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Show Preview | ICE USA 2015 Returns to Orlando with Added Features

(Trends/Management)

January 05, 2015, ... how the EVO 150 controller can provide perfect centerline guiding with the use of a single WideArray edge detector. Web widths up to 18 in. are possible.   AirTrim (Booth 1166) will feature trim waste ...

On Print | Digital Printers for Real Converters

(On Print)

January 04, 2015, ... multi-station gravure presses, not just for paper, but for direct to panel as well. And it now supplies roll-to-roll inkjet printers up to 2.2 m wide with speeds up to 50 m/min, as well as panel printers ...

Precision Press Adds New Goss, Martin Technology

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2014, Goss Sunday Vpak web press equipped with Martin Automatic roll change technology NORTH MANKATO, MN | Precision Press, a label, flexible packaging, and forms converter, has received the first new Goss ...

Pack Expo | The Next Generation of Package Printing Solutions

(Trends/Management)

September 24, 2014, ... Press for continuous-fed packaging applications, and Indigo 30000 Digital Press for sheet-fed packaging applications, which accommodate 30-in. wide film rolls, with up to 44-in. repeat length. According ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ...    AccuWeb Introducing its Smallest Web Guide AccuWeb (Booth 837) will introduce the EVO 150 web guide control, a 24 VDC controller featuring 150 watts of power with the ability to control brushed ...

On Print | Are You Cured? Proper Cure Is Up to You

(On Print)

June 22, 2014, ... with only end-of-roll testing, a failure from a contamination or short-term coating upset can easily slip by, especially if it does not trigger a fault in a subsequent step in your factory. And the testing ...

Plastics are Alive and Well in Southeast Asia

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

February 19, 2014, I had the opportunity to do some extrusion training recently in Southeast Asia, and all I can say is that plastics are alive and well there. I taught nearly 70 students over a 2-week period in Thailand, ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... maintain the substrate integrity, both entering the coating station and providing the highest quality product in roll form. LIMITATIONS To compete with existing adhesive coated product, the manufacturer ...

Rondo-Pak Announces New Plant in Puerto Rico

(Carton Box News)

October 08, 2013, ... biotech, and medical device industries, has opened a manufacturing and distribution facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Reportedly, the new location will offer world-class climate controlled manufacturing ...

Gibson Box Switches to Automated Gluing System

(Carton Box News)

September 30, 2013, ... cutters, and labelers. The company was hand gluing the structures as recently as September 2012, applying hot melt or light glue using roll coaters. “Gluing was the bottleneck, as well as the ‘big variable’ ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... line speed; range of thicknesses: 1–200 micron; dryer type: floater; 6 zones; dryer capacity: 24 ft; thermal curing; solvents: water, flammable, organic CT | gravure, knife over roll, rod, slot die LA ...

LAB/PILOT/TECHNICAL FACILITIES DIRECTORY

(Uncategorized)

August 31, 2013, ... .5 mil–30 mil; 3–4 unwinds; type of laminations: dry bond; type of testing: smaller run roll-to-roll prototyping for confirmation of lamination quality and peel strength with top laminating and encapsulation ...

Trends | The Future of Package Printing

(Print)

July 17, 2013, ... technology allows for direct-to-plastic printing prior to thermoforming. The technology uses specialty heat-tolerant inks that dry instantly when applied to roll-fed plastics, yet remain malleable during ...

Pregis Introduces Sheet Foam with Multidirectional Stretch

(First Glance)

May 22, 2013, ... offering readily available 1/16- and 1/32-in. thick stock sizes in 48-, 60- and 72-in. roll widths. Custom options also are available. The Microfoam line is well-suited to provide product protection ...

Nordmeccanica SpA a Laminating Powerhouse

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 20, 2013, A visit to Nordmeccanica in Italy reveals why the company's "standardized" approach to roll to roll lamination is so successful. While in Italy in May, 2013, I had a nice chat with Giancarlo Caimmi, ...

Pregis Introduces Form-It Foam Strips

(Carton Box News)

April 29, 2013, ... product types via self-adhesive polyethylene foam strips. Users can quickly cut the desired length from the roll, peel off the release liner to expose the adhesive, and affix into position—typically ...

Clicherlux Receives Esko HD Flexo Certification

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2013, ... is able to extend its highlights and shadows, thus controlling its color, it is now able to spend less time working on image treatments. "For example, we had worked on packaging for 44 different flavors ...

On Print | Conductive Inks & Coatings

(Coatings)

February 21, 2013, ... or etching is comparatively straight forward, again on roll-to-roll equipment. It is performing especially well with grids of silver ink for solar cells and organic light emitting diodes (OLED). And, as ...

P-S Tapes | A Converter’s Guide

(Label/Tape)

January 07, 2013, ... regions. Market demand and production spans high-volume roll products and low-volume specialist die-cuts—such as gaskets—which may incorporate differential adhesives on two sides of a carrier tape as well ...

On Print | Digital Print at Labelexpo

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2012, ... several integrators showed how they could retrofit existing label presses. The accompanying table represents the list I prepared of roll-to-roll machines being demonstrated or actively promoted. (I also ...