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- TLMI Awards | Multi-Color Takes 2016 Best of Show
- (Label/Tape)
- October 19, 2016, ... varnishing, stripping, die-cutting, foiling, and embossing. The converter says particular challenges include applying everything to a 70# Felt paper from Avery. "The paper texture can impact the printing, ...
- Coating Matters | Vacuum Systems Offer More Capability
- (Coating/Laminating)
- October 18, 2016, ... coating fluids thinner and thinner, you eventually run into some issues with equipment capability. The coating head can’t get much closer to the backing roll without interference or damage to the equipment. ...
- Dos Pinos Uses Tetra Brik® Aseptic Slim Leaf
- (First Glance)
- October 13, 2016, ... Slim Leaf at Dos Pinos was completed within eight days, offering faster time to market and much lower investment costs compared to setting up a new packaging line. Gonzalo Chaves, CEO of Dos Pinos, said, ...
- Uflex Pouch Machine Adds Shelf Life to Milk
- (Bag Pouch)
- October 09, 2016, ... and distribution, optimum pasteurization, the necessity of cold chain to be integrated within the overall supply chain, etc. The new product reportedly eliminates all these problems. This machine packs ...
- TLMI Looks to the Future
- (Label/Tape)
- September 27, 2016, ... a press conference on the first morning of the recent 2016 Labelexpo Americas to share its vision of the future. TLMI chairman Dan Muenzer of Constantia Flexibles kicked things off with some background ...
- Show Preview | K 2016 To Reveal How Plastics Shape the Future
- (Trends/Management)
- September 21, 2016, ... (Hall 16, A43) will exhibit a high-speed unwind engineered for splice speeds up to 800 m/min (2,600 fpm) for sensitive, thin webs. Features pneumatic splice-unit control for improved processing and functionality. ...
- Air Motion Systems to Show LED System
- (News | New Products)
- September 05, 2016, ... no warm-up or cool-down time, and rolls never need to be cooled. Also, the system is called ideal for printing on a broad range of substrates, and thinner substrates and heat-sensitive materials can ...
- Coating Matters | The Advantage of Using Surfactants
- (Coating/Laminating)
- September 05, 2016, ... can think of the surfactant as a tie layer between the water molecules and the substrate surface. The amount of surfactant required will be higher for a lower solids content liquid. If the surfactant loading ...
- NDC Sensor Has Many Applications
- (Controls)
- August 28, 2016, ... thin film to thick sheet products with multi-layer discrimination. New optical engine has been enhanced to improve signal-to-noise, accuracy, web flutter, and the effect of optical interference. Unit measures ...
- UPM Raflatac to Feature Wide-Ranging Display at Labelexpo Americas
- (Label/Tape)
- August 27, 2016, ... Labelexpo Americas 2016, September 13–15, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL, Booth #729. The display will include new thin film products for food, craft beverage, wine and spirits ...
- Sun Chemical Partners with ACPO
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 21, 2016, ... films to flexible packaging converters. The company says that, since few converters have the capability to coat thin films, only a limited number were able to take advantage of the SunBar barrier coating ...
- Bobst Wide-Width Press Suited for Many Markets
- (News | New Products)
- August 16, 2016, ... their working widths, the models of the 40SIX Series are capable of printing even very thin substrates, which helps to further increase efficiency by reducing material costs. For the handling of large-format ...
- Web Lines | Action Plan for Baggy Webs
- (Web Handling)
- August 16, 2016, ... curl, and CD tracking errors (especially in forced air ovens). Defect Mechanism Though not the only bagginess mechanism, many films and foils form bagginess due to stress and geometry variations within ...
- Nordson Redesigns Extrusion Die
- (Coating/Laminating)
- August 08, 2016, ... polymer dies. “The greater responsiveness of our new system will be particularly valuable in thin-gauge applications such as cast film and extrusion coating.” The new unit is retrofittable on existing ...
- Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action
- (Label/Tape)
- August 08, 2016, ... camera, on a moving traverse, simultaneously provides magnified images of any area or detail within the print repeat. LEARN MORE CARTES (Booth 5603) will unveil the latest GEMINI 360 series converting ...
- Updates from TAPPI, SPI & the Industry
- (Tom’s Poly Ploys)
- August 01, 2016, ... to be double the price that it is now. Resin prices will also increase, but not in the same proportion as oil prices. On the industry side of things, I will be presenting a 3-hour primer at the AIMCAL ...
- Labelexpo Americas Announces Conference Program
- (Label/Tape)
- August 01, 2016, ... and include several real-life case studies. Day two will include a converter panel discussion and an update on how the Internet of Things (IoT) is impacting on the market. The afternoon is again split ...
- TRESU Group Expands Size of Doctor Blades
- (News | New Products)
- July 27, 2016, ... a clamping system allows stainless steel blade changeovers within 2 min. Because of its simplicity and high level of automation, the carbon fiber chamber can be cleaned and prepared without being removed ...
- Uflex Launches Extrusion Lamination Machine
- (Coating/Laminating)
- July 26, 2016, ... is said to have been designed in response to this and to be equally efficient to laminate very thin LDPE substrates to woven polypropylene and also to paper/any packaging film. Ashok Chaturvedi, chairman ...
- Constantia Brings Blister Eco Lidding to U.S.
- (Flexpack)
- July 26, 2016, ... (EAFA) in its annual competition. CONSTANTIA Blister Eco consists of tissue paper laminated with a thin aluminum layer, resulting in a material that is 23% lighter than a standard lidding foil. The ...