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Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge

(Trends/Management)

February 12, 2014, ... no plastic and a minimal amount of aluminum—so it can be recycled as easily as printed paper—while striking source reduction means it carries 20 times less metal per square inch than metallic ink and can ...

Web Lines | The Case for Shorter (and Longer) Acceleration Times

(Slit)

February 04, 2014, ... including the one that was running on this slitter, wrinkle much more at low speed. At higher speeds, air lubrication reduces the web-to-roller traction, reducing the ability of a roller to shift or gather ...

Foil Stamping | Exquisite Boxes for Top Brands

(Carton Box)

January 28, 2014, Italian folding carton and box manufacturer Pusterla 1880 installs a Gietz FSA 1060 Foil Commander, which offers a highly complex, yet very easy foil transportation system Seen from the air, the factory ...

On Print | Digital Printing: New Year Resolution

(On Print)

January 19, 2014, ... that we use when teaching new operators about inkjet are explained first. The primary driver for tight resolution control in inkjet that I see is text and bar coding on labels and packaging. Clear text ...

Montalvo CEO and Co-Founder Passes Away

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2014, Margaret B. Montalvo, who served as CEO of the firm since 1985, passes away at the age of 93   GORHAM, ME | Margaret B. Montalvo, CEO of The Montalvo Corp., international manufacturers and suppliers ...

Turkish Flexpack Converter Installs Titan

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2014, Poyraz Ambalaj adds compact slitter/rewinder from Atlas Converting BEDFORD, UK | Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd. has commissioned a 1350-mm-wide Titan ER610 compact slitter/rewinder at Poyraz Ambalaj, ...

Optimasmart Adds DuPont Exposure/Light Finisher

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2014, The Cyrel DigiFlow1000 ECLF features flexographic technology said to enable a flat top dot for quality printing   MOSCOW, RUSSIA | DuPont Packaging Graphics reports that Optimasmart, a trade shop ...

Maxcess Intl. Acquired by Bertram Capital

(News | New Products)

January 12, 2014, Maxcess Intl. will be merged with Webex and led by Chairman Gary Edwards and CEO Greg Jehlik SAN MATEO, CA | Bertram Capital announced today its acquisition of Maxcess International Holding Corp., ...

QuadTech Announces New Register Module

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2014, The TouchRegister module for use with the company’s Web Viewing System is said to add print quality and increase productivity   SUSSEX, WI | QuadTech, supplier of press control technology including ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, Process development is taking a product concept through 3 stages: lab, pilot, and production If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters topic, "The 3 Stages ...

Prestige Graphics Adds Kluge Foil Stamper

(Embossing)

January 06, 2014, Kluge EHF foil stamping, embossing, and die-cutting press offers more efficient use of foil ST. CROIX FALLS, WI | Prestige Graphics, Wichita, KS, has recently added a Kluge 14x22 EHF Foil Stamping, ...

Montalvo Video Demonstrates Load Cell

(News | New Products)

January 01, 2014, Demonstrating the ES load cell, video discusses the two major factors in selecting load cells: sensitivity and repeatability   GORHAM, ME | The Montalvo Corp., international specialists in industrial ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... DRYING SYSTEM   Heat Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA, offers the Spectra HE Ultra Drying System that provides advanced convective drying technology for ink, adhesive, water, and other solvents. The acoustic ...

Static Dissipator Performance

(Static-Beat)

December 23, 2013, Here, I provide my analysis of static dissipator neutralization efficiency. While this is a "first principles" analysis making it only approximate, it provides two important insights and a key quantitative ...

Gilbreth Packaging Boosts Production with Titan

(News | New Products)

December 16, 2013, ... shrink sleeve marketplace. A forerunner within a group of flexography-focused US shrink sleeve converters, Gilbreth changed the market by introducing gravure printing on shrink films. This offering allows ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, The world has gone patch coating crazy, but we also have to consider the technical challenges If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his Coating Matters topic, "Intermittent ...

INX Breaks Ground on New Facility

(News | New Products)

December 07, 2013, The manufacturing center will produce solvent ink packaging products as well as metal decorating, UV/EB, and water-based flexo ink products   SCHAUMBURG, IL | INX International Ink Co. officials ...

Sun Chemical Offers Water-Based Flexo Dispenser Program

(News | New Products)

December 07, 2013, ... new water-based flexo dispenser program for narrow web tag and label printers. Program is said to allow users to decrease their overall bottom-line operating expenses in ink volume and ink costs by up ...

GMG Integrates with PantoneLIVE for Color Proofs

(News | New Products)

December 04, 2013, With OpenColor and ColorProof with PantoneLIVE, GMG customers will be able to access the PantoneLIVE ecosystem and color libraries   TÜEBINGEN, GERMANY | GMG announces a cooperative agreement with ...

CGS Adds Color Management Products

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2013, ... 3D packaging visualization, ideation, and design application in one product. The ORIS Lynx generates both device link and ICC profiles to control the quality and consistency of CMYK or RGB output on ...