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FTA Awards | Sunshine FPC Wins Two Best of Show Honors

(Print)

March 09, 2016, ... affordable, eco-friendly and waterless technology, consistent cleaning performance, roll after roll is achieved. Its patented head measures the roll before cleaning to determine the right amount of detergent ...

Sticking With It | Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives 101

(Coating/Laminating)

March 04, 2016, ... a label from a pre-coated roll or pull off a liner to apply a sign to a surface. Pressure-sensitive adhesive laminations comprise three main components: the facestock or carrier, liner, and adhesive. ...

HFM Packaging Celebrates 40 Years in Business

(Flexpack)

February 29, 2016, ... is hermetically sealed to a tray. HFM invested in custom-designed and manufactured high-speed equipment to produce pre-converted rolls with up to four lanes across in order to match the requirements of ...

Experience Speaks | Q&A with Brett York

(Trends/Management)

February 29, 2016, ... fastest results. We’ve introduced this approach in Europe where it’s been a success, so we’re going to roll it out in the U.S. in order to take advantage of the current market opportunity and learnings. ...

Catbridge Debuts Turret Cutoff/Transfer System

(News | New Products)

February 23, 2016, ... system designed to align strands precisely for finished roll rewinding.  The Catbridge 344-MC turret Available in the company’s new 300-MC Series of turret slitter rewinders, this cutoff and transfer ...

Static Beat | How To Solve Static Problems Quickly

(Surface Prep)

February 23, 2016, ... rubber nip roller. 2.2 Corona treaters can deposit large amounts of static on treated webs. 3.3 Measure static using a hand-held static meter. Demonstrate using your static meter. ...

Sappi Expands Line with Heavyweight Options

(Materials)

February 05, 2016, ... its energy from renewable resources. The wood fiber used by the mill meets the requirements of the Sustainable Forestry Fiber Sourcing Standard and the Forest Stewardship Council Controlled Wood Standard. ...

Show Preview | FTA’s 2016 Forum and INFO*FLEX

(Print)

February 01, 2016, ... 7 at 3:55–4:15 p.m.   Eaglewood Technologies (Booth 219) will display the Sanilox 2.0 Anilox Roll Cleaning System, which features a sleek look, bi-lingual touchscreen, and illustrated tutorials. Said ...

Rotoflex Upgrades Finishing Solution

(Label/Tape)

January 31, 2016, ... and flexibility, from unwind to rewind and all print and die-cut units in between, including the matrix removal unit. Motorized roll lift, innovative URC 2.0 proprietary control system featuring the exclusive ...

Coating Matters | Considerations for Good Manufacturing Practice

(Coating/Laminating)

January 26, 2016, ... For coating applications, utilizing a closed pre-metered coating system would allow for a more controlled coating environment versus some of the open pan coating systems used throughout the coating industry ...

Havesino Announces Slitter/Rewinder

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2016, ...  The HN film slitter has working speeds from 300 mpm to a maximum of 800 mpm and working widths of 88, 1,300, 1,600, 2,000 mm and more. Features a shaftless unwinding system, a hydraulic jumbo roll ...

ROTOCON Sells First MPS EB Press in Africa

(News | New Products)

January 17, 2016, ... light technology delivering superior print quality, iSet intelligent pressure setttings, iStop technology assuring zero waste at roll change, full-length rail system, quick change die-station and a pre-register ...

Double E Delivers Stored Material to Converting with Solis Accumulator

(News | New Products)

January 10, 2016, Company utilizes advanced Siemens drive and motion control system to maintain integrated tension and material movement during roll changes, no need for separate PLC   BRIDGEWATER, MA | The Solis ...

UPM Raflatac Makes Changes in California

(Label/Tape)

December 20, 2015, ... “Our new state-of-the-art equipment now allows us to fulfill requests for longer rolls of standard products, thinner films—and more—with ease.” In addition to these operational improvements, the company ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2015

(Flexpack)

December 01, 2015, ...  But an online calculator that determines roll dimensions for HERMA self-adhesive materials earned the top spot in our annual roundup. Here is a look at the ten that came out on top.   HERMA Online ...

Rotoflex Releases Slitter/Rewinder

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2015, ... and conveniently located finished roll rewind location. With end-to-end servo control design, the HSI also features company’s URC 2.0 proprietary control system with simple menus and an intuitive interface, ...

Dyna-Tech Launches UV Tactile Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

November 06, 2015, DynaCoat UV-3327 reportedly offers rapid curing at high speeds as well as scuff resistance GRAFTON, WV | Dyna-Tech Adhesive reports the launch of DynaCoat UV-3327, a UV-curable tactile and overprint ...

Goss Launches Unwinders and Rewinders

(News | New Products)

November 01, 2015, ... ‘zero-speed’ festoon technology to splice running web and new roll while press continues at full speed. The Goss Contiweb CR Series of rewinders have been developed to rewind reels at speed without the ...

SPGPrints Extends Line of Rotary Screens

(News | New Products)

October 19, 2015, ... to the embossing technique. Available on rolls to 565 mm (22.2 in.) wide, line comes as a pre-coated, nonwoven mesh that is assembled into a cylinder. It features welded nickel hexagonal hole-formation ...

TLMI Awards | WS Packaging Wins Best of Show

(Label/Tape)

October 06, 2015, ... suppliers include Metal Magic (plates), Harper Corp. of America (cylinders and rolls), Kocher+Beck (dies), and Siegwerk (inks and coatings).       BEST OF CLASS–OFFSET WINE & SPIRITS Collotype ...