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Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2012, ... duties. The 12-pt Foiljet Digital paperboard is coated on two sides with a proprietary coating, certified for printing on HP Indigo digital presses. Billed as the first HP Indigo-certified transfer-metallized ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... Heidelberg will debut an energy-saving single-lamp configuration for conventional as well as highly reactive UV inks and coatings. The Heidelberg Linoprint L (formerly iTS6oo) is based on its CSAT acquisition ...

Printers’ Resource Dene Taylor Strengthens PFFC Masthead

(Yo's Yarns)

February 07, 2012, ... E-Clips e-newsletter subscribers have a new resource to whom they can address their coating and printing concerns. Dr. Dene Taylor has agreed to offer his consulting expertise on PFFC’s website each month ...

Static Beat: Surface Resistivity Testing

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2011, ... of surface conductivity, and coatings can be formulated to provide some conductivity. Of course, to dissipate static, we don't need very much conductivity. In fact, the numbers are so small that it is ...

Wine Label Growth Fuels Investment

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2011, ... it precisely to meet our actual needs, with screen, cold foil, and plastic coating, but no offset.” OMET | www.matik.com What's happening at your company? Send your news to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. ...

Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... in the development of these adhesive and coating services. Traditionally, hot-melts have been the widely accepted option for roll-on shrink-on and roll-fed seams, but have not been commercially available ...

Argraf Group Installs 10-Color Omet Press

(Label/Tape)

May 05, 2011, Argraf Group, one of the leading Spanish and European label converting groups for the food and beverage market, with a particular interest in the wine sector, recently installed a 10-colour OMET X-Flex ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... requirements. Four 40-in. sheetfed offset presses include three six-color presses and a specially built 13-unit Komori, configured with nine print units, two flexo anilox coating stations in front and ...

Web Cleaning: To Contact or Not?

(Web Cleaning)

January 31, 2011, ... aside, if the production line is used for substrates with a sensitive coating or that are prone to marking, then a noncontact system will be the best option. This is also the situation with companies operating ...

Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

December 31, 2010, ... charge. Antistatic layers or coatings come in two flavors: conductive layers and charge control layers. Each type of antistatic layer has advantages and drawbacks as summarized in Table I. Of course, ...

Short Path to Versatility

(Flexography)

November 30, 2010, ... it makes it easier to be successful. The new 340 can only help that.” The press, which was installed in November 2009, allows virtually any combination of inks, adhesives, coatings, and substrates, ...

Pilot Coaters: Small Volume, Big Advances

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, Until recently, development of laboratory and pilot coater technology has been relatively stagnant. The many improvements increased coating speeds, improved Until recently, development of laboratory ...

Michelman Increases Reactor Capacity at Cincinnati Plant

(Coating)

August 31, 2010, ... surface modifiers, additives and polymers Michelman offers for applications, including interior and exterior wood coatings, industrial coatings, fibers and composites, construction coatings, digitial ...

Web Lines: How To Control Roller Nips

(Web Handling)

July 31, 2010, ... are one of the following: You are looking for the least expensive design to push two rollers together. You want to control thickness, such as metering a coating or calendaring rubber or similar webs. ...

Static Beat: Corona Treaters & Ionizers Compared

(Static Elimination)

May 31, 2010, To prevent static problems such as coating defects, dust attraction, and sparks, static neutralizers may be installed along the film conveyance path. To prevent static problems such as coating defects, ...

Trends in technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2010, ... methods Development of fundamental process engineering science concepts, which have been used to improve the design of equipment coating applicators and the behavior of materials during handling and ...

Do It Yourself

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2009, In these challenging economic times, reducing costs can be as important as increasing sales. Well, almost. And while adhesives and coatings may account In these challenging economic times, reducing costs ...

New Roles for Converters

(Archive)

September 30, 2009, ... in one facility. The ability to use and manufacture flexible substrates permits non-planar product structures. The current coating application and printing processes — gravure, inkjet, slot dies, reverse ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... said to provide an excellent overall view of register marks, coating and printing defects, or small mechanical or electrical components. At 140x magnification, the finest halftone dot details are clearly ...

Dissipating Static

(Static-Beat)

September 30, 2009, ... have some positive charge, and the other will have negative charge. Using the triboelectric series as a guide, we know the film will have negative charge after contact with aluminum oxide in the hard coating. ...