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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 ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... alkali wash-off adhesive for glass bottles and a printable ultraviolet adhesive for leaflet labels, for example. In-Line PET Liner Silicone Coating While its market share is still small, PET liner ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experience Speaks - July 2009

(Experience Speaks)

June 30, 2009, ... ultraviolet curing technology, which greatly lowers the energy required to cure the coating. An added benefit to this is that there are no solvent emissions or the added energy consumption from thermal ...

Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems

(Archive)

May 13, 2009, ... cells. Slot die coating systems have been supplied that apply ultraviolet (UV) blockers, protective hard coats, antireflective substances, and other functional materials to the polycarbonate, ethylene ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...