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Label Industry Global Awards Winners Revealed

(Label/Tape)

October 01, 2015, ... highest percentage (80%) of recycled PET pellets. The new face material, said to have physical features equivalent to virgin PET films and has a lower production cost than other recycled materials, is ...

Foil Substrates: Handling, Web Control & Substrate Interaction

(Coating/Laminating)

September 21, 2015, What makes coating foils different than coating plastic or paper substrates? Handling and web control are definitely different for foils than films or paper, but the fluid substrate interaction is also ...

Atlas Converting Equipment Installs Slitter in Portugal

(News | New Products)

September 18, 2015, ... provides a full range of plastic films for flexible packaging, labels, and lamination for consumer products and a variety of other industrial applications. The new CW5400 slitter/rewinder now in production ...

API Foils Releases Cold-Stamped Line

(Flexpack)

September 10, 2015, ... of hot-stamped foils, but they can be applied without heat using many printing presses, can be used on shrink films and flexible packaging materials, and can be printed over applied cold foils. Offering ...

ACTEGA Kelstar Adds Blister Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

August 31, 2015, ... customers in all areas of their blister packaging needs,” says Grant Schutte, chief technology officer at ACTEGA. “BlisterKote will allow converters to use a wider variety of plastics and films along with ...

Infiana Adds Extruder at Pennsylvania Plant

(Materials)

August 25, 2015, ... months as a stand-alone enterprise, is now announcing the first capacity expansion within its global growth plan. The company develops and produces engineered and innovative films for the consumer market ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Europe 2015 Grows To Eight Halls

(Trends/Management)

August 18, 2015, ... hot melts, dispersion adhesives, and adhesive films for label, tape, packaging, graphics, and security applications. It will focus on new developments for bio-based adhesives, concepts for security applications, ...

Menges Now Processes Larger Rubber Rollers

(News | New Products)

August 17, 2015, ... and related Industries. In July of 2015 Menges engaged in a significant expansion to enable the curing of rubber-covered rollers used in wide profile plastic films and paper in order to cure rubber rollers ...

HERMA Adds to Wine Label Line

(Label/Tape)

August 11, 2015, ... textured and moisture-resistant as well as coated papers, aluminium papers, and white or transparent films. Reportedly, optimal adhesion is ensured by its 62W multilayer adhesive, and it offers outstanding ...

Adhesives Research Details Splicing Tape

(News | New Products)

August 09, 2015, ... adhesives, tapes, specialty coatings, films, and laminates, announces ARclad 0082 splicing tape for bonding low surface energy films and other challenging substrates in high-speed applications.  The ...

Nilpeter to Show Integrated Inkjet Press

(News | New Products)

August 04, 2015, ... microns. This level of productivity equates to 16.1 sq m/min (173 sq). High-definition UV-inks are used for CMYK, with an opaque white ink as standard for printing transparent films and metallic foils. ...

Glenroy Celebrates 50 Years in the Industry

(Flexpack)

July 25, 2015, ... packaging (http://www.glenroy.com/films/flexible-packaging-film/) film and stand-up pouches, commemorates the company's 50-year anniversary this month. The company was established in July 1965 in Milwaukee, ...

Toray Plastics (America) Celebrates 30 Years

(Materials)

July 20, 2015, ... VA.  The company, with close to 700 employees, is a manufacturer of polyester, polypropylene, bio-based, and metallized films for flexible and rigid packaging, lidding, graphic, industrial, optical, ...

Coveris Holdings Acquires Olefinas

(News | New Products)

July 19, 2015, ... twine, and aging ribbons for the banana industry, as well as mulch and fumigation films, insect traps, modified atmospheric packaging, and shrink films. “Olefinas is thrilled to become part of this growing, ...

CPI Installs Atomic Layer Deposition Systems

(Coating/Laminating)

July 14, 2015, ... protection layers to flexible polymer substrates used to produce optoelectronic devices using sensitive active electronic materials. Company says thin films produced using the ALD method are cost-efficient, ...

Web Lines | When Do Small Rollers and Cores Cause Defects?

(Technical Reports)

July 07, 2015, ... core size cause web defects? Curl in thick films Compression cracking in paperboard What is the stress or strain that damages your material? I think the easiest way is to figure out the strain ...

Clear Lam Packaging Adds to Product Line

(Flexpack)

July 05, 2015, New PrimaPak structures, metallized rollstock, and PET lidding films are among the offerings ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL | Clear Lam Packaging, a manufacturer of rigid and flexible packaging materials for ...

Testing Machines Inc. Upgrades Tear Tester

(Controls)

June 21, 2015, ... now features an improved electronic design and a new  large touch screen display. Tester is said to provide precision measurements for paper, plastic films, corrugated, board materials, and more. The ...

Sun Chemical Announces Resistance Coatings

(Coating/Laminating)

June 19, 2015, ... to be able to offer a more sustainable and less expensive package, replacing traditional barriers used in the market, such as polyboards and pre-coated boards, as well as wax and laminated films. “In ...

Bemis Honored with DuPont Award

(Flexpack)

June 13, 2015, ... waste, thereby providing consumer convenience and environmental benefits.” The company reports that the new BelGioioso resealable provolone package combines Bemis’ proprietary films and consumer convenience ...