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Parkside Launches Reclosable Lidding Film for Snack Pots

(Flexpack)

July 05, 2017, ... laser capability. The re-close lidding film, which includes an anti-fog coating, includes a patent applied pressure-sensitive adhesive that has been specifically developed by Parkside offering optimum ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... over time, including coating, laminate layers, and surface roughness or features. Mechanics of thickness loss include: air compressing, air escaping, adhesive oozing, tissue or porous films compressing, ...

Roller Geometry | What Is Your Roller’s True Shape?

(Web Handling)

June 21, 2017, How does a roller’s shape influence a coated product and coating defects? The variation of a roller’s geometry can produce many web handling problems. How does a roller’s shape influence a coated product ...

Sticking With It | Overview of Radiation Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, ... and attention during the coating process. Since full cure only occurs when the appropriate dose of UV light to cause the photoinitiator to activate is delivered, proper processing becomes more critical. ...

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

(Label/Tape)

June 12, 2017, ... While graphics are simple, judges felt they're also elegant in shades of gray with spot UV coating that adds to the premium quality complemented by an artistic burst of color. Best Label Design, Silver ...

BOBST Open House Celebrates Gravure

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2017, ... has been enabled by the incorporation of a new sound-dampening technology in the dryers. The dual impingement and floatation technology is one of the company’s hallmarks of its laminators and coating machines. ...

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

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2017, ... with the converting industry for more than 30 years and writes a blog, Tom's Poly Ploys, for PFFC. It focuses on the field of polymers, laminations, and coatings with emphasis on R&D, quality assurance, ...

Trends/Management | Managing Change for Continuous Improvement in a Regulated Industry

(Trends/Management)

May 30, 2017, ... were spent in managerial positions that covered most operational and technical aspects of manufacturing. His technical experience includes aqueous coating and manufacturing of oriented films. He is currently ...

Static Beat | 'GeeZE' Rules for Static Reading

(Surface Prep)

May 23, 2017, ... operators and damage thin coatings such as release layers. Sparks that are too small to see, hear, or feel can ignite flammable solvent vapors. And, sparks deposit spots of static charge on webs that can ...

Vetaphone Corona Treater Installed at acpo

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2017, Added to latest of five coating lines OAK HARBOR, OH | A Vetaphone corona treater has been installed at acpo, a manufacturer of self-wound over laminate film. The treater was installed on the latest ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 1

(Flexpack)

May 03, 2017, ...  This is true across the entire spectrum of polymer film production, including blown film, cast film, double bubble, oriented cast sheet, and extrusion coating. The technology developed by Roberto Colombo ...

Mica Adds Photovoltaic Array for Clean Energy

(Coating/Laminating)

May 01, 2017, ... supplier of water-borne primers and coatings for the flexible packaging industry, says the new photovoltaic solar panel system atop its headquarters in Shelton, CT, will generate clean energy starting ...

Specialty Papers Conference Coming Up

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2017, ...  Sustainability Pushing Forward the Specialty Papers Industry Barrier Developments for Specialty Papers Specialty Paper Coatings Printing Innovations for Specialty Papers To be considered, please ...

AIMCAL Awards | Film's Sharkskin-Like Properties Control Bacteri

(Coating/Laminating)

April 06, 2017, ...  Gold Standard Hazen Paper Co., Holyoke, MA, scooped up a total of three awards in this competition. The first of these was a Technical Award in the Packaging: Food Category for metallizing, coating ...

Celplast Offers Topcoated Metallized Film

(Coating/Laminating)

March 27, 2017, ...  With the imminent commissioning of the world’s first large-scale, 2.45-m-wide Metacoat topcoating and metallizing process, company says it is ready to partner with converters to make their next-generation ...

Show Preview | IADD•FSEA Odyssey 2017 Serves Folding Carton, Corrugated Converters

(Carton Box)

March 27, 2017, ... stamping and diecutting presses; high-speed folder-gluers; auto benders; UV coating machinery; flat and rotary laser cutting systems; samplemakers; stripping pin insertion machines; routing systems; rotary ...

QuadPackaging Expands in Dominican Republic

(Carton Box)

March 21, 2017, ... new die-cutters, upgraded gluers, screen coating, and on-demand corrugate—to deliver premium quality packaging to clients. The new facility has more than double the capacity of the former plant, enabling ...

Show Preview | SVC Techcon 2017 Marks 60th Anniversary

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2017, Conference puts spotlight on vacuum coating for healthcare applications and more. Conference puts spotlight on vacuum coating for healthcare applications and more. Celebrating its 60th Annual Technical ...

Static Beat | Verifying Static Dissipator Performance

(Surface Prep)

March 07, 2017, ... are too small to see or hear can ignite flammable vapors. These small sparks can damage thin coatings, such as release layers. And, spots of static charges deposited by sparks can cause sticking and jamming ...

TRESU Tape Suited for Folding Carton Lines

(Carton Box)

February 26, 2017, Company reports iTape adhesive improves performance on flexo coating lines for digitally printed folding cartons KOLDING, DENMARK | TRESU introduces iTape, an adhesive tape formulated to optimize stability, ...