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Contamination Combat

(Web Cleaning)

May 31, 2009, ... printing plate, it will cause a hickey. Moreover, if ultraviolet flexographic inks are employed, the defects become even greater as the ink is thinner and has more adhesion than other inks. Again, the ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: June 200

(New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... and fine or low point type printed on or beneath the lens. Can be used as a small overt security badge or a decorative in-mold label. ▶National Graphics | 262-442-4086 | www.extremevision.com Circle ...

Lean & Green

(Substrates)

May 31, 2009, ... are designed to meet green initiatives without sacrificing the esthetic beauty that brilliant silver and holographic base stocks offer. Products are biodegradable/compostable and recyclable/repulpable. ...

Green Bay to Chicago Declared 'Strongest' Converting Corrido

(News | New Products)

May 27, 2009, ... plus processes such as rewinding, sheeting, folding, packaging, coating and laminating, flexographic printing, equipment, and associated services for converters. “Anyone who thinks manufacturing is on ...

Not Just a Pretty Face

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2009, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators, Fort Mill, SC, bestowed this year's top Metallized Product of the Year Award, named in honor of PFFC's former publisher Peter Rigney, to Graphic ...

Biodegradable Sandwich Wrap Earns Flex-Pack Nod

(News Eclips)

March 30, 2009, ... rigid polystyrene containers. The resealable Bio-Pouch is flexographically surface-printed with a random four-color repeat graphic highlighting its biodegradable features. The flex-pack is said to use ...

AIMCAL Honors Technology of the Year, Institutes Sustainability Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... be apllied to paper or paperboard while UltraLustre is suitable for film or rigid plastics to create a metallized or holographic substrate that conserves materials (with a weight savings of 5% on average ...

Metallized & Vacuum Coated Products Are Credited for Excellence in the AIMCAL Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators bestowed this year’s top Metallized Product of the Year Award,to Graphic Packaging Intl. FORT MILL, SC | The Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters ...

Handle Unsupported Film Without Stretching

(Slit Main)

February 28, 2009, ... work, unsupported films, and meat labels.” To do so, the company utilizes the latest in converting equipment, including 14 Gallus narrow web flexographic presses with letterpress, silk screen, water-based, ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... SW sheeter from ESS Graphic includes die-cutting units, flexo units for varnish, and glue or scratch-off and patch applicators. It is able to sheet and stack difficult-to-handle shapes or products that ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter: February

(Magazine)

January 31, 2009, ... Labels won two awards when the IAPHC (International Assn. of Printing House Craftsmen), with the support of The Graphic Professionals Resource Network, announced its International Gallery awards for 2008. ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... prospects in the NAFTA region (28% of global vacuum-coated material volumes) and Europe (33%) have slowed. Today the major geographic focus is the Asia-Pacific region, where growth is strongest in both ...

What's Ne

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2009, ... process integrates the two processes to form a high quality surface that can include ultra-high gloss, matte, and holographic finishes on a variety of substrates. Effect can be created in both sheet- and ...

What's New Products: Februar

(Magazine)

January 31, 2009, ... conventional AM technology). ◆Kodak | 866-563-2533 | www.graphics.kodak.com PFFC-ASAP 417 Mounts for Idler Rolls Three pre-engineered mounts are said to simplify and speed dead shaft idler roll ...

Meeting the Sustainability Challenge Without Compromising Barrier Performance

(Archive)

January 28, 2009, ... to focus on 80 g, which is the thinnest PLA film that is widely available. The improvement in barrier properties can be seen in the barrier maps in Figures 1 and 2 and the graphic in Figure 3. The ...

Toray Industries Wins UN Environmental Award

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2009, ... films for flexible and rigid packaging, lidding, graphic, industrial, optical, and electronic applications. The company is a subsidiary of Toray Industries, Inc., a world leader in synthetic fibers and ...

Color Control

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2008, ...  either.” Efficient Prepress Brombacher says one of the reasons IPCO is able to meet its customers' exacting demands for both quality and service is its seven-person graphic arts department, which no ...

Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... in photographic and graphic applications, disposable cups in food service, release liners, building membranes, and medical/hygiene applications. All are expected to grow at rates above GDP and above the ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

November 30, 2008, ... features automatic centralized lubrication and a pneumatic chase lock-up system. Diversified Graphic Machinery | 732-933-4865 | www.dgmna.com PFFC-ASAP 416 Sheeting Is Uninterrupted Sheeters feature ...

Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

(Archive)

November 11, 2008, ... be favored in place of shrink films, particularly for pallet overwraps, due to their lower energy costs. Stand-up pouches—particularly suited to changing market demographics, i.e., smaller households, ...