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Flexo Printing | Middle East Label Converter Adds Gallus ECS 340

(Label/Tape)

May 28, 2013, ... where a staff of 220 works a triple shift pattern seven days a week. Designed and built with environmental protection in mind, the factory makes great use of natural light, and elsewhere has movement sensors ...

PRoactive | Negative Reviews Can Be Your Best Friend

(Label/Tape)

May 20, 2013, ... prompt the “fight” element of your “fight or flight” instinct. But instead of fighting back with harsh words that make you seem defensive, or fleeing to the seeming safety of hiding your head in the ...

Foam Labels | Cool Intentions

(Label/Tape)

May 06, 2013, ... material. Although it is much lighter than paper, it is classified as a denser foam.” For moderate insulation requirements, such as to keep the surface of a heated product cool to the touch after removal ...

Eagle Systems' Cold Foil System Chosen by KBA Japan

(Foil)

April 29, 2013, ... to the delight of the customer, and machine training was done immediately after install and took just two hours. By the end of the third day, we were already testing out first job.” Taisei, known for ...

PRoactive | PR-Always Important, Ever Evolving

(Trends/Management)

April 14, 2013, ... a marketing communications and content development company. Since 2008, he has worked with Lightning Labels, a Denver-based all-digital printer of custom labels, as a content developer specializing in ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX 2013

(Flexography)

April 03, 2013, ... printing at speeds to 246 fpm at 600 dpi. Print width to 13.11 in. Change SKUs, colors, designs, or print jobs on the fly. Durst, Rochester, NY (Booth 719), will highlight the Durst Tau 330 UV inkjet ...

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 ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, ... a clear, lightweight oriented polyolefin film that offers excellent converting characteristics, conformability, and flexibility for PSL applications. The conformability and squeezability of the film enables ...

Webex Holds Prices Steady in Online Catalog

(News | New Products)

June 11, 2012, ...  The online catalog features more than 50 idler styles with over 400 different combinations of roll materials, face lengths, diameters, and shaft configurations. The site also features FeatherLight ...

Americhem Color Solutions Are Green

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2012, ... used to lightweight products and reduce raw material usage, and natural fibers such as flax used as fillers and for unique esthetic effects. All sustainable solutions can be customized. In other news ...

DuPont Awards | Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top Prize

(Carton Box)

May 09, 2012, ... strategically. There was a real focus on consumer insight on the impact of packaging at shelf and throughout the user experience.” Following are highlights of some of the top awards of interest to converters. ...