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Coating and Laminating: At the Heart of the Packaging Industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 2004, ... themselves and their suppliers, the label market makes increasing demands on their versatility and innovation. The trend toward lower-gauge facestocks delivers a better cost/performance ratio and more ...

Solving the Problem of Silicone Transfer

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... liner will be laminated with an adhesive layer and a facestock — film or paper — to complete the self-adhesive material “sandwich.” Again, the material will be rolled up — and in the process, the facestock ...

Performance: Making Life Better for Converter & End-User

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September 30, 2003, ... properties, evaluating for clean die-cutting through 2.6 mil PP facestock — purposely selected because of the unique die-cutting challenges it presents. Layflat Improved Tests were conducted using ...

Testing Equipment: Does Your Lab Measure Up?

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July 31, 2003, ... involved in a single label product — facestock with top coat or overlaminate, adhesive, release coating, and liner — testing can be a difficult task, says Gary Avalon, group marketing director at Chemsultants ...

Pillowing Puzzle

(Magazine)

April 30, 2003, ... polypropylene facestock on a 9¼-in.-wide web. A patterned adhesive covered 20% of the material; 80% was not covered. To satisfy a demanding customer, the completed product needed to offer high quality ...

PSA Problem Solving

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January 31, 2003, ... products, typically a number of materials are brought together. Adhesive components are blended or compounded together; release liners are cast and finished prior to being silicone coated; facestocks may ...

Converting Industry News

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December 31, 2002, ... Dennison, and Procter & Gamble for the new Vick's Nyquil label using coated Label-Lyte 65 LL-344 p-s facestock; and Package Service Co., Kansas City, MO, and Mission Hills, a div. of Colgate Palmolive, ...

Self-Adhesive Labels: Past, Present, and Future

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... any imaginable type of facestock with any adhesive and liner to create a laminate that will give the user the desired performance in terms of printing, converting, high-speed application, and esthetics. ...

Outsourcing Protects Trade Secrets

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October 31, 2002, ... and with your facestock, and here's what you get with our paper,’” says O'Reilly. A Network with Credibility Fraser Papers is one of three business segments of Nexfor, a publicly traded forest products ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... its PET carrier when die-cut. Mfr. says the result is a breakaway facestock with clean, die-cut edges and no messy perforation marks. Automatic Inspection Systems Aid Control, Quality Advanced Vision ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report

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October 31, 2002, ... For lamination to film facestocks, PE-coated krafts represent an alternative to film. Coating and Converting Issues As new silicone technologies, coating enhancements, and converting standards develop, ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... construction combines a non-topcoated, non-smudgeproof facestock with mfr.'s RP51 permanent adhesive and a 2.5-mil kraft liner. Said to offer an economical thermal paper option with standard sensitivity ...

Materials

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August 31, 2002, ... than 24 pressure-sensitive papers and film products for offset printing. Co. says product lines represented are Ultra Bak bright white facestock for life-like color application; Ultra Bak label paper; ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

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June 30, 2002, ... where film facestocks are used. The compressed nature of set up materials requires shredding prior to incineration. Both matrix waste and set-up materials — mixed with more neutral components such as packaging ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... press configuration. A clear PP material is overlaminated onto an eight-pt paper facestock, which is subsequently exposed to provide an adhesive carrier for the security device. Printed in five UV colors ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... at stake, SE Label Image was at pains to ensure that both print quality and the front and back labels' application characteristics were flawless. The company chose a clear PP facestock on a clear PET liner ...

Vacumet Makes Metallizing Dreams Come True

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August 31, 2001, ... by the multiwall bag for Ralston Purina One dog food and cat food. Vacumet provides the facestock for that bag. The silver appearance of metallized paper is not seen by the consumer, but the metal coating ...

New Product Digest

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August 31, 2001, ... layflat films are said to permit high run speeds, excellent performance, and extended market reach. Films offer superior topcoating chemistry, excellent layflat performance, clear film facestocks, and ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... are said to meet demanding requirements of performance, esthetics, and cost. These white facestocks are manufactured with a high-performance, cold-temperature acrylic adhesive that reportedly exhibits ...

Products

(Magazine)

February 28, 2001, ... and products with powder-coated paint finishes. Stock features a 2.6-mil, white, PP facestock; co.'s P1480 acrylic, permanent adhesive; and a variety of liners. Adhesive is said to exhibit excellent chemical ...