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PennPac Expands with Bobst

(Slit)

May 05, 2010, Contract converter and film supplier adds capacity with new Titan and Atlas slitters MANHEIN, PA | PennPac Co., a flexible packaging film provider and contract slitting company, has installed a high-speed, ...

Breaking Barriers

(Digital)

July 31, 2009, ...  the software community to try to improve ease of use.” As for the future, Kauffman adds, “We're always looking for [greater] speed. People are using wider films, higher resolution files, more data. In ...

Flexo Forum Fervor

(Flexography)

June 30, 2009, ... top end creating opportunities for smaller printers as print buyers look to expand supplier options. In narrow web, runs are getting wider and running at faster speeds, and in-mold and shrink film labels ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2006, ... Toughness Nova Chemicals, Pittsburgh, PA; 412/490-4000; novachemicals.com Surpass FPs016-C high-performance PE has been developed for blown film applications requiring premium toughness without sacrificing ...

Digital Integration

(Magazine)

March 30, 2006, ... for special foils, films, plastic tipped on cards, and thin or thick weights of paper. Magnetography and flash toner fusing are ideal technologies for enabling a wide range of substrate printing and ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

November 29, 2005, ... Surface Technologies—PFFC-ASAP 312. praxair.com Harper Corp. of America—PFFC-ASAP 313. harperimage.com Merger of European Operations MASON, OH—Spear, a supplier of clear-film p-s labeling services ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, News from: Pliant Corp., Ceramis, Poly Print, Godiva Chocolatier, Tyco Plastics, CPFilms, Freedonia Group, CMM, CPP Expo, Comexi, Black Clawson, Universal Converting Equipment, PPA, SVC, SGIA, and Bobst. ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

November 30, 2004, A communication from the PLACE Division of TAPPI in cooperation with Paper, Film & Foil CONVERTER. providing practical information to the converting and packaging industries. Providing practical information ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, News from: Applied Films, Battenfeld Gloucester (SMS Plastics), CCTI, CMM, CRC Information Systems, Decorated Paper (Hazen), Eastman Kodak, Freedonia Group, Messe Stuttgart, Mid-Atlantic Packaging Supply, ...

The Latitudes of LEAN

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, ... for years.” That's echoed by converters that serve the rigorous packaging demands of the quick-service restaurant industry to converters of today's highly innovative, film-based produce packaging. “We ...

A Century Salute

(Magazine)

March 30, 2004, ...  Envelope window-film: Multi-Plastics Die-cutters: F.L. Smithe, Hobbs Dies: Chicago Die Cutting, Best Cutting Die, Marathon Cutting Die, Windy City Cutting Die Off-line offset press: Halm ...

CMYK=RGB - The Digital Color Revolution

(Technical Reports)

January 30, 2004, ... the same way we paint a wall? That way we can use lower-volume anilox rolls and thinner ink films to keep our halftone screens from filling in completely (i.e., print contrast). So what are the alternatives ...

A Brighter Picture

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... polyester films. Prior to joining ICI, he handled a variety of advertising assignments for DuPont Co. Robert C. Fry Jr. joined DuPont's Economists' Office in 1987 following a three-year stint in Conoco' ...

Europe: Label's Leade

(Tapes)

August 31, 2003, ... consumption of paper and film materials for “traditional” labels totals approximately 28,300 million sq m. Europe is the leading regional consumer of labels, with an estimated 36% share of all label ...

First Quarter Performance Mixed

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2003, ... and specialty coated film manufacturer CFC Intl. Inc. today reported results for the first quarter of 2003. First quarter sales increased 5.8 percent to $15.7 million (USD) compared to $14.8 million in ...

Neither Boom Nor Bust

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... manager for ICI Americas, where he managed advertising, sales promotion, and product publicity for Melinex polyester films. Prior to joining ICI, he handled a variety of advertising assignments for the ...

Need New Equipment or Accessories? NPD Is the Place to Look

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ... with ranges from ⅛-1.5 PLI, reportedly making it suitable for a range of materials including light films, film laminates, nonwovens, and light papers. Two 10-hp motors are utilized in an AV vector drive ...

Dive in the Ipex "SEE" of Technolog

(News | New Products)

April 11, 2002, ... it will demonstrate ApogeeX, "the next generation workflow software based on PDF, JDF, and digital film," for both packaging and commercial prepress. According to Agfa, ApogeeX represents a "breakthrough" ...

Prime Labels Are More Than a Family Affair

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ...  Today, according to Tropper, Prestige Label is a top-of-the-line label converter with a customer base that is 80% to 90% prime labels and is increasingly film-based. The 18,000-sq-ft North Carolina ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ... PVC films with gauges ranging from 0.25-30 mil, depending upon type. Papers include PE- or PP-coated kraft and other types in 25#–100# weights. Thermal Transfer Films Are Durable Avery Dennison, Painesville, ...