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Treofan Partners with Turkish Company

(Flexpack)

September 04, 2017, ... trading companies in the packaging and label industry. In partnership with Actega Terra, it reportedly was the first company to provide IML coatings to the Turkish market. The collaboration with Treofan ...

Sun Chemical and Sappi Collaborate

(News | New Products)

August 28, 2017, ... piece for Sun’s award-winning Innovative Solutions book for brand owners and converters. The companion piece features ten printed sample pages utilizing Sun Chemical UV inks and coatings and combines it ...

Heat Technologies Updates Demo Facility

(Coating/Laminating)

August 22, 2017, ... allowing reduced temperature of the air by 70–80 deg. That makes possible not only coating the inks, adhesives, coatings, etc., from 2–400 gsm wet weight, but offers customers complete simulation of a ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... of polymers, laminations, and coatings with emphasis on R&D, quality assurance, manufacturing, marketing, operations, finance, and expert witness experience in the blown film, cast film, orienting, extrusion ...

B&W MEGTEC Launches Drying Lab

(Coating/Laminating)

July 30, 2017, An in-house bench-top drying system profiles drying characteristics of coatings and substrates from small-size samples DE PERE, WI | Babcock & Wilcox MEGTEC has developed an exclusive in-house drying ...

BOBST and Radex Form New Company: Mouvent

(News | New Products)

July 05, 2017, ... it writes the software around the printers, develops inks and coatings for various substrates, as well as providing a full servicing offering. The company is promising a new standard in inkjet label production ...

Diamond Packaging Wins Gold Leaf Award for Fragrance Carton

(Carton Box)

July 05, 2017, ... also won Silver Leaf and Bronze Leaf awards in the “Best Use of Foil and Embossing” and “Creative Use of Specialty UV Coatings” categories, respectively, for its 2017 corporate calendar, a popular promotional ...

Talking TiO2 Issues Ahead of World Summit

(Flexpack)

July 04, 2017, ... challenges and opportunities faced in the current supply/demand climate? Answer: Titanium dioxide (TiO2) has no real substitutes, and it is an essential ingredient in the products of our coatings, plastics ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... air. (Stack modulus can be reduce with greater porosity, increased roughness, lower winding tension, more entrained air, compliant coatings, and soft interleave webs. Oscillate thickness variations by ...

SAM Chooses Vetaphone for Surface Treatment

(News | New Products)

July 04, 2017, ... trials and solution coating research, offering solvent- and water-based as well as UV and 100% solids coatings opportunities in a clean room environment. The exclusive cartridge system concept allows quick ...

Sun Chemical and acpo to Show Films

(Label/Tape)

June 28, 2017, ... for the first time. According to the companies, by combining acpo’s self-wound films and Sun Chemical’s SunBar Aerobloc oxygen barrier coatings, any label printer with a lamination unit will be able ...

PPC Boot Camp Educates Industry Freshmen

(Carton Box)

June 27, 2017, ... their inks. He covered several common issues that carton converters should keep in mind. For example, oil-based inks take about three days to dry completely. Although coatings can allow for quicker use, ...

Uflex Reports Gravure Cell Optimization

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2017, ... structure, TB cell structure, and others, which render solid backgrounds, coating with high and low depths, other specialized coatings, vignettes, half tone images, among several others. Agarwal continues, ...

INX Expands Kansas Facility

(Coating/Laminating)

June 19, 2017, The plant in Edwardsville, KS, is now double the size to support company’s growth in energy-curable inks and coatings SCHAUMBURG, IL | INX International Ink Company recently doubled the size of its ...

Dow & Koehler Win EPA Green Chemistry Award

(Flexpack)

June 19, 2017, ... Gargione, global business director for Dow Functional Coatings. “Our broad portfolio and investments into sustainable coating technologies for thermal, board, and other paper applications demonstrate our ...

Ashland Coating System Is Patented

(Coating/Laminating)

June 19, 2017, PureKote 23589 and PureKote 21412A coatings for flexible packaging are said to be improve feel and provide resistance to water and scuffs DUBLIN, OH | Ashland has received US patent 9,539,795 for its ...

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

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, ... than 0.7 mil. These products are generally very viscous and so lower thickness coatings will have significant defects caused by the coating method, including streaking. Outlook So, what does the future ...

Global Specialty Products Cleaner Is “Green”

(Coating/Laminating)

June 13, 2017, ... polymers, coatings, and varnishes, as well as UV-based inks and adhesives from all types of printing equipment including rubber, plastic, stainless steel surfaces, and all press equipment (anilox, ceramic, ...

ACTEGA Launches UV Shrink Inks

(News | New Products)

June 11, 2017, Company adds UV shrink inks, said to add press efficiencies, to its ACTExact line DELRAN, NJ | ACTEGA North America, a member of global specialty ink, coatings, and sealants company ALTANA AG, is launching ...

FocalSpec Announces Roughness Scanner

(Controls)

June 06, 2017, ... sheets, laminates, coatings. and paper webs. The system’s LCI sensor, mounted on a traversing frame, automatically scans for the web’s microtopography across its full width. The system freezes and analyzes ...