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Primera Offers Label & Tag Printer

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2018, ... and high-resolution photos to RFID labels and tags. With color, you’re essentially adding an extra layer of accuracy and safety in [many] applications.” Supported substrates include matte and gloss inkjet ...

Pouch Making | Ensuring Quality Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

May 07, 2018, ... it is important for converters to understand what causes these issues. This die-cut unit can be used to produce shaped pouches, no matter how complex or simple. For instance, heat sealing technology ...

Sleeve Label Awards | AWA Confers 4 with Top Honors

(Label/Tape)

April 19, 2018, ... effects—coupled with the complex use of matte and gloss finishes—put this sleeved can in a league of its own. … [This is an example of] flawless execution of a very creative and ambitious sleeve."   ...

Iggesund Invercote Paperboard Used for Jimmy Choo Perfume Box

(Carton Box)

April 16, 2018, ... is also laminated with soft touch film, matte varnished, and foil embossed with both silver film and holographic film. “Our choice to use Invercote G was motivated by the fact that its smooth surface ...

Flex Films Says BOPET Is Soft & Strong

(Flexpack)

April 08, 2018, ... along with ultra-low gloss [5-8 Gloss Units] and robustness superior to commodity matte surface films. All polymeric films tend to stick to themselves. This adhesion is termed as ‘blocking.' In the case ...

UPM Raflatac Offers Guide to Digital Materials

(Label/Tape)

March 07, 2018, New digital printer recommendation tool helps users identify the best label stock products for a variety of digital printers HELSINKI, FINLAND | UPM Raflatac offers digital papers and films for the ...

Icma Packaging Solutions Are Customized

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... archive (about 200 different designs) and combine it with a finish (e.g., two-tone, fluorescent, glittered, smooth, glossy, metallic, matte, pearlescent, soft-touch, velvet, with oxidation effects, perspective ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... more prestigious look, with a registered matte lacquer allowing the brand logo and product image to remain glossy and truly jump off the package.   gold award - packaging excellence Perfetti Van ...

PaperWorks Adds Die-Cutter to Litho Press

(Carton Box)

January 28, 2018, ... two- and three-passes to achieve. These include matte and metallic inks, specialty coatings and pigments—plus seven-color printing. The capability is driven by the press’ unique configuration, according ...

Coating Tech Institute for 2018 Announced

(Coating/Laminating)

January 02, 2018, Registration is open for the event, which is recommended for those new to the industry as well as those who want to add to their knowledge EAU CLAIRE, WI | Coating Tech Institute, a three-day intensive ...

Mactac Films Receive UL Approval

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2017, ... 2.0-mil brushed silver polyester FFD6914N: 2.0-mil matte silver polyester FJD6914: 2.0-mil bright silver void polyester Each durable film features a 50# Super Calendared Kraft (SCK) liner and Mactac’s ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... static control, adhesives, RFID, and web handling. Who doesn't like to hear they've passed a test…no matter the topic? With my last blog post on Yo's Yarns, I asked people to submit to me their projections ...

Colordyne Press Suited for On-Demand Labels

(Label/Tape)

December 19, 2017, ... for a turnkey digital production solution at an affordable price point," says Andy Matter, GM of Colordyne Technologies. "So, we saw the opportunity to build a mid-range printing platform with flexible ...

Comexi & QuadTech Collaborate on Color Control

(News | New Products)

December 09, 2017, The companies combine QuadTech’s Color Control & SpectralCam for closed loop color control of flexible packaging on Comexi’s CI8 Offset press GIRONA, SPAIN | Comexi and QuadTech have joined forces ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... desired. It reportedly has a matte paper-like finish, is non-tearable, has moisture and chemical resistance, and excellent lay flatness. The product is available in 75, 95, 120, 150, 175, 195, 215, 275, ...

Flint Certifies Grafica Villalba in Platemaking

(News | New Products)

November 15, 2017, ... our customers that they will get the same plates every time they order, no matter where they are located, and the efficiencies gained in utilizing these best practices ultimately affect our bottom line.” ...

Drug Packaging | Holography Gets in on the Act

(Carton Box)

November 06, 2017, ... business recording benefits. So why does this matter? The DSQA will become law (and certain to be welcome in many quarters as a valuable weapon in the war on counterfeiting), so it must be considered ...

SGIA Honors Golden Image Winners

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2017, ... of the Year category. The Golden Image Competition recognizes the highest standard of imaging and includes almost every item—no matter how complex—in the specialty graphics industry. Among the Gold winners, ...

AIMCAL Hosts Successful R2R Conference

(Coating/Laminating)

October 27, 2017, ... Resort in Phoenix, AZ, October 28–31, 2018. The call for papers will be posted soon. Winning the 2017 AIMCAL John Matteucci Award for Technical Excellence in Web Coating was “Predicting and Preventing ...

Weber's Go-Label Site Offers Online Craft Beer Label Orderin

(Label/Tape)

October 22, 2017, ... with a top layer of either gloss or matte UV varnish, or gloss or matte film overlaminate. To order, users simply pick how many labels they need (in rolls of 500), choose the label material and finishing ...