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AIMCAL Awards | Toothpaste Carton Is 'Touching' Winne

(Coating/Laminating)

March 16, 2016, ... Web-Coated Product of the Year Award, named in honor of the late Peter Rigney, former publisher of Paper, Film and Foil Converter and long-time champion of the competition, who passed away in 1997. Unifoil ...

FTA Awards | Sunshine FPC Wins Two Best of Show Honors

(Print)

March 09, 2016, ... OF SHOW WINNERS Wide Web, Process, Coated Sunshine FPC Inc. The Extraordinary Fruit Co. Roast Figs and Apricots Wrapper The converter reports this job required a complex combination of screen ...

Sticking With It | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives 101

(Coating/Laminating)

March 04, 2016, ... a label from a pre-coated roll or pull off a liner to apply a sign to a surface. Pressure-sensitive adhesive laminations comprise three main components: the facestock or carrier, liner, and adhesive. ...

Domtar Mill Celebrates 100 Years

(Flexpack)

February 26, 2016, ... In 2002 new owner Weyerhaeuser invested $475 million to install a new uncoated free-sheet machine, recovery boiler, and bleached hardwood pulp line. In 2007, Domtar took over the Weyerhaeuser Fine Paper ...

Static Beat | How To Solve Static Problems Quickly

(Surface Prep)

February 23, 2016, ... should be improved or restored to the designed performance. Finally, static causes product quality problems. Sparks can damage printed images and thin coated layers such as release coatings. And, static ...

Sappi Expands Line with Heavyweight Options

(Materials)

February 05, 2016, ... performance on a wide range of coated one-side (C1S) applications, including litho labels, envelopes, book dust jackets, set-up boxes, and point-of-purchase displays. The new heavyweight LusterCote product ...

Neenah Expands Folding Board Portfolio

(Carton Box)

January 29, 2016, ... the coming together of these two businesses, now with the ability to offer both coated and uncoated options, in eye-catching new finishes and trending colors,” says Diane L Marchionna, brand manager, Neenah ...

Carestream Contract Manufacturing Adds Capabilities

(Coating/Laminating)

January 26, 2016, ... services for advanced materials applications, opened the year with upgraded multilayer solution coating capabilities. In 2015, Carestream broadened its offerings for coated and cast film-based advanced ...

Menasha Offers LAMa POP Displays in US, Canada

(Carton Box)

January 19, 2016, Renews and extends license with Marin's Intl. NEENAH, WI | Menasha has renewed and extended its license for LAMá point-of-sale display systems. Menasha’s new five-year contract allows the promotional ...

API Foils Offers Enhanced Hot-Stamping Product Line

(Flexpack)

January 17, 2016, ... adhesion over a wide range of substrates, wide-ranging area capability on coated stock, and over-printability when used in conjunction with ink systems designed for plastic adhesion. "With roots going ...

HP and KBA Collaborate on Corrugated Press

(Corrugated)

December 13, 2015, ... A50 aqueous pigmented CMYK inks, customers can print offset-quality on standard uncoated and coated liners from 80-400 grams/sq m (GSM), for greater cost savings, versatility, productivity and quality ...

AIMCAL Members: An Invitation To Compete

(News | New Products)

November 29, 2015, ... hard to convert it! New this year: The AIMCAL Awards competition has been expanded to include ALL web coated products. Deadline for entries is December 18, 2015. Act now to assure your company receives ...

PPC Report Sees Growth in Folding Cartons

(Carton Box)

November 28, 2015, ... the foreseeable future. It is predicted that boxboard prices—which have been increasing over recent years—will begin to fall as increased coated cartonboard capacity from China continues to spill over ...

API Foils Launches Hot-Stamping Metallic Foil

(Materials)

October 17, 2015, The MV-Plus Series, suited for coated and uncoated substrates, is said to provide brightness, heat resistance, and good adhesion LAWRENCE, KS | API Foils announces the North American release of the ...

PPC Awards | Ellis Group Honored for Stunning Family of Cartons

(Carton Box)

October 07, 2015, ... panel, under which the product is inset into even more coated, foil stamped board. Providing an immersive brand experience from store shelf to unboxing and beyond, this carton clearly demonstrates paperboard’s ...

TLMI Awards | WS Packaging Wins Best of Show

(Label/Tape)

October 06, 2015, ... TCS 250 press is used to print the Fasson substrate with inks and coatings supplied by Siegwerk. Challenging aspects of this label cited by the converter are uncoated paper, seven offset colors, hot ...

Esko System Helps Prepress House and Its Customers

(News | New Products)

October 05, 2015, ... approved in less than two hours. “The customer was extremely happy with the results,” says Bernier. “It looked great—CMYK process and tight registration on uncoated paper." Among all the technologies ...

Epson Introduces SureColor P-Series Printers

(News | New Products)

September 27, 2015, ... 99-percent of the PANTONE FORMULA GUIDE Solid Coated. In addition, the printers are configurable with an optional Epson SpectroProofer UVS in-line spectrophotometer designed to provide automated color ...

Foil Substrates: Handling, Web Control & Substrate Interaction

(Coating/Laminating)

September 21, 2015, ... as you move towards water-based fluid coating. Solvent-based fluid coating can typically attack the foil substrate surface better to form a coated product. In addition to wetting of the substrate, spreading ...

Sonoco Announces Price Increase

(Materials)

September 07, 2015, Due to increased in costs for recovered paper, the company recently raised the price for all graces of uncoated recycled paperboard HARTSVILLE, SC | Sonoco raised the price for all grades of uncoated ...