference for pressure-sensitive labeling for premium products. Equally, release liner—whether paper- or film-based—is fully recyclable and sustainable. It is, however, at the end of its working life ...

Wipak UK Expands Flexible Packaging Production

(News | New Products)

October 24, 2013, ... at a minimum slit width of 50 mm. As part of the Finland-based Wihuri Group, the Wipak Group holds a leading rank in the development and manufacture of multilayer films (especially barrier films) ...

K-Show 2013 & Upcoming Extrusion Coating Seminars

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 23, 2013, ... of their PBE's (Propylene-Based Elastomers) trademarked as VistamaxxTM. To this end, ExxonMobil has developed a line of polyolefinic copolymers of propylene and ethylene produced using metallocene technology.  ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... for traditional solvent-based tape and label manufacturing, especially as the “green” label is providing a marketing edge in commerce. But what are the limitations? How thin can an adhesive be stretched ...

AIPIA Covers Key Issues in Active & Intelligent Packaging

(Flexpack News)

October 09, 2013, ... of packaging and food engineering (ITEGA) based in Montreal, QC, Canada, adds, “Delegates came from every continent to listen to what our speakers had to tell them and to network in a very focused way ...

AVT & Nilpeter Collaborate on Integrated Technology

(Controls News)

October 08, 2013, ... feature, which applies corrections to the ink keys of digital pre-set files based on previously run jobs. The enhanced Microcolor/Mercury and CIP3 pre-setting solutions can be installed on new and existing ...

MAXStick Products Offers Platen Roller

(Adhesives)

October 06, 2013, Roller for linerless label printers accommodates hot melt, rubber-based adhesives and works with all of company’s liner-free label products   LANCASTER, PA | MAXStick Products announces the development ...

Gibson Box Switches to Automated Gluing System

(Carton Box News)

September 30, 2013, ... channel provides a different pattern based on the selected glue lengths and gaps. “We’re able to produce higher, more consistent quality because the setups and the glue patterns are the same every time. ...

On Print | Impact of 3-D Printing on the Converting Industry

(On Print)

September 26, 2013, ... of the base and the height the supporting table or the depositing unit can move. By contrast, converting seldom adds more than three comparatively thin layers on any one machine. As the list in Table ...