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Protecting Brands

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January 30, 2006, The familiar pressure-sensitive label offers some practical approaches that converters can offer brand owners to secure the integrity of their products—by using a familiar "carrier" mechanism. Part 1 ...

The PSA Process

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January 30, 2006, ... adhesive products are a combination of several components coated and then laminated together to form a package or PSA construction. It is commonly a combination of facestock (for a label) or carrier/backing ...

Trends & Technical Solutions

(Archive)

December 30, 2005, ... in many pressure-sensitive applications today, ranging from no-label look beverage labels to diaper closures, medical applications, and labels for health and beauty aid products. The market for filmic ...

Reporter Clips

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December 30, 2005, Narrow web news from: Digital Labels, Lowry Computer Products, and Raflatac. Narrow Web Converting Industry News Press Cures Growing Pains TURATE, ITALY—Digital Labels, Amman, Jordan, is the proud ...

New Products

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December 30, 2005, ... Strong Splices Dielectric Polymers, Holyoke, MA; 800/628-9007; dipoly.com NT-9511-2SW and NT-9512-2SW splicing tapes are suited for roll label stock and other substrates to be coated with PSA. Both are ...

The Digital Demand

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December 30, 2005, The Label Printers has expanded its manufacturing capabilities into color plateless technology with the purchase of a seven-color HP Indigo ws4050 digital press. Digital Printing The Label Printers ...

A Perfect Match

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November 29, 2005, Macaran proofs color labels directly on flexo substrates with Latran's Prediction. Digital Proofing Macaran Printed Products prints high quality flexographic labels on a broad range of pressure-sensitive ...

Converting Industry News

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November 29, 2005, ... classification as packaging waste, the self-adhesive label value chain as a whole will have a problem on its hands. There is still little evidence that the industry is developing environmentally responsible ...

New Products

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November 29, 2005, ...  Oriented Polyflex TMPOPS 70-50 shrink sleeve label film is said to provide a superior surface for ink adhesion with excellent shrink characteristics. PS film also reportedly offers high gloss and low ...

Spinnaker Receives Award for Film on Film Literature

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November 07, 2005, ... fourteen page informational brochure, a letterpress and screen printed sample label of 2.0 mil TC Clear Conformable BOPP affixed to a bottle of hand sanitizer to show the product’s clarity, and a custom ...

Reporter Clips

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October 30, 2005, ... Industry News FINAT Competition Turns 25 the hague, Netherlands—It’s been 25 years since FINAT started its International Label Competition, and the entries (and winners, of course) just keep getting ...

First Glance

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October 30, 2005, ... direct manufacturer of corrugated packaging products, to develop a promotion for Eckrich Foods. The promotion, a bright container in the shape of a house, will highlight Eckrich’s new label. The corrugated ...

A Quality Standard

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October 30, 2005, During the past 12 years, Valdese Packaging & Label has worked hard to achieve steady annual growth, expanding from a small, family-run startup to a 50-employee, full-service operation. The North Carolina-based ...

Siliconizing: Challenging the Status Quo

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October 30, 2005, ... much more is achievable today in terms of both enhanced siliconizing speeds and improved siliconizing quality. This applies to virtually every sphere of release liner technology: self-adhesive label stock; ...

Low-Cost Paper Applications

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October 30, 2005, ... when used on a label face paper at the same silicone coat weight. Stable release requires excellent silicone coverage and thus a good stain. Alternative Paper for Release Liner Some commodity papers ...

Mastering RFID

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, This article analyzes existing ESD control standards and interprets them for RFID label converting. In addition, available static control methods in RFID converting are examined along with a case study ...

Mastering RFID, Part 2

(Archive)

September 29, 2005, ... ESD from triboelectric charge generation, direct discharge, and electrostatic fields. ESD protective packaging and handling materials should be appropriately labeled to indicate their function. 3. Eliminate ...

More of the 411 on RFID

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August 30, 2005, ... adds converting equipment for smart labels to its Greenville, WI, supplies facility. With in-house production, Zebra now provides one of the broadest selections of high quality, cost-competitive smart ...

First Glance

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August 30, 2005, Innovative packaging from: Flexicon, Protective Packaging Corp., and The Cloth Envelope Co. Notebooks Looking Good on Two Sides Flexicon, Cary, IL, an Ampac co., announces Flexi 6818 peelable lidstock ...

Narrow Web New Products

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August 30, 2005, Narrow web new products from: Label Vision Systems, Mark Andy, Fasson Roll North America, Nilpeter, Rohm and Haas, Martin Automatic, and VTI. Narrow Web Machinery, Accessories, Services This month’s ...