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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 ...

Toyo Printing Inks Launches New USD70 Million Factory in Turkey

(News | New Products)

May 12, 2025, ... friendly and sustainable production methods are also at the forefront in the new factory, Takashima said that advanced technologies such as water-based inks and high-performance inks intended for metal ...

BOBST Flexible-Packaging Technology Day set for Atlanta Competence Center April 29

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2025, ... demonstrations, technical sessions, and direct interaction with BOBST experts and key industry partners. Featured technologies Include: VISION CI-Flexo Press– high-efficiency, water-based printing ...

Clariant Launches Ceridust™ 1310 to Address Carnauba Wax Supply Chain Volatility in Printing Inks

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2025, ... applications, including premium packaging with premium matte finishes, glossy magazines, specialty labels, and water-based topcoats that demand superior scuff resistance and clarity. Building on sustainable ...

Enhancing Sustainability in Flexible Packaging through Latex Binders

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2025, ... the value chain, allowing companies to verify the sustainable content of their products. Packaging manufacturers can also leverage water-based latex binders, which help reduce the amount of volatile ...

ETI Converting Equipment: Transforming Label Manufacturing

(Coating/Laminating)

February 06, 2025, ... to handle a variety of adhesives, including rubber-based hotmelt, UV-curable acrylics, and water-based adhesives. ETI’s experience speaks for itself: over 250 machines installed globally, including more ...

Applying Barriers to Flexible

(Bag Pouch)

January 29, 2025, ... in partnership with them is to use more in the way of environmentally acceptable and efficient coatings, many of which are water-based and are formulated with lower solids content. The formulation and ...

Delivering Packaging Sustainability Through Pigment, Ink, Coating and Adhesive Technologies

(Coating/Laminating)

January 16, 2025, ... eco-friendly pigmentation with no loss in on-press handling or application properties. One specific class of biorenewable inks is water-based product technology. These inks are formulated with high levels ...

Flexible Packaging for a Convenience-Driven Society

(Coating/Laminating)

November 30, 2024, ... to replace solvent-based and water-based adhesives with solventless adhesives in specific regions. Also affecting adhesive selection are increasing line speeds. In addition, converters are opting for adhesives ...

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 ...