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IMDA Holds 2nd Annual Educational Symposium

(Label/Tape)

December 01, 2014, ... has changed everything.” Digital printing is improving product value by providing a new consumer experience, which is driving revenue growth. Some CPGs have seen 3%–4% revenue growth based on personalized ...

OMET Press Is a Research Aid

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2014, ... close to the reality of printers and to be able to easily transfer the prototypes. The goal was to get closer to manufacturing and not make something that exists only in a laboratory. Reportedly, the ...

Clear Lam Opens Co-Packing & Innovation Facility

(News | New Products)

November 21, 2014, ... covering everything from the packaging materials to the design, printing, filling, sealing, labeling, and packing services to get products to market faster. The facility has the flexibility to handle small-batch ...

Stepwise Process Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

November 17, 2014, After a fluid is deposited onto a substrate anything can happen. While the fluid is balancing on the substrate and traveling to the curing section of the process, what will the fluid do? If you'd like ...

Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market

(Label/Tape)

November 16, 2014, ... league baseball teams. Jerschefske highlighted ETI’s success in creating a label stock lamination and print continuum, commenting that, for customers, “if something goes wrong on an ETI line, you only ...

ICE USA 2015 Bringing a Full Conference Program

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2014, ... and slitting and rewinding operations from unwind to rewind and everything in between. Instructors will provide real world tips for improving productivity, reducing downtime and waste and increasing yield ...

Static Beat | Solvent Coater Static Control for Insulating Webs

(Static-Beat)

November 05, 2014, ... using a static dissipative polymer coating on the pressure roller. This coating should have a volumetric resistivity that is low enough so that static can dissipate within one roller revolution [see K. ...

Channeled Resources Partners with PaperTyger

(Materials)

November 02, 2014, ... Corporation. Channeled Resources and PaperTyger report the creation of a strategic channel partnership within the durable paper products segment of the tag and label industry. PaperTyger is a tear- and ...

AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference Packs 'Em I

(Yo's Yarns)

October 27, 2014, ... and Extrusion Technology group of sessions: While there is a wide and continuously growing range of polymers used in extrusion coating and extrusion lamination, within flexible packaging, one of the formats ...

Multi-Plastics Expands in the Midwest

(Materials)

October 22, 2014, ... and distributor of thin-gauge plastic film for envelope, carton, printing, and packaging markets, announces the expansion of its Chicago, IL, area distribution facility. By November 17, 2014, this facility ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 2

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2014, ... aluminum and copper substrates for coating understanding. These raw materials are typical for lithium-ion battery applications. Rheological data shows shear thinning behavior for both fluids across the ...

Optimization of Fluid Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

October 16, 2014, ... in case one of the variables shifts during production. Remember that the variables of interest are moving in the experimental design, while everything else is held constant. If raw materials or equipment ...

Printing Trends | The Market for UV Inkjet

(Print)

October 01, 2014, By 2018, the market for UV inkjet printed products is forecast to reach $15.9 billion Ultraviolet (UV) has an established niche within the printing and packaging markets. In 2013, the market reached ...

Pack Expo | The Next Generation of Package Printing Solutions

(Trends/Management)

September 24, 2014, ... says. “Barrier packaging is nothing new, whether it’s glass or tin, but this is the first time we’re able to create barrier packaging in a high-volume, in a thin-walled injection molded format.” For ...

Coating Matters | Patch Coating for Precision Fluid Placement, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

September 22, 2014, ... (shut-off bar positioned within the slot die) to eliminate flow through a position within the slot opening. This shut-off bar is located internal to the slot die, while some non-patented applications have ...

Fighting Viscous Forces to Improve Fluid Coating Success

(Coating/Laminating)

September 17, 2014, When it comes to slot die fluid coating, the mathematical equations that dictate flow are fundamental, but the details are complicated. The goal with understanding the math should be not to make things ...

Dow Corning Release Coating Solves Anchorage, Rub-Off Issues

(Coating/Laminating)

September 17, 2014, ... manufacturers lower systems costs, raise converting speeds, and maintain quality when using release liners made from new filmic and paper materials with thinner gauges. This product family significantly ...

Static Beat | Static Dissipator Locations

(Static-Beat)

September 17, 2014, ... locations for static dissipators, think in terms of RISKS and COUNTER-MEASURES. Use the two-step process in Figure 1 to identify locations for your static dissipators. The first step is to identify areas ...

Show Preview | CPP EXPO & GRAPH EXPO 2014 Cover Printing & Converting Technologies

(Trends/Management)

September 11, 2014, ... with GRAPH EXPO 14 on the launch of the PLASTIC Print Pavilion,” says Gene Sanders, VP of NPE. “It is amazing the diverse plastic applications that we see, touch, and use every day—everything from printed ...

Enercon Launches Corona Treater for Label Markets

(News | New Products)

September 08, 2014, ... Systems Tim Nimmer says, “Enercon is committed to innovating the way narrow web printers think about corona treaters. CoronaFlex is designed to help press operators optimize their surface treating operations ...