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A Weird Thing Happened on April 20

(Yo's Yarns)

May 24, 2010, ... rig explosion occurred. Since that time we’ve been watching and waiting as millions of gallons of oil have spewed into the Gulf of Mexico. It seems no matter what efforts have been made to clean or contain ...

Executive Conference Examines Strategies for Post-Recession Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2010, ... Manufacturing.” Subject matter will explore how today’s global manufacturing realities are altering the business landscape for companies and how the savviest are responding. Keynote speaker Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale, ...

AIMCAL & CEMA To Host AWEB Applied Web Handling Conference

(News | New Products)

April 13, 2010, ... directly improve productivity and/or reduce waste generation in web handling processes. Core subject matter will include exceptional and innovative web handling techniques, equipment, design, materials ...

Wanderlust for Tomorrow

(Editorial)

March 31, 2010, ... led members of the Assn. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators through the portal to the future initially spoke a little outside my comfort zone; their subject matter was somewhat scary on an ...

Gravure Printing: Print Comes To Life

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... Recipe label, which features four process and four line colors plus gloss and matte varnish printed on 60# coated-one-side (CIS) paper using Sun Chemical inks on a Schaivi press. Judges say the label is ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... Graphics have a rich, 3-D quality made possible by spot matte lacquer that contrasts with glossy areas. Taghleef supplies the 48-µm TSS biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) laminated to 20-µm ZSF ...

Laminator Cuts Makeready

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, The Mini 36 TPM-SUV sheetfed laminator has the ability to inkjet print a spot UV, LED-curable varnish in-line on top of matte film. Company says makeready The Mini 36 TPM-SUV sheetfed laminator has the ...

What's In Dinner

(First Glance)

March 31, 2010, ... the project by managing color and image fidelity precisely to strengthen the appeal of the clean, real ingredients. Schawk also recommended a matte finish for the frozen potato flexible bag, which is said ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... SanGiorgio di Nogaro, Italy. Graphics have a rich, 3-D quality made possible by spot matte lacquer that contrasts with glossy areas. Taghleef supplies the 48-µm TSS biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

Converters Expo Staged for March 4

(Yo's Yarns)

February 28, 2010, ...    Then on March 4, you can duck into two Skybox seminars at Lambeau Field's Atrium with subject matter on the following: • 9:00 am–10:30 am: Printing & Coating, with earth-friendly approaches. A panel, ...

Blown Film: Measuring Melt Temps

(Controls)

February 28, 2010, ... is a melt temperature variation coming off your screw tip, the die and air ring will not correct it no matter how fancy or advanced they may be. Measuring and understanding the extrudate variation is ...

Breaking Boundaries

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2010, ... whole lid or to open only an individual cavity. This design keeps the cheese fresh and reduces food waste. The package's appealing colors and images are enhanced by matte 4 and gloss print effects. Windows ...

Free Webinar on New Insights into Labeling & Product Decoration

(News | New Products)

February 16, 2010, ... geographies worldwide where there are currently real growth opportunities. Subject matter will include an overview of the worldwide labeling and product decoration market  that spans all the available ...

AIMCAL Offers Nip Roller Workshop & Drives Course

(News | New Products)

January 12, 2010, ... practical aspects of drives for winding. A prerequisite is electrical aptitude and some troubleshooting experience. Course subject matter will include the following: • Selecting a drive for web handling ...

Emulsion Improves Resistance

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ... new water-based, large-particle emulsion said to improve rub and abrasion resistance in pigmented and semi-gloss coating, inks, and OPVs at very low addition rates of 2%-5%. It also can be used to matte ...

Ringing in the New Year

(Editorial)

December 31, 2009, ... cover some pretty distasteful subject matter. You'll find his report on p32. But I was gratified to learn that in comparison to some other industries, the packaging industry — which comprises a sizable ...

Web Lines: What Is a Tension Zone & How Many Are Needed?

(Editorial)

December 31, 2009, ... zone, no matter how small, and keeping them in control is as important as the known and obvious tension zones. Web handling expert Tim Walker, president of TJWalker+Assoc., has 25 years of experience ...

Soy Coatings Aid Environment

(New Products)

December 31, 2009, ProCure UV soy coatings include standard gloss, imprintable gloss, and matte. All are formulated with varying amounts of domestically produced and renewably ProCure UV soy coatings include standard gloss, ...

New Contract Converter Opens for Paper Mfrs.

(News Eclips)

December 21, 2009, SMART Papers creates a new stand-alone business called SMART Converting with operations slated to begin January 2010 at the company’s Hamilton headquarters. HAMILTON, OH | SMART Papers creates a new stand-alone ...

What Is the Right Tension?

(Web Lines)

November 30, 2009, ... you should consider the yield or break point of each layer. It doesn't matter if the polyester film survives tensioning if the metallized coating on it cracks and crazes into an esthetic or nonfunctional ...