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Experience Speaks: Jim Streicher

(Bag Pouch)

July 31, 2011, ... 1 plant; 65 employees Specialization | Printed, laminated, slit, or converted flex-packs; standard and unique bag designs and shapes What sustainability efforts has your company made? Share ...

Awash in Chocolate

(Flexpack)

July 13, 2011, The Wonka Wondrously Whirled Waterfall Bar, converted by Printpack, Atlanta, GA, is printed in nine colors with cold seal on 48-ga PET and laminated in-line to holographic film. It uses lavenders and purples ...

Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... item. Bar codes may be applied via a simple label, sometimes preprinted with a logo or other message, often in partnership with other variable information print (VIP). The image today can be created ...

Polykar Installs EREMA Plastics Recycling System

(Coating/Laminating: Green)

June 09, 2011, ...  Reportedly, in comparison to less advanced systems, tests of the TVEplus, with heavily printed packaging film, show an increase of approximately three times the efficiency at removing gases derived from ...

Coating, Not Printing

(Coating/Laminating)

May 31, 2011, ... the operator with the ability to produce any shape a computer can form on a screen and translate through a print head. The images/pictures on a printed page are a good example. They can vary in size and ...

NEWS CLIPS

(Magazine)

May 31, 2011, ... to acquire the Printed Components business of Catalent Pharma Solutions, Somerset, NJ. Color-Logic, West Chester, OH, certifies Caldera Graphics, a French RIP developer specializing in wide format ...

Capacity Needed

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... wide range of flexible materials including plain, printed, coated, or metallized film from 20-200 micron, a wide range of laminates, and paper from 30-200 gsm. The unit features a 10-in. touchscreen ...

MACtac Stocks Ok'd For Immersio

(Label/Tape)

April 30, 2011, ... British Standard (BS) 5609 marine immersion testing approval and certification on five durable film label stocks. BS 5609 is a specification for printed p-s, adhesive-coated labels for marine use, which ...

BEST OF SHOW

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, ... Domestic Best in Show honors for its KISS Cups entry in the In-Mold category. The cups feature four colors of highly reflective metallic ink plus silver printed on clear biaxially oriented polypropylene ...

Serve it Up

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, ... Mix wrap. Ten colors are printed on heat transfer film on a Schiavi press. This sample is a collection of solid spot color backgrounds, grayscale images, four-color process reproductions, and high brilliance ...

Printing Proofs-Color Control: Spot On!

(Print)

April 30, 2011, ... for these proofs. “Our service bureau had fingerprinted our presses, but they couldn't calibrate for all the press conditions. While the system was generally very good, we were still having color issues, ...

Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa

(Slit News)

April 19, 2011, ... says the company,including plain, printed, coated, or metallized film from 20 to 200 micron, a wide range of laminates, and paper from 30 to 200 gsm. Atlas Converting Equipment Ltd., since its MBO from ...

Nordenia Receives National Flexography Competition Award

(Flexography)

April 17, 2011, ... Refreshing Towelettes received the award for its excellent print image in the category flexible film printed by trichromy, cuatrichromy or more. More than 200 products were submitted for the competition. ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... C2S paper overprinted in four colors plus opaque white and topped with a UV coating on the front and back. Transfer metallizing is said to help the insert lay flat because it permits moisture loss and ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... capabilities and sustainable practices. A custom, transfer-metallized hologram comprises 10-pt, C2S paper overprinted in four-color process plus opaque white and topped with a UV coating on the front and ...

Checking a Security Breach

(Print)

February 28, 2011, ... one condition: that the re-use does not negatively affect their brand image. “This means our vendors need verifiable assurance that their brand image printed on film will not be used to re-package similar ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... demand for metallized label papers outstrips local production. It is supplemented by imported base metallized papers from North America and Europe, as well as finished printed labels. Metallized OPP ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... Henkel Corp. 11:30-12:00 p.m. Production Technologies for Large Area Printed Flexible Electronics: Thomas Kolbusch, Coatema Coating Machinery GmbH Optimizing Tension Control in Center Driven Winders: ...

Elastomer Aids Laminations

(Extrusion Coating)

January 31, 2011, Adding Vistamaxx propylene-based elastomers to the extrudate when laminating unprimed BOPP film (clear and printed) is said to increase adhesion significantly Adding Vistamaxx propylene-based elastomers ...

Xeikon partners with Yupo To Expand Substrate Range

(Digital)

December 06, 2010, ... or indirect contact with dry food products. Substrates printed with this press series require no pre-coating or treatment and include various self-adhesive materials such as co-extruded films, Bopp, PVC ...