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AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... three-piece canister with a sidewall featuring ultraviolet (UV) coating/UV inks/heat-seal coating/8-ga metallized polyethylene terephthalate (mPET)/0.016-in. solid bleached sulfate (SBS)/0.75-mil extruded ...

INFO*FLEX Show Preview: Full Speed Ahead

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... year's conference sessions are designed to have you rethink how you produce packaging. To that end, sessions will include the latest flexo printing techniques, color consistency, FIRST production practices, ...

Hazen Metalized Substrate Receives Color-Logic Certification

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 23, 2011, ... of Hazen Transfer Metalized C1S Foiljet Digital 10-point substrate means Indigo cut sheet presses that use white ink can now utilize the Color-Logic Process Metallic Color System as well.  The Hazen substrate ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... GPI to receive the distinguished Peter Rigney Product of the Year Award.* GPI formed a holiday-decorated three-piece canister with a sidewall featuring ultraviolet (UV) coating/UV inks/heat-seal coating/8-ga ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... containers, many choices are available, including the following methods: wet glue applied heat transfer pressure-sensitive (p-s) shrink sleeve in-mold labeling (IML) Each of these labeling methods ...

Material Is Flame Retardant

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... and thermal transfer printing. Company says images on the XF-603 will withstand high temperatures, harsh chemicals, and solvents when matched with the proper inks or thermal ribbon. Polyonics | 603-352-1415 ...

Visual Control in Many Uses

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... and deflector plates. Uses include ink pumps on a printing press, dispensing adhesive on a carton folder/gluer, and for a coating/laminating process. Berkeley Nucleonics | 800-234-7858 | www.berkeleynucleonics.com ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... soft drinks and beer. Metallized PET has shown slow growth but is forecast to evidence significantly increased demand in the short term — particularly in barrier laminates for flexible packaging. Market ...

UV To Aid Digital Plates

(Prepress)

November 30, 2010, UV exposure technology is expected to enable digital flexo plates to achieve 1:1 file-to-plate imaging, improving print image reproduction. Easily integrated UV exposure technology is expected to enable ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... Printed stochastically to enhance print quality, converting requires holographic cold foil, ultraviolet (UV) inks, gold hot stamping, matte/gloss varnish, and raised varnish silkscreen. Supplying the necessary ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... adds Dave Kovach, process engineer. “To solve the problem, Faustel provided a unique progressive-cooling roll stack to prevent the foil from wrinkling.” Seamless Integration Faustel was open to working ...

Label Portfolio Is UL-Recognized

(Label/Tape)

August 31, 2010, ... products to streamline application matching, UL testing, and qualification. Company has secured pre-approval for inks and thermal transfer ribbons, and products are proven to work in the vast majority ...

Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... extra dimension of sequential numbering as well as article-specific identification such as a bar code. Converters can add specific overt and covert features to their printed labels. Security inks for ...

RIT Installs HP in Lab

(Digital)

May 31, 2010, ... the lab staff examines runnability, ink adhesion, ink transferability, blanket compatibility, and other factors. Bill Garno, director of the lab, says, “The WS6000 further enhances our world-class digital ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... that are lightweight, individually wrapped, or resealable. Things like single-serve snacks that provide ease of portion control, airtight nutrition bars, drink mixes for water, travel pouches of shampoo ...

NEWS CLIPS

(Magazine)

March 31, 2010, ... that provides converters with broad access and easy ordering of thermal transfer paper and adhesive combinations. Squid Ink, Brooklyn Park, MN, donates a new VDP In-Line variable data printing system ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... is billed as the first of its kind with a structure comprising overprint varnish (OPV)/ink/SBS/adhesive/pattern susceptor/48-ga PET. Its unique feature, with the aid of Focus Inset susceptor lamination ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... transparent and spot opaque white inks. Gravure-printed graphics were designed by Diane Brewer, Lawrenceburg, TN; contract packaging is performed by Langer Juice Co. Flatbread by the Order Graphic ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... that are lightweight, individually wrapped, or resealable. Things like single-serve snacks that provide ease of portion control, airtight nutrition bars, drink mixes for water, travel pouches of shampoo ...

Click To Pick

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... cracking, peeling, warp, and poor ink adhesion. Henkel Corp. | www.henkelna.com/mirafoil Circle 314 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff Unprecedented Gravure Waste Reduction TAPS (Total-Automatic-Pre-Register-Setting) ...