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Digital Printing: Digital Meets Demands

(Digital)

August 16, 2011, ... film, everything from text weight paper to 18-pt board, including synthetic materials from Polyart and Convert-all. FLEXcon is the biggest label supplier; On-Demand supplies digital papers, and paperboard ...

Package Design: Make an Impact

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... of a barrier layer of DuraTech nylon and an inner, product-contact layer of Scholle's FlexiTuff, a linear-low density polyethylene film. Oil is dispensed from the box, either using a pump system or gravity, ...

Flexographic Printing: A Push for Growth

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2011, ... (OPP), and metallized polyethylene terephthalate (MPET)/adhesive sealant film-based packaging. Capri also has a 60,000-sq-ft facility in Clinton, MO. Both locations house narrow and wide web PCMC laminators ...

New Offset Printing Press Expands Sales at Hammer Packaging

(Drying)

July 19, 2011, ... in handling multiple film stocks, including 2 mil clear and 1.2--3.2 mil white, due to an innovative gripper system and high-performance cylinder bearings native to Heidelberg’s Speedmaster XL 105 technology ...

Awash in Chocolate

(Flexpack)

July 13, 2011, The Wonka Wondrously Whirled Waterfall Bar, converted by Printpack, Atlanta, GA, is printed in nine colors with cold seal on 48-ga PET and laminated in-line to holographic film. It uses lavenders and purples ...

Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence

(Print)

June 30, 2011, Developments in nanotechnology, alongside increasing sophistication in converting, including electronic printing, are making it possible for brand owners Developments in nanotechnology, alongside increasing ...

Holographic Technology: Pattern Pressing

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... (UV)-curable resin is applied to the substrate and the holographic relief pattern is pressed into this from a roll of holographic film. The resin is cured under UV light while in contact with the holographic ...

Innovation Award to MacDermid

(Prepress)

June 30, 2011, ... reportedly enabling printers to improve print quality and consistency, making flexo more competitive against gravure and offset printing. It can be used on paper, flexible film, foil, paperboard, label ...

In-Mold Competition Deadline Extended

(Label/Tape)

June 08, 2011, ... Label Design • Best Product Family (common style or brand) Winning entries will be honored at IMLCON and IMDCON 2011 on Nov. 16—17, 2011, in Phoenix AZ, and announced in Paper, Film & Foil Converter ...

MacDermid Combines LUX Flat-Top Dots with LAVA Thermal Processing

(Flexography)

May 08, 2011, ...  paper, flexible film, foil, paperboard, labelstock, and corrugated. LUX has received both the  FTA Technical Innovation Award and the Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Assn. (FPPA) Technology Innovator ...

MACtac Stocks Ok'd For Immersio

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2011, STOW, OH | MACtac Printing Products has received British Standard (BS) 5609 marine immersion testing approval and certification on five durable film label STOW, OH | MACtac Printing Products has received ...

BEST OF SHOW

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, Cups that Rock Inland Label, LaCrosse, WI, receives Domestic Best in Show honors for its KISS Cups entry in the In-Mold category. The cups feature four Cups that Rock Inland Label, LaCrosse, WI, receives ...

Serve it Up

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, ... Mix wrap. Ten colors are printed on heat transfer film on a Schiavi press. This sample is a collection of solid spot color backgrounds, grayscale images, four-color process reproductions, and high brilliance ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... also includes three Sanjo rotary letterpresses for commodity labeling and two Comco presses used for shrink sleeve film, carton board, and flexible packaging films. A nine-unit Gallus EM 280 UV flexo label ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... attributes-without any embossing. Registration marks in the film ensure the lens pattern aligns perfectly with the graphics. The canister sidewall is wrapped over an oval mandrel, using Paper Machinery ...

People

(Trends/Management)

March 31, 2011, ... trainer at Mutoh, Phoenix, AZ. Shane Hueit is hired as southeast sales engineer. At MACtac Printing Products, Stow, OH, Kim Hensley is promoted to product manager, durable films, in the roll label ...

IMDA Now Accepting Awards Competition Entries

(Label/Tape)

March 30, 2011, ... in  issues of Package Design and Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC) magazines. Complete entry details, rules, and entry forms are available at the IMDA website or by contacting: Ron Shultz, executive ...

Galileo, Rusnano JV Enjoy Growth Separately

(Metallizing)

March 24, 2011, ... involving photovoltaics, display and touch panel manufacturing, RFID, and thin films.” In mid-2010 Galileo announced a joint venture, named Galileo Nanotech, between itself and Rusnano, a Russian government-owned ...