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Ink 101: Part I

(Process Management)

August 31, 2006, ... overwrap. Use of water-based inks is almost exclusively for paper and board substrates where adhesion, wetting, and drying are facilitated by the substrate porosity. Solvent-based inks are used on film ...

Toray Introduces New Printable Lidding Film

(Archive)

August 22, 2006, ... receptivity to water-based and solvent inks and adhesives. Ideal applications include FDA-compliant dual ovenable, sterilization, hot fill, fresh, refrigerated and frozen foods, dairy, wet and dry convenience ...

M-Real Introduces Flex-Pack Paper for Rotogravure

(Flexpack)

August 15, 2006, ... bleached kraft paper. It is a safe packaging material, approved for food packaging by the FDA, and manufactured according to HACCP hygiene standards. It is suitable for end-uses such as dry foods and beverages, ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

July 31, 2006, ... barrier for the production of multilayer films for packaging dry foodstuffs and other moisture sensitive products. Barrier properties for these materials improve by narrowing the molecular weight distribution ...

Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... dryers, IR drying, corona treatment, laminating, heat bond laminating, priming, printing, unwind/rewind trials, winding (differential, center, surface, center/surface), slitting, Steamex remoisturization, ...

Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, The difficult-to-match esthetics of self-adhesive labels, coupled with their clean and accurate application characteristics, nevertheless are balanced by slower application speeds, the high cost of the ...

Seafood is Served

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... a microwave oven with no mess. They wanted a package that would work with the microwave to cook their products thoroughly and quickly, without making the food dry or tough. Historically, these results ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... and nonstop unwind and rewind with flying splice at full speed. The press reportedly also offers high-efficiency drying for water-based inks, auto preregister control, chambered doctor blades with auto ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... a broad range of application use. Because they use water, they will freeze and can exhibit drying and foaming issues. Their appearance is usually translucent to opaque, and they will generally have lower ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... laminating performance in the packaging of moist and/or oily foods as well as dry food packaging. Film for Medical Uses Scapa North America, Windsor, CT; 860/688-8000; scapamedical.com Bioflex ...

Flexo Goes to Florida

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... receives Gold and Best of Show honors. The Point Amber Classic Beer entry features high-intensity water-based inks; the four-color job is run on a Bobst 200 with sheet cleaner and dryers. A water-based ...

Mouse Roars BUY ME!

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... to a bag garners a marketing award in the Food category for Flex Industries Ltd., Film Div., Noida, India. The structure comprises 12-micron PET that’s reverse rotogravure-printed in eight colors and dry-laminated ...

New Product Digest, Part 2

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... exhibiting) One Pouchmaker, Several Options Totani America, 920/593-8700; totani.co.jp The FD-60VSC pouchmaking machine is designed to produce several different pouch options for dry, liquid, ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, ... snack foods, confectionary items, and dry powered goods. For information about the PLACE Division of TAPPI, access the TAPPI web page at tappi.org. To obtain the complete papers whose expanded summaries ...

Inks, Coatings, Compliance

(Magazine)

September 29, 2004, ... to model the application. 21 CFR 176.180: Components of paper and paperboard in contact with dry foods. Lists components of paper and paperboard that can be in contact with food. Dry foods are type ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... the opening of a 12,000-sq-m facility adjacent to its existing office building and assembly plant. The mechanization group and new foundry, currently housed in two separate locations, will move into the ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 29, 2004, ... High-efficiency horizontal drying tunnel allows speeds to 500 mpm. Machine can be designed for stand-alone use or for use with in-line flexo or gravure printing. Apply Pattern Coatings on Preprinted ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ...  Detergent Packages Draw Customers Laundry and dishwashing may not be fun or exciting, but detergent packages certainly can be. That's why Korex Companies, Wixom, MI, USA, turned to the Composipac process ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... market. We can coat aqueous and solvent formulations in either direct, reverse, or offset gravure modes and our flotation ovens, with independent top and bottom side heating, assure controlled drying and ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... was introduced, both inter-station dryers and overhead ovens had been required in order to dry flexo inks adequately, McGovern noted. McGovern stressed it is the ability of the inks to trap over printed ...