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Frankston Packaging Chooses Heidelberg To Fuel Growth

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2013, ... from sheeting, printing, UV coating, die-cutting, and windowing; to folding, gluing, tray forming, taping, and special effects such as foil stamping and embossing; to design, prepress, and inventory management ...

John P. Felinski Shares Background on PET Levels and Pricing

(Materials)

September 21, 2013, ... costs increase, a little increase now could very well help avert another 2010 price tsunami tomorrow. I hope you will understand and support the need to increase our PET film prices by $0.05/lb effective ...

Show Preview | What’s Behind the Curtain at Labelexpo Europe 2013

(Label/Tape)

July 29, 2013, ... but also a significant reduction of the fluting effect. New on the market is the nyloprint NExT Exposure unit for letterpress plates, targeted to the high end segment of labels, tubes, cups, and can ...

Inventory Management | Why MRO & Spare Parts Inventory Is Different

(Trends/Management)

June 06, 2013, ... large holdings of obsolete stock that you won’t be able to sell Plus, the small "market" that this inventory services (being your plant and equipment) means that you don’t get the leveling effect that ...

BYK-Gardner Smart-Lab Analyzes Color in Lab

(Controls News)

February 15, 2013, Software analyzes data for color and effect analysis and displays measurements instantly   COLUMBIA, MD | BYK-Gardner announces a new software smart-lab for color analysis and effect analysis in ...

Carton/Box | Stellar Entries Earn PPC Awards

(Carton Box)

October 15, 2012, ... space to seamlessly present commentary and photographs, and offer effective disc retention and pocket count flexibility. All of this can be assembled on automatic equipment for a fraction of the cost of ...

Sustainability | Q&A with Kyla Fisher

(Carton Box)

October 11, 2012, ... board while still providing the reflective nature of these materials. Typically, holographic effects render packaging non-recyclable. This innovative process maintains packaging’s recyclability by micro-embossing ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ... held firmly in place.” Bunting also will showcase its complete line of coatings for its magnetic dies. The Repel coating is particularly effective and resistant to buildup when using 'booger' or 'tire ...

Filmquest Announces PET Film Price Increase, Provides Market Update

(Metallizing)

April 23, 2012, ... increase our prices by $0.10/lb, effective May 1, 2012.” He adds this action “is consistent with the market.” Felinski provides a detailed explanation for the need to raise prices, clarifying the complexity ...

Turner Printing Invests in Heidelberg Speedmaster

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2012, ... doesn't have a lot of personalization, so the Anicolor seemed the more suitable solution for our requirements. We have some digital printing, but our calculations suggest the cost-effective breakpoint for ...

Web Handling: Top 7 Causes of Wrinkles

(Web Handling)

October 09, 2011, ...  4. Excessive Roll Deflection Excessive roll deflection, or bowing of the roll under the force or load of the web, can cause wrinkling (see Figure 3). It may not be the effect of a single roll that ...

Inspection: Lighting the Way

(Controls)

August 21, 2011, ... key requirements for effective color measurement in packaging are the following: • a standard, objective, spectrophotometric means of color measurement • an ability to monitor color quality throughout ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... and laminated, featuring the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The process involved transfer metallization to 100# C2S paper. Then it was coated in-line with Ultracure Acrylic, to effect impactful three dimensionality. ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... embossed, metallized, and laminated, featuring the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The process involved transfer metallization to 100# C2S paper. Then it was coated in-line with Ultracure Acrylic, to effect ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ... for this method of splice initiation. The advantages of this method are that it is simple, effective, accurate, and generally repeatable. But can an automatic roll changer (splicer) do more to help reduce ...

Idlers in Heat

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... Contact him at peggen@webexinc.com; 920-729-6666. Table I Effect of Elevated Temperature on a 2.835 in. (72 mm) Bearing Bore Temperature Delta-Temperature* Delta-Expansion** Comments 100 ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... are a function of the roll throughput yield (failures combined up to this point in the process) of the interfaces. The issues (typically crossweb in form) include air entrainment and edge effects. In ...

Paper Report Issued

(Carton Box)

October 31, 2010, ... to 79.1 million tons. “These results reflected the effects of the economic downturn on the paper and paperboard industry in the [US],” says AF&PA chief economist Dr. Stanley Lancey. “However, paper ...

PPI Offers NextLife Certified HDPE PCR Bags & Film

(Bag Pouch News)

July 28, 2010, NextLife Packaging Group (NPG) partner Pine Poly Inc. (PPI), Lynnfield, MA, is introducing a new line of sustainable, NextLife Certified, high molecular weight HDPE bags and film that include 50% post ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... a standard coextrusion feedblock into a structure in which one or more of the layers has been subdivided into multiple microlayers. Proliferation of layers creates synergistic effects that reduce oxygen ...