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NPE2012 Has Exciting Opening

(Substrates)

April 01, 2012, ... at reducing the carbon footprint of end products, cutting back on the material content of packaging, enhancing recyclability, or facilitating development of alternate energy systems such as photovoltaic, ...

On Print | Inkjet for Packaging

(Flexpack)

March 20, 2012, ... inherent print quality and water resistance are obvious advantages. And the coupling with finishing lines, for varnishing, die-cutting, and scoring of board for folding cartons, or laminating, coating, ...

Slitting/Rewinding | Trim Loss as Low as 3%

(Slit)

March 14, 2012, ... loss,” Etchells comments nonchalantly. He calculates one example: “Cutting six-inch material into one-quarter inch would yield 24 cuts with no edge trim. The two outside cuts cannot be accurate; they cannot ...

Avery Dennison Boasts Good Safety Record

(Label/Tape)

March 11, 2012, ... were replaced across the globe with safer cutting tools, which virtually eliminated hand lacerations. In addition, machine safety was improved through “Project Untouchable,” which minimized the amount ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... CHINA | DGM Co. Ltd. (Booth 11C 44), which has a 20-year history in the industry, specializes in automatic folding/gluing, automatic laminating, and automatic die-cutting machinery. The company will display ...

Flexo Printing | Colbert Packaging Installs Nine-Color Primographic Press

(Flexography)

February 28, 2012, ...  Designed for efficiency, the new press can run at speeds of 500 fpm. It includes an in-line Kempsmith flatbed die-cutter as well as a rotary embossing station to streamline the printing and die-cutting ...

WHQuiz Answer #5 - Draw Control Pros/Cons

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, ... shifts in printing and die-cutting registration. Disadvantages: Draw control is widely misunderstood, especially their dependence on upstream tension and strain as baseline for draw zone tension. ...

Tapeworks Now an Approved Converter for 3M

(Adhesives)

February 20, 2012, As an approved converter for 3M for industrial adhesives and tapes, Tapeworks adds value to 3M’s products  BETHLEHEM, PA | Tapeworks, a national supplier of engineered tape solutions, has become an ...

Preco Expands with New Facility

(Die-Cutting)

February 17, 2012, With emphasis on medical packaging and clean converting, Preco’s new facility will expand production capacity and capabilities  SOMERSET, WI | Preco, provider of laser, die-cutting, lamination, and ...

On the Road Again!

(Yo's Yarns)

February 16, 2012, ... plates, cylinders and rolls, coaters, laminators, bagmaking, inks and coatings, substrates, slitting, surface treating, cutting, embossing equipment and much more. A conference program is planned to ...

On Print | Inkjet and Beyond

(On Print)

February 13, 2012, ... are being integrated with machines performing the adjacent steps in the process, such as die-cutting, scoring, over-laminating, and over-coating, as well as, in the case of Indigo, substrate pre-coating. ...

Contract Converting Services Directory

(Uncategorized)

February 12, 2012, ... a job shop specializing in high speed laser cutting services. • Machinery Design Solutions, Inc.; Philadelphia, PA; B Killar; www.machinery-design.com | ...

Clearwater Adds EarthCoating Resins

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2012, With mineral-based EarthCoating resins from Smart Planet, Clearwater Paper’s Candesce paperboard products will be able to use less PE  SPOKANE, WA | Clearwater Paper Corp., a manufacturer of bleached ...

Siemens Extends Toolbox to Include PLC Control

(Controls)

February 03, 2012, ... winding, laminating, cross-cutting, calendering, perforating, embossing, coating, flying saw, die-cutting, traversing, and more. Components of the Toolbox take the form of pre-programmed functions. Sample ...

Martin to Show Full Line at drupa 2012

(News | New Products)

January 30, 2012, ... Berhalter stand, which will feature a die-cutting system with new Martin butt splicer and accumulator/festoon for nonstop operation. Labelmen Machinery Co. will demonstrate Martin nonstop splicers and ...

Folding Cartons | Cut & Crease Without Dies

(Carton Box)

January 29, 2012, Highcon's Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine gets beta testing in Israel Converter Graphica Bezalel Ltd., in Yavne, Israel, is the beta site for the first Highcon Euclid digital cutting and ...

Colbert To Close Louisville Manufacturing Facility

(Carton Box)

January 19, 2012, ... prestigious customer accounts, and cutting-edge equipment. Since that time, we have had many positive experiences that have improved our value proposition to all Colbert customers.” Customers currently ...

China-based Meikei Printing Buys Second OMET Flexy Press

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2012, ... it in action at Labelexpo Asia 2011. The press has ten flexo stations, two cold foil, and in-line die-cutting. This purchase comes after MEIKEI’s success with its 2007 purchase of an OMET Flexy S machine ...

Web Handling | Russian Converter Growing Fast

(Flexography)

January 08, 2012, ... testify to our success in these areas,” says Mamaev. New markets include inserts for cigarette packs with special die-cutting and folding inline on the Comco, as well as lottery promotions using inserts ...

Corrugated POP | Digital Finisher a Cut Above

(Carton Box)

December 18, 2011, ... Kongsberg XP44 Auto." The EskoArtwork Kongsberg Auto XP44 Auto forms the perfect complement to Digital Impact's two older-model EskoArtwork Kongsberg DCM 24 digital cutting machines, driven by EskoArtwork' ...