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Regulation, competition drive the adhesives industry

(Magazine)

January 31, 1996, ... one of the reasons for this slow adoption is that water-based adhesives remain difficult to use. The debate between solvent- and water-based adhesives boils down to a question of reliability and batch-to-batch ...

GMerix Expands Toll Coating Services with ETI Converting’s Cohesio 40” Coater

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 04, 2024, ... coating units—gravure and Mayer rod—that offer precise control over coat weights. Additionally, the coater includes a 60-foot, four-zone fully electric oven, capable of processing various water-based adhesives ...

Update on Paperboard Packaging Sustainability Trends

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2024, ... for recycled/unbleached boxboard, including water-based and water-soluble inks and dyes, UV EB inks, water-soluble adhesives, clay coatings, varnish coatings, polymer barriers, bioplastic barriers, metals ...

The Griff Network Invests in Upgrades to Adhesive Toll Coating, Private Label Division

(News | New Products)

June 20, 2024, ... capabilities with thermoset-cured, water-based ink -Defect and thickness inspection units on the production and pilot coaters -New pilot coating equipment to accelerate scale-up to full production ...

Obtaining Barriers When Coating and Printing Flexible Materials

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2024, ... quite a few coating practitioners are moving to water-based coatings with lower solids. Sometimes modification is needed to process equipment such as dryers. The search for packaging materials with barrier ...

Addressing Bio-film/Compostables and Plastic Film Processing Challenges

(Bag Pouch)

March 17, 2024, ... oriented polypropylene. Films such as oriented polypropylene (OPP) films when surface treated are often suitable for conversion with water-based inks, adhesives and cold seal, as well as with heat-activated ...

Clariant to Showcase Sustainably-evolved Coatings at American Coatings Show 2024

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2024, ... requirements and to extend the open time of water-based acrylic and polyurethane paints.” The ClariCoat digital platform has been designed to help customers find the best wetting and dispersing agents ...

H.B. Fuller to Showcase Consumer Packaging Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

(News | New Products)

August 13, 2023, ... tapes for repulpable packaging, and hot melt adhesives that contain bio-products Return bottles made with Earthic™ washable water-based adhesives and easy returnable packaging design with Close Sesame™ ...

Conductive Science Chooses Vetaphone Corona

(News | New Products)

May 15, 2023, ... water-based solutions on substrates that range from 8-micron to 250-micron at speeds from 30m/min (100ft/min) to 100m/min (330ft/min).  The Vetaphone corona treatment systems on all three coating lines ...

Sun Chemical to Showcase Sustainable Ink, Coating and Adhesive Solutions at Flexo & Labels Summit 2023

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2023, ... plastic films for external printing and lamination with adhesives, as well as pasteurization with heat treatment. SunVisto® AquaGreen™is a water-based ink and coatings series formulated with significantly ...

Fujifilm’s Latest Alliance with Nordmeccanica Boosts Strategic Partnership Program

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2023, ... by the opportunity that Fujifilm’s new Jet Press FP790 water-based digital inkjet press offers packaging converters in terms of presenting a true sustainable production workflow.  Said Zanutto, “The flexible ...

Fujifilm and Henkel Announce Partnership Agreement

(News | New Products)

March 29, 2023, ...  Commercially available later this year, Fujifilm’s Jet Press FP790 digital inkjet flexible packaging solution features an environmentally friendly design incorporating water-based inkjet print technologies ...

Barthel Group Chooses Martin Automatic for Non-stop Operation of Its Narrow Web Presses

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2023, ... Webtron water-based flexo presses to comply with the food industry regulations.  The company eventually moved into UV-letterpress and subsequently UV-flexo, UV-offset and digital in the early 2000s.  Mischa ...

Achieving Sustainability: Q&A with Sun Chemical’s Dr. Nikola Juhasz

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... compost-compliant inks and compostable coatings and adhesives products on the market, including our SunUno Solimax solvent-based and SunVisto AquaGreen water-based ink products, and our SUNLAM SFC-100 ...

Toyo Ink Group to Feature Packaging Solutions for Enhanced Sustainability at interpack

(News | New Products)

March 07, 2023, ... internal can coatings that are free of any intentionally added bisphenol A (BPA-NI) and fully compliant with food contact regulations. In other products, the Group will spotlight water-based flexo and ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... contribute to carbon reduction – also known as lightweighting. Water-based coatings that can be applied by flexo or gravure applications can create a barrier against moisture, oxygen, CO2, UV light, ...

The Value of Atmospheric Plasma

(Surface Prep)

November 20, 2022, ... treated surfaces are hydrophilic with “green” water-based paints, inks and adhesives eliminating chemical primers. Additionally, plasma is safer in the workplace than flame surface treatment. SOFTAL’s ...

Sun Chemical to Highlight the “Power of Sustainable Packaging” at PACK EXPO International 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 26, 2022, ... resins and additives for surface printing on biodegradable films. SunVisto AquaGreen water-based inks are formulated with the highest level of bio-renewable resin content the industry has to offer, providing ...

Comexi Consolidates Presence in Swiss Market with Sale of L20000 Laminator

(News | New Products)

September 12, 2022, ... to other acquisitions during 2021 in Switzerland, including those of an F2 MB flexo press, a Comexi S1 DT slitter with laser, and a robotization for a slitter. "The Comexi L20000 is a water-based laminator ...

Atmospheric Plasma Treatment

(Surface Prep)

March 31, 2022, ... friendly because it does not produce ozone. LinearPlasma treated surfaces works well with water-based paints, inks, and adhesives and do not require primers. Plasma is safer than flame surface treatment. ...