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Parfait Perfection

(Label/Tape)

April 04, 2011, ... Parfaits” with zero cylinder costs. The full sleeve PVC labels are printed with UV ink in five to six colors. The sleeve covers the cap of the clear domed cup to ensure tamper-evidence and hold the mini ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... Mitsubishi projects recovering several million pounds of spent liner in year one. A final Sustainability award goes to Taghleef for a flower bouquet sleeve comprising heat-sealable Nativia NZSS biaxially ...

Tissue Press Has Fast Changeovers

(Flexography)

March 31, 2011, ... for the production of napkins and tablemats. Comprises a fast assembly of the anilox roll and extraction of the plate sleeves without needing to open the print unit, meaning no loss of print pressure, ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... Taghleef for a flower bouquet sleeve (11) comprising heat-sealable Nativia NZSS biaxially oriented polylactic acid (PLA) film. It’s derived from corn and is compostable, so both flowers and sleeve are ...

BOPP Films Reduce Pack Weight and Waste

(Flexpack News)

March 14, 2011, ... applicators. Rayoface NB films are available in both white and transparent grades and in thicknesses of 92µm (suitable for replacing carton board sleeves) and 60µm (for conventional pressure-sensitive ...

Web Lines: Limitations of Vacuum Pull Rollers

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2011, ... instead by using a screen sleeve, exposing the vacuum pressure over a finer, less-likely-to-dimple pattern. However, screen sleeves that are unsecured, except at the roller's ends, are known to balloon ...

Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... containers, many choices are available, including the following methods: wet glue applied heat transfer pressure-sensitive (p-s) shrink sleeve in-mold labeling (IML) Each of these labeling methods ...

Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ...  CL&D Graphics, Oconomowoc, WI, earns a gold award for shrink sleeves on the Australian Gold Tanning Set product line. Dynamic and eye-catching, the labels feature rich colors created using flexographic ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... In 1997, Starbucks introduced the recycled-content sleeve for hot drink cups as a way to reduce “double cupping.” In 2006, Starbucks introduced the industry's first FDA-approved paper drinking cup containing ...

Events

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2011, ... Printing Industries of America/Foundation of Flexographic Technical Assn., Westin Crown Ctr., Kansas City, MO; http://ci.printing.org 13-14 | AWA Intl. Sleeve Label Conference 2011, AWA Alexander Watson ...

Print on Unsupported Materials with Inkjet

(Digital)

February 28, 2011, ... developed flexible ink set allow printing on unsupported and heat-sensitive materials, including shrink sleeve. This full-color digital label press offers low heat and targeted wavelength benefits of LEDs ...

Reporter

(Magazine)

January 31, 2011, ... CEO Robert G. Burton Sr. says, “The acquisition…expands our specialty packaging into the growing shrink sleeve market. Gilbreth's product line complements Cenveo's existing offerings and will create immediate ...

Mesirow Financial Advises IMPAXX, Inc. on Sale to Cenveo

(Trends/Management News)

January 12, 2011, ... a producer and distributor of print and related products.  Based in Croydon, PA, Gilbreth is a full-service manufacturer of full body shrink sleeves, tamper evident neck bands and medical & electronic ...

Whipped Cream Buzz

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2010, The RB Dwyer Group, Anaheim, CA, is printing full sleeve PVC shrink labels for Maple Grove Products' alcohol-infused whipped cream aerosol cans, which curve at the top The RB Dwyer Group, Anaheim, CA, ...

Gallus ECS 340 Road Show Opens in Atlanta

(Flexography)

December 26, 2010, ... web path for cost-efficient, high quality commercial label printing, Gallus reports. The ECS 340 has individual servo drives, effortless registration and front-loading sleeve systems to dramatically ...

Sanden Reports Alliances

(Label/Tape)

November 30, 2010, ... an agreement with Edelmann Graphics GmbH, Beerfelden, Germany, to be the exclusive value-added distributor of the STAR-Print (Sleeve Technology Advanced Rotation) press for the NAFTA packaging and label ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

November 30, 2010, ... sustainability issues associated with single-serve food packaging. Overnight Labels, Deer Park, NY, now offers cold foil printing on shrink sleeves. UK-based Edale launches a website compatible ...

Short Path to Versatility

(Flexography)

November 30, 2010, ... elements were used in the development of this press for the Stratus Group. For example, plate cylinders and anilox rollers are designed as sleeves, thus enabling very fast job changeovers. This benefit ...

Calendar of Events: Converter Datebook

(Magazine)

November 30, 2010, ...  6-8 | ICE USA, Mack Brooks Exhibitions, Orange Cty. Convention Ctr. (OCCC), Orlando, FL (781-791-5011; www.ice-x-usa.com). 13-14 | AWA Intl. Sleeve Label Conference 2011, AWA Alexander Watson Assoc., ...

Idlers in Heat

(Web Handling)

November 30, 2010, ... as low as 125 deg F. (See the Table I.) When rollers might be affected by elevated temperatures, steel bearing inserts should be specified or used (see Figure 1). Steel sleeves are installed in roll ...