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The Back Page: Taking it back 54 years

(News | New Products)

April 23, 2020, ... because of solvent attack on rubber plates. Most flexo formulations are low on adhesion or weak in color strength. And two-component systems are both costly and difficult to use. Add to this, a too-often-overlooked ...

How Flexo Printers Can Help Brands With Green Initiatives

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... waste produced during the packaging of their products. Use Less Water and Fewer Chemicals Flexo printers can also support sustainability initiatives by using water- and solvent-saving printing and ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... ink manufacturers with their verification needs. According to the NAPIM, bio-renewable inks are derived from tree, plant, insect and/or animal materials. These include gums, resins, waxes, solvents, ...

BOBST Opens the Doors to its New Flexo Center of Excellence

(News | New Products)

February 16, 2020, ... ensure repeatable process consistency with water or solvent-based ink printing, minimum waste and easy manufacturing for all run lengths, on a wide range of substrates. EXPERT CI: a CI flexo press with ...

Is Gravure Coating Right for You?

(Coatings)

February 09, 2020, ... those capabilities are not independent and not applicable to all products or configurations. The substrate, the coating (including solvents) and the behavior of the coating impact the suitability of ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... This procedure should be done in a lab environment, especially when using solvent formulations, because of the risk of spills and accidental skin contact. Please review ASTM D2578. This test method is ...

Roland DG’s TrueVIS Series Wide-Format Inkjet Printer/Cutters Earn Top Honors in Three Categories from Buyers Lab 2020 Pick Awards

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

October 27, 2019, ... Eco-Solvent/Latex 54”/64” Printer category was the VG2 series 8-color printer/cutters with Orange ink (CMYKLcLmLkOr). In the Outstanding Enhanced CMYK Eco-Solvent/Latex 54”/64” Printer category, it was ...

SOMA and Vetaphone Strengthen Working Partnership

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... 620 to 1450mm and in eight or 10 colors depending on the model, the Optima presses use sleeve technology to print solvent, water-based, or UV/LED cured inks on a variety of substrates including LDPE, HDPE/PP, ...

The New Generation of Comexi Offset CI8 Introduces New Solutions for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... PET from many of the triplex or simple laminates currently available. The Offset EB inks and coatings are 100 percent solvent free, assisting converters and brand owners to significantly reduce their ...

Flint Group’s New Thermal nyloflex® XAH Digital Plate Increasing Productivity

(News | New Products)

August 18, 2019, ... all of the benefits of the nyloflex Xpress Thermal System – such as lower operating costs, higher sustainability and the quality of a solvent processed plate – producing plates in under one hour from imaging ...

Avery Dennison Launches TC-2000 Film Topcoat

(News | New Products)

August 07, 2019, ... including water-based flexo, UV flexo, UV screen, UV inkjet, solvent gravure and letterpress. This enables converters to leverage digital printing for greater flexibility and quality output, simplifying ...

Corona and Plasma – The Different worlds of Surface Treatment

(Surface Prep)

July 03, 2019, ... processes are higher, varying from printing with solvent based inks at 40-42 dyne/cm, to water based inks at 46-48 dyne/cm, coating at 44-54dyne/cm, and lamination at 46-56 dyne/cm.  The ability to measure ...

Fazer, Marvaco and Pyroll Pilot GreenerPrinting™

(News | New Products)

June 23, 2019, ... use of cleaning solvents. “This is a large-scale pilot where we can follow the benefits of EGP in the production a high-volume consumer product, in co-operation with the brand owner and packaging printing ...

LED UV & Electron Beam Curing Combine to Offer The Perfect Solution

(Case Studies)

June 05, 2019, ... elimination of solvents, as Deksnys outlines: “By using LED UV to pre-cure the white, we are able to overprint as if we are using solvent-gelling EB inks, but without using any solvents. Furthermore, having ...

INX International to Feature Natural-Based and Flexo Ink Products for Packaging at InfoFlex 2019

(Upcoming Conference News)

April 24, 2019, ... properties. The INX flexographic product line features an array of ink choices to use for packaging purposes. These range from water, solvent and UV/EB flexo inks to Low Migration and Specialty inks ...

Emerging Technologies Turn Converters’ Heads

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2019, ... the dryer section can handle. This is especially evident with the adoption of water-based vs. solvent-based inks, coatings and adhesives. In some cases, the machine may even need to be slowed down to use ...

Polyurethane Ink Resins for Flexible Packaging – Current and Future Needs

(Flexography)

April 01, 2019, ... the adoption of PURs are increased use of solventless adhesives in the lamination process and the emergence of high speed presses. Solventless adhesives used in the lamination process help eliminate VOC ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ...  A Product Excellence Award was earned by PacAcel solventless laminating adhesive from The Dow Chemical Co. (Lake Jackson, TX). This patented and patent-pending product also received AIMCAL’s 2019 Technology ...

Rotoflex Appoints Perry Stacks as Sales Representative for North America

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2019, ... and account management with a producer of dispensing equipment for the paint, coating, ink and chemical markets. Stacks will be focusing on the market for solvent based liquid inks and Over Print Varnishes ...

FTA and Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Partner for “We Have the Cure” Seminar

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2019, ... ozone and mercury from the pressroom, making the process safer and improving overall environmental impact How UV-LED curing eliminates the release of VOCs because UV inks are free of solvents and avoids ...