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Handle Unsupported Film Without Stretching

(Slit Main)

February 28, 2009, ... and ultraviolet flexo technologies. The company's latest capital investment is a Prati Jupiter TC400 slitter/rewinder inspection machine, which was installed at the Brisbane facility. The company wanted ...

Bloomer Plastics Converts Custom Films

(Substrates)

February 28, 2009, ... clear and natural. The company also can incorporate a number of functional additives, such as ultraviolet inhibitors, anti-static, biodegradable, and fire retardants. Lundgren says Bloomer Plastics' ...

Cartons Go Upscale

(Carton Box)

January 31, 2009, ... offset press with ultraviolet (UV) coater to handle the company's high-end folding carton work. “This is our fourth Roland 700 press in the last 11 years,” Wynne says. “It replaced a four-color press ...

Green Is Global

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... The new-generation ultraviolet hot melts claim to approach the adhesion values of solvent-based adhesives, which historically were preferred for high-performance applications but today are at the center ...

Learn UV/EB Benefits at RadTech Conference

(News Eclips)

January 20, 2009, ... the environmental, economic, energy-saving, and performance benefits of ultraviolet and electron beam technology. Educational sessions will include the following topics of discussion: * Intro to UV/EB ...

Learn UV/EB Benefits at RadTech Conference

(Radiation)

December 31, 2008, ... by industry suppliers and users targeting the environmental, economic, energy-saving, and performance benefits of ultraviolet and electron beam technology. Educational sessions will include the following ...

Eco Inks

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

December 31, 2008, ... notes ultraviolet inks are sustainable by their nature since “having zero VOCs offers a lot of options for printers who are trying to cut down” on their emissions. However, he says that while there are ...

A Host of Options for Brand Security

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

December 31, 2008, ... plastics, or other nonpaper materials, some of which require a special printing process such as ultraviolet (UV). A given material also may allow for special designs, such as lenticular elements, directly ...

Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2008, ... backed with three spots of white ink to provide opacity on the balance of the label. It is finished with a full overprint of scuff-resistant ultraviolet (UV) varnish. The label is printed on substrate ...

Getting Carded: Card Making comes of age for Converters

(Offset)

October 31, 2008, ... Machine to complement a Mitsubishi Diamond 2000LS sheet-fed offset press with in-line ultraviolet (UV) coating technology. “Plastic loyalty cards and gift cards with renewable balances have become extremely ...

Web Coating: Process Characterization

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2008, ... and thermal properties. The most versatile methods for purity and composition are IR and ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy, atomic absorption, gas chromatography, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with ...

Ink Dispensing: Mix to Match

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

October 31, 2008, ... prepare faster the required PMS and spot colors with total precision and with minimal manual input. With a dispensing range between 1 and 5 kg, ultraviolet-curable and water-based flexographic inks having ...

Shrink Expands

(Label/Tape)

September 30, 2008, ... went from requiring two- and three-color labels to four-, five-, and six-color labels. To meet that need, Overnight purchased the first of its five 10- to 13-in. Aquaflex presses with ultraviolet (UV) ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, Ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) technology continues to infiltrate the established graphics markets and create new markets as well. Traditionally, UV/EB Ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) technology continues ...

Sticks to Flexo

(Label/Tape)

August 31, 2008, ... of Paragon's parent company, Mrs. Grossman's Paper Co., which pioneered the decorative sticker industry 30 years ago and shares the converting facility. Still, Paragon's reliance on ultraviolet flexographic ...

Earth-Friendly Print

(Print)

August 31, 2008, ... surprising gains. For example, ultraviolet printing inks may not be known for their material makeup, but they do result in faster press startups and high efficiency drying. This results in overall improvements ...

Best of Both Worlds

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2008, ... technologies “badmouth each other,” much the same way that converters who use “only offset or only [ultraviolet] flexo always say their way is better.” Adding the short-run advantages of digital, says ...

Printing Partnerships

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2008, ... customer-exclusive watermarks — nylon fibers of a specific length or color, readable only in ultraviolet (UV) or infrared (IR) light — in the label face paper or film. Metal strips or fragments, which ...

Paper's Pledg

(Archive)

June 30, 2008, ... solutions, such as encrypted threads, are not readily apparent but can be seen easily with the proper equipment, such as an ultraviolet (UV) light or special marking pens. Forensic solutions can be detected ...

Board & Beautiful

(Carton Box)

May 31, 2008, ... the various candy offerings. The corporate identity and logo are highly visible, making it recognizable in an often-crowded confections marketplace. Outstanding use of ultraviolet (UV) inks, varnish, ...