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AWA to Offer Manual for Heat Shrink Sleeve Labels

(Label/Tape)

June 18, 2014, ... will provide a cornerstone for improving the understanding of the basic characteristics that ensure the successful use of this product decoration technology. Contents include: • Test methods • Shrink ...

FiberMark Offers Portfolio for Upscale Health/Beauty Packaging

(Carton Box)

June 08, 2014, ... fiber-based specialty covering materials, and print media for world-leading brands, announces a new portfolio of folding carton, turned-edge, and bag stock products specifically engineered to meet the ...

AWA Reports on M&A Executive Forum

(News | New Products)

May 20, 2014, ... are around 8, 10, or even 11-12. Commodity products can be 5-6, with food and non-consumer products somewhere in the middle.” • For sellers, Jim Hill recommended, “one of the most important thing you ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 4

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... manufacturing or process engineering perspective so that product quality is improved. An effective way to stop oxidation is with the addition of an anti-oxidant to the formulation.  This can be done ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 3

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, Part 3 of this mini series will discuss proper shutdown procedures to minimize or eliminate gauge bands in extrusion coated and cast film products. Now that we have successfully started up the extruder, ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... carbon.  I explained that this was the cause of the gauge bands, i.e., the die no longer provided the "parallel plates" needed to give the uniform flat profile required in the finished product.  I instructed ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... not more) exhibit gauge bands in their finished product.  We all know what they are... ridges and valleys, non-uniform diameters, and in the worst cases, they even look like the profile on a tin can.  ...

IML Seminar Coming in May

(Label/Tape)

April 16, 2014, ... the in-mold process, production of in-mold labels, current markets, functions across the IML value chain, and future growth opportunities. The seminar covers all aspects of in-mold labeling of packaging ...

Metal FX Films Opens Its Doors

(Flexpack)

March 07, 2014, A new company run by two industry veterans is now producing metallized films with a brushed finish for dramatic packaging effects   BRIDGEWATER, NJ | Industry veterans Jim Parker and Charlie Yetka ...

Global Beer Label Market Studied by AWA

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2014, ... into the global market’s preferences by region, in terms of the technologies used for product identification and decoration on beer packaging. AWA estimates that, in the medium term, global beer production ...

Sleeve's Twin Perf Enhances Bottle's Recyclabili

(Label/Tape News)

November 20, 2013, CCL's label for Upbeat protein drink is made with Eastman Embrace HY copolyester KINGSPORT, TN | Looking for a premium finish to reflect its new on-the-go beverage product, UK-based The Good Whey Co. ...

Mark Andy Unveils New Digital Series

(News | New Products)

October 24, 2013, ... designed to yield significantly more revenues in less time, using less space, less equipment, and minimizing labor. It combines the economies and productive advantages of all digital workflows, digital ...

K-Show 2013 & Upcoming Extrusion Coating Seminars

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

October 23, 2013, ... US Plastics Industry shipped $373 Billion of product in 2012 and employed 893,000 workers in 15,949 factories, making it the 3rd largest sector of US manufacturing.  Bill cited the forecast explosive growth ...

Packprint Summit Americas Announces Agenda

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2013, ... on the North and Latin American package printing industry, the event is expected to attract senior level executives from across the package printing and product decoration industry and will include case ...

AVT and HP Indigo Offer Integrated Solution

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 18, 2013, ... color, and many other features to the job PDF/database as well as to the desired quality reference. As a result, it enables 100% quality assurance while reducing waste and increasing productivity, company ...

Market Trends | Profile of North American Label Industry

(Label/Tape)

August 12, 2013, ... important for retail sales of branded products to attract the discerning consumer, pressure-sensitive labels continue to hold the lion’s share of the market. Pressure-sensitive is also the preferred technology ...

Seven Win In-Mold Honors for Seventh Awards Competition

(Label/Tape)

August 05, 2013, ... Kurz Transfer Products for its Maytag Dispenser Fascia, for brand owner Whirlpool. This dispenser fascia is injection molded by Revere Plastics Systems using the Kurz IMD roll method. The dead-front window ...

Trends | The Future of Package Printing

(Print)

July 17, 2013, ... codes to ensure freshness and product safety. And how it projects the personality of a brand to help build connections with consumers. What makes all of these functions work? Printing technologies. The ...

TMLI Report Adds Conventional Press Index

(Label/Tape News)

July 15, 2013, ... (TLMI) announces the addition of the Conventional Press Index to the association’s Biannual Index & Trend Report. According to TLMI, conventional press manufacturers have had to raise print and production ...

Labelexpo Europe to Offer Innovation, Information

(Label/Tape News)

June 23, 2013, ... and products and add value for brands. Lisa Milburn, managing director of the Labelexpo Global Series, says the show will offer “…solutions for every area of business from industrial to food and beverages ...