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Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2015, ... and MM648 biaxially oriented polypropylene films featuring the company’s very low temperature seal (VLTS) coating, which is said to deliver high performance in demanding high- and variable-speed horizontal ...

Defect Detection | Filmquest Enhances its Reputation with Surface Inspection System

(Controls)

October 21, 2015, ... manager, who was able to supply several handheld models, giving Filmquest an opportunity to review various options of light patterns and coverage areas, specific to Filmquest’s unique coating requirements. ...

TLMI Awards | WS Packaging Wins Best of Show

(Label/Tape)

October 06, 2015, ... label substrate is holographic foil with UV coating. An HP Indigo WS6600 press is used for digital printing. Kodak plates are used for flexo printing. Achieving the 5-mm lift on the screen tactile while ...

Maan Group to Display Module for Linerless Labels

(Label/Tape)

September 05, 2015, The lnlinerless Module, said to provide a silicone and hot melt coating in one passage efficiently, will be on display at Labelexpo Europe 2015 RAALTE, THE NETHERLANDS | Maan Group will show its lnlinerless ...

Essentra Introduces Tapes for UV-Coated Material

(Label/Tape)

August 31, 2015, ... adhesives typically have poor or no adhesion quality when applied to UV-coated material. To get around this issue, printers have had to block out or use spot coating applications to keep areas intended ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls

(Trends/Management)

August 18, 2015, ... label, but the release coating and the liner are eliminated. This provides more labels on a roll and offers reduced transportation, warehousing, and labor costs. Lifetime Achievement Award Kurt Walker, ...

Maxcess Signs Purchase Agreement to Acquire Valley Roller Co.

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2015, Maxcess acquires Valley Roller Co., representing the second acquisition in eight months. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess Intl. Corp., a global leader in innovative products and services for the web handling ...

Show Preview | CPP Expo 2015 Adds 3D Printing Pavilion

(Trends/Management)

July 29, 2015, ... programs—many featuring PFFC’s expert columnists. Subjects will include slitting/rewinding, coating/laminating, flexographic and digital printing, food packaging, and more. Spotlight on 3D A new pavilion, ...

Martin Automatic Shows Line at Labelexpo Europe

(News | New Products)

July 28, 2015, The MBS splicer and the LRD rewinder, already sold to an Italian converter, will be demonstrated at the show ROCKFORD, IL | Martin Automatic will be exhibiting at Labelexpo Europe 2015, Stand 7A35, ...

Web Lines | Unwritten Rules, Part 2

(Technical Reports)

June 08, 2015, ... sometime hear or see people who want to justify their web to one side. This may be due to the location of fixed web guide edge detectors, or it may be a process constraint of a coating or other process. ...

CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2015, ... retrofitting, chucks, shafts, spreading, and guiding. C02 Coating and Drying - Meet the Experts 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Room 504D Presented by: CEMA Fundamental Seminars, AIMCAL—This seminar takes ...

CPP EXPO Reports on Conference Agenda

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2015, ... print engine—they know the material handling, the industry, and the applications. Additionally, some of the vendors for thin films also know how to dry water-based inks and coatings on typical flexible ...

Show Preview | FTA’s 2015 Info*Flex and Forum in Perfect Harmony

(Print)

April 08, 2015, ... treated polyethylenes. AquaTech ION Label systems are water-based flexo inks for tag and label applications. KECO Engineered Coatings Inc. (Booth 707) offers a variety of coatings for the printing and ...

NPE 2015 Wrap-up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 31, 2015, ... slitting the web and winding onto bobbins, weaving the ribbons, then extrusion coating and printing, bagmaking, palletizing, and finishing.  In the current era of reducing offerings, W&H offers complete ...

Should Unwind Tension Be Lower Than Winding Tension?

(Web Handling)

March 26, 2015, ... some films, slip additives or coatings change over time, dropping the product’s inside to outside coefficient of friction and again lowering the roll’s torque transmission capacity. When a customer has ...

Anilox Roll Cleaning Systems Is Turnkey Provider

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2015, ... no consumables to purchase. Company says this is the greenest technology available today and works on all types of inks and coatings and line screens. This turnkey provider will clean rolls at its facility ...

AIMCAL Awards | Golf Balls & Ceramic Balls Are Game Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2015, Product & Technology of the Year Awards praise Hazen for Titleist golf ball sleeves and cartons and SAM N.A. for slot die with internal ceramic ball for uniform coating profile. Kudos go to Hazen Paper ...

Reducing Surface Contamination

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

March 05, 2015, ... to ensure a quality finished product. Whether the process being used is blown film, cast film, cast sheet, extrusion coating, extrusion lamination, adhesive coating, or adhesive laminating... all processes ...

Flexible Packaging | Coveris, Cryovac Big Winners at FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2015, ... registered matte coating enhances aesthetics and ultimately, brand value. Packaging with premium looks and paper like finish. The best part of the pouch is the brilliance in printing. This smoothness is ...

ICE USA 2015 - Orlando, Florida Summary

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 14, 2015, ... I moderated an informative session on extrusion coating and hot melts on Tuesday, in which SAM-NA, Dow Chemical, ITW Dynatec and Bruce Foster presented papers.  The AIMCAL networking event on Tuesday evening ...