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BASF PU Dispersion Aids Flexpack Inks

(News | New Products)

June 16, 2013, ... FLX 5200, called an innovation in water-based polymer technology for flexible packaging applications. Film printing inks based on this PU dispersion are said to exhibit high lamination bond strength ...

Freedonia Studies Specialty Films

(Flexpack News)

June 09, 2013, ... packaging and bags for organic waste, are expected to benefit from environmental concerns and the increased commercialization of bio-based polymers. Water-soluble film demand will receive a boost from ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ... Packaging & Industrial Polymers. “Twenty-five years later—as we look back at breakthrough winners and celebrate this year’s winners—it’s clear that collaboration remains central to bringing innovation ...

Arjowiggins Creative Papers Wins Award for PowerCoat

(Paper)

May 05, 2013, ... paper formulation and coating process. It is a sustainable substrate with polymer-like smoothness (as low as 10 nanometers) said to offer excellent printability and ink adhesion properties without any ...

Coating Matters | The Fundamentals of Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

April 17, 2013, If you are trying to create, coat, and solidify fluids, coating expert Mark Miller offers some fundamentals that you simply must know. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than ...

Heinerich Installs Washer for Digital Plates

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2013, ... well as for conventional photopolymer printing plates. The digital layer separation and a washout speed, which is up to 45% faster due to additional brushes, shorten the processing time significantly, ...

Clariant Acquires Bayer’s Nano-Silver Ink Technology

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2013, ... on various substrates including polymers, glass, or silicon. They are applicable in a wide variety of emerging applications for printed electronics, e.g., printed circuit boards, RFID devices, or photovoltaic ...

Bringing Theory into Focus

(Coating/Laminating)

April 04, 2013, ... understand in coating – viscosity. Viscosity is fundamentally the internal resistance to flow that a fluid has. There are fluids that are similar to water (Newtonian) and fluids that are polymers (non-Newtonian). ...

Show Preview | INFO*FLEX 2013

(Flexography)

April 03, 2013, ... blade technology that is said to join innovations in polymer materials with advancements in tip design. The result is a long-life blade that can deliver the metering ability of steel with the safety benefits ...

SPE’s ANTEC 2013 Offering New Technology Forums

(Flexpack News)

April 01, 2013, Smart polymers, new plastics for healthcare, and managing innovation are among the topics that will be covered   NEWTOWN, CT | Three New Technology Forums at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ...

Clariant Announces Renewable-Based Waxes

(Coatings)

March 23, 2013, ... partly-renewable polymer wax for printing inks, which reportedly offers an ideal combination of flexible yet tough polymeric characteristics that renderiit a powerful rub-resistance additive for all ink ...

Heraeus Clevios PEDOT:PSS Technology Integrated into Printed Organic Solar Cells

(Coating/Laminating News)

March 19, 2013, ... by the Technical Univ. of Denmark, Dept. of Energy Conservation and Storage (DTU) using printed Clevios PEDOT:PSS from Heraeus Conductive Polymers Div. rather than traditional vacuum processed Indium Tin ...

Curtis Packaging Implements Scodix Press

(Carton Box News)

March 13, 2013, ... cameras and highly sophisticated mathematical algorithms, features 99 Gloss Units, up to 250 microns in polymer height, variable density capabilities from 1%–100%, and unlimited colors with the Scodix ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... renewable content. Traditionally, PET is made from a polymeric reaction of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and purified terephthalic acid derived from petrochemical-based feedstocks. However, FLEXPET™ Green ...

Scodix Opens Warehouse in Chicago

(Materials)

March 05, 2013, New facility expected to facilitate distribution of PolySENSE polymer and spare parts to North and South American customers   ROSH HA’AYIN, ISRAEL | Scodix, supplier of digital enhancement solutions, ...

What impact can temperature change have on a roll?

(Web Handling)

February 27, 2013, ... of coated and uncoated polymer film rolls; and Dilwyn Jones of Emral Ltd. has studied both temperature and viscoelastic effects in wound rolls. The TopWeb software has a thermal (and moisture) diffusion ...

On Print | Conductive Inks & Coatings

(Coatings)

February 21, 2013, ... vulnerability will be the arrival of new designs or new uses on new production lines. The conductive polymer complex PEDOT/PSS1 has raised a lot of interest as a conductive material for inks and coatings. ...

Encompass Elements Installs Scodix Digital Press

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2013, ... mathematical algorithms, the press enhances print by adding a proprietary UV-curable clear polymer—Scodix PolySENSE—to images in differing levels of thickness and texture with the ability to scale, rotate, ...

Enercon Webinars to Cover Treating & Web Handling

(News | New Products)

February 11, 2013, ... gained. • March 13: “Best Practices for Web Handling In & Out of Corona Treaters” This webinar will address the challenges of managing polymer films less than 1 mil in thickness through corona treaters, ...

Show Preview | ICE USA 2013

(Trends/Management)

February 04, 2013, ... (Polymers, Laminations, Coatings and Extrusions) and its Nanotechnology Div., the association will offer a three-session event. The first session highlights Innovations in Preparing Polymer-Based Nanomaterials ...