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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 ...

Coating Matters | Hot Melt Coating Technology, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

October 15, 2013, ... packaging, paperboard, textile, and other continuous web processes for which a solvent-free replacement can work. Continuous web coating is even more widespread in the tape, label, nonwoven, and other ...

Diversified Labeling Solutions Reports on New Facility

(Label/Tape News)

October 13, 2013, ... sq ft of production and distribution space.  In addition to the physical relocation, Diversified has also expanded its capabilities by adding a 20-in. flexographic web press, a plant-wide automated trim ...

AVT & Nilpeter Collaborate on Integrated Technology

(Controls News)

October 08, 2013, ... Shamri, VP of corporate business development at AVT, says, "Following the growing demand of the label and narrow web market for faster changeover and shorter make-ready time, AVT and Nilpeter have collaborated, ...

Wink Shows New Die-Cutting Tools at Labelexpo

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2013, ... pretension is needed for these lines to be cut cleanly, the company reports. With ProShift flexible dies, however, the impressions are staggered in web direction. This reduces the length of the simultaneously ...

MPS to Debut EB Press at Labelexpo Europe

(Curing)

September 17, 2013, ... an EB press for label printers at Labelexpo Europe 2013, September 24–27, in Brussels, Belgium.  Said to offer high performance and cost-effective operation, the press features short-web technology, ...