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Foodservice Packaging Institute Redesigns Site

(Bag Pouch News)

March 24, 2013, ... communications with our members and serve as an informational resource to the thousands of people looking for foodservice packaging information.” Highlights of the redesigned site include: • “Resources” ...

Market Forecast | Paper Industry Outlook for 2013

(Substrates)

March 19, 2013, ... and embrace sustainability as a core operating principle. High-profile conservation and carbon mitigation initiatives are casting the industry in a more favorable light among global purchasers and consumers. ...

Clicherlux Receives Esko HD Flexo Certification

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2013, ... is developing flexo plates for packaging with increased highlight and shadow details that had extended gamuts, reduced ink units and ink use, offered faster makereadies and, most important, attracted new ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... Envirofoil material. The transfer-metallized, C2S 10-pt SBS features custom holography and combines White Motion and Hold-Lens images. It also highlights the recyclability of the metallized material, which ...

On Print | Conductive Inks & Coatings

(Coatings)

February 21, 2013, ... or etching is comparatively straight forward, again on roll-to-roll equipment. It is performing especially well with grids of silver ink for solar cells and organic light emitting diodes (OLED). And, as ...

AIMCAL Judges Pick Coated Product & Sustainable Winners

(Yo's Yarns)

January 17, 2013, Mid-January signals it must be judging time for AIMCAL's sustainable and product of the year awards, but it also means show and conference season is approaching. Come every mid-January, I prepare myself ...

TLMI Hands Out Environmental Awards

(Green Converting)

January 09, 2013, ... in power, water, and lighting in addition to developing a recycling initiative on a global scale. The company introduced a “zero waste to landfill” initiative in early 2012 and reports it is well on its ...

The Role of Energy in Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

January 09, 2013, ... of oven profiles, energy sources, and line speed limitations are important to developing the framework of the coating window for a site. 2. UV: Light as a curing source allows for energy with less heat ...

Web Industries Adds Nonwovens Printing Capacity

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2013, ... to offer high-speed, wide-web, one-color flexo printing said to hold complex graphics without image bleedthrough on nonwovens as light as 10 gsm and on papers. The 60-in. press at Dallas joins the 90-in. ...

Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... is about 100,000 nanometres wide), these nano-pigments are extremely powerful absorbers of light and enable unprecedented image qualities. Landa Nanographic Printing is characterized by ultra-sharp dots ...

On Print | Add Extended Gamut Printing to Your Lean List

(On Print)

December 17, 2012, ... six- or seven-station printer or press, i.e., most packaging and labeling lines, and all inkjet printers with light color capability. Furthermore, the Sonoco Inst. of Packaging Design and Graphics at ...

AWA Release Liner Conference Is Coming

(Release Liners)

December 12, 2012, ...  Program highlights will include: • Concurrent Session A: A round table workshop: Is liner recycling an obstacle or an opportunity - Hosted by Channeled Resources • Concurrent Session B: Workshop ...

Industry Outlook | Packaging Predictions for 2013

(Trends/Management)

December 02, 2012, ... or in your purse. These lightweight and portable devices are allowing the freedom of mobility. Smart phones and tablets are connecting 2.3 billion people (32% of the people on earth) to the World Wide ...

McCullagh Coffee Launches Compostable Packs Using Natureflex Film

(Flexpack)

November 28, 2012, ... digestion. “We were delighted to assist McCullagh Coffee in realizing their sustainability goals. In applications such as this, where fast product turnover requires much shorter shelf life, a single ...

Label Printing | Rotakett Opts for Gallus RCS 330 Press

(Label/Tape)

November 26, 2012, ... might have offered a better alternative to the Gallus RCS with its lighter kiss on textured stocks, but Anders Eliason claims that HD-flexo techniques, combined with embossing after printing on uncoated ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... for that—the ink vendors are at arm’s length. Durst had a first with metallic UV-cure ink at the show. UV cure is difficult for this because the metallic platelets are total light reflectors and therefore ...

ExxonMobil Chemical Introduces Conformable Film for Labels

(Film)

October 22, 2012, Lightweight Label-Lyte 52LLC210 film helps reduce material use. HOUSTON, TX | ExxonMobil Chemical has introduced Label-Lyte 52LLC210 film, a new lightweight oriented polyolefin film that offers excellent ...

SoftRIP Helps Australian Label Printer with Short-Runs

(Label/Tape)

September 23, 2012, ... adjustments to image lightness, darkness, and specific color channels, Digital Lollipop can make color adjustments without ever leaving SoftRIP. "I'm not a color expert, but with SoftRIP I can easily get ...

UV LED Curing Symposium Coming Soon

(Curing)

September 19, 2012, Integration Technology Ltd. and IST America present a symposium covering UV LED curing, chips, light source design, safety, measurement, and more   ROSEMONT, IL | The first UV LED Curing Symposium, ...

Kodak Ink for Security Uses Is Honored

(News | New Products)

August 13, 2012, ... of substrates and appears clear until it is illuminated with an ultraviolet light source. The intensity of the red ink can be controlled by the amount of ink applied during the printing process, but it ...