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FPA Celebrates Excellence in Flexible Packaging

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February 28, 2001, ... colorful packages were surface printed with water-based, electron beam-curable inks, as well as an EB ultra-gloss lacquer developed specifically for these packages. The soft candy needed a high-barrier ...

Reporter Clips

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February 28, 2001, ... excitement and are said to be unique for a coffee product. The bright colors are reverse-printed on the glossy Seal-It label and reportedly offer extraordinary graphic quality. The 360-deg image area ...

Products

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February 28, 2001, ... Look to Beverage Brands Epsilon-Opti Films Corp. , South Plainfield, NJ; 908/791-1300 Ultra-clear, high-gloss Opti-95 shrink film is said to provide a wrap of elegance and add premium value for producers ...

Digital News

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January 31, 2001, ... packaging jobs in mid-size format; and the CD 102-LYLYX Off-line Coater, which the company says can handle matte/gloss coatings, spot coatings, metallic inks, blister packs, UV coatings, and other specialty ...

Materials

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December 31, 2000, ... including PE, topcoated PP, and coated papers and boardstock. Inks are said to demonstrate excellent flow-out characteristics for solids with enhanced gloss yet retain the viscosity needed to hold fine ...

The Influence of Aluminum Gauge on the Adhesion of Extruded Polyester to Foil Using Adheisve Primers

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December 31, 2000, ... with polyethylene (PE) make it useful in extrusion coating applications. For example, the higher stiffness and use temperature of PET provide an alternative to foil in packaging structures. The high gloss, ...

Materials

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November 30, 2000, ... Unlimited Inc., Northvale, NJ; 201/767-6040; admtronics.com Wassar-Stat 730 aqueous overcoat's quick-drying feature reportedly enhances production speed with convection air oven dryers. The high-gloss, ...

The Formation of ''Microfoam'' in Water-Based Flexo Ink

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October 31, 2000, ... to be cleared. Problems encountered by these early users of water-based inks included slow drying rates, poor ink printability, low gloss, variable adhesion, pH instability, and, of course, foaming. ...

Materials

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October 31, 2000, ... reported to be the first low extractable (LE) EB-curable coating that complies with FDA regulations for direct food contact. The LE coating provides high gloss; chemical, heat, and abrasion resistance; ...

What's New in Narrow We

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September 30, 2000, ... Inks, Plymouth, MN; 612/559/5911; 800/328-7838; aninks.com Metaglow is a range of metallic inks for printing paper and synthetic substrates. Said to provide good gloss and brilliance; adhesion to many ...

A Basic Understanding of Chill Rolls

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September 30, 2000, ... products from the roll or providing a textured surface. The release finish facilitates removal of product from a chill roll. Paper coating processors often use a glossy finish to provide release and obtain ...

Converting Industry News

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August 31, 2000, ... cellulose acetate from Eastman Chemical. Cards made from this material will bend and flex without breaking and can be polished to a high surface gloss. Precision Polymer Processors, Carbondale, PA, a joint ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... line. Current modules are PPS; caliper; opacity; Sheffield and Bendtsen roughness; and Sheffield, Bendtsen, and Gurley porosity. Gloss and brightness modules soon will be introduced. PE Has Low Density, ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

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June 30, 2000, ... UV, flexo, and rotary silk screen technology; glossy labels for the rapidly expanding CD-DVD market; and a line of label design software designated Sinelsoft 4.2. This software allows the user to print ...

Strong, Versatile Cartons Offer Plenty of Shelf Appeal

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June 30, 2000, ... is said to allow for ease in setup and for quick loading and securing of the product. The packages also demonstrate excellent printing and gloss on recycled boxboard. Somerville produced the Polo Madison ...

Snack Food Packaging: 100 Years and Counting

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June 30, 2000, ... film is less coarse than foil yet provides adequate barrier properties and smooth, glossy surface for visual appeal. Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP): process of packaging food in which oxygen ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... and used K-Resin KR10 SBC from Phillips, recently switching to a newer grade, DK11. The new grade possesses K-Resin's inherent clarity and high surface gloss, and it has the proper amount of stiffness, ...

Variations on a FluteAICC Honors the Best in Corrugated

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April 30, 2000, ... clay-coated, solid bleached sulfate (SBS) grade. It is the combination of the high-end substrate allowing for a deep, dense, and glossy black and precise color-to-color registration that made this box ...

EPA and printers join forces to evaluate inks.

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October 31, 1996, Determined to secure systematic, comparative data on inks, the flexo industry and the Environmental Protection Agency have launched the Design for the Determined to secure systematic, comparative data ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... t all our presses and create our own inks in-house to achieve color, density, tack, gloss, dot gain, and abrasion-resistance characteristics that yield optimum and consistent results on our presses," Keen ...