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Show Preview | Graphics of the Americas 2014

(Trade Shows)

January 30, 2014, ... efficiency and low production costs, the servo-powered press produces a maximum web speed of 750 fpm. Cartons will be printed back and front, with cold foil and UV-lamination, die-cut and sheeted, live ...

Slot Die DOs and DON'T

(Mark's Coating Matters)

January 30, 2014, ... and training schedule for a specific piece of equipment, realize that one component in a roll-to-roll process is part of an overall system. A slot die needs to interact with web guiding and tensioning ...

BJK Flexible Packaging Expands with Blown Film Line

(Flexpack)

January 22, 2014, ... The company offers spare parts online ordering to its customers via its "Web Shop," and provides 24/7 "follow the sun" service where a live support person can always be reached around the globe. New Film ...

EFI Forms Strategic Alliance with Landa

(News | New Products)

January 20, 2014, ... unique new functionality for sheet- and web-fed Landa Nanographic presses in folding carton, point-of-sale, flexible packaging markets, and more. The Landa DFE will stream jobs at full printing speed ...

Turkish Flexpack Converter Installs Titan

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2014, ... system provides accurate web tension control and a digital edge-guide system controls lateral movement of the unwind reel to +/- 2 in. (50 mm). Slitting systems available include shear knives, rotary razor ...

Martin Automatic Reports Sales to Chinese Converter

(News | New Products)

January 08, 2014, ... presses with web widths to 330 mm and speeds to 150 mpm. For the Omet press, the new Martin equipment will provide nonstop roll production of substrates including paper, light tag, and pressure-sensitive ...

Coating Matters | The 3 Stages of Product Development

(Coating/Laminating)

January 07, 2014, ... Science & Engineering from Lehigh Univ. and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical ...

Chinese Label Converter Adds Second Martin Splicer

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2014, ... for label presses with web widths to 330 mm and speeds to 150 m/min. For the Omet press, the new Martin equipment will provide non-stop roll production of substrates including paper, light tag, pressure-sensitive ...

Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

December 30, 2013, ... 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 web speed by 50% to 70% without compromising ...

Coating Matters | Intermittent Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

December 16, 2013, ... and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical manufacturing operations and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt trained in both DMAIC and DFSS disciplines. ...

Splicing | Nonwovens Converter Opens New Markets

(Nonwovens)

November 18, 2013, Orvec Intl. improves productivity with Martin Automatic MBS butt splicing unwind; creates new division focused on healthcare When one of the UK’s leading converters of nonwovens, Orvec International, ...

Exopack Holdings Rebranded as COVERIS

(Flexpack News)

November 17, 2013, ... products, and the new logo emanates energy and strength. The new COVERIS graphic identity and Web site will be rolled out over the next few months. In May 2013, US-based Exopack joined with four European ...

Goebel Introduces Slitter/Rewinder

(News | New Products)

November 17, 2013, ... that converts films webs to 12,000 mm wide at 1,500 mpm.  Company says the slitter/rewinder features a razor blade cartridge that automatically exchanges the industrial blades used within a short period ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 2

(Coating/Laminating)

November 11, 2013, ... at a tangent point and imbeds the rod up to 1 mil (0.0254 mm) into the rubber roll. This roll deflection causes the web to slip past the rod. As the rod turns and the roll moves the substrate past the ...

MTi-Polyexe Reduces Downtime, Improves Quality

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2013, ... quality with the use of Goldenrod shafts and chucks. Job 1: Reducing Weight for Operator Friendliness In 2005, MTi-Polyexe purchased a three-layer blown film line with a 90-in. web, which the company ...

Staples Launches Digital Label and Packaging Offering

(News | New Products)

November 03, 2013, ... Staples Print Solutions’ customers.” The web-fed HP Indigo WS6600 Digital Press prints at a top speed of 130 linear fpm in Enhanced Productivity Mode, generating labels and packaging with outstanding ...

Flint Group Adds Nilpeter Combo Press

(News | New Products)

October 27, 2013, Makes investment to drive developments of future ink technologies for narrow web printers TRELLEBORG, SWEDEN | Flint Group Narrow Web has made the strategic decision to invest in a new Nilpeter combination ...

Release Liner | What’s Next?

(Label/Tape)

October 24, 2013, ... web), and in curl (for label layflatness); and controlled siliconization in terms of coat weight and process control (avoiding voids and inclusions) for optimal release. Analyzing the major challenges ...

Wipak UK Expands Flexible Packaging Production

(News | New Products)

October 24, 2013, ... reels and reductions in set-up procedures. A newly designed Linear Tracking Slitter (LTS) section ensures the shortest and a constant web length between the knives and the rewind shafts for improved ...

Visualization for Improved Coating Performance

(Mark's Coating Matters)

October 17, 2013, ... coating defect that the team was trying to eliminate was apparent on the web, but where the defect originated was not known. This leads the process and product team down different paths of experimentation ...