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What's New with Primers, and a visit to old friend

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 17, 2012, ... acetate (EVA) onto oriented polyester film (OPET), and the like.  For these products, simple primers such as polyethylene-imine (PEI) and process enhancers such as corona treating and flame priming work ...

PFFC at GraphExpo's CPP Zon

(Yo's Yarns)

October 04, 2012, GraphExpo hosts a CPP Expo Pavilion where converters (and those wanting to become one) can visit Paper, Film & Foil Converter–PFFC. GraphExpo 2012, a Graphic Arts Show Co. production, will grace the ...

Consumers Buy with Their Eyes | Designing to Differentiate

(Print)

September 19, 2012, ... creation, Ice Imperial — a champagne served over ice. Using a high-technology shrink film called SilkSleever, the company designed a uniquely colored and textured sleeve. Sleever International also now ...

The FSEA Honors Eye-Catching Winners

(Die-Cutting)

September 03, 2012, ... represented works from the US, Canada, Australia, Germany, The Netherlands, and Taiwan. From foil stamping and embossing to specialty coating, film laminating, laser cutting, die-cutting, cold foil application, ...

PCT Engineered Systems and Breit Offer Converting Line

(Coating/Laminating)

August 19, 2012, ... anti-counterfeiting features. This low-cost and environmentally friendly process utilizes a reusable film to micro-emboss decorative effects into the surface of energy-curable varnishes. The BroadBeam ...

Nordmeccanica Coater to Star on TV

(Coating/Laminating)

August 07, 2012, ... Channel and its Profile Series will present a 30-minute program hosted by Louis Gossett Jr. on the promotion of flexible packaging Wednesday, August 15, 2012, at 7:00 a.m. EST. The program was filmed ...

Specialty Extrusion at Bixby International

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

July 28, 2012, ... films (Tedlar ®, Aclar®, Kynar®). Marc indicates that it is the combination of specialty materials, R&D expertise, and equipment & engineering innovations that allow Bixby to do what others have not ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ... Release Coatings Dow Corning (Booth 3511) will introduce its Syl-Off Emulsion Silicone Release Coatings for Filmic Substrates, including Syl-Off EM7934 Coating and Syl-Off EM7935 Coating. These products ...

The Scientific Approach to Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

June 12, 2012, ... defect in the underlying film. Does the fluid have a ‘shelf-life’ before the particles settle out of suspension? Maybe the streak occurs after a specific amount of production time. My point is – for ...

Extrusion Coating the Subject of Upcoming Course

(Coating/Laminating)

May 15, 2012, ... description and potential uses and limitations of extrusion coating including foam extrusion, film lamination, anti-oxidants, flame retardants, foil laminations, and more. Bezigian explains that his ...

Carton/Box | Heavyweight SBS Is Ready to Print

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2012, ... does its own laminating and converting of paperboard products, it stocks and supplies a full range of boards from fine virgin grades to economical recycled grades, to films and foils for the printing and ...

On Print | Inkjet for Packaging

(Flexpack)

March 20, 2012, ... special films to prevent this. Uncoated bond papers of course have high absorbency, but their image appearance lacks drawing power. High impact imaging requires coated substrates. Thus to print flexible ...

Scantech Offers Precise, Energy-Saving Scanner

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

March 14, 2012, ... electronics. The result is a robust system with greater production and cost-saving benefits for film, sheet, nonwoven, coating, and laminating applications. Scantech will exhibit the ULO scanner at NPE2012, ...

AIMCAL: Tidland Gives Blades a ‘Sharper Image’

(Film Mfg.)

March 10, 2012, ... that uses rollers, the Process for Seamless Roller Coverings technology offers the potential to improve the output of coating, laminating, film manufacturing, and metallizing lines. The elimination of ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... (Hall 12/Stand 12-D67) will present its new CW Series technology platform for ATLAS primary and secondary slitter/rewinders for film & flexible materials, which introduces the next generation of more compact ...

Register Now for CPP EXPO Conference Program

(News | New Products)

March 08, 2012, ... CEMA offers fundamentals provide a foundation in coating and laminating, as well as slitting and rewinding operations of paper, film, nonwovens, and other continuous flexible materials. These two distinct ...

WHQuiz Answer #7 - Large Diameter Rollers

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 7: Rollers – Which rollers in a process will likely have the largest diameters? Answer... WebHandlersQuiz 7: Rollers – Which rollers in a process will likely have the largest diameters? ...

WHQuiz Answer #10 - Laminate Curl

(Web Handling)

February 22, 2012, WebHandlersQuiz 10: Laminating – If a two-layer laminate product curls to the top layer in the machine direction, which would reduce the curl: increase or decrease the top layer pre-laminate tension?  ...

Tim's Web Lines Blog Starts NO

(Web Handling)

February 20, 2012, ... was working on updating my Web Lines column archives and was surprised to discover this month marks the tenth anniversary of my column for Paper, Film, and Foil Converter. To celebrate this milestone and ...

On the Road Again!

(Yo's Yarns)

February 16, 2012, PFFC editors will be on the road, starting with Converters Expo followed by the Intl. Sleeve Label Conference, and then CPP Expo. Looks like PFFC has a few road trips lined up for the near future. ...