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Brand Security Innovations Technical Report: Tamper Evidence

(Print)

June 30, 2011, ... or color; metal strips or fragments; polyester security threads; thermochromic threads; and micro-marked fibers, invisible to the naked eye. In the wider world of packaging, solvent-sensitive papers, which ...

Plates Reduce Dot Gain

(Prepress)

June 30, 2011, Developed for wide web flexible packaging printing with solvent-based inks, the nyloflex FAM digital photopolymer printing plate is medium hard and said Developed for wide web flexible packaging printing ...

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 31, 2011, ... terms of environmental impact, VOCs from solvents used to develop the plate are reduced by more than 50%. Global warming potential (GWP), including plate, packaging, and transport, is an estimated 32% ...

Roll-Sleeve Film: Helping Shape Brand Identity

(Label/Tape)

May 10, 2011, ... shrink, or infrared tunnels. What’s more, solvents used for this welding process are non-flammable with low VOC (volatile organic compounds) emissions. Flexcraft Industries Inc., Newark, NJ, is a leader ...

FTA Gets Flexo Engines Started at Forum/Info*Flex

(Flexography)

May 03, 2011, ... 58 min. In terms of environmental impact, VOCs from solvents used to develop the plate are reduced by more than 50%. Global warming potential (GWP), including plate, packaging, and transport, is an estimated ...

BEST OF SHOW

(Magazine)

April 30, 2011, ... (BOPP) and laminated to white BOPP using solvent-based inks from Flint on a Schiavi press with engravings by Southern Graphic Systems. This is a “big and bold” label, say the judges. The silver effect ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... properties: 0.04 cm3/100 in.2/day OTR and 0.05 g/100 in.2/day WVTR. Adhesive also is conserved by eliminating a second lamination pass while reducing energy requirements 31% for solvent-based structures ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... while reducing energy requirements 31% for solvent-based structures and 11% for solventless. Also dropped are CO2 emissions by 34% for solvent-based laminating and 30% for solventless. A second Sustainability ...

INX Intl. Ink Co. Announces Price Increase

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 15, 2011, ... anymore,” said INX president and CEO Rick Clendenning. “Some of the major increases have been with select pigments and all resins used for litho inks, solvent based inks, water based inks and coatings. ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... the preferred level. So if the surface of polymer films and other non-polar substrates are made polar, how does corona treatment create the bond with solvent-borne, water-borne, and energy-curable inks, ...

Material Is Flame Retardant

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... and thermal transfer printing. Company says images on the XF-603 will withstand high temperatures, harsh chemicals, and solvents when matched with the proper inks or thermal ribbon. Polyonics | 603-352-1415 ...

Adhesive System Is Fast, Versatile

(Adhesives)

November 30, 2010, FlextraSL Fast solventless adhesive system is formulated for speed, versatility, and efficiency. Said to allow converters to laminate at up to 1,800 fpm, FlextraSL Fast solventless adhesive system is formulated ...

TLMI Awards: Challenges Met

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... is printed using solvent-based inks with a flood solvent varnish. Cylinders are engraved at 200 lpi due to the label's intricate artwork. Multi-Color is honored with additional first place awards for ...

Flexographic Printing: Super Setup

(Inspection/Defect Detection)

September 30, 2010, ... press runs all solvent-based inks and has BST web guiding systems on the unwind and the rewind. It features Rossini sleeves and Praxair anilox rolls and recently was retrofitted with a new BST Pro Mark ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... from the printing process are reprocessed and reused. 100% of coating totes, skids, end boards, core plugs, and H-channels are reused. No solvent-based inks or coatings are used. A home computer recycling ...

Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... and micro-marked fibers are other possibilities. Solvent-sensitive papers, developed to prevent information being removed with the use of solvent, also are available. Iridescent security color stripes ...

Viscometer Is Rugged

(New Products)

April 30, 2010, The AST-100 in-line viscometer has no moving parts, simple Clean-In-Place design, rugged 316 SS construction, and compact size for easy installation. The AST-100 in-line viscometer has no moving parts, ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... a UV light station to cure the adhesive through the BOPP. A second example is 48-ga PET, which works well with an emulsion adhesive. The adhesive is applied, and then the excess water solvent is dried ...

Gravure Printing: Print Comes To Life

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... printed on polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) LV film using solvent-based inks and heat-activated adhesive on a Rotomec press. “The black type and diagrams are very nice, the vignettes are outstanding, ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... category for its One Shot three-ply, solvent-free laminator. Two onboard coating stations apply adhesive to two substrates to join a third at a lamination nip for a three-ply substrate in one pass, cutting ...