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Label Press Offers Flexibility

(News Eclips)

November 18, 2008, ... the new substrate thickness compensation by servo drive. The application range varies from label printing to ticket production, from monofoil to multi-web applications. The EM 280 offers UV or water-based ...

Abrasion Resistance for Corrugated Shipping Containers

(News Eclips)

November 04, 2008, ... increased dramatically as recycled fibers replace virgin-kraft fibers. Coatings are environmentally friendly due to their water-based composition. While not recommended for skid resistance and water-resistance ...

Blister Paperboard Is 100% Recyclable

(News Eclips)

November 04, 2008, ... to trap and fold-over blister packaging. Offered in 26-pt and 36-pt thicknesses, the multi-ply laminated material has a coated SBS top-ply and white bottom ply with a water-based heat seal coating that’s ...

Experience Speaks: John Dion

(Experience Speaks)

October 31, 2008, ... efforts has your company made? We installed energy-efficient lighting, and more than 90% of our waste is transformed into energy pellets that burn much cleaner than coal. We use water-based inks and offer ...

Tag & Label Awards: Tricks of the Trade

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2008, ... in the Flexography (line-prime) category. Challenging ink lay down and layering required careful selection of inks and stickybacks. Label Technology uses water-based inks from INX and Water Ink Technologies ...

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 ...

What's New Product

(New Products)

October 31, 2008, ... high gloss values to 90% with a water-based varnish. Applications include products that demand very high gloss but not the properties of a UV varnish. The other system enables a UV varnish to be applied ...

Robinette Invests in First Miraflex Flexo Press

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, The Robinette Co. has purchased the first 52-in., 8-color Miraflex flexo press from Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp., Lincoln, RI, representing its third W&H press at its Bristol plant BRISTOL, TN | The Robinette ...

Compostable and Biodegradeable Packaging

(News Eclips)

October 09, 2008, ... are printed using water-based inks. The outside layer of the colorful package is transparent cellulose, and the inside film layer is made of cellulose with one side coated with metallized aluminum that ...

Narrow Web & Label Products

(Narrow Web)

September 30, 2008, ... Tack 1155 water-based adhesive is designed with lower tack and adhesion properties for improved removability. Said to exhibit superior adhesion even at the lower weights used with standard adhesives. Company ...

Shrink Expands

(Label/Tape)

September 30, 2008, ... including water-based inks, aqueous coatings, and eco-substrates. OTA associate members comprise businesses, organizations, and individuals that support the principles consistent with those of organic ...

Door to Door QC

(Coating/Laminating)

September 30, 2008, ... roll, Mayer rod, and saturation coating. The Water-based Coating Div., located in Jacksonville, FL, has 12 employees and a custom-designed, high-speed, water-based coater. The company now exports to ...

Solvent Retention in Packaging

(Process Management)

September 30, 2008, ... Sometimes a further pass through the press can avoid discarding out-of-spec material. It should be noted inks other than solvent based can be sources of odor. For instance, in water-based ink, the solubilizing ...

UV/EB Inks Are Suitable for Laminated Structures

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

September 30, 2008, ... in solvent and abrasion resistance over solvent and water-based inks. The UV/EB inks also worked well with the UV/EB coatings used in the packaging structure. Now converters are using UV/EB printing ...

What's New Product

(Magazine)

September 30, 2008, ...  Converter Accessory Corp. | 800-433-2413 | www.handleyourweb.com PFFC-ASAP 405 Film Has Water-Based Topcoat Company says 20 Cothene, the topcoated version of its Cothene mono-layered polyolefin ...

Flexo Ink Based on Renewable Resin

(News Eclips)

September 17, 2008, Flint Group Narrow Web offers Hydrosoy Ink System, a water-based flexo ink that features high color strength, great printability and dot reproduction, and good press stability PLYMOUTH, MN | Flint Group ...

Sun Chemical Receives PIA/GATF 2008 InterTech Technology Award

(News | New Products)

September 01, 2008, ... and water-based flexo inks and coatings, better color separations, faster makeready times, and reduced consumable costs. Printers will not need to modify press equipment, says Sun Chemical, or invest ...

Weight Reduction

(Archive)

August 31, 2008, ...  For example, in marked contrast to many flexible packaging converters, CEI never has used solvent-based inks, coatings, or adhesives in any facet of its converting operation. The use of water-based alternatives ...

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 ...

New Product Digest

(New Products)

August 31, 2008, ... a transparent adhesive. Reportedly offers the advantages of a water-based formula, including high coating speed. Company says ultra-removable adhesive adheres to and easily lifts from diverse surfaces ...