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H.B. Fuller Shares the Newest Adhesive Technology for High-Impact Sustainable Packaging Solutions

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2020, ... taking action to drive progress towards a circular economy; and with its expertise, they are tackling everyday sustainability issues by creating solutions that reduce energy usage, extend durability and ...

New Coating Technology Providing Real Solutions in Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

June 07, 2020, ...  Wrap ups. The root cause creating these issues can stem from aggressive and difficult adhesive coatings, to migratory or non-migratory slip agents creating tack or slip. Foreign debris such as dust, ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Launches Lumirror STM Soft-Touch Matte PET Film

(News | New Products)

May 24, 2020, ... transit and when larger packages are stacked in the retail environment. New STM film is inline coated using Toray’s proprietary film and coating technologies, which ensure overall high quality, consistency, ...

Bockatech and Westfall Technik Solidify EcoCore License Deal

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2020, ... tackle the issue and comply with laws across all territories are essential. EcoCore is helping brands transition to lightweight single use packaging that can be recycled. And, explore new opportunities ...

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 ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... excellent flavor, aroma, and grease barrier properties. It also offers superior sealing properties with a low seal initiation temperature, the ability to seal through contamination, a wide hot-tack temperature ...

Acucote Introduces Broad Stocked Portfolio of Cannabis Label Materials

(Label/Tape)

April 01, 2020, ... SX780 (tackified acrylic for tamper-evident applications), GPX (general purpose permanent acrylic), GPX Blockout (black opaque permanent acrylic) and 31PB (tackified acrylic for tight mandrel applications). ...

Digitalize, Automate and Connect: The Backbone of Packaging Production

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

March 30, 2020, ... agile collaborative operation. “The vision for the future is clear – flawless execution from design, a roll of labels and pouches or a stack of paper boards to the final inspected boxes within the packers’ ...

Packaging Recognized as Essential: Smart Packaging Enhances Food Safety and Security

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2020, ... and tackle infections, such as the common cold and flu. Consumers are seeking natural immune boosting sources in the hope of building better resistance to the COVID-19 virus,” adds Ward. StePac’s MAP ...

Stronger Together: Davis-Standard and Deacro Converting Systems

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

March 08, 2020, ... ideal for tension sensitive materials, clean running environments and rapid setup applications. Roll lock segments are stacked across the shaft eliminating the need to set up spacers. When rewinding is ...

A New Generation of Hybrid Drive Technology

(Digital)

March 05, 2020, ... delivery table. A high-speed programmable robot-automated stacking and counting system (Spider) which combines extreme acceleration, velocity and precision at continuous web speed of up to 50 m/min can ...

Leading Contract Slitting Service Provider to Manufacturers

(Slit)

March 05, 2020, ... tackling the challenges of its customers’ ever-changing industries and increased competition, as well as responding to the demand of new materials and technology. Focused on continuous engineering improvement ...

State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... (impact of post 9/11 terrorist attacks) and 2009 (the ‘Great Recession’), with an annual cumulative growth rate of about 2 percent per year. Over the last 10 years, flexible packaging’s share of total ...

Roundtable Q&A: Slitting, Winding & Unwinding

(Slit)

February 16, 2020, ... cores, unloading and pushing off to the tree certainly make the machines much more productive and advanced.  And in unwinding, as I said previously, there are dual unwinds and stacked unwinds, the control ...

Is Gravure Coating Right for You?

(Coatings)

February 09, 2020, ... gravure coating.  Solvents can attack the rubber rolls and dry on the gravure roll leading to precipitation in the cells.  MEK and IPA are the most volatile common gravure solvents; more volatile solvents ...

The Back Page: The American Paper Converter April 1946

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, ...  Utilized on Lamps Cardboard laminates have been made by impregnating and stacking 1/32”-thick sheets without pressure and tests have shown that they have excellent tensile strength and much more flexibility ...

Leaders in Rotary Converting Machine Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... leading tension control Mod-Track® Vision Inspection – closed loop registration, date/bar code reading, Part-in-pouch, reject bad parts Conveyors for spreading, stacking, rejecting and inspection PRECISION ...

Looking Forward and Back

(News | New Products)

January 11, 2020, Launched just a year ago in January 2019, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) began bringing together organizations that make, use, process, sell, collect and recycle plastics in order to tackle the ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, ... are subject to repeated chemical attack by the same corona that is treating the film.  Over time, the corona can oxidize organic components in the rubber or epoxy turning them into carbon dioxide and water ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the “Great Recession” of 2009. This steady growth and expansion have been aided by innovation in technology and products, growth in new and existing markets and an ...