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ITW Pillar Launches Maintenance Indicator for Treaters

(News | New Products)

February 01, 2016, On-board maintenance indicator senses contamination at treater’s ground roll, reportedly saving downtime and wasted material HARTLAND, WI | ITW Pillar Technologies, a manufacturer of advanced surface ...

Show Preview | FTA’s 2016 Forum and INFO*FLEX

(Print)

February 01, 2016, ... Foundation. Booth Descriptions Anderson & Vreeland (Booth 427) will feature flexographic equipment, materials, and supplies.   Ashe Converting Equipment (Booth 532) will showcase its range of slitting/rewinding ...

Rotoflex Upgrades Finishing Solution

(Label/Tape)

January 31, 2016, ... processes. Design is said to reduce material waste through the automated die-cutter and flexo unit setup and addresses inspection rewind requirements to maximize digital workflows, accommodate shorter ...

Ceresana Issues Study on Bags and Sacks

(Bag Pouch)

January 26, 2016, Polyethylene is the most commonly used material in bags and sacks, but there are differences around the world CONSTANCE, GERMANY | Market research institute Ceresana has issued a study on bags and ...

Coating Matters | Considerations for Good Manufacturing Practice

(Coating/Laminating)

January 26, 2016, ... facility, testing consistency, raw material control, packaging and labeling, and laboratory control. Remember that these are worldwide concerns, not just domestic. Why is GMP important? For medical ...

ULS Report Issues Study on Packaging Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2016, ... given amount of product. Study methodology gave credit for source reduction, recyclability, and use of recycled materials. The methodology, findings, and conclusions were reviewed by the Laboratory of ...

ROTOCON Sells First MPS EB Press in Africa

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2016, ... gap (and thus the liner strike) for various applications and materials. The advantages of GapControl are mainly rooted in its high stability, which allows problem-free cutting-through at high production ...

On Print | UV LED Is Beyond the Tipping Point

(On Print)

January 11, 2016, ... friendly to heat-sensitive materials. And they have small profiles, so they are especially good for retrofitting to traditional ink presses. Until 2015, UV LED wasn’t commonplace except where it permitted ...

Roll-2-Roll Technologies Adapts Sensing Technology

(News | New Products)

January 06, 2016, ... ARIS automatically adapts to any materials, requires no set-up, calibration or other manual adjustment operation, and can now be experienced in line, contrast and center guiding. One sensor can now handle ...

Static Beat | Keep a Good Thing Going!

(Static-Beat)

January 04, 2016, ... and collecting data. Of course, each material flow operation has its own unique challenges, and the appropriate effort to control static in your operation may be different from 2% of scheduled work hours. ...

SPGPrints Sells Press to Spanish Converter

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2015, Label converter Adamtec invests in the company’s DSI UV inkjet press to meet the demand for short production runs BOXMEER, THE NETHERLANDS | SPGPrints reports the sale of a six-station DSI digital ...

TLMI Honors Companies for Green Leadership

(Label/Tape)

November 14, 2015, ... high-value synthetic oil from these materials. Yerecic Label received special recognition for the company’s continued dedication to expanding TLMI’s message regarding sustainability and for its own exemplary ...

Label Impressions Forms Green Partnership with Precision AirConvey

(News | New Products)

November 14, 2015, ...  Each week, up to 800,000 sq ft of raw material is unwound from rolls for processing at Label Impressions’ southern California manufacturing plant. After processing, trim and matrix from the rolls need ...

Label PRomotion | Tug-of-War Features Conservation vs. Informed Consumers

(Label/Tape)

November 12, 2015, ... materials, including labels, is often coming into direct conflict with consumer needs (and rights) to complete, accurate, and readable information about the product. The issue is compounded by increasing ...

AWA Reports on Release Liner Seminar

(Label/Tape)

November 01, 2015, ... damaged, dirty material, and silicone release issues, for example—during the period. Film liners, however, exhibited a significant improvement trend across the same parameters. Buma adjured suppliers to ...

AVT and Comexi Partner to Update Makeready Process

(News | New Products)

October 24, 2015, ... efficiency. The upgraded CingularReal further improves its original version, enabling customers to reduce time and material waste while maintaining the register adjustment according to 100 percent impression.” ...

Esko Updates Design Software

(News | New Products)

October 23, 2015, ... or materials. Designing them individually presents a true challenge trying to keep track of all the pieces. These enhancements make multi-part designing easier than ever before." The new Canvas File ...

Defect Detection | Filmquest Enhances its Reputation with Surface Inspection System

(Controls)

October 21, 2015, ... any flaw in the material,” said Richard Farnsworth, performance film manager. “Before upgrading our current system, we were only able to identify most issues; the smallest defects in film could reach the ...

Coating Matters | Optical Films Require Multiple Layers

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2015, ... processing equipment that places the fluidized metal suspension on the substrate without coating defects. The question arises: When these materials are coated thin enough, should the metal be coated and ...

Dow Is Honored for Sustainability

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2015, ... sustainable design was paramount for us. The result is a lightweight solution that uses less raw materials to make each package, increases transportation efficiency with empty packages shipping flat, thus ...