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Interfacial Dynamics

(Mark's Coating Matters)

June 16, 2014, ... in the right direction. When the top plate moves, the fluid between the plates deforms with a resistive force continuously. How the fluid distorts with force is how the fluid is defined. The force applied ...

Bemis Earns Two Awards for Packaging Innovation

(Flexpack)

June 16, 2014, ...  Standup Retort Pouch Transforms Latin American Food-Service Industry The Fugini standup pouch for vegetables uses Bemis’ unique barrier films in South America to provide a light, strong, and flexible ...

Label PRomotion | Reports of Print's Demise Prove Greatly Exaggerate

(Print)

June 02, 2014, ... valuable branding statements to electronic-only platforms anytime soon? Of course not. But they are, and will continue, finding ways to expand the depth and breadth of information by tying those printed ...

K-1 Packaging Adds Capacity with KBA Press

(News | New Products)

May 21, 2014, Rapida 105 41-in. eight-color press arriving in spring DALLAS, TX | KBA North America announces that K-1 Packaging Group, a designer and manufacturer of high-end, graphic packaging materials for retail ...

Clear Lam Debuts PrimaPak System at Interpack

(Flexpack)

May 14, 2014, ... reclosable feature from proprietary rollstock. No preforms or fitments are used. In the first commercial applications in North America, the packaging was produced on Ilapak’s Vegatronic 2000 platform after ...

Streak Formation

(Mark's Coating Matters)

May 13, 2014, ... with streaks, you know that they can appear in a variety of forms and for a variety of reasons. In slot die coating it is possible to have a streak occur because of agglomeration of solid particles that ...

Jay Leno To Perform at PACK EXPO Intl. 2014

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2014, ... agenda included Steve Schlegel, co-managing director of The Alliance for Innovation and Operational Excellence (AIOE), and Barry Lynch, global industry manager with GE Intelligent Platforms. They offered ...

ITW Muller Pallet Wrapper Now in New Size

(News | New Products)

March 23, 2014, ... a warehouse and is easy to install, often up and running within minutes of installation. Performs 400 loads/charge, comes pre-set with 99 wrap cycles, and can be programmed with an unlimited number of ...

PPC Calls for Entries for 71st Competition

(Carton Box)

March 10, 2014, Seeks rigid box and folding carton packages SPRINGFIELD, MA | Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) members are encouraged to submit their top package designs to PPC’s 71st annual North American Paperboard ...

Web Lines | War on Bagginess

(Web Handling)

February 26, 2014, ... of process and material properties that create bagginess forms—bagginess continues to plague many web producers as an uncontrolled variation in product quality. I have worked closely with Dr. Kevin Cole ...

Top Five Things To Remember in Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... This stress/relaxation understanding can provide dividends as the coating forms a final product. The final product performance and coating quality is a constant feedback loop to coating formulation, process ...

Label PRomotion | Shock Value: Yea or Nay?

(Label/Tape)

January 21, 2014, ... more globally championed. For those wanting to spend the time, energy, and money to market specifically to a variety of sub-audiences, these “universal identifiers” can be common to all platforms. Label ...

On Print | Digital Printing: New Year Resolution

(On Print)

January 19, 2014, ... offers advice and resources I’m always on the lookout for tools to improve productivity and performance in manufacturing. These come in many forms for the same subject—some simple and task-based, while ...

Cortec's VpCI-132 Foam Pad Protects Export

(Flexpack)

January 05, 2014, ... humidity, condensation, galvanic corrosion, and residual impurities. It performs excellently even under aggressive conditions found in marine environments and extended storage in non-air conditioned warehouses. ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... substrate, the liquid boundary layer has vapor molecules that begin to adsorb to the substrate surface. This adsorption forms a bridge when the concentration is high enough. If the bridge occurs with a ...

PrimaPak Technology Used for Holiday Packaging

(Flexpack News)

December 11, 2013, ... The finished package retains its shape, performs well during transport, and stores well on retail shelves as well as in consumer pantries. In addition, the Peel and ReSeal Lid opens easily, stays open, ...

Futek Installs Colordyne Digital Press

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2013, CDT 1600-PC Laser Pro digital label and tag press keeps up with large runs BROOKFIELD, WI | Futek Forms, Tags & Labels, Neenah, WI, installed a Colordyne Technologies (CDT) 1600-PC Laser Pro digital ...

GMG Integrates with PantoneLIVE for Color Proofs

(News | New Products)

December 04, 2013, ... X-Rite that allows GMG customers to access the PantoneLIVE ecosystem and color libraries, through its GMG OpenColor and GMG ColorProof platforms. Company says the integration of PantoneLIVE with GMG ...

Landa and Komori Announce Stronger Agreement

(News | New Products)

November 29, 2013, Komori will supply platforms for sheet-fed Nanographic presses, and Landa will provide Komori with Nanographic technology and NanoInk colorants   REHOVOT, ISRAEL | Landa Corp. and Komoro Corp. have ...

Sleeve's Twin Perf Enhances Bottle's Recyclabili

(Label/Tape News)

November 20, 2013, ... 360-deg billboard effect that forms tightly around highly contoured containers. The material is naturally white colored, eliminating the need for printed white flood coats. The Good Whey Co. also selected ...