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Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

July 30, 2005, ... stations, the press can interchange one rotogravure printing unit and one silk screen unit. Both can run UV and solvent- and water-based inks. Hologram application units serve to protect products from ...

Brand Security & Authentication, Part 1

(Archive)

July 30, 2005, ... threads, thermochromic threads, and micro-marked fibers are other possibilities. Solvent-sensitive papers, developed to prevent information from being removed with solvent, also are available: They react ...

Dow Raises Prices on Release Coatings

(Archive)

July 16, 2005, Dow Corning has raised prices on its global release coating product line by 5% to 7%. PRESSS RELEASE MIDLAND, MI—Dow Corning has raised prices on its global release coating product line by 5% to 7%. ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... several different types of roll applied heat seal coatings are available in solvent and water borne chemistries. All the chemistries discussed in most cases have a wide range of conformance to FDA requirements ...

COF in Printed Packaging

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... itself. If the ink is harder than the substrate, the COF of the printed substrate will be lower than that of the substrate itself. If the COF changes with time, drying, lubricant, or solvent migration ...

Globally Speaking

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2005, ... from Advanced Vision Technology; in-line and off-line slitting from 2–60 in. on Dusenberry and Ashe slitters; solvent-based ink systems supplied by Flint Ink and Sun Chemical with two catalytic oxidizers ...

18 Ways to Cut Coating Costs

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... If possible, increase the solids content of the mix to reduce the drying load and speed up the web. If an organic solvent system is used, another benefit is the reduction in solvent consumption and savings ...

PRINT & CONVERTER 05 New Product Digest

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... runs with either UV or solvent inks at speeds to 1,000 fpm. Can be mounted virtually anywhere, company says, including in-line with a press or with a folder/gluer. Prints on paper, coated stocks, foils, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, ... 708/236-3686; sunchemical.com FlexoPure general-purpose laminating ink system can be used on a wide variety of flexible packaging films. Features an excellent solvent release and very low gas chromatograph ...

New Products, Part 2

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... andersonvreeland.com Flexowash A specialty solvent-washout solution is designed for improved processing of sheet photopolymers used in flexo printing. Said to eliminate problems associated with perchloroethylene ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... Adhesive Benefits Reported Ashland Specialty Polymers and Adhesives, Dublin OH; 614/790-3333; ashland.com Purelam A-9000/A-9010 solventless laminating adhesive provides aromatic amine extractables below ...

Narrow Web New Products

(Magazine)

May 30, 2005, ... use with quick-setting solvent adhesives and gravure or flexo. Label Stock in Sheet Form 3M, St. Paul, MN; 800/422-8116; 3m.com Available in sheet form, label materials give screen printers flexibility ...

Flint Ink Announces Price Increases

(Archive)

May 21, 2005, ... UV ink products and liquid packaging ink products—including solvent-based inks, water-based inks, and radiation-curable inks and coatings for flexographic and gravure packaging printers and converters. ...

Under the Hood

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... exposed them to extreme conditions in our test laboratory," Parnell says. "They were oven-aged under high temperatures, exposed to solvents, abrasion, and UV. Under every condition, the Jetrion UV ink held ...

A Look at Laminating Inks

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... package construction, the ingredients used in the ink formulas must be selected carefully to eliminate any source of potential odor. Solvent-based laminating inks are more common than water-based, mainly ...

Scitex Appoints Canadian Agent and US Dealer

(Archive)

April 18, 2005, Scitex Vision America has appointed Cascades Resources as the exclusive Canadian distributor for its line of digital printing equipment and consumables for wide-format graphic-arts and packaging applications. ...

Jetrion Names National and European Distributors

(Archive)

April 09, 2005, ... its 3025 inkjet system and inks. The monochrome Jetrion 3025 inkjet system is said to deliver 316 dpi resolution at speeds up to 250 fpm with UV inks and up to 400 fpm with solvent inks. Contact Jetrion ...

Ashland Increases Prices on P-S Adhesives

(Archive)

April 02, 2005, ... by 5%-10% on all p-s adhesives—including solution and emulsion acrylics and solvent and hot-melt rubber-based products—on April 15, 2005. The increase is driven by a continuing escalation of raw materials ...

Cleaning the Right Way

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... probably will require different cleaning methods. Some simply may require washing with water. Perhaps others will need soaking in solvent or a repeated wiping with cloths soaked in solvent. Still others ...

Which Ink for Which Substrate?

(Magazine)

March 30, 2005, ... Some labs will "wash" the surface with a solvent, which hopefully will restore the high surface tension of a treated film. However, this practice can miss the mark, since choosing the right solvent that ...