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McLoone Adds Digital UV-Inkjet Printer

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2014, Boosts competitiveness in self-adhesive label market with SPGPrints BOXMEER, NETHERLANDS | McLoone, the La Crosse, WI, supplier of industrial labels, decals, and nameplates, has installed a SPGPrints ...

Goss Opens New Packaging Technology Center

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2014, ... and new print production ideas. According to Peter Walczak, director of product management for Goss, investment in the Center is a further indication of the Goss commitment to the packaging sector. “Converters ...

FTA Hands Out Awards for Excellence

(News | New Products)

April 27, 2014, ... separates the label during the recycling process. Reportedly, the label floats and the pure PET sinks to deliver food grade quality PET flakes. “CleanFlake was designed to address the lifecycle impacts ...

SAM NA Open House

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 08, 2014, ... multiplier technology and up to 12 layers with layer multiplier technology.  Figure 2.  The extrusion laminator, bringing together primed OPET and metallized OPET with a extrusion of , showing the Nordson ...

Do You Need a Roller That Is Chillin' and Groovy?

(Web Handling)

March 30, 2014, ... transfer, too. Debate on Grooving a Chilled Roller The debate on grooving a chilled roller has a couple of competing interests. No doubt, regarding heat transfer, conduction beats convection. Air ...

Toray Pledges $2 Million to University Engineering Project

(Materials)

March 30, 2014, ... Rhode Island's competitive position." "I'm delighted by the long and productive partnership between Toray and the University,” says URI president David M. Dooley, “and I'm tremendously grateful for this ...

Ampac Products Wins Several Industry Awards

(Flexpack)

March 10, 2014, ... Design USA’s American Package Design Award was given to the Ampac Pull Tab. The award competition celebrates the power of design to advance the brand promise and to forge an emotional link with the buyer. ...

Z-Flute Boxes for Kitty Litter are Purr-fect

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2014, The Assn. of Intl. Metallizers, Coaters & Laminators (AIMCAL) awards winners of its Vacuum Metallized or Coated Products, Sustainability & Technology Competitions. Graphic Packaging Intl. (GPI), Atlanta, ...

Holography | Industry Developments Give Packagers an Edge

(Trends/Management)

February 12, 2014, ...  Holography plays an important role in packaging as manufacturers face the challenge of capturing customer attention by giving products a highly distinctive decorative edge over competitors. Here are ...

Show Preview | Graphics of the Americas 2014

(Trade Shows)

January 30, 2014, ... relevant, inspiring content. We are excited to announce the 2014 line-up!” Seminars in both English and Spanish are offered. Keynote Address Peter Muir, president of Bizucate Inc., will present the ...

PCI Issues Report on Flex-Pack in North America

(Flexpack)

January 19, 2014, ... packaging market slowed markedly during the year to about 1.5% due to uncertainties following the change of government and slowing GDP growth. Weakening margins and other competitive pressures caused significant ...

Schober Installs Robotic Stacker on Rotary Die-Cutter

(Die-Cutting)

January 14, 2014, Adds Single Spider Automated Robotic stacking system onto installed RSM Rotary Die-Cutter FAIRFIELD, OH | Schober has announced the successful installation of its Single Spider Automated Robotic stacking ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... to ramp up and compete effectively for a variety of rapidly emerging application opportunities. These include salted snack and noodle bags, toothpaste tubes, sachet packs, personal care products, condiment ...

Easy Open Feature for Pinch Bottom Bags

(Bag Pouch News)

December 09, 2013, ... concept, this convenient opening feature is used in many different packaging applications: for food, animal feedstuff and pet care products, dry powders, and bulk goods, in the industrial and end-consumer ...

Clear Lam Produces Rollstock for Multi-Packs

(Flexpack News)

November 25, 2013, ... with traditional petroleum-based resin or with bio-based materials. To achieve consistent snap-apart strength, company enhances the rollstock with compounded additives produced by its CL Polymers Division. ...

Bobst Open House Demonstrates New Process

(Metallizing)

November 16, 2013, ... available for coating a wide range of films, including PET, BOPP, CPP, PLA, and other types of plastic films. The coated film can be used for end products including baked goods and microwaveable products. ...

St. Johns Packaging Installs Kluge ComFold

(Bag Pouch News)

November 13, 2013, ... packaging in the form of laminate bags and pouches with an emphasis on the pet food industry at the Greensboro plant. The addition of a bottom fold to a laminate bag converts it from a pinch bottom bag ...

Landa Offers White Paper on Folding Cartons

(Carton Box News)

November 03, 2013, ... white paper include: • Forces of change and the new consumer • Converter markets, applications, and competitors • New opportunities, buying habits, and tastes • Limitations of short-run packaging ...

Nordson Introduces Polymer Processing Systems Group

(Flexpack News)

October 28, 2013, ... on meeting customers’ manufacturing needs and supporting them long after the sale,” says Peter Lambert, senior VP of Nordson Corp. “We expect our customers to benefit not only from the wide range of product ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... particularly platinum, and the resultant high costs, he showed, continue to create problems across the value chain, as do the issues of sustainability, global competition, and market instability and volatility. ...