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Reduced glue consumption in the Paper Sack Production with Digital Pasting

(Folding/Gluing)

December 25, 2018, ... system was commissioned... -. Wilhelm Dyckerhoff, Managing Partner at dy-pack: "Digital pasting by W&H reduced our glue consumption by at least 30 percent compared to conventional systems. This means cost ...

U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... range of protective properties, yet employs a minimum of material. Flexible packaging’s versatility, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness contribute to its continued growth. FPA gathers the information ...

New Challenge Launched to Identify Recovery Solutions for Multi-Material Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2018, ... pet food bags, confectionary wrappers, and chip bags and represents the fastest growing segment within the packaging industry. It tends to provide advantages in cost, material efficiency, and low emissions ...

SOMA Offers Optima2 10 COL 10-Color Flexo Press

(Flexography)

November 03, 2018, ... times to increase efficiencies, therefore reducing costs. Czech Republic-based SOMA, producer of flexographic printing presses, slitter rewinders and laminators reveals the features behind the efficiency ...

Industry Supplier Q&A | Roll Handling with Material Handling Sales Associates

(Roll Handling)

September 23, 2018, ... in roll or sheet form, represent the most considerable portion of production costs. Press manufacturers are constantly improving efficiency and process speeds. Most customers realize that without a continuous, ...

Knowledge is Power: Tracking Machine Performance

(Bag Pouch)

August 29, 2018, ... individual KPIs for the machine you’ve chosen. Generally, and most often, these include measuring for increased efficiency, reduced downtime, higher quality and cost savings. With or without a data communication ...

IMDA Awards | In-Mold Innovation & Sophistication Lead the Way

(IML/IMD)

June 13, 2018, ... being vacuum formed into the injection mold cavity prior to injection. This unique process allows for deep draw shapes and contours common in automotive interiors in a most cost-effective way by eliminating ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... in the industry? What do you see as the biggest potential over the next two to three years? FULLER: Many non-food applications are looking at non-laminated structures to drive overall cost-per-pouch ...

FINAT Technical Seminar Ranges Widely

(Label/Tape)

April 25, 2018, ... production process, which today is much simpler and faster by the linking of “front end” activities via digital workflows. Digitizing the production process can, he showed, not only reduce the costs of ...

BW Papersystems Launches RFID Tag Unit

(Label/Tape)

April 23, 2018, ... in cost and an increase in efficiency in the production process of RFID tags.  Jürgen Rexer, global technical sales manager RFID at BW Papersystems’ Stuttgart, Germany, location, says, “The irresistible ...

S&SE Adds Flaring Abatement Technology

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2018, ... heat content and can self-sustain the combustion without the need for additional external combustion gas. Flare technologies offer tradeoffs between equipment cost, operating expenses, design complexity, ...

Hyde Increases Commitment to Clean Energy

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2018, ... generation by adding an additional 784 high-efficiency LG solar panels on top of its headquarters building for the betterment of the community and long-term cost savings.  More than half of Hyde’s ...

Dow Launches Solvent-Borne Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2018, ... adhesive also is said to improve cost-in-use and performance for various applications such as snack and ready-meals packaging, juice stand-up pouches, personal care packaging, sailcloth, and photovoltaic ...

Metsä Board Offers Eco-Barrier Paperboard

(Carton Box)

February 05, 2018, ... cost without compromising on the quality or barrier properties of the board. Print machine time for barrier treatment was reduced by 50 percent, and 65 percent less varnish was needed thanks to the special ...

Material Science | The Future of Packaging

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, ... food waste is extremely costly. Preliminary analysis of a recent three-month trial of RFID tags by a leading food retailer in the UK points to a potential reduction in food waste of 20% and food stock ...

BOBST Metallizer Handles Many Films

(Coating/Laminating)

January 24, 2018, ... savings in production costs. The winding mechanism incorporates a six-drive system giving three independent tension control zones. It provides low tension winding with adjustable bowed rollers to produce ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... gains traction, which will help to decrease the cost of solar panels and improve efficiency. “Display holograms, which are often overlooked and a small sector within the holographic market also possess ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... driven by cost control, and new applications which require release coatings—are directing the industry in a number of directions, he said. In brief, these are the need for ‘flat’ release liner profiles ...

Esko Launches Large Digital Cutting Table

(Bag Pouch)

November 19, 2017, ... a digital printing press, to cost effectively manufacture large-format printed packaging and displays in a variety of run lengths. The new press has enabled us to win several key contracts, which is why ...

A 4-Shift, Around-the-Clock Schedule EVERYONE Will Love—REVISITED

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 13, 2017, ... most efficiently when run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. By “work schedule,” I mean a work schedule that minimizes overtime cost to the manufacturer and reduces stress on manufacturing, supervisory ...