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Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... there. Today, innovation in paper, film, and foil converting is devoted primarily to meeting the needs of these new drivers in the context of the high profile packaging enjoys with brand manufacturers ...

Color Control

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2008, ... Brombacher. “Our new XL 105 enables us to provide even better service to our customers while maintaining our standards for the highest quality.” The XL-105 is one of the most advanced offset presses ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

December 31, 2008, Inks Low in VOCs Triumph sheet-fed process inks from Kohl & Madden feature a low-VOC ink technology that is high in renewable raw materials and is said Inks Low in VOCs Triumph sheet-fed process inks ...

Shrink Bags Are Chlorine-Free

(News Eclips)

December 15, 2008, Curwood now offers Eco-Tite shrink bags for meats and cheeses OSHKOSH, WI | Curwood now offers Eco-Tite shrink bags for meats and cheeses. Bags are said to contain no polyvinylidene chloride and use 25%–33% ...

A Hybrid Vehicle

(Flexpack)

December 07, 2008, ... while the outer layer easily accommodates add-on features such as handles, zippers, and sliders. Utilizes high quality printing for superior, scuff-resistant graphics. Ideally suited for pet food, rice, ...

Reduce & Reuse

(Extrusion Coating)

November 30, 2008, ... and their possibilities. Extrusion-coated materials — the choice for many high-volume applications today — are, of course, affected by the macro trends, particularly in the packaging industry, that currently ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

November 30, 2008, ... for inaccurate sheet cut and in-feed errors as well as sheet distortion. Matik | 860-232-2323 | www.matik.com PFFC-ASAP 406 Drives Have Higher Horsepower ACS350 machinery drives are designed to make ...

New Film Line Easy To Manage

(Substrates)

November 30, 2008, ... a seven-layer line from Gloucester Engineering Co. The line adds to Accutech's coextrusion and specialty film production capability and increases its production lines to 15. The new 64-in.-wide, high-barrier ...

AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry

(Metallizing)

November 30, 2008, ... matter pleased the 200+ attendees with high-tech coverage on coating, measurement/rheology, substrate technology and treatment, vacuum web barrier, vacuum web processing, and vacuum web performance. I ...

AIMCAL Sustains Technology-Hungry

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2008, ... covert markers for anti-counterfeit brand management. The intervening subject matter pleased the 200+ attendees with high-tech coverage on coating, measurement/rheology, substrate technology and treatment, ...

Web Exclusive: Slitting Film

(Archive)

November 11, 2008, ... account the extensible nature of many of the materials in question. To run plastic (flexible) materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene at commercially acceptable speeds and to high quality, ...

NatureFlex chosen for Barkwheats biscuits packaging

(First Glance)

October 31, 2008, ... part of the packaging for Barkwheats organic dog biscuits. The film is said to offer advantages for packing and converting, such as inherent deadfold and anti-static properties, high gloss and transparency, ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ...  Markets | bags, sacks, film, and packaging for consumer and industrial goods companies and co-packers Substrates | film, foil, nonwoven, paper Notes | High-performance equipment for the plastic converting ...

Tappi Place Aquatran White Paper

(White Paper)

October 02, 2008, ... in barrier quality of certain materials have pushed the sensitivity limits of commercially available water vapor permeation equipment. In order for products such as OLED’s which incorporate these high ...

Solvent Retention in Packaging

(Process Management)

September 30, 2008, ... settings, or a change of reducing solvent in the ink or coating. Any and all of these adjustments may have been made to correct a print issue. Rotogravure print generally has higher retains due to thicker ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... presses in new, more profitable areas, including laminated packaging structures. The idea of using UV/EB inks inside a laminate structure is new. Higher profits can be made in printing shrinkwrap and laminated ...

US Plastic Film Demand to Exceed 16 Billion Pounds

(News Eclips)

August 12, 2008, ... in such areas as produce and snack packaging, stretch and shrink wrap, and trash bags. In contrast, high-density PE (HDPE) film demand will grow at a below average pace as a result of slow retail bag advances. ...

Hybrid Poly/Paper Bag Delivers Strength, Shelf Appeal

(News Eclips)

August 12, 2008, Bemis Paper Packaging Div. introduces an innovative HybriCore poly/paper bag for the pet food, rice, and seed markets to combine both superior strength with high-impact shelf appeal OMAHA, NE | Bemis Paper ...

Paper's Pledg

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... more than 100 countries, has developed a series of security substrates for a number of high-volume markets that are particularly susceptible to counterfeiting and product tampering. “Prescription drug ...

Toray Growing in Europe

(Substrates)

June 30, 2008, ... will establish Toray Films Europe (TFE) in Rhône-Alpes, France (on the same site as Toray Plastics Europe), for the production of Torayfan BOPP high-barrier metallized film. Toray Plastics (America) will ...