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- Happy Birthday, Verner Eisby!
- (News | New Products)
- November 07, 2022, ... on food packaging today. NC: How did Verner become involved? JE: It was a chance meeting with a printer who was having difficulty getting the ink to adhere securely to this new plastic material without ...
- Plastics and packaging – understanding test and inspection solutions
- (Flexpack)
- September 11, 2022, ... customers to get the maximum return on investment - only spending what is required to satisfy their application. What do you think are the biggest trends impacting customers right now, and how can you ...
- Quality Control Starts with Prepress
- (Equipment/Machines - Printing)
- August 28, 2022, ... needed; Assessing maximum ink coverage and minimum dot breakouts; Dot gain and press gamut simulations; and Misregistration previews to check trapping efficiency Because the prepress department ...
- The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging
- (Bag Pouch)
- June 26, 2022, ... at best, to waste for energy. However, technology is available to sort, wash and de-ink the PE and PP fractions to allow them to be “closed loop” recycled; i.e., so they can be used back into high-grade ...
- The Importance of Roll Cleaning and Maintenance
- (Surface Prep)
- April 11, 2022, ... not delivering the right amount of ink to the label. That will impact colors. If press operators aren’t getting the right density of color, then that press is running bad labels or sitting idle while the ...
- Corona or Plasma – Which is Best for Your Process?
- (Surface Prep)
- March 13, 2022, ... Surface treatment is all about adhesion – the ability of one medium (a liquid) to adhere securely to another medium (a solid), or in practical terms getting ink, lacquer or adhesive to stick to a non-absorbent ...
- GIS to Present Latest Print Application Capabilities at InPrint Munich 2022
- (News | New Products)
- February 02, 2022, Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), a Nano-Dimension division, will present its latest print application capabilities at InPrint Munich, March 15-17, 2022. Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), a Nano-Dimension division, ...
- The Relationship of Surface Characteristics and Successful Corona Treatment
- (Surface Prep)
- January 16, 2022, ... The object of surface treatment as a corona process is to render a typical plastic film or surface receptive to inks, glues and coatings. The process is most widely known for its ability to improve the ...
- Flex Films to Launch Metallic Polyester Ultra-High Barrier Film ‘F-UHB-M’ for Aluminum Foil Replacement
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 26, 2021, ... a very high optical density is compatible with a wide range of inks and adhesives, has better machinability and handling during processing, generates lesser scrap during production, comes with good flex ...
- Plasma Replaces Propane Torch to Improve Print Adhesion on PE Pipes
- (News | New Products)
- July 08, 2021, ... in Enercon in-line Plasma Treaters to enable inkjet printing on various polymers has reduced labor and operating costs while improving throughput. CB Supplies manufactures three types of polyethylene ...
- Static Control for Labels
- (News | New Products)
- September 27, 2020, ... inside the control volume CV. With balanced charges, there are equal numbers of positive and negative charges. So, the fieldmeter reads zero. With a zero reading, we think that the labels entering the ...
- European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus
- (News | New Products)
- March 22, 2020, ... in March as Europeans began to panic buy food and other necessities. “On the one hand, it's a regular seasonal effect in February and March – it’s winter so people drink less [bottled drinks]. But on ...
- Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Opens New PEF Division Innovation Center
- (News | New Products)
- March 16, 2020, ... advanced, precision-engineered, irradiation-crosslinked, polypropylene and polyethylene foam for automotive, flooring, and industrial applications, including gasket, tape, and composites. Toray’s foams ...
- Corona Treating System
- (Corona, Flame, Plasma)
- January 02, 2020, Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension. Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension. Inks, coatings, and adhesives do not readily wet out or adhere. ...
- Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo
- (Converting Perspectives)
- December 01, 2019, ... Types of vertical packages include form-fill-seal bagging as well as stand-up pouch bagging and sealing. Sealed flow wrap packages, shrink sleeve, blister and clamshell, folding cartons and sealed tray ...
- Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities
- (Converting Perspectives)
- November 05, 2019, ... NEX. Film can be supplied to meet industry specifications including corona and chemical treatments, heat-sealability, color, anti-fog, hazy, ultra-clear, shrinkable, twistable, metallized and other market ...
- Combining Exceed XP and ExxonMobil PP Delivers Polyolefin Films with Extreme Performance and High Temperature Resistance
- (News | New Products)
- October 16, 2019, ... improvements of over 40 percent even up to 70⁰C and no film deformation due to shrinkage up to 140⁰C, compared to incumbent solutions with high density polyethylene (HDPE). The high-temperature resistance ...
- Roundtable Q&A: Rolls & Roll Handling
- (News | New Products)
- October 02, 2019, ... output at faster and faster speeds. Customers who rely on our products and services reduce their set up times, use less ink and coating materials, and produce superior imagery and other visual effects ...
- North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth
- (News | New Products)
- July 30, 2019, ... are investing significant sums of money in the idea and the technology that it could well be a commercial service in the next five or so years. Rethinking Recycling Recycling concerns seem to be cyclical ...
- AIMCAL Awards
- (News | New Products)
- March 10, 2019, The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) announced the category winners at its 2019 Awards Ceremony. The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators ...
