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Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... DRYING SYSTEM   Heat Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA, offers the Spectra HE Ultra Drying System that provides advanced convective drying technology for ink, adhesive, water, and other solvents. The acoustic ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... market environment. Heineken also is committed to “brewing a better” future through sustainability, with four particular priority areas in focus: water, CO2, sourcing, and responsible consumption. Bakx ...

HTI Spectra HE Uses Sound to Dry Inks, Coatings

(Drying)

October 08, 2013, ... water, and other solvents. The acoustic system organizes oscillating flows into one powerful stream and directs this stream onto the material. The company reports its customers have been able to increase ...

2-Way Envelopes Introduced by ecoEnvelopes

(Flexpack News)

August 14, 2013, ... save 5%–35% on envelope and related mailing costs and benefit from operating savings and quantifiable reductions in carbon emissions, energy, and raw materials, including trees and water. RECOCHET envelopes ...

Kingsway Printers Installs Mark Andy P3 Press

(Label/Tape News)

June 10, 2013, ... was keen to stay with water-based inks and invested in an Arsoma EM 280. “Our business grew, but it was the time when UV-flexo was hitting the scene, so at great expense we invested in a UV press, which ...

Henkel to Share Adhesive Info at ECR Europe

(Adhesives)

May 12, 2013, With the conference focusing on food safety in packaging, company will present Technomelt Supra 1000 and Adhesion Low Migration water-based adhesives   DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY | Henkel reports experts ...

Market Forecast | Paper Industry Outlook for 2013

(Substrates)

March 19, 2013, ... for treating and recycling wastewater. The Chinese Government plans to have 20 modern, large-scale mills operational by 2015, double the number in 2010. The global paper industry is at the center of ...

P-S Tapes | A Converter’s Guide

(Label/Tape)

January 07, 2013, ... goods industries. In North America, such applications amount to nearly one-third of specialty tape usage, reflecting the market’s high manufacturing volumes of consumer electronics goods. Water-based adhesives ...

Flexonomics | Anilox Roll/Ink Selection

(Print)

July 01, 2012, ... the cost of a higher strength, water-based, process printing ink that would allow a printer to go from a 3.0 BCM volume to 2.0 BCM would be in the neighborhood of only 15%. Kurt Hudson, director of new ...

Sun Chemical Issues “Green” Report

(Green)

March 18, 2012, Eco-efficient products and metrics on energy consumption, water consumption, and more are highlighted in Sun Chemical’s 2011 sustainability report   PARSIPPANY, NJ | Sun Chemical recently released ...

drupa Preview | Exhibitors Launch New Products

(Carton Box)

March 08, 2012, ... pressure-controlled varnishing concept for high-speed, sheet-fed and web offset printing presses. The TRESU Offset Coating Concept is suitable for UV- and water-based varnishes. ESS Technology A/S (Hall ...

Report Examines Development of China's Paper Industrie

(Flexpack News)

July 26, 2011, ... has lowered, by 46% its Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) standards on water emissions, a critical environmental index of the paper industry.  The average volume of COD emitted from APP-China’s major paper ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... are water-soluble, low-molecular-weight oxidized materials (LMWOM), formed by molecular scission during corona treatment. Surface roughening on corona treated films is caused by the arc discharge impacts ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... dominates, growing at a rate that drives the overall market growth. Snack food packaging and wraparound labels for soft drinks and packaged waters are the main markets for metallized BOPP, as well as giftwrap. ...

Experience Speaks: Randy Nebel

(Trends/Management)

October 31, 2010, ... certification from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative for our paper mill and box plant products. We reduced water consumption by one-third since 2005 and cut total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by more ...

Converting Industry News Clips

(News Clips Archive)

April 30, 2010, ... Engenharia as the sole representative for its line of waterborne primers, coatings, and adhesives in Brazil. Flexo Wash, Louisville, KY, reports 14 installations of its anilox roll cleaning systems ...

FTA Honors Two Companies in Environmental Excellence Award Competition

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2010, ... set-up times by more than half, and significantly reduce water consumption. This further amounted to an increased employee understanding and participation with conservation processes, according to the ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... KY. A multi-dimensional Northern Lights effect is made possible from holographic material that comprises a laminated Ultracure lacquered Rainbow 80-ga OPP to the coated side of 0.024 SBS using a water-based ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... of 0.024 SBS using a water-based adhesive. Hub Folding Box, Mansfield, MA, designed the packaging and performs contract packaging.         Soft Touch TinkerBell DVDs from Walt Disney ...

Tobacco Board Saves Energy

(Carton Box Products)

November 30, 2009, ... consumption by 6%, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 3%, and requires less water to produce. Said to offer enhanced printability, runnability, and consistency, producing a sheet 40% cleaner than company' ...