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BOPP Films Reduce Pack Weight and Waste

(Flexpack News)

March 14, 2011, ... NB. Working in partnership with a  leading machine and technology supplier, Ravenwood Packaging Ltd., the new Rayoface  NB films, have been developed for use on Ravenwood’s range of Nobac linerless label ...

Surface Treating: Promoting Adhesion

(Surface Prep)

February 28, 2011, ... nearly 30 years of experience in the plastics and paper industries. He has authored more than 30 technical papers and articles. His most recent work includes the publishing of a new book titled Plastic ...

Green Trends Prevail

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ... cup, with the trade name “Sustain-A-Cup,” currently is in market testing in the US. The company's president, Marcin Dziadyk, claims Moducup currently is working with several US-based paper mills that ...

Counting Clicks

(Magazine)

February 28, 2011, ...  Sealant Films Are Strong Torayfan TreaTear PP sealant films are said to provide easy, precise directional tear for retort pouches. Films work as the sealant layer in any type of pouch lamination and ...

Static Beat: Charge Control Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

January 31, 2011, ... Charge control layers work by minimizing tribocharging. The front and back sides of the product should be well balanced, and both sides should be nearly neutral charging in customer applications. XGeneve ...

Show Preview - Forecast for Orlando: ICE

(Trends/Management)

January 31, 2011, ... show director. Network In Advance Prior to the show, you can participate in the 2011 ICE USA Golf Open on Tuesday, April 5. The event will be held at the Shingle Creek Golf Club from 12:30-5:30 p.m. ...

Core Savings

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

December 31, 2010, ...  Infeed Quality | The infeed must be able to absorb the temporary tension spike or disruption resulting from the hard stop. Typical applications for tailgrabbing would be general folding carton work ...

Web Lines: Blow Away Your Roller

(Web Handling)

December 31, 2010, ... air turn has much in common with air hockey tables and hovercraft. All three supply a constant velocity of air to create enough cushion pressure over a working area to offset a load. The air hockey ...

Static Beat: Conductive Antistatic Layers

(Static Elimination)

December 31, 2010, ... to provide good static performance. Conductive anti-static layers work by dissipating electrical charge. The electrical resistivity of the conductive layer can be varied over a broad range to achieve good ...

Expanded Content

(Print)

December 31, 2010, ... into the plant,” adds DiBona. “It worked just as we expected it to.” No Limitations on Color TEK Labels & Printing converts its labels on four flexographic presses, including two 6.5-in., six-color ...

Bertram Capital To Acquire EDI

(Coating/Laminating News)

December 29, 2010, ... and diversify even more aggressively.” Kevin Yamashita, a partner at Bertram Capital, added, “We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to work with the EDI team and participate in its future ...

Tobacco Packaging: The Final Billboard

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2010, With marketing communication shifting from traditional to more ethereal channels such as social networking, consumer product goods (CPG) companies are With marketing communication shifting from traditional ...

Materials Substrates: Building Blocks

(Flexpack)

November 30, 2010, Curve Appeal is a patent-pending system encompassing Fasson Curvy film labels that work together in a machine application process to label complex, curved Curve Appeal is a patent-pending system encompassing ...

Elsner Engineering Update Website

(Trends/Management)

November 11, 2010, Elsner Engineering Works has announced an update of its company website. The amount of information available has been greatly expanded HANOVER, PA | Elsner Engineering Works has announced an update of ...

Biomass Packaging Goes Retail

(Coating/Laminating News)

November 09, 2010, ... and made from wheat straw using a patented zero pollution pulping process. They are leak proof and work with either hot or cold foods. There are cups made of vegetable plastic from feed corn grown in the ...

Static Beat: How To Use Electrostatic Fieldmeters

(Static Elimination)

October 31, 2010, ... of 0 to ±30 kV/cm or 0 to ±76 kV/in. For practical work, a reasonable upper limit is 20 kV/cm or 50 kV/in. Your fieldmeter should have a resolution of at least 1 kV/cm or 2.5 kV/in. so you can detect a ...

AWA Conferences Cover Hot Topics

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... & Border Protection, says there is a need for standardization because it's impractical for Customs employees to keep track of all the overt/covert technology. The department envisions working with the private ...

Global Packaging Adds Irisleeve

(Prepress)

October 31, 2010, ... Irisleeve polymer plate mounting system, distributed in the US by Tri-X Inc., Tampa, FL. The Irisleeve reportedly automates the two remaining manual steps in flexo workflow: Stickyback is applied to the ...

Looking South

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2010, ... him at www.awa-bv.com. Save the Date AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. will host the annual industry updating/networking event, the Global Release Liner Conference 2011, at the Hyatt Rosemont Hotel, Chicago, ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ... bottom up is critical. Never assume the project will work because people “do what they are told.” If we take an existing product and process, individuals who have been involved with this system can be ...