Search

AICC Offers Best Practices for Corrugator and Maintenance Operations

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2018, ... from the process for optimal splicing at the wet end to the methods of consistent stack quality at the dry end at Green Bay Packaging in De Pere, WI. Controls for temperature, adhesive, steam and air use ...

Some Thoughts on the Pressure-Sensitive Industry

(Sticking With It)

November 25, 2018, ... have also benefited from innovation. New hydrogenated tackifiers have extended the use of hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives to applications where UV stability is needed like clear on clear labels. ...

U.S. Flexible Packaging Sales Expected to Hit $31.9 Billion

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... positive in almost every year except 2001 (impact of post 9/11 terrorist attacks) and 2009 (the ‘Great Recession’), with an annual cumulative growth rate of about three percent per year. Over the last ...

All American Label Enters Packaging Market with Three Heidelberg Machines

(News | New Products)

November 16, 2018, ... automates the loading of plates direct from the Dual Cassette Loader with slip sheet removal, imaging, punching, and plate stacking. The Suprasetter offers an extremely accurate internal punching system ...

Charter NEX Films Opens 7th U.S. Facility in S.C.

(News | New Products)

November 15, 2018, ... the Blythewood community and look forward to supporting our customers with this new capacity as they tackle challenges such as reducing food waste, through better packaging,” said Kathy Bolhous, CEO. “Charter ...

New Challenge Launched to Identify Recovery Solutions for Multi-Material Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2018, ... economy for packaging. The Center is tackling a similar challenge in its NextGen Cup Challenge, aimed at discovering new, more recoverable fiber cup solutions, and brings to the FlexPack Recovery Challenge ...

Fontana Group Invests in Colter & Peterson’s Polar Cutting System

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2018, ... (most of the time 20-by-40 inches) that we will separate into stacks of 50 or 100. The average job is usually 25,000 sheets but we’ve done as many as 250,000 on one run. With that kind of workload, we ...

Color and its Role in Defining Embossed Product Surfaces

(Embossing)

November 04, 2018, ... quality control devices, ranging from offline proofing or color communication devices to inline automatic inspection systems, enable printers and converters to tackle problems that are simply unacceptable ...

Uticom Systems Finds two Colter & Peterson Paper Cutters are Better Than One Standard Machine

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2018, ... the worst conditions, from hot and cold temperature extremes and dirt and grime, to rain, ice and snow. “The engineered sheets are thinner so we can stack and cut more lifts than the other material. ...

Toray Plastics Features BOPP Packaging Films at Pack Expo

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2018, ... metallized, heat-sealable barrier web. MPX4 offers superior moisture barrier, excellent oxygen barrier, an excellent hot tack, and a wide seal range. Torayfan MP5H is a white metallized film with ...

An In-Depth Look at Extrusion - Part 1

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

September 11, 2018, ... into a 3-roll calendar stack.  The line speed in this process is about 1 meter per minute (3 feet/minute) (Photo by Tom Bezigian) THE EXTRUDER As mentioned early, the extruder has several components, ...

Coating Matters | Rigid Panel Coating with Slot Die Equipment

(Coating/Laminating)

August 29, 2018, ... sure the fluid and substrate are clean before coating.   CONCLUSION Rigid panel coating is becoming more and more commonplace.  Understanding the variables to consider will help your company attack ...

Knowledge is Power: Tracking Machine Performance

(Bag Pouch)

August 29, 2018, ... the seals and tack hole punches. In the case that there is a defective pouch, sensors would be able to detect this and register the position, in the machine, of this particular pouch or range of pouches. Photo ...

Allied Media Installs a Heidelberg Suprasetter A 106 CtP

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2018, Allied Media’s new Suprasetter A 106 fully automates the loading of plates direct from the Dual Cassette Loader with slip sheet removal, imaging, punching, and plate stacking. KENNESAW, GA | Allied ...

Koenig & Bauer Accelerates Role In Offset Printing Label Market

(News | New Products)

August 12, 2018, ... Bauer is strengthening its position and focus to target the globally increasing demand for all types of offset printed labels, including wet glue, cut and stack, and in-mold. Label printers choose Koenig ...

Mactac Reports Partnership with ARMOR

(Label/Tape)

June 12, 2018, ... in durable goods labeling applications. They feature a 50# Super Calendared Kraft (SCK) liner and Mactac’s MP690 high-performance, high-tack permanent acrylic emulsion adhesive, which is said to be resistant ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 2

(Coating Matters)

May 07, 2018, ... substrate or the slot die. In this case, decreasing the gap between the slot die and the substrate may encourage the adhesive to follow the substrate path. If this isn’t enough, the attack angle of the ...

ExxonMobil Announces Performance Polymer

(Flexpack)

May 06, 2018, ... impact at the extreme performance levels of the Exceed XP platform. Company says benefits for various applications are as follows: For laminated sacks, the hot tack and stiffness/toughness/tear balance ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, ... is typically non-tacky molten polymers being cast onto substrates with a nipped roll and a large air gap. In extrusion coating, the coating head is directly fed from an extruder. Hot melt coating is typically ...

Nestlé Announces Environmental Goal

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2018, ... CEO Mark Schneider says, "Plastic waste is one of the biggest sustainability issues the world is facing today. Tackling it requires a collective approach. We are committed to finding improved solutions ...