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Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... 84% of its waste, materials, and supplies companywide. The company also utilizes ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) technology. “By offering UV and EB inks and coatings, we are able to reduce 80 to ...

Show Preview: Heroes Welcome-Labelexpo Americas 2010

(Label/Tape)

July 31, 2010, ... digital label press in Booth 6523. It offers 1,200 dpi nominal print resolution with a native resolution of 600 dpi and four grayscales operating at 50-75 mpm and using durable ultraviolet (UV) inks.  ...

Special Report: Pressure-Sensitive Labels-Locked & Loaded

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... converting by the traditional print processes vary from thermochromic and chemichromatic to magnetic, holographic, ultraviolet (UV)/infrared (IR) fluorescent, coin reactive, erasable, and bleach indicators. ...

Narrow Web's Leverag

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ...  Heat-resistant film inks are recommended. Post-cure happens with film printing [water-based and ultraviolet (UV)], meaning the ink will adhere better over time versus off press. Proactively checking ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... Nonfood Packaging category for Unifoil, Fairfield, NJ, with an ultraviolet-printed acrylic-coated, holographic rainbow PET film/paperboard. On the front panel, raised printing imparts a tactile feel of ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... Studios, Burbank, CA, merited a technical award in the Nonfood Packaging category for Unifoil, Fairfield, NJ, with an ultraviolet-printed acrylic-coated, holographic rainbow PET film/paperboard. On the ...

Flexible Packaging: Narrow Web's Leverag

(Flexpack)

March 21, 2010, ... film printing [water-based and ultraviolet (UV)], meaning the ink will adhere better over time versus off press. Proactively checking and maintaining UV lamps will ensure the material is receiving proper ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... requires a topcoat, and they must run at high calipers for dispensing ease. PE films usually have a hazy appearance and limited ultraviolet (UV) resistance. Common applications include conformable liners, ...

Labeled for Success

(Narrow Web)

October 31, 2009, ... transitions with a special glitter raised varnish to create this eye-catching label, which is printed using a high definition (HD) ultraviolet (UV) flexographic/rotary screen printing. Ritrama provides ...

Breaking Barriers

(Digital)

July 31, 2009, ... converters there is a short-run market out there,” he adds. Not only is there a market, he says, but one of the ways to serve that market is through ultraviolet (UV) inkjet. Skelly says variable data ...

Crime Stoppers

(Archive)

June 30, 2009, ... and coin-reactive inks. Inks that react to a special situation or a particular viewer device, such as magnetic, ultraviolet/infrared readable, fluorescent, erasable, and bleach indicators, perform their ...

Forensic Packaging

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2009, ... interrupted. Ultraviolet inks | can be tailored to reveal fluorescent features under UV light. Infrared inks, initially invisible to the human eye, can only be seen with an IR camera. Other options are ...

Contamination Combat

(Web Cleaning)

May 31, 2009, ... printing plate, it will cause a hickey. Moreover, if ultraviolet flexographic inks are employed, the defects become even greater as the ink is thinner and has more adhesion than other inks. Again, the ...

Gaining Ground

(Offset)

April 30, 2009, ... Carded Graphics. The company has installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 offset press with hybrid ultraviolet (UV) capability, one of the first in the US. To make room for the press, which doubles ...

Not Just a Pretty Face

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2009, ... packager; Unifoil provides printing with transparent ultraviolet offset inks. Triscuit Goes Clubbing Another award — this time for technical excellence — goes to Graphic Packaging in the Food & ...

Metallized & Vacuum Coated Products Are Credited for Excellence in the AIMCAL Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... transfer-metallizing film is from Toray; Hub Folding Box (Mansfield, MA) is contract packager; Unifoil provides printing with transparent ultraviolet offset inks. Triscuit Goes Clubbing Graphic Packaging ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...