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Material Properties, Testing & Applications: Part 2

(Converting Expert)

May 11, 2022, ... A better technique is to download and graph the load versus elongation data. Look for an offset of elongation with no change in load. Use grips that will not slip. Slack versus Pretension It is common ...

AIMCAL presents 2022 Product of the Year, Technology of the Year and Sustainability Awards

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2022, ... coefficient of friction coatings for offset printing; glass, mirror and eyeglass coating; and industrial laminating. The 2022 Sustainability Award went to Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc. (Bennington, NH) ...

Compact Foilers Installs Latest Cold Foil Module at Philtone Litho

(News | New Products)

April 12, 2022, Compact Foilers, a leading international manufacturer of modular cold foil and cast and cure technology, has installed one of its latest CF1000 PM models at Philtone Litho in Bristol, UK. Compact Foilers, ...

Innovation in Sustainability - Sun Chemical Q&A

(Sustainability)

February 24, 2022, ... Commission Green Guides, which define allowable claims and required substantiation for packaging producers, address certifications, renewable materials and carbon offsets. Additional legislation in California ...

Spectral Analysis of Color Worth the Investment

(Bag Pouch)

February 06, 2022, ... challenging than in the commercial offset industry, since our primary printing process is flexo. Unlike offset, you can’t just adjust the ink keys or the ink-water balance. While a job is on the press, ...

The Relationship of Surface Characteristics and Successful Corona Treatment

(Surface Prep)

January 16, 2022, ... energies than laminating or coating processes. The type of printing process (Flexo and Gavure, Litho, Offset/Letterpress, Screen and Pad) should be considered, as well as coating type (water, solvent or ...

Global Leader in Quality Assurance Systems and Web Guide Systems

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 10, 2022, ... include flexo, gravure, digital and web offset printing machines, slitters-rewinders, laminators, and coaters We provide a wide range of services for our customers designed to help get the most value from ...

Empire Screen Printing Roll to Roll Innovations Achieves New Levels of Efficiency, Repeatability, and Quality, ideal for OEM Applications

(News | New Products)

January 03, 2022, ... for screen printing is sheet-fed equipment and most roll labels are printed on offset or flexo equipment, which cannot produce products that stand up to outdoor and challenging indoor conditions.   Custom-built ...

OMET Joins FLAG as Vendor Partner

(News | New Products)

December 12, 2021, ... in Mount Prospect, IL. OMET offers a wide range of presses that can run pressure-sensitive labels, flexible packaging, hybrid inkjet, and UV offset in widths from 14 inches up to 33 inches.  “We are ...

Comexi Inaugurates Its New Technology Center, a European Research and Development Benchmark for the Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2021, ... machines for the flexible packaging sector. In collaboration with leading sector companies, such as ESKO, DuPont and Asahi, for offset plate engraving, the facility will have a pioneering prepress area. ...

Best of Both Worlds: Koenig & Bauer Durst Launches VariJET 106 in World Premiere

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... as folding carton converters. The B1 5,500sph press combines the best of both worlds – digital inkjet and classic offset printing. The VariJET 106 is based on water-based inkjet processes to provide ...

Empire Screen Printing Roll to Roll Innovations Achieves New Levels of Efficiency, Repeatability, and Quality

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2021, ... most roll labels are printed on offset or flexo equipment, which cannot produce products that stand up to outdoor and challenging indoor conditions.   Custom-built by Empire’s industrial engineers, the ...

Castle-Pierce Adds New Packaging Flexo Press and Poucher

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2021, ... packaging solutions, CastlePierce Printing, a leader in flexible packaging print and converted pouches, offset folding carton and rigid set-up base and lid boxes, announced new installations of a central ...

Miraclon Announces Winners of the 2021 Global Flexo Innovation Awards

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2021, ... a production speed of 130 tubes per minute; Tadam & Gruppo Sada spa, Italy (Joint Entry) - Tadam’s customer Sada proposed converting from offset to flexo to streamline the production workflow, and as ...

Mail Solutions and Savings, the Jacksonville, FL Division of TC Delivers Recently Added Rollem’s TR Slitting Technology to Support KM-1 Ink-Jet Press

(News | New Products)

October 06, 2021, ... the highest level of automation for wider format high volume runs from digital and offset presses. The TR Die-Score Slitting, Scoring and Perforating model was added to support its variable imaging press ...

Comexi Invests One Million Euros to Renovate Its Technology Centers in Girona and Miami

(News | New Products)

September 15, 2021, ... also for training, consulting, demonstrations, and industrial laboratory. Once renovations are completed, the center will have 9 state-of-the-art machines, a space for offset plate engraving, and a pioneering ...

FCL Graphics Sees Dramatic Print Quality Improvement, Will Outfit Third Web Press with Baldwin Vision Systems Technology

(News | New Products)

September 06, 2021, FCL Graphics, located in suburban Chicago, has upgraded two of its commercial web offset presses with color control and ink delivery technology from Baldwin Vision Systems. FCL Graphics, located in ...

Methods for Closed Loop Coating Thickness Control

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2021, ... roll to control the coating transfer.  Examples of these coating methods include kiss coating (Photo 1) and offset gravure coating (Photo 2).   The ease with which today’s drive and control systems ...

New SIMOTICS SD200 Frame Size 440 Low-Voltage, Severe-Duty AC Motors Now with 75-800 hp Output

(News | New Products)

June 23, 2021, ... for long life and easy identification in the field.  A unique offset rotor bar provides improved efficiency, while larger bars and end rings reduce resistance. Each die-cast aluminum rotor assembly is ...

Web Considerations for Today’s Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

May 16, 2021, ... base or used as an offset pivot guide (OPG) to steer the web into the extrusion coating process. OPGs are needed before critical edge position lamination processes. A steering guide is required after long ...