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FPA Announces the 2025 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners

(News | New Products)

March 08, 2025, ... panel: Dr. Bilge Altay, Assistant Professor, Packaging and Graphic Media Science, College of Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT); Chris Lyons, Group President, Packaging Impressions ...

Paper — Still The Foundation of Substrates

(Print)

February 22, 2025, ... after wherever superior absorbency is needed. Papers also offer great printability in offset, flexographic and digital situations. Thickness, softness or rigidity, and "repulpability" are other characteristics. ...

The ROl of Automation

(News | New Products)

January 25, 2025, ... & Services The long-term demographics of the U.S. labor force are not favoring the domestic manufacturing environment. Additionally, many of the educational opportunities point new entrants into segments ...

Charter Next Generation Showcases Advanced Materials at Pack Expo 2024, Driving Sustainability and Operational Excellence

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2024, Charter Next Generation (CNG), a leader in specialty films and material science solutions, will spotlight its comprehensive film portfolio at Pack Expo 2024 Charter Next Generation (CNG), a leader ...

Converter Requirements Toward Inks and Printability

(Bag Pouch)

September 22, 2024, ... and consumable suppliers pull out all the stops to make flexographic, gravure and other ink systems as versatile as possible, the fact remains that everyone prints and converts under different conditions, ...

Husky Labels Installs Epson SurePress L-6534VW UV Digital Label Press

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2024, ... looking for a larger press to accommodate the incoming requests. “I really wanted a UV press,” said DeRossett. “I have a UV flexographic printer, and I wanted to leverage that technology with a streamlined, ...

Obtaining Barriers When Coating and Printing Flexible Materials

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2024, ... decorative sheen that they provide. Package print converters sometimes print reels of pre-metallized materials such as polypropylene (PP) as a single ply on flexographic or gravure presses. But there ...

Static Charges: Production Mishaps and Product Misbehavior

(Surface Prep)

May 26, 2024, ... being converted, the flexographic equipment being used and the speed that the line is moving are all factors in deciding which bar is most appropriate. What's more, automation is being incorporated into ...

Sun Chemical Recognized by FTA for Sustainability Excellence

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2024, Sun Chemical was recognized during the 2024 Flexographic Technical Association (FTA) Excellence in Flexography Award Competition for its SunUno Solimax AP Sun Chemical was recognized during the 2024 ...

Addressing Bio-film/Compostables and Plastic Film Processing Challenges

(Bag Pouch)

March 17, 2024, ... packaging with graphics that could withstand not only the temperature extremes associated with frozen foods and pasteurization, but also the wear and tear of product filling lines. Consider for example ...

Label Industry Continues To Thrive

(Flexpack)

February 04, 2024, ... sit atop boxes, bottles, bags and packages across markets. Crucial medical information enables pharmacists. Identity on boxes propels warehouse efficiency. Branding graphics on labels sell merchandise, ...

Safety Compliance in the Printing and Packaging Industry

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 31, 2024, ... fillers. Machinery like sheeters and flexographic printers also require fitting guards. Machine guarding standards require physical guards to be provided to protect employees from exposure to and contact ...

Label Industry Continues To Thrive

(Converting Perspectives)

January 14, 2024, ... sit atop boxes, bottles, bags and packages across markets. Crucial medical information enables pharmacists. Identity on boxes propels warehouse efficiency. Branding graphics on labels sell merchandise, ...

Takes on Tapes, Labels & Liners

(Converting Perspectives)

January 14, 2024, ... reducing ink costs has made major impacts. Flexographic, gravure, screen and digital methods are increasingly offering sustainable print solutions for labeling. Brand leaders are conscious of consumer ...

Treating Your Business (and Your Customers) with Corona Treatment

(Surface Prep)

November 29, 2023, ... The high-quality graphics required by brands for IML and other flexible packaging applications wrest additional value from high-speed offset with optimized corona treatment systems. Labor Contraction ...

Takes on Tapes, Labels & Liners

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2023, ... costs has made major impacts. Flexographic, gravure, screen and digital methods are increasingly offering sustainable print solutions for labeling. Brand leaders are conscious of consumer awareness where ...

ProMach’s ID Technology Acquires Lofton Label & Packaging

(News | New Products)

October 04, 2023, ... flexographic and digital label and film printing capabilities for products and packaging, including flexible packaging rollstock films, stand-up pouches, sachets, and stickpacks. Lofton solutions add value ...

INX prepares for PRINTING United with Complete Inkjet solutions and sustainable Packaging inks

(News | New Products)

September 06, 2023, ... bio-renewable ink for flexographic, offset, and gravure use that reduces the carbon footprint of packaging materials and contributes to a circular economy. Genesis makes it easier to recycle plastic films ...

Walnut Packaging Inc. Invests in an Often-ignored Way to Improve Packaging Productivity: A New SOMA Pluto Slitter

(Flexography)

August 03, 2023, SOMA, producer of flexographic printing presses, plate mounters, slitter rewinders and laminators, has announced that Farmingdale SOMA, producer of flexographic printing presses, plate mounters, slitter ...

Considerations for Electing Toll/Contract Slitting Services

(Coating/Laminating)

May 28, 2023, ... into the primary operation. Extrusion plants are engaged in costly upgrades to increase throughput and resin flexibility, facing increasing global demands and environmental regulations. Flexographic press ...