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Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... with Placon on a frustration-free blister package for Venus & Olay razors. Beyond the easy-open feature, which combines a perforation/finger tab opening, the thermoformed inner tray, with more than 50% ...

The Future of Fluid Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2013, ... and also reduce the possibility for contamination. Medical products, optical screens, and other clean room products are driving coating systems to be uniform, bubble-free, and homogeneous. Controlling ...

Esko Adds Flexo Plate Imager to CDI Family

(Label/Tape News)

February 13, 2013, ... suitable option.…" The CDI Spark 2420 is designed to image plate sizes to 24 x 20 in. (609 mm x 508 mm) and also handle a wider range of plate materials. These include digital flexo plates, chemistry-free ...

ICE 2013 Will Feature Experts

(News | New Products)

December 10, 2012, Five experts in their field will be available for free consulting at ICE USA 2013   BURLINGTON, MA | ICE USA, organized by Mack Brooks, reports five leading industry experts will be available for ...

Heidelberg, BASF Report on Printed Electronics Project

(Label/Tape)

August 03, 2012, ... newly developed processes. The demands placed on the printing methods are very high. Being just a few nanometers thick, the printed layers must be extremely homogeneous and free of flaws. To transfer ...

Meech Intl. Offers Web Cleaner

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2012, ... of Shore A ratings, the cured silicone elastomer rollers are proven to have no “free chemistry,” company says, guaranteeing the cleaned surface remains trace-free. Simple to install and with continuous ...

Mark's Coating Matter

(Coating/Laminating)

April 23, 2012, ... deeper into the content that is presented monthly in PFFC. If there is a question that you would like to investigate further, feel free to contact Mark D. Miller, President of Coating Tech Service, LLC ...

Coating Matters | Battery Coating Technology

(Coating/Laminating)

March 25, 2012, ... engineer needs to think about whether a direct coating method, with a precision roll, is ideal or whether a free span coating method, without a roll, will provide the most process capability. The assembled ...

Release Varnish Saves Money

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2011, ... labels offers what is said to be a low-cost alternative to conventional cationic chemistry. Reportedly, printers can achieve savings to 20% in comparison to cationic technology, and free radical formulation ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ...  With polymer-based packaging substrates, corona treatment excels at activating these surfaces by disassociating the oxygen molecules within the air ionizing discharge to free atomic oxygen (O) to bond ...

Plasma Treater Aids Profitability

(Surface Prep)

November 30, 2010, ... automatic gap adjustment; and no ozone. Benefits are said to minimize cost and increase profitability. Enercon Industries Corp. | 262-255-6070 | www.enerconind.com Circle 422 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, ... | www.enhanceyourbrand.com Circle 317 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Overture One is called the first transparent, non-aluminum foil, barrier film line for stick pack and flow wrapped applications. ...

Green Converting: Recycled Roll Coverings

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, How do you make a measurable impact on sustainability in an industry such as converting? In actuality, converters don't have a tremendous say in the products How do you make a measurable impact on sustainability ...

Eliminate Label Backing Material

(Narrow Web)

October 31, 2010, ... to eliminate label backing materials often discarded as waste, with associated cost and environmental implications. Said to offer high tack, good adhesion, and fast curing with low viscosity and solvent-free ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... markets present specialist challenges. Generally, the key requirements for liners in these segments can be a fiber-free surface, the ability to be sterilized (ETOX/gamma radiation), Food & Drug Administration ...

Fusion UV Systems, DVUV Holdings Announce Strategic Alliance

(Print News)

October 19, 2010, ... powder coating application systems using Fusion’s UV-curing lamp technology and DVUV Holdings’ solvent-free UV-cured powder coating chemistry and application technology. This alliance is further strengthened ...

Digital Plates Give Robust Color

(Prepress)

August 31, 2010, The Gen2 digital plate system is said to bring together HD-XM flexo screening and robust color management, resulting in sharper details; increased resolution; The Gen2 digital plate system is said to bring ...

Presstek Declares IPEX a Success

(Prepress)

August 16, 2010, ... both portrait and landscape format presses and supports screen rulings up to 175 lpi. The Vector FL52 with autoloader, is an updated version of Presstek's easy-to-use small format chemistry-free platemaking ...

Chip Offers Fast Melt Rate

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... process makes it block-free, easy-to-handle, simple-to-dispense into melt equipment, and ideal for packaging and converting applications. Wisdom Adhesives | 847-841-7002 | www.wisdomadhesives.com  ...

Offset Press Is Waterless

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... aqueous coater. Environmentally friendly solution offers waterless printing, water-based aqueous coatings, and on-press, chemistry-free platemaking. Said to generate less waste than conventional offset ...