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Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... printing, coating, laminating to other materials, folding, perforating, die-cutting, embossing and more. Here are examples: Lightweight tissue is printed and laminated to a film backing, then folded ...

Coating and Laminating Offer Related and Unique Benefits

(Coating/Laminating)

September 11, 2019, ... properties. In some cases, barrier films that are laminated to tissue, nonwovens or other materials require a very high level of performance. Even the film to be coated or laminated may need to be qualified ...

Precision Slitting Sets Converters Apart

(News | New Products)

March 06, 2019, ... the substrate and end-use, final product, can dictate tolerances. American Custom Converting handles a specialty range of substrates from board stock to lightweight tissue, from laminates to nonwovens. ...

The Mosaica Group Expands into Manufacturing with Converting Equipment

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2019, ... to slit, rewind and trim a multitude of products from sublimation transfer papers and tissue papers to laminates and premask products. The 78” VSR duplex slitter rewinder can slit and rewind at a speed ...

Mobile Link Interactive Training Materials: PCMC

(News | New Products)

February 17, 2019, ... parts manuals, schematics, lubrication schedules, simulators, videos and more. This new technology is available to all of PCMC’s tissue, flexographic printing and nonwovens customers. “Our diligence ...

The Mosaica Group Expands into Manufacturing with New Converting Equipment

(New Products)

December 11, 2018, ...  The ability to convert enables The Mosaica Group to slit, rewind and trim a multitude of products from sublimation transfer papers and tissue papers to laminates and premask products. The 78-inch VSR ...

Color and its Role in Defining Embossed Product Surfaces

(Embossing)

November 04, 2018, ... area for embossing techniques is tissue and toweling. Though some of the paper toweling and toilet tissue produced remains un-embossed, the trend amongst brand leaders of kitchen toweling is to opt for ...

Archroma Introduces Cartastrength® DST.03 for Packaging Papers

(News | New Products)

October 07, 2018, ... for stronger packaging and tissue papers and improved stickies management during the production process. Cartastrength® agents increase the stability of corrugated fiberboard and allow manufacturers ...

Plant-Based Pizza Box is Compostable

(Carton Box)

April 26, 2018, ... with food residue. Other operational and customer benefits include: ● Less packaging – with no liners, tissue or plastic tents needed to keep the crust crisp, absorb grease or prevent damage to toppings ...

RadTech Conference Has Broad Agenda

(News | New Products)

April 03, 2018, ... with host tissue Biomimicry applications involving transforming reactive liquid mixtures into solid thread-like structures at high speeds like spiders and silkworms “Artificial muscles” using liquid ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... years, converters will experience the following: Some products will continue strong domestic manufacturing, as they are either too light (tissue & toweling) or too heavy (roofing shingles) to be shipped ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2017

(Flexpack)

November 29, 2017, ... match the job, film type, and desired quality. There is also an optional surface analysis tool that can create reports based on the wetting angle. Contact Company   Ampacet SynTear Synthetic Tissue ...

PCMC Acquires Graphbury Machines

(Flexpack)

September 19, 2017, ... of converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, and package printing industries worldwide, has recently grown through its acquisition of Graphbury Machines of Green Bay, WI, a machinery manufacturer ...

Smithers Pira Reports on Specialty Papers

(Flexpack)

August 28, 2017, ... continues, says the study, adding that as the global graphic commodity papermaking universe contracts, specialty paper grades are becoming one of the forces for growth in the industry, along with tissue ...

PROTON Products Details Sensor Applications

(Controls)

August 08, 2017, ... and thickness properties. For tissue manufacture, the crepe ratio can now be accurately measured between the Yankee dryer and the reel to control and optimize the bulk and hand-feel properties. Also, with ...

Web Lines | Action Plan for CD Buckles, Part 3

(Web Handling)

July 04, 2017, ... over time, including coating, laminate layers, and surface roughness or features. Mechanics of thickness loss include: air compressing, air escaping, adhesive oozing, tissue or porous films compressing, ...

PCMC Sells Wrapper to Sun Paper

(Flexpack)

May 22, 2017, ... winder lines at Sun, whose primary focus is on private label bath tissue, kitchen towels, napkins, and facial tissue.  “PCMC’s continuous flow technology gives us increased throughput on a broad range ...

SPGPrints Launches New Version of Engraver

(Print)

April 02, 2017, ... a wide range of paper grades, including tissue, and for high quality, long production runs. Managing director Arno Bouwmeester says, “Rotary screen printing is ideal for achieving distinctive, point-of-sale ...

Roll-2-Roll Technologies Launches Wide-Width Sensor

(Controls)

March 11, 2017, ... monitor the distance between the outermost strands or between the strands. The latest feature in web positioning sensors provides monitoring and measurement of a moving stack of products, such as tissue, ...

Siemens Hardware/Software Controls Paper Line

(Controls)

February 24, 2017, A new C. G. Bretting towel and tissue line features drives, PLC, and motion controllers from Siemens ASHLAND, WI | C.G. Bretting Manufacturing Company has been in business for over 120 years, serving ...