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AWA Sleeve Conference

(News Eclips)

May 20, 2008, ... in 2007 for the total worldwide market is at 40,900 million sq meters, Dr. Bill Llewelyn reported. Broken out individually, label technologies comprise 49.9% as glue-applied; 39.1% is pressure-sensitive; ...

Flexo4all Partners to Exhibit at Drupa 2008

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2008, ... and converters are faced with additional economical challenges. This new trend is finding flexo more adaptable, particularly when coupled with mid and narrow-web presses, Flexo4all Partners reports.    “At ...

Spear Completes $8 Million Expansion at its UK Facility

(News Eclips)

May 04, 2008, In response to increased demand for pressure-sensitive labels from the global beverage category In response to increased demand for pressure-sensitive labels from the global beverage category, Spear has ...

The Flexo Process: Be Careful

(Flexography)

April 30, 2008, ... form a functional and robust system. In wide web flexible package printing on film substrates, exceptional process print is produced on a day-to-day basis on flexographic presses. There is no absolute ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2008, ... actual job or promotion and be printed by a GPA customer on a qualified GPA substrate. This year judges chose from more than 100 entries. Following are categories and winners: Ultra Film Pressure ...

A Recipe for Scratching

(Web Handling)

April 30, 2008, ... hold the web. Force The web must be pushing against the scratch-causing surface with sufficient force. Do the opposite: The normal load or pressure is created by the tension web pull over a radius. ...

Drupa New Product Digest

(Magazine)

April 30, 2008, Training Simulators Offered Press training products and services include sheet-fed simulators with new color control tools; packaging gravure simulators; Training Simulators Offered Press training products ...

Static Eliminator Neutralizes and Cleans Wide Surfaces

(News Eclips)

April 21, 2008, CINCINNATI, OH | Exair Corp.s Super Ion air Knife uses 8.7 scfm of compressed air at 5 psig to entrain high volumes of surrounding room air for effective neutralization of static electricity while blowing ...

Drupa Tour Covers Digital, Color & Proofing

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2008, ... from analog to digital printing. To that end, HP will provide an extensive rollout of products at Drupa. The HP 7000 digital press is designed for high-volume print service providers and reportedly ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

March 31, 2008, ... that increase the number of printheads to 96 compared with 64 on four-color version. The extra printheads enable press to incorporate white or two additional colors that can be selected from light cyan ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, ... a compact hydraulic system that uses high-speed digital electronics for lay-on pressure control. This is said to reduce blocking at the core. New design also features a device to bring the core up to speed ...

Drupa Tour Explores Inkjet and Toner Technologies

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2008, ... project management, prepress, and production functions. The suite includes Publish for content management and page creation for print or web; Portal for communication between printers and their customers; ...

Static Eliminator Neutralizes and Cleans Wide Surfaces

(Archive)

March 20, 2008, ... uses 8.7 scfm of compressed air at five psig. An electrically powered static control bar fills the uniform sheet of air with a high concentration of positive and negative ions. The laminar air stream increases ...

No-Wait Welding

(Coating/Laminating)

February 29, 2008, ... and would be knowledgeable of the special considerations we wanted in this line. We were impressed by their ability to work quickly and efficiently through the design phase and deliver the equipment on ...

Drying Part 2: Computer Simulation

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

February 29, 2008, ... requiring complex engineering. About 20 years ago I worked on computer-simulated drying to develop ink formulation inputs. There was interest in running OPP snack food webs on flexo CI presses with water-based ...

The Market Matures

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... takes significant market share in many regional markets. It also shows the highest growth rate of all label types and has become a primary competitor to pressure-sensitive labels for premium product applications. ...

Peak Performance

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

February 29, 2008, ...  sailing race. The film was chosen for its extreme wear resistance. It is applied to the hull and parts under the deck to protect them from friction and pressures arising from high sailing speeds.  ...

Slitter Meets Demands

(News Clips Archive)

January 31, 2008, ... Automatic loading of the jumbo roll is said to make the machine easy to use. Cadonau says, “We were particularly impressed by the machine speed of 800 meters per minute and by finished rolls of perfect ...

February Carton & Box Reporter

(Carton Box)

January 31, 2008, ... and $500 for nonparticipants. Mounting Carrier Delivers High Print Quality Corraflex compressible mounting carrier for corrugated post-print is said to display excellent compression/recovery properties. ...

Melamine Revisited

(Coating/Laminating)

January 31, 2008, ... totally environmentally benign, but it also is unhampered by the cost pressures that attend metallizing today. Two Pathways to Gas Barrier Coatings This new physical vapor deposition process uses a ...