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UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... also acts as a functional barrier between the ink layers and the packaged goods. The functional barrier can prevent migration of species, especially organic materials, water, oxygen, and nitrogen. In ...

Sun Chemical Receives PIA/GATF 2008 InterTech Technology Award

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2008, ... improved color separations, and reduced costs. UV rotary screen white inks have long provided high opacity and brightness for package printing. However, rotary screen printers are restricted to low ...

Web Exclusive: Are Sleeves Ready for Narrow Web?

(Archive)

July 31, 2008, While the number of machines with sleeve technology is growing in label printing, many users still are hesitant about using them. Sleeves became a standard on flexographic presses for package printing ...

Drupa Tour Covers Digital, Color & Proofing

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2008, ... a roll-fed liquid electrophotographic printing (LEP) dual-engine solution that can produce up to 7 million A4 color images/month. For label and package converters, the WS6000 prints seven colors and ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

February 29, 2008, ... and set screws. Stafford Mfg. Corp. | 800-695-5551 | www.stafford.com PFFC-ASAP 415 Calibrate Presses to Spec Company reports its CMYK Optimizer now is available in a single package with IDEALink ...

One Step Ahead

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... tools that brand owners use to stand out in the retail environment include compelling graphics printed on attractive substrates, new package shapes, and attention-getting devices such as hang tags and ...

Thomas E. Tyndall

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... and training on specialized graphic art cameras designed for package printing. From there I moved into sales of prepress equipment and finally printing presses. This background gave me experience in packaging ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... packages or tray and F/F/S pouch applications. Digraph Distributes ECRM TEWKSBURY, MA | ECRM reports a distribution agreement with Digraph, Pomezia, Italy. Says Francois Boverat, ECRM’s business ...

Reduce & Comply

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, Going green? Be prepared to face the challenges of today’s complex environmental compliance regulations. Green Converting Sustainable. Renewable. Low carbon. Product-to-package ratio. These are only ...

Scoring the Scorecard

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... supplier number and product SKU, the scorecard requires details about dozens of package-related variables, including product and package weight, number of items sold, testing/product performance results, ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... Donahue acknowledged the skepticism of many consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) regarding the scorecard, at least as far as the Feb. 1, 2008, deadline is concerned. Of 66,000 suppliers to Wal-Mart, ...

New Products

(Magazine)

June 30, 2007, ... controller for printing on one or two sides of secondary packages such as cartons or trays. Company says systems offer high print quality with minimal maintenance requirements and low ink consumption compared ...

Driving R&D

(Magazine)

June 29, 2007, ... Among the key deliverables to WHRC sponsors are analysis and design software packages for winding, wrinkling, and transport. Research problems pursued by the center are fundamental and generic, not ...

Knowledge = Power = Success

(Magazine)

May 31, 2007, ... Torino says. Demand Exceeds Supply Jim Reineke, package and label printing instructor at Fox Valley College (FVTC) (www.fvtc.edu/flexo), says the hands-on nature of FVTC's program, combined with limited ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

March 31, 2007, ... typically include package integrity, barrier properties, and package appearance. In most cases, the sealant layer of the laminate is polyethylene-based. Coextrusions are increasingly finding more use to ...

What's Ne

(Magazine)

February 28, 2007, ... ACGIH safety guidelines for UV exposure. PFFC-ASAP 403 Measure Oxygen and Leak Rate Mocon, Minneapolis, MN; 763/493-6370; mocon.com The bench-top Pak Check Model 840 Package Integrity Test ...

Brand Protection with Micro-Dots

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... printing domains, the incident described above has two important implications. First, an industrial package printer could produce secured packaging for manufacturers using standard printing machines and ...

Pouch Progress

(Flexpack)

December 31, 2006, ... Pouch 2006 Conference in Atlantic City, NJ, reports a consumer preference study conducted by Sonoco found that consumers prefer the retort pouch over other package forms for ready-to-eat soup, rice, and ...

the PLACE

(Magazine)

December 31, 2006, ... equipment and comply with FDA regulations. Knowing interactions by the adhesives with package materials is also important. Making retort pouches uses multilayer laminations. This paper reviews the various ...

Converting Industry News

(Archive)

November 07, 2006, ... Paul T. Freund Corp., and the Black Apron coffee package for Starbucks, entered by Utah Paperbox Co. and declared best of show in the combination category. For more on the NPA awards, click here.  ...