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Pregis Invests in Blown Film Testing Lab

(Flexpack)

January 20, 2018, ... Rapids facility reportedly provides high-quality custom film rollstock to converters for packaging applications that protect a wide variety of products. “We made the investment in the new lab to create ...

Maxson Sheeter Suited for Digital Sheet-Fed Presses

(Carton Box)

January 14, 2018, ... sheets from the cutter to the stacker. Company says innovative use of static-eliminating systems in combination with compressed air allows trouble-free sheet flow at higher speeds and adds that the sheeter’s ...

Mactac Films Receive UL Approval

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2017, ... knowing the full solution—label base material, pressure-sensitive adhesive, and thermal printing—together pass the standard.” Mactac says its Durable Film Products are high-performance adhesive labels ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... strategies. Marketing communications efforts will continue to struggle to find the “high touch” connection with prospects and customers as their products and organizations become more “high tech.” ...

Labelexpo Asia Expands and Succeeds

(Label/Tape)

December 16, 2017, ... its solution for putting its sustainability concept into action and promoting green developments for the industry. In addition to the Digital Trail, the show also hosted its first SMART Zone, which highlighted ...

Mactac Adds to CHILL AT Line

(Label/Tape)

December 12, 2017, ... dispensing. Designed primarily for roll-to-roll applications, the entire product construction of AJR7802 coverts and prints on wider webs and higher speeds than typical rubber-based adhesive-coated papers, ...

TLMI Awards | ASL Print FX Takes Best of Show for Whiskey Label

(Label/Tape)

October 19, 2017, ... frequent speaker at converter meetings and technical conferences. He has authored numerous technical papers and white papers and he has been honored for his work in high schools and colleges to help develop ...

Maxson Offers Small Batch Solution

(Carton Box)

October 06, 2017, ... devices, two high-speed tape sections, and motorized indexing conveyors on which the sheets are stacked and then off-loaded. Sensors monitor sheet count automatically, shuttling sheet flow from one station ...

Protective Packaging | Add Value with Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... VCI technology has been combined with a high-gloss water-based coating that rivals the performance of typical polycoated and waxed papers. VCI paper with this water-based moisture barrier is fully repulpable. ...

Label Industry Innovators Are Winners

(Label/Tape)

September 25, 2017, ... the systems are compact, vacuum-sealed, zero maintenance, and have high longevity.  ebeam Mike Fairley, chair of the judges, says, “It is through the sheer determination and tenacity of our many ...

Mactac Reports New Overlaminate in Portfolio

(Label/Tape)

September 10, 2017, ... UL recognition is highly advantageous for our customers, as now the entire durable label construction is UL approved without the need for any additional testing—just a simple paper transfer,” says Kim ...

HERMA Adhesive Promises Benefits

(Coating/Laminating)

September 03, 2017, HERMAperfectCut 62Xpc multilayer adhesive is said to provide strong tack, high clarity, and increased cohesion FILDERSTADT, GERMANY | HERMA will feature the 62Xpc multilayer adhesive at Labelexpo Europe ...

Mactac Film Certified for Vehicle Safety

(Label/Tape)

August 20, 2017, ... marketing manager, Mactac Performance Adhesives. “Mactac places great emphasis on developing labeling solutions that are of the highest quality and are as safe and reliable as possible. Receiving FMVSS ...

Show Preview | PRINT 2017 Heads Back to Chicago

(Trade Shows)

August 16, 2017, ... business networking and commerce within our community needed to grow this industry.” To make it easier for the entire industry to come together for the show, NPES is providing free high-speed wireless ...

Oracle Packaging Has Solution for Effervescent Tablets

(Flexpack)

August 13, 2017, Company says its high-barrier pouchstock for OTC effervescent tablets yields excellent hot tack and hermetic seals at low temperatures WINSTON-SALEM, NC | Oracle Packaging, a provider of flexible packaging ...

Sticking With It | Q&A on Testing and Evaluation

(Coating/Laminating)

August 07, 2017, ... For instance, if a tape will be used to secure a component on a roof, survival at high and low temperatures will be needed, so most likely a solvent–based adhesive would be the best option. In many cases ...

Blown Film | Which Applications Are Most Suited for 7/9/11 Layers? Part 3

(Flexpack)

August 02, 2017, ... structure can utilize a lower-cost LLDPE in the second layer and an expensive, high-performance metallocene LLDPE as the skin layer, which has superior hot tack and heat seal properties. This structure, ...

Karton-Pak Adds Pasaban Sheeter for Improved Productivity

(Carton Box)

July 31, 2017, ... times for its customers, the company made the strategic decision to cut the boxboard itself instead of buying it in reams. To do so it needed a highly automated, versatile machine that enabled it to ...

Mactac Launches Transfer Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

July 02, 2017, New high-strength XT High Performance Rubber Transfer Adhesive is said to provide customization and application versatility STOW, OH | Mactac Technical Tapes Products has launched its latest high-strength ...

Sticking With It | Overview of Radiation Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, ... temperatures of 270 deg F are recommended to maximize product stability. Here higher temperatures are not a plus as they decrease stability and do not result in appreciable viscosity reduction, especially ...