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AGL Announces Foil Laminator

(Coating/Laminating)

February 03, 2018, The 40-in. foil laminator is said to offer features for perfect alignment as well as for safety DEFOREST, WI | Advanced Greig Laminators (AGL) announces a 40-in. laminator for the foil industry. This ...

Oracle Packaging Offers Push-Thru Blister Lidding Foil

(Flexpack)

October 29, 2017, ... of blister lidding foil for both over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceutical products. Providing exemplary protection against moisture and oxygen infiltration, the high-barrier substrates are available ...

Toray Films Touted as Foil Replacements

(Flexpack)

October 23, 2017, The company’s MET OPP and MET PET films are said to offer converters confidence during uncertainty in the foil market NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI | Toray Plastics (America) reports that uncertainty about the ...

Web Industries Introduces Custom Shielding Tape

(Label/Tape)

September 10, 2017, ... shielding components, each consisting of a lamination of polyester tape and aluminum foil. The components are joined securely across the middle, allowing the tape’s ends to open and form a plus sign or ...

Telstar Retrofit Unit Adds Cold Foil

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2017, The DecoMod retrofit unit allows the application of UV-cured cold foil, as well as UV adhesives, laminating, and more BURNSVILLE, MN | Telstar Engineering reports its exclusive DecoMod retrofit unit ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... CD shifting flat processes or rotating blown processes. Maximize the winding nip’s ability to conform around roll diameter variations. For "hard" rolls (films and foils), use a compliant nip roller (30A-45A ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 2

(Web Handling)

April 10, 2017, ... the winding nip (a.k.a. lay-on, pack roller) makes uniform contact with the core through good alignment and freedom of movement. For ‘hard’ rolls (films and foils), use a compliant nip roller (30A-45A ...

A Gift for PFFC's Website User

(Yo's Yarns)

December 17, 2016, PFFC gifts website visitors at PFFC-online.com with two greatly enhanced directories for contract coating & laminating as well as slitting. During this time of giving, the Paper, Film & Foil Converter ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs

(Web Handling)

August 16, 2016, ... and high levels of bagginess. Baggy webs are a major source of waste or customer complaints in many paper, film, and foil processes. Baggy webs will not lay flat or they sag at the web’s edges or in ...

BOBST Adds Foil-Saving Module to Unwinder

(News | New Products)

July 04, 2016, The MASTERFOIL 106 PR hot foil stamping press with foil unwinder+ module is said to reduce foil consumption by as much as 50% ROSELAND, NJ | BOBST introduced the MASTERFOIL 106 PR hot foil stamping ...

API Foils Releases Cold-Stamped Line

(Flexpack)

September 10, 2015, The TA Series of over-printable metallic foils can be applied without heat and reportedly cost less than hot-stamped foils LAWRENCE, KS | API Foils has launched the TA Series of products—a new line ...

Domino Launches Digital Cold Foil Solution

(News | New Products)

June 22, 2015, Based on company’s K600i digital print module, solution is said to provide a high quality finish and enable the use of holographic images in the foil CAMBRIDGE, UK | Domino Printing Sciences has launched ...

Static Problems with Metallized Webs

(Static-Beat)

May 31, 2015, Metallized webs have static problems, too! Recently, I have helped investigate several static problems with webs having conductive layers. My "old school," conventional thinking was that structures ...

Flint Holds Narrow Web Conference

(Narrow Web)

January 20, 2015, ... press configuration comprises three flexo, two offset, one UV-rotary screen, plus two cold foil units. With open architecture, conventional UV, UV-LED lamps on all printheads, and UV-inert gas on two, ...

Telstar to Display a Broad Web-Processing Line

(News | New Products)

August 31, 2014, Labelexpo display will include CadToGo retrofit service, equipment for cast and cure, cold foil and hot foil, conveying, and much more   BURNSVILLE, MN | Telstar Engineering, who recently modified ...

Flexpack Printing | Edwards Label Moves into Mid-Web

(Print)

June 29, 2014, ... Pentaflex, Dry Release, Dry Reseal, Hang & String tags, wine labels, and digital labels. Enhancements include variable data, development, embossing, foil stamping, scratch & sniff, and scratch and reveal. ...

Globe Trekking Adventures in Web Handling, Winding & Slitting

(Web Handling)

June 02, 2014, ... for transporting and winding films, foils, papers, nonwovens, textiles, or any thin, continuous material. Thin polymer films used in flexible electronics and packaging prove especially challenging for ...

Amcor Flexibles Wins Two Alufoil Trophies

(Flexpack)

April 21, 2014, Awards for EMEND Tri-pack Formpack with peelable lidding and Belmoca coffee capsules ZURICH, SWITZERLAND | Amcor Flexibles is the recipient of two awards in the prestigious Alufoil Trophy 2014 organized ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, A program to reducing bagginess begins with quantifying it, reducing thickness variations, and minimizing winding stresses and strains. Bagginess is an area that many paper, film, and foil converters ...

What Mechanisms Cause a Web to Shift Laterally?

(Web Handling)

October 07, 2013, Web Handling expert Tim Walker identifies the five culprits that cause a web to move off centerline. A simple question with a not so simple answer. Let's start by narrowing down the culprits. If ...