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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. ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... and about 50% of the top 50 label converters. There also is visible global consolidation in the broader packaging sector. Geographical Regions Across all areas of application geographically, the Asia ...

PP Is Thick

(Print)

October 31, 2010, ... thickness for success in thermal transfer machines. The stiffness is said to be ideal for print-and-apply and print-and-present label applications and to perform as well or better than similar films with ...

Dow Industries Buys HP Indigo WS600 Digital Press

(Digital)

October 24, 2010, Unrelenting demand for multiple stock keeping units (SKUs) allowed label converter Dow Industries to install an HP Indigo WS6000 Digital Press PALO ALTO, CA – Unrelenting demand for multiple stock keeping ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... bags, industrial wraps, foodservice papers, food processing papers) Labels and tags (label facestock, release base, tags) Packaging wraps (single-ply wraps, multi-ply wraps) Taken as a whole, these ...

Peel Away

(Label/Tape)

September 30, 2010, IntegraPeel technology from Curwood, Oshkosh, WI, integrates peel-off promotions directly into the package, reducing costs associated with adhesive labels while retaining brand identity and barrier protection ...

UPM Raflatac Says: It's Prime Time

(Label/Tape)

September 28, 2010, UPM Raflatac described its mission during Labelexpo Americas: to lift its prime labeling product and service offering to a new level MILLS RIVER, NC –| UPM Raflatac described its mission during Labelexpo ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... 35.5-in., nine-color variable sleeve offset presses (VSOP) from Muller Martini. With shrink sleeve and roll-fed label production being a hot market for the company, the two VSOP presses generate 20% of ...

Slit, Inspect in Two Widths

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

August 31, 2010, The KSI Prolabel slitting inspection machine is suited for mid- and narrow webs. Capable of handling self-adhesive label stock and paper, it comes in The KSI Prolabel slitting inspection machine is suited ...

Pressure-Sensitive Coating: Ready & Able

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive label stock based in Troy, OH, was a relatively small player in a market dominated by the likes of Fasson, MACtac, and Raflatac. In fact, it's not too much of a stretch ...