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Karlville Enters Agreement with ePac

(Flexpack)

December 13, 2017, ... digital flexible packaging facility at its Miami headquarters. Karlville is a manufacturer of flexible packaging equipment focusing on pouch, shrink sleeves, and end-of-line tape multipacks. ePac is focused ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and label adhesives. Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... liner usage—continues to grow at around 4% per annum, Reardon said. Liner usage for tapes, medical, and industrial applications are, however, growing very much faster. Reardon underlined the fact that ...

OMET Americas Hosts Students

(News | New Products)

November 25, 2017, ... operations and all across the flexographic supply chain. Guest speakers included: Tony Parsons of Nazdar Ink Technologies, Steve Molinets of tesa tape, North America, Randy Davidson of Praxair Surface ...

Brand Packaging | Foils & Laminates Deliver Outstanding Benefits

(Print)

November 01, 2017, ... substrate, the operator will require several tools. Scotch tape can be used for this important step – one that many converters neglect to perform – to see if it pulls the foil away. A set of dyne pens ...

AWA Release Liner Event Coming Early in 2018

(Label/Tape)

October 29, 2017, ... side. The event will be held February 14–16, 2018, at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam. The agenda for the conference will span the many different markets for release liner, from pressure-sensitive tapes ...

Medical Patches | Faustel Meets Challenge of Hydrogel Pad Production

(Coating/Laminating)

October 23, 2017, ... across the web making a clean cut. The cut web is applied to the new core where double-sided tape has already been applied. Not long after start-up of the new machine, Katecho wanted to add a slitting ...

Maxson Offers Small Batch Solution

(Carton Box)

October 06, 2017, ... devices, two high-speed tape sections, and motorized indexing conveyors on which the sheets are stacked and then off-loaded. Sensors monitor sheet count automatically, shuttling sheet flow from one station ...

LPS Industries Adds Equipment

(Bag Pouch)

September 12, 2017, ... can be produced with a press-to-seal zipper or tape closure, and up to eight-color process printing is available. Set up to work with both hot knife and flat bar seals, the new equipment will also have ...

Landfill & Incineration Alternative for Non-Recyclables

(News | New Products)

August 28, 2017, ... for waste disposal but also competitive with landfilling and incineration costs. CRG is a worldwide supplier of release liner, label stock, non-supported papers and films, tape, contract converting, and ...

Telstar Press Allows Many Tests

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2017, ... Sunday drive to print UV or aqueous products; Narrow Ribbon: A multi-lane unwind is said to be ideal for supplying narrow ribbons of magnetic stripe, foil, or reinforcement tape. Servo infeed-nip ...

Jet Label Reports Addition of United Label Company

(Label/Tape)

August 07, 2017, Jet will double its size with the acquisition, and expects to expand market share and personnel EDMONTON, AB, CANADA | Jet Label & Packaging Ltd., producer of labels and printed tape for a broad range ...

Sticking With It | Q&A on Testing and Evaluation

(Coating/Laminating)

August 07, 2017, ... For instance, if a tape will be used to secure a component on a roof, survival at high and low temperatures will be needed, so most likely a solvent–based adhesive would be the best option. In many cases ...

Worthen Adds Vetaphone Corona Treater On Coating Line

(Surface Prep)

August 02, 2017, ... recently received ISO 14001 certification. The list of products produced at the Nashua plant includes: medical films, foams and fabrics; various types of tape from automotive to carpet applications; hot ...

Mactac Launches Transfer Adhesive

(Coating/Laminating)

July 02, 2017, New high-strength XT High Performance Rubber Transfer Adhesive is said to provide customization and application versatility STOW, OH | Mactac Technical Tapes Products has launched its latest high-strength ...

Martin Automatic to Display Web Handling Units

(News | New Products)

July 02, 2017, ... company’s laser assist tape alignment system for easy splice preparation. The LRD is a two-spindle transfer rewind that winds, changes, and automatically offloads rolls, without any need for carts or ...

AWA Issues Release Liner Review

(Label/Tape)

June 27, 2017, ... across all its end uses—from labels and graphics to envelopes, food and bakery, tapes, medical and hygiene, and industrial applications.  While pressure-sensitive labels remain the largest global market ...

Roller Geometry | What Is Your Roller’s True Shape?

(Web Handling)

June 21, 2017, ... roller diameter, taper, and total indicated runout (TIR). But what do these variations really mean to the end-user? Specifically, how does the roller shape influence a coated product and coating defects ...

Sticking With It | Overview of Radiation Curable Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives

(Coating/Laminating)

June 14, 2017, ... drawback is that they are usually expensive due to process time. It is also challenging to build the balance of adhesion–cohesion needed in many demanding tape applications. Polymer-based systems And ...

CTC Splicer Is Semi-Automatic

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2017, ... production. The included splice table has a cutting slot for the operator to trim the expired and new webs, as well as an integral tape dispenser. The machine is engineered so that just one operator ...