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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 ...

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, ...

LDPE Tough on Contaminants

(New Products)

February 28, 2010, ... is available in thicknesses of 1.25-5 mils and can be corona treated for use with water- or solvent-based inks. Brentwood Plastics | 513-238-8552 | www.brentwoodplastics.com Circle 406 or visit www.freeproductinfo.net/pff ...

Green Platemaking for Clemson

(News Clips Archive)

February 28, 2010, ... plate product, the water wash digital AWP DEF for the process. Asahi's AWP DEF plate is suitable for all types of inks (solvent-based, UV-curing, and water-based), exhibiting excellent printing performance, ...

Green Platemaking for Clemson

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2010, ... provide its newest flexographic plate product, the water wash digital AWP DEF for the process. Asahi's AWP DEF plate is suitable for all types of inks (solvent-based, UV-curing, and water-based), exhibiting ...

Time To Say Goodbye

(Process Management)

November 30, 2009, ... proofers would be expected but are not always in place. Solvent Retention | Solvent-based inks for gravure and flexo film printing are here to stay for the foreseeable future, causing residual solvents ...

Anilox Cleaner Cuts Makeready Time

(News Clips Archive)

October 31, 2009, ...  multipurpose cleaner, AltraWash Blue, in its automatic anilox roll cleaning machine at its Cadmus Special Packaging facility. The product is formulated for cleaning UV and solvent-based inks and reportedl ...

Flexo Forum Fervor

(Flexography)

June 30, 2009, ... to be solvent-based with water-based technology replacing only a fraction of applications. He revealed that while enthusiasm for electron beam (EB) technology has cooled down somewhat, higher press speeds ...

Gravure Shows Off Best

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2009, ... solvent-based inks with Environmental Ink & Coating’s water-based coating. A small dot pattern complicated the printing process, but despite the complexity of the design reversed-out images remained perfect. ...

Gravure Shows Off Its Best

(Gravure)

April 30, 2009, ... Scientist Stamp. The Fasson 60# facestock is printed six colors (employing a 300-450 line screen) on a Dai-Nippon Kiko 10-color rotogravure press, using Siegwerk C Type solvent-based inks with Environmental ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: April 200

(New Products)

March 31, 2009, ... solvent-based flexo lamination ink prints on a wide range of substrates with no primer required. Suited for both adhesive and extrusion laminations, inks are said to have low solvent retention, offer consistent ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... Ink Is Consistent INK LioValue solvent-based gravure lamination ink prints on a wide range of substrates with no primer. Applications include retort, and printability is consistent over long runs, company ...

Pack Expo Poll Confirms Importance of Sustainable Adhesives

(News | New Products)

February 08, 2009, ... materials. Poll results also showed that barriers to sustainable flexible packaging adhesives are perceived rather than real. “Perceptions remain that replacing solvent-based options with environmentally ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... The new-generation ultraviolet hot melts claim to approach the adhesion values of solvent-based adhesives, which historically were preferred for high-performance applications but today are at the center ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

December 31, 2008, ... Smart Papers | 800-443-9773 | www.smartpapers.com PFFC-ASAP 408 Adhesive Solutions Can Be Customized Pattern-coated solvent-based adhesives are said to provide users with wide range of product solutions ...

Lab/Pilot/Technical Facilities Directory

(Archive)

October 31, 2008, ... foil (3-30 micron), nonwovens (10-100 gsm), paper (20-500 gsm), paperboard (100-500 gsm), tissue (25-100 gsm) Notes | Adhesive coating, water- or solvent-based solutions, specialty coatings. Coatingnsultex ...

Solvent Retention in Packaging

(Process Management)

September 30, 2008, Solvent-based gravure and flexo inks used in packaging always retain small amounts of solvent in the final package. When measured and controlled, this Solvent-based gravure and flexo inks used in packaging ...

Weight Reduction

(Archive)

August 31, 2008, ...  For example, in marked contrast to many flexible packaging converters, CEI never has used solvent-based inks, coatings, or adhesives in any facet of its converting operation. The use of water-based alternatives ...