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Roundtable Q&A: Rolls & Roll Handling

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2019, ... are on-site daily with customers, discovering areas to reduce waste/scrap and increase productivity. New product development is ignited off real world challenges identified “in the field.”  This has produced ...

Q&A Roundtable | How The Pouch/Bag Making Market Is Evolving

(Bag Pouch)

May 10, 2018, ... allow virtually anyone with a HP digital press to enter into the stand-up pouch market. This innovation will allow for less process scrap and the fastest turnaround times from print to finished product. ...

Pouch Making | Ensuring Quality Pouches

(Bag Pouch)

May 07, 2018, ... pouch in a single stroke regardless of the complexity of the shape. It also can be equipped with a matrix scrap winder and can operate at 200 cycles per minute.”  This Box Pouch® sample was produced ...

Cortec Celebrates Expansion of Facility

(Flexpack)

April 10, 2018, ... waste by recycling VpCI film scrap and used VpCI film from its customers and adding it back into new film at a rate that ensures the corrosion inhibiting quality of the product. The new plastic recycling ...

Flexible Packaging | PPT Earns Top Prize in FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... for arenas and stadiums to help sports teams, venues, and leagues achieve the next level of landfill waste diversion by eliminating a pesky food scrap contaminant. The chief benefit of the new bag is that ...

Flexo Concepts Continues Green Initiatives

(News | New Products)

December 03, 2017, ... with LED lighting, a move that resulted in an annual reduction in energy use significant enough to power six homes for a year. The company also recycles about 80% of its blade material scrap along with ...

Dow Collaborates on Recycled Trash Bags

(Flexpack)

October 30, 2017, Dow, as a partner with Trash Free Seas Alliance, works with Bemis and Polykar to develop trash bags from recycled plastic scrap MIDLAND, MI | Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action

(Label/Tape)

August 08, 2016, ... films address demand for a better touch-screen experience for consumers, reducing component scrap during manufacturing, and protecting new devices such as curved-edge screens. Will launch Syl-Off EM 7978 ...

Sticking With It | Selecting the Right Adhesive for Your Self-Adhesive Graphic

(Coating/Laminating)

July 11, 2016, ... aging on vinyl. They remembered having an early test roll in the plant and found it in their scrap pile. Evaluation of the material that was over a year old showed that shrinkage and adhesive performance ...

LasX Industries to Show Carton System

(Carton Box)

May 21, 2016, ... to the integrated robotic system to remove scrap and feed the trimmed printed material to the folding and gluing system specially designed by Kluge for quick changeovers. "We are very pleased with the ...

FTA Awards | Sunshine FPC Wins Two Best of Show Honors

(Print)

March 09, 2016, ... an initiative to decrease its carbon footprint and waste streams through reductions and recycling. All converted materials that are scrapped are baled and recycled. Accomplishments include installing sky ...

Essentra Introduces Tapes for UV-Coated Material

(Label/Tape)

August 31, 2015, ... job was run, reworking the printed carton material was no longer an option, and the entire order would have had to be scrapped. However, when the customer discovered that our unique Essentra tapes will ...

CPP EXPO Conference Agenda Covers the Industry

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2015, ... reduced scrap, faster changeovers, and high reliability. Product directly off the press is dry and ready for converting, usually with excellent print quality. Additionally the inks are insensitive to water ...

Flexible Packaging | Coveris, Cryovac Big Winners at FPA Awards

(Flexpack)

March 03, 2015, ... to the processor via film reduction of up to 40% with no material scrap, unequaled merchandising opportunities to the retailer using vertical display capability, and provides a freezer ready protective ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1

(Flexpack)

February 01, 2015, ... processing conditions. The scrap generated in polyolefin/EVOH coextrusion is commonly recycled as a regrind layer in sheet and bottle applications. Coextruded packages with EVOH can also be recycled post-consumer. ...

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

(Trends/Management)

January 05, 2015, ... applies coating to both sides of a web. Said to reduce coat weights, eliminate scrap, and improve product performance. Last is a multi-bay drive panel incorporating Allen-Bradley drives and ControlLogix ...

McCourt Label Gains New Business with DOMINO Press

(News | New Products)

October 15, 2014, ... sizes and materials for an outdoor application printing on clear film. “Scrap and labor savings since moving this job to the Domino is huge. With the Domino we can run in one hour what we used to run in ...

Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

August 19, 2014, ... parameters that will contribute most to IRR include incremental sales from the availability of “lay flat” product; reduced material scrap; and improved production efficiencies. Table 3 illustrates ...

Polysack to Offer Demo at Heat-Shrink Sleeve Label Event

(Label/Tape)

June 02, 2014, Company, a sponsor of the interactive AWA conference, will demonstrate materials for the evolving roll-fed shrink label market   NEGEV, ISRAEL | Polysack Flexible Packaging will present a live demonstration ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 08, 2014, ... to minimize scrap, but this is a fatal error.  Running too slowly increases residence time to an unacceptably high level such that polymer degradation is inevitable.  Not only do gauge bands result, but ...