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Advantages and Benefits of Conductive Rubber Coverings in Critical Roll Positions

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2021, ... as conductive, highly conductive, low resistance, or semi-conductive and often these terms are confusing.  They do not have much practical meaning unless you understand how the electrical resistance of ...

Taking Aim on Single-Use Plastics: Metal 3D Printed Tooling Solution Designed to Change the World... One Paper Cup at a Time

(News | New Products)

December 08, 2020, ... EBM build strategy to produce extremely thin, highly stackable molds with minimal or no support structures, reducing production time significantly. In operation the thin titanium forming skins rest on ...

Brown Machine Group Announces Industry-Leading C-RUSH System for Reducing Manual Labor and Increased Productivity in Paper Cup Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2020, Brown Machine Group (BMG) announced the aXatronics C-RUSH System, the first of its kind to automatically remove sidewalls, or blanks, from high-speed Brown Machine Group (BMG) announced the aXatronics ...

Static Control for Labels

(News | New Products)

September 27, 2020, ... cause sticking. When the electric field is too big, sparks happen. Sparks are like miniature dissipaters. Each spark deposits a spot of opposite charge on the material. If our label has high negative static ...

Shurtape Brand HP 535 Hot Melt Packaging Tape

(News | New Products)

August 31, 2020, ... and a 50 micron biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film backing that resists nicks and tears, HP 535 could be a highly durable tape suited for rigorous supply chains. Constructed with a special adhesive ...

New Coating Technology Providing Real Solutions in Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

June 07, 2020, ... The bar is continually being set higher, especially in markets such as personal hygiene, medical and food. Technology advancements introduce new chemistries and resins; however this creates additional ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Launches Lumirror STM Soft-Touch Matte PET Film

(News | New Products)

May 24, 2020, ... transit and when larger packages are stacked in the retail environment. New STM film is inline coated using Toray’s proprietary film and coating technologies, which ensure overall high quality, consistency, ...

Bockatech and Westfall Technik Solidify EcoCore License Deal

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2020, ... about why Westfall chose to work with Bockatech's innovative technology, Jim Berklas, chief growth officer at Westfall, said: "EcoCore is a very versatile technology with many high value applications in ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... CT)/Plastic Suppliers Inc. (Columbus, OH). ProAmpac has developed a high-barrier pouch with 25% post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content. It’s used for Justin’s nut butter covered nuts. A zipper provides ...

Digitalize, Automate and Connect: The Backbone of Packaging Production

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

March 30, 2020, ... to finishing – with the highest degree of automation and integration for a seamless, zero-fault production. The below is just a sample of the BOBST digital solutions enabling better automation and connection. ...

Stronger Together: Davis-Standard and Deacro Converting Systems

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 08, 2020, ... portfolio of high-performance slitting, rewinding and roll handling equipment for a wide range of web-based applications such as film and flexible packaging. This coupled with Davis-Standard’s extrusion ...

A New Generation of Hybrid Drive Technology

(Digital)

March 05, 2020, ... delivery table. A high-speed programmable robot-automated stacking and counting system (Spider) which combines extreme acceleration, velocity and precision at continuous web speed of up to 50 m/min can ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... as the packaging industry faces the growing challenges of sustainability trends.  You can also find highlights below from the The 6th drupa Global Trends Report, which shows that the global print industry ...

Roundtable Q&A: Slitting, Winding & Unwinding

(Slit)

February 16, 2020, ... evolving based on customer feedback? Pappas: Today’s control systems are a lot more powerful than they were a decade ago. It is the heart of the machine and allows us to do high-level functions that ...

Is Gravure Coating Right for You?

(Coatings)

February 09, 2020, ...  With offset gravure, a rubber roll transfers the coating from the engraved roll to the web in a second nip.  Kiss coating –without a backup roll—is the simplest configuration but cannot run at high speed. ...

The Back Page: The American Paper Converter April 1946

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January 26, 2020, ...  Plastiglaze is a particularly desirable brushcoating material.  Mr. Lockwood states, because its low viscosity and high flow properties enable it to completely obliterate brush marks prior to drying. ...

Looking Forward and Back

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2020, ... one example of a company that is already recognizing partnerships bringing progress, announcing it has teamed up with several partners to produce new high barrier mono material flexible packaging solutions ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, ... Corona treatment raises the surface energy of these materials in a way that is uniform and not discernible to the eye. A corona treater station for treating polymer films consists of a high voltage and ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... Awards Competition. This year 140 entries were submitted into the competition, however, Molson Coors – 12 Pack Cooler Bag took honors for the Highest Achievement Award – which possess overall packaging ...

Charter NEX Joins the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

(News | New Products)

November 23, 2019, ... flexible packaging that is recyclable, uses higher volumes of recycled content (PCR), and/or incorporates materials made from renewable resources. In 2019, the company ranked in the top 11 percent of businesses ...