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Linerless: The Compromise for VDP Labels?

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, ... to reduce costs has been the driver in the development of linerless self-adhesive materials, which are, basically, a roll of printable face material, silicone coated on the face and adhesive coated on ...

Sun Chemical, Flint Ink, and BASF Raise Prices

(Archive)

October 17, 2005, ...  ANN ARBOR, MI—To offset escalation of raw materials, energy, and freight costs, Flint Ink has implemented the following price increases and freight surcharges: Product Price Increase Surcharge ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... steam, and other materials. They are dispersed into the atmosphere or directly into the surrounding working area. What can we do about this? Leaving it to disperse into the work shop is certainly not a ...

Profit Squeeze

(Flexpack)

September 29, 2005, ... by 6% and Turkey by nearly 8%. Decline in Exports to Americas In total, European flexible packaging converters produced about ,9,800 million of converted materials in 2004. Approximately ,690 million ...

RFID: The Next Generation

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... are with static electricity and testing of the labels. According to Jay Perry, Simco Industrial Static Control, “Unfortunately, the involvement of RFID with packaging materials has changed everything ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ... feed opening; a five-wire auto-tier; a slick material tension chamber that self-adjusts to materials of less friction to maximize bale density; and the Pathfinder touchscreen operator interface. SUPPLIER ...

Hurricanes Impact Whole Nation

(Magazine)

September 29, 2005, ...  And what about the materials that comprise the products themselves? Price increases for resins, coatings, and films having oil-based components started long before the hurricanes hit. These recent weather-related ...

Climate Control

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... damage the quality and printability of label materials, leading to customer complaints and reruns. Clear plastic labels are used on bottles and other containers for beverages and pharmaceuticals and in ...

Churning Out Quality

(Flexpack)

August 30, 2005, ... Admiral uses a Henkel Liofol 100% solids polyurethane adhesive that “works really well on a wide range of materials.” Installation, says Frank, “was very smooth. We were running good product within three ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... our demanding requirements for working successfully with our wide variety of materials and substrates. It is quite common with our product range to have many small production runs, and we also use many ...

New Products

(Magazine)

August 30, 2005, ... Many Materials without Solvents Soma Engineering, Lanskroun, Czech Republic; +420 465 350 811; soma-eng.com The Lamiflex laminator is able to operate with solvent-free adhesives. Can process a wide range ...

Are We Outsourcing our Future?

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... New plastics, processes, and materials were being synthesized and commercialized in our industries. This expansion continued through the 1960s. Not till the early 1970s did we encounter significant competition, ...

Laboring Lean

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... materials inconsistency, or a skill-based operator issue. “People in general are interested in doing a good job and in improving their skills,” says Dunsirn. The tool has helped establish equity in ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... transfer and hot laser printable “VOID” polyester materials in white, transparent, and silver (with customer-specific imprints available on request). These films reveal a hidden “footprint” on both label ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... applications. The film will not distort color photographs and other sensitive printed materials, the company says. It consists of a polyester film double-coated with acrylic PSA and is supplied on a ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, Catch a glimpse of the innovative equipment and materials that will be on display at the upcoming Print 05 & Converting 05 Expo. Machinery, Accessories, Services New Idler Design Aids Live Shaft Technology ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ...  Bobst Group USA—bobstgroup.com Corrugated Printer Hosts Open House BELLWOOD, IL—Digital POP Solutions (DigiPops), a short-run digital printer of corrugated products and other POP materials, held ...

Truth or Myth?

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... "Coefficient of Static Friction (Slide Angle) of Packaging and Packaging Materials (Inclined Plane Method)." 2TAPPI Test Method T 816, "Coefficient of Static Friction of Corrugated and Solid Fiberboard ...

Sun Chemical Raises Prices, Produces MetalFX Inks

(Archive)

May 23, 2005, ... to 9% on all inks and coatings in the U.S. and Canada, starting June 1. The increased prices reflect the rising oil and petrochemical prices and costs and shortages in raw materials. Other leading factors ...

Flint Ink Announces Price Increases

(Archive)

May 21, 2005, ... response to the rising costs of raw materials, transportation, energy, and environmental compliance. Prices for all heatset ink products—including process, special, spot color, metallic, fluorescent ...