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Dominion Packaging Installs Masterwork Folder/Gluer

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2014, Adds folding carton capacity with MK 1000FBII CHARLOTTE, NC | Masterwork USA, a manufacturer of folding carton and packaging equipment, has installed a new MK 1000FBII high speed automatic folder/gluer ...

Coating Matters | Under Pressure: The Damage Stress Can Do in Fluid Coating

(Coating Matters)

March 24, 2014, ... to the substrate and stresses occur. As solvent is removed from the fluid, holding on tight to the substrate introduces a shrinking effect that may not match the shrinking effect of the substrate during ...

Defects in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

March 24, 2014, ... team says it is. Once the fluid hits the substrate many things can happen – the substrate can wrinkle, air can be trapped, and curing can do more damage than good. The key is to understand where the defect ...

Keene Technology Now Owned by Quantum Design

(News | New Products)

March 23, 2014, President and VP of Quantum will now also serve in those roles at KTI, with expectations of improving both products and service   SOUTH BELOIT, IL | Keene Technology Inc. (KTI), a manufacturer of ...

ITW Muller Pallet Wrapper Now in New Size

(News | New Products)

March 23, 2014, With a new 40-in. carriage, the GW-4100 robotic pallet wrapper offers more speed, throughput, and battery life   CHICAGO, IL | ITW Muller introduces the GW-4100 40-in. robotic pallet wrapper. The ...

Menges Roller Wins AIMCAL Technology of the Year Award

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2014, The award is for company’s use of computational fluid dynamics to design better heat transfer rollers   WAUCONDA, IL | Menges Roller is the winner of the 2014 “Technology of the Year” Award from ...

Freedonia Issues Study on Active and Intelligent Packaging

(Flexpack)

March 16, 2014, Among other trends, report says pharmaceuticals will be the fastest growing active and intelligent packaging market through 2017   CLEVELAND, OH | Demand for active and intelligent packaging in the ...

Ross Printing Expands Services with ComFold

(Carton Box)

March 12, 2014, Installs Kluge folding and gluing system to convert cartons and boxes ST. CROIX FALLS, WI | Ross Printing, Spokane, WA, has installed a Kluge ComFold Folding and Gluing System. The modular construction ...

Business Forms | New Developments in Passport Manufacture

(Adhesives)

March 11, 2014, ... be glued. While it is cooling, the PUR adhesive undergoes a chemical process and hardens completely. The cross-linking of PUR is better than that of cold glue, so it is also very suitable for heavy and ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, ... inks reveal and obscure the metallic effects of the metallized film. Earthy, Fresh & Flashy The Marketing Award in the Food Packaging Category went to Celplast Metallized Products, Toronto, ON, Canada, ...

Camfil Parent Company Acquires Handte

(News | New Products)

March 07, 2014, The German manufacturer of environmental products will now be part of the Camfil APC business unit   JONESBORO, AR | Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) announces that its parent, Camfil, Stockholm, ...

Montalvo Offering In-Line Tensioner

(News | New Products)

March 03, 2014, System creates standalone, drop-in zone to manage tension for tube manufacturing and die-cutting applications   GORHAM, ME | Montalvo has designed a new in-line tensioner system to create a tension ...

Menges Expands Line with Partnerships

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2014, ... Paratherm is one of the most respected names in heat transfer fluid, outperforming a lot of bigger-name competitors. So not only do we have a partner here that’s forward thinking and innovative, but their ...

Preco Opens Clean Slitting Center

(News | New Products)

February 26, 2014, Company says facility is designed to provide debris-free slit rolls that customers have been requesting   SOMERSET, WI | Preco reports the opening of a Polymer Clean Slitting (PCS) Center in its ...

CMD Offers Two New Pouch Converting Systems

(Bag Pouch)

February 22, 2014, The 760-C Custom Bag/Pouch System and 760-PPS Security Bag System use company’s Intelligent Sealing Technology to maintain critical sealing parameters   APPLETON, WI | CMD announces two new pre-made ...

Rockwell Circuit Breakers Allow Standardization

(Controls)

February 19, 2014, Company’s line of circuit breakers meets global certifications and is said to allow customers shorter lead times and easier inventory management   MILWAUKEE, WI | Rockwell Automation reports industrial ...

On Print | Measuring Print Quality Within and Across Platforms

(On Print)

February 19, 2014, ... People associated with the traditional technologies have a huge amount of accumulated experience about machine, ink, and substrate. There is more of an issue in establishing set ups and maintaining them ...

Cartotecnica Veneta Adds QuadTech Color Quality

(News | New Products)

February 18, 2014, System links QuadTech and X-Rite technologies to deliver precise color consistency SUSSEX, WI | Italy-based Cartotecnica Veneta S.p.A. is simplifying color preparation and improving print quality on ...

Coating Matters | I'm Done Coating...Now What

(Coating/Laminating)

February 17, 2014, ... the web to control the extent of reaction. The two functions UV light curing can propogate are the cross-linking of polymer solution coating or the polymerization of liquid monomer coating. E-Beam curing ...

Mark Andy Digital Series Features ProWORX DFE

(News | New Products)

February 15, 2014, ... the Digital Front End (DFE) solution designed exclusively for the Mark Andy Digital Series, the range of fully in-line, hybrid ink jet printing and converting technology. ProWORX, powered by Esko, is said ...