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BOPP from Toray Plastics (America) Offers Matte, High-End Look

(Flexpack)

December 18, 2011, ... haze and a print adhesion layer on which water- and solvent-based inks print with excellent results; a low COF; and excellent ability to bond during the manufacture of adhesive and extrusion laminations. ...

Green Bay Packaging Offers Label Stock That Dissolves

(Label/Tape News)

November 13, 2011, The Coated Products Operations of Green Bay Packaging offers dissolvable label stock that washes away under running water. GREEN BAY, WI | The Coated Products Operations of Green Bay Packaging offers ...

Many Flex-Pack Inks Available

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

July 31, 2011, ... packaging applications, including water-based surface film inks, water-based lamination ink, water-based paper inks, solvent-based surface film inks, solvent-based lamination inks, solvent-based gravure ...

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 ...

Dry Efficiently at High Speeds

(Coating/Laminating)

April 30, 2011, ... said to provide greater efficiency than conventional web dryers and to enable the high-speed drying of water-based patterned glue and coatings at line speeds reached previously only with solvent-based ...

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 ...

Switch to New Inks Easily

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

March 31, 2011, Company reports it has joined with Tech8 to help customers switch to its after-market solvent-based inks with no changeover problems. The transition is Company reports it has joined with Tech8 to help ...

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 ...

Dow Opens Commercial-Scale Manufacturing of Encapsulant Films for PV Panels

(Flexpack News)

December 14, 2010, ... joins the ENLIGHT family of encapsulants, metallization, imaging, cleaning and texturizing materials sold to the photovoltaic market worldwide. These include ADCOTE Solvent-Based Adhesives, MOR-FREE Solventless ...

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 ...

Coating/Laminating: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2010, ... One example concerns the sticky nature of solvent-based laminating adhesives and the importance of being able to clean the coater efficiently. “Faustel followed our operators' suggestions to make that ...

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 ...

PSAs Offered

(Adhesives)

August 31, 2010, ... an environmentally friendly alternative to solvent-based adhesives, exhibit good adhesion to a variety of materials, and are optically clear, skin-friendly, and resistant to water, solvent, UV light, and ...

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 ...

R&D Coater Offered

(Coating/Laminating)

July 31, 2010, ... 17 in. wide, is suited for R&D applications and is said to accommodate a wide variety of coatings, including solventless, solvent-based, and water-based. Featuring cart-mounted interchangeable coating ...

Gaining Speed

(Flexpack)

July 08, 2010, ... gain versus solvent-based lamination. Technology can be applied to typical barrier laminations such as metallized PET, aluminum foil, and clear films. Visit www.ampaconline.com. Did you produce a cool ...

Laminators Are Reliable, Precise

(Coating/Laminating)

June 30, 2010, ... to provide a consistent level of performance, user-friendliness, and increased production uptime whether running solvent-based, solventless, or water-based applications. Optimum accessibility to all machine ...

H.B. Fuller Offers Trials on Nordmeccanica Laminator

(Adhesives)

May 31, 2010, ... problems with solvent-based, solvent-free, and water-based laminating adhesives for flexible packaging. The production-scale laminator is 52 in. wide and runs 1,300 fpm. It features a two-zone dryer, ...

BEST OF SHOW DOMESTIC

(Magazine)

March 31, 2010, ... using solvent-based ink and aqueous coating. This gravure preprint product, which replaced an existing offset-printed top sheet laminated to corrugated boxes, is said to have improved both quality and ...