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Independent Release Liner Mfr. ITASA Invests in Future

(Label/Tape News)

July 05, 2011, ... such as tape, label stock, industrial, and composite as well as self-adhesive graphic arts and envelopes and hygiene. Current production capacity is 450 million m2 a year, which, with the commissioning ...

Primer Aids Ink Transfer

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2011, ... Indigo presses is said to produce superior ink transfer, ink adhesion, and rub resistance on embossed and heavily textured p-s paper label stock. It's nonblocking and moisture resistant, and is backward ...

Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... play a major role. Today converters active in package or label production are contributing extensively in this market. Although it is a small sector at 5% (see Figure 1), it's a high value one. It ...

Innovation Award to MacDermid

(Prepress)

June 30, 2011, ... reportedly enabling printers to improve print quality and consistency, making flexo more competitive against gravure and offset printing. It can be used on paper, flexible film, foil, paperboard, label ...

Industry Associations

(Uncategorized)

June 01, 2011, ... www.sgia.org SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Assn. Sayville, NY; 202-974-5200; www.plasticsindustry.org Sustainable Green Partnership (SGP) Washington, DC; www.sgppartnership.org Tag & Label Mfrs. ...

Experience Speaks: Rick Heinl

(Trends/Management)

May 31, 2011, ... Inc. 31 Industry Park Ct., Tipp City, OH 45371 www.repacorp.com Founded 1974; 3 plants; 143 employees Specialization | Stock, thermal, thermal transfer, laser, and RFID labels.  ...

MacDermid Combines LUX Flat-Top Dots with LAVA Thermal Processing

(Flexography)

May 08, 2011, ...  paper, flexible film, foil, paperboard, labelstock, and corrugated. LUX has received both the  FTA Technical Innovation Award and the Flexographic Pre-Press Platemakers Assn. (FPPA) Technology Innovator ...

Coating Matters: Steam-The Cure for Curl

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2011, ... when it comes to process improvement. Specifically, the coating of paper label stock can be trying because the substrate tends to curl within the process. I have gained an appreciation for steam remoisturization ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ...  persona with a hologram repeating the Elvis name while communicating integrity and showmanship pizzazz. The wrap consists of 60-ga holographic mPET laminated to 80#, coated-one-side (C1S) litho/label pape ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... mPET laminated to 80#, coated-one-side (C1S) litho/label paper from Hazen. A two-/three-dimensional Holo-Lens insert adds a security feature. Reduced score cracking is achieved through use of PET, and ...

Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ...  CL&D Graphics, Oconomowoc, WI, earns a gold award for shrink sleeves on the Australian Gold Tanning Set product line. Dynamic and eye-catching, the labels feature rich colors created using flexographic ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... paper label, making recycling inefficient. Ironically, McDonald's completed a full circle with its coffee cups: from foam cups in the 1980s to paper cups and back to labeled foam cups. For many years, ...

Materials Suited for High-End Use

(Label/Tape)

January 31, 2011, Premium Estate Label #9/Perm/44# PK (R1232) and Premium Estate Label #8/Perm/44# PK (R1233) materials are RIT-certified for use on the HP Indigo ws4050, Premium Estate Label #9/Perm/44# PK (R1232) and ...

Print In-Line with Digital Finishing

(Digital)

January 31, 2011, The N600 digital label press offers 1,200-dpi nominal print resolution with a native resolution of 600 dpi and four grayscales operating at 50-75 mpm The N600 digital label press offers 1,200-dpi nominal ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... paper volumes also are declining — particularly for cigarette packaging, where smoking bans and health campaigning are reducing cigarette sales. Metallized paper sales for wet glue labels also declined ...

Optimism Returns

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2010, ... convenience, shelf appeal, and sustainability advantages. — Marla Donahue, President, Flexible Packaging Assn. Tags/Labels The year 2011 ushers in new opportunities for the narrow web marketplace. ...

Print More Lifelike Images

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, Tango Advantage coated cover stock is recommended for POP displays, presentation folders, product tags, and labels. Said to offer superior runnability, Tango Advantage coated cover stock is recommended ...

Films Meet VOC Directives

(Label/Tape)

November 30, 2010, Label-Lyte OPP film grades 50LL539 and 60LH538 for p-s labels comply with EU directives limiting the emission of VOCs during manufacture. Both two-side Label-Lyte OPP film grades 50LL539 and 60LH538 for ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, Curve Appeal is a patent-pending system encompassing Fasson Curvy film labels that work together in a machine application process to label complex, curved Curve Appeal is a patent-pending system encompassing ...

In-Mold Breaks the Mold

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... were bestowed on September 29 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel during the International In-Mold Labeling & Decorating Conference, dubbed IMLCON & IMDCON 2010 North America, in the presence of 120 attendees. ...