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Not Just a Pretty Face

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2009, ... capabilities, Uflex laminates BOPP/coextruded PE/high-barrier plasma-metallized PET/PE to provide high water vapor transmission barrier. The pouch also features a horizontal laser score for easy opening ...

AIMCAL Honors Technology of the Year, Institutes Sustainability Competition

(News | New Products)

March 24, 2009, ... no solvents or water and require no drying. The carrier film can be recycled for new film application. DuPont Teijin also is recognized for its heat-sealable Mylar ECO PET lidding film with 30% post-consumer-recycled ...

Sustainability in Today's Econom

(Packaging Converting)

February 28, 2009, ... festival proceedings. The foam packing would seem to offset more than a few of the plastic water bottles festival sponsors hope to eliminate with a new program by the Brita and Nalgene companies, which ...

What's New Products: March 200

(Magazine)

February 28, 2009, ... residue, contain little or no VOCs, are shipped in reground plastic buckets, and pigments are without any heavy metals. Reportedly print the same as other water-based flexo inks with the added benefits. ...

Conserve Energy

(Archive)

January 31, 2009, ... following process operating conditions: Line Speed | 1,000 fpm; Substrate | 0.004-in. PET; Web Width | 60 in.; Dry Coat Weight | 10 gsm; Solids Content | 50% for water-based case; 25% for solvent-based ...

Avery Dennison Receives SFI Certification

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2008, ... on principles and measures that promote responsible environmental behavior and sound forest management including measures to protect water quality, biodiversity, wildlife habitat, species at risk and forests ...

Wrinkle Removers

(Tension)

November 30, 2008, ... the Units One of the recent developments in transducers has been the broader use of an IP (Ingress Protection) rating system that indicates how impervious the units are to contamination and water. The ...

Narrow Web & Label

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... 311 UV Inks Make Processing Fast Company offers nyloflex FAB and nyloflex FAB Digital plates for UV inks. Can be used with water- and alcohol-based printing inks. Flexibility makes them well suited ...

Earth-Friendly Print

(Print)

August 31, 2008, ... records of vendors. We look at everything from formulation ingredients such as acrylic dispersion materials to emulsions, waxes, and amines such as ammonia. For example, we determine whether water-based ...

FFTA Annual Forum Speakers Score High Marks

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2008, ... at Harper GraphicSolutions, teamed up with Kurt Hudson of Water Ink Technologies to present a session about correlating an ink proofer to the press. Poulson advised printers to reduce their anilox inventories ...

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 ...

TLMI Born of NRA

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, Many companies complain about the negative impact that government regulations can have on the way they run their businesses. In most cases, compliance Many companies complain about the negative impact ...

Clever Converters

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2008, ... award in environmental and sustainability achievement for the Drop'n Go package, which uses non-volatile water-based adhesives. A single 60-g package replaced the equivalent of 12 one-gallon bottles.  ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

March 31, 2008, Enhance Water-Based Systems Michem Guard 349 and Michem Guard 350 wax dispersions are said to be ideal for imparting a matting effect to most aqueous Enhance Water-Based Systems Michem Guard 349 and Michem ...

Drupa Tour Explores Inkjet and Toner Technologies

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2008, ... breakthrough still is needed in inkjet due to slower speeds, water-based inks that affect print quality, and UV inks that cannot be recycled. At Drupa, a new generation of platesetters for UV plate ...

Adhesives Multi-Client Study

(News | New Products)

February 13, 2008, ... as over 96% of the adhesive volume is in nonsolvent (water-based and 100% solids) systems. These are some of the findings of "Adhesives VIII," carried out by Skeist Inc., is a multi-client, techno-economic ...

Ripp 'n Flow Bag

(Archive)

October 25, 2007, ...  The ability to be made airtight or watertight. Suitable for use in manual, semi-, or fully automated packing operations. A tamper-proof design. Available in multiple substrate configuration, including ...

5 Steps to Green

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... the following benefits: Reduces total energy consumption by 38% Reduces net greenhouse gas emissions by 40% Reduces particulate emissions by 36% Reduces wastewater by 32% Reduces solid waste by ...

News Clips

(Magazine)

August 31, 2007, ... from water power from its own on-site, low-impact hydroelectric turbines; launched the all-new FSC Certified Envi, a high-caliper paperboard for folding box applications with high (65%–80%) post-consumer ...

A Smarter Future for Labels

(Tapes)

August 31, 2007, ... the food deteriorating can offer significant benefits to retailers and consumers. In the case of soft fruits, such as raspberries or blackberries, these will start to go watery in clamshell packs after ...