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Synthetic Paper: The Real Deal

(Materials)

January 31, 2004, ... in converting the stock. “Most synthetic papers are designed to be printed by offset lithography, but these days, many applications require printing by digital means. The wide range of digital printing ...

Darwin Would Approve

(Unprinted Rolls)

January 30, 2004, ... trim. Today, the industry makes flexible packaging materials, labels, decals, printed circuits, and an array of metallized plastic and paper products that were unimaginable a half century ago; all were ...

Materials

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... can be printed by flexo, litho, or screen and is formulated to be fully compatible with FDA-approved inks and adhesives. The Easy Release Liner cover sheet, to be used with the Tattoo Paper, is manufactured ...

Products

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... vision systems are for plastics, nonwovens, and more. Cameras can detect all kinds of images on running webs, such as printed lines, repetitive patterns, laminated edges, etc., with extreme accuracy and ...

CMYK=RGB - The Digital Color Revolution

(Technical Reports)

January 30, 2004, ... pigments to deliver a particular hue the buyer typically cannot achieve from process CMYK. This is called “analog” color reproduction because the ink is mixed in the bucket and is always printed in a separate ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

January 30, 2004, ... will feature many consumer products already printed and packaged using UV and EB technology, as well as demonstrations of both technologies. The event will take place May 2-5 at the Charlotte Convention ...

RFID and Conductive Inks: What You Need to Know

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2004, ... the future for conductive inks? Rohrkemper: We see a future for printed electronics where a significant amount of electronic circuitry and components will be printed using high-speed printing processes ...

How Dirty Is Your Money?

(Magazine)

December 31, 2003, ... heavily with various microbes including salmonella and E. coli. The older the bills, the more microbes are present. However, there is no “safe” bill; not even the new printed currency promises lower ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... the season through music. MACtac supplied the self-adhesive construction for the approximately 2.1 billion stamps printed and formatted as panes and booklets of 20. MACtac also supplied the self-adhesive ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... Alto, CA; 650/857-1501; hp.com Based on Electroink technology, an invisible security ink is said to increase protection of consumers and businesses on a wide variety of printed materials, pharmaceutical ...

Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, ... form-fitting, glossy Alcoa shrink sleeve," states the co. Alcoa says five of the labels are reverse rotogravure printed at the manufacturer's Downingtown Printing Plant, Downingtown, PA, using Bonset’s ...

European Report Covers Flex-Pack Industry in Depth

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2003, ... on the flexible packaging industry in Israel. Having toured various Israeli flex-pack plants several years ago, I know the data printed is both accurate and up to date. Estimated to be valued at $120 million ...

Totally Rockin' Metal

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... converter: It coated a 12-µm-thick PET film of DuPont Teijin Films with AIOx and laminated it against a 38-µm-thick linear low-density PE film. The latter is printed prior to lamination by six-color gravure ...

Omet Celebrates 40 Years

(Magazine)

November 30, 2003, ... “eight-way” machine for one-ply napkins printed in four colors at speeds to 800 mpm or 10,000 napkins/min. Also introduced was TV 840 for napkin production in bulk packs and Model SP 502 for embossed paper ...

Materials

(Materials)

November 29, 2003, ... effect that is almost 3-D when product is printed, co. adds. Components Tough Enough for Membrane Switch Use FLEXcon Co. Inc., Spencer, MA; 508/885-8200; flexcon.com Switchmark high-performance spacer ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

November 29, 2003, ... to other printed electronics applications including “smart packaging,” lighting, and displays. Jim Rohrkemper will serve as president of the new unit. Internet/Home Pages Paperloop Consolidates Web ...

Ticona Topas COC Barrier Material Utilized in Joint-Development Folding Carton of VG Nicolaus and Henkel

(Folding Cartons)

October 16, 2003, ... "The cardboard and paper are extrusion laminated with the Topas COC barrier layer, and blanks are cut. These then can be printed and folded like conventional cardboard [paperboard] in a subsequent manufacturing ...

Furthering Substrate Functionality

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... to improve the functionality, or the adhesion of surface, so much that we actually put 60 dynes on Teflon and printed it with a water-based ink. And we got adhesion.” Wolf does concede the investment ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

September 30, 2003, ... as tap into new markets. Both goals have been met, and exceeded, reports W&H. Longhorn produces printed rollstock, laminations, bags, and pouches for the food, pharmaceutical, and industrial industries. ...

The Bold & The Beautiful

(Tapes)

September 30, 2003, ... and are rotogravure printed at 600 fpm using solvent-based inks on metallized paper. The background suggests the freshness of the beer and the fine detail in Leinenkugel's logo, and the “beer” plaque ...