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How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ...  Today, packaging is much more sophisticated, and the demands placed upon packaging far exceed anything that existed just a few decades ago. Regulatory concerns to keep food and consumers safe, as well ...

Italy’s Majocchi Achieves Exacting Textile Functionality and Aesthetics With Baldwin’s Corona Treatment Technology

(Surface Prep)

February 07, 2023, ... has cemented itself as a leader in the global textile market by focusing extensively on applying the latest research and innovation within the field to achieve superior results.  Within a decade of its ...

ETI: Empowerment through Innovation

(Coating/Laminating)

February 06, 2023, ... and rethinking how a label is fabricated, ETI materialized a novel idea and presented COHESIO—an all-in-one label printing, adhesive/silicone coating, and converting machine. By eliminating the need to ...

TekniPlex Consumer Products Introduces Range of Heat Seal Liners for Glass Containers

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2023, ...  TekniPlex’s Glass Seal liners can help differentiate a wide variety of products in glass containers – everything from moisturizers and beauty creams to vitamins and more. Available in foam-backed and ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, ... Within the next years, these types of plastic packaging, together with many others, will have to be either reusable, have a certain content of recycled material, or be recyclable. If not, they might be ...

The Role of Corona in Flexible Packaging Lamination Requires an Understanding of Filmic Substrates

(Surface Prep)

January 29, 2023, ... and significantly, a lower investment level required for the capital equipment involved. Adhesion and Cohesion Often confused and therefore misused, the two terms mean something different. Adhesion ...

A New Generation of Hybrid Drive Technology

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 23, 2023, ... be added. The Spider is designed to pile up different types of products combined within the same printing image. They can be heavily nested or combined – i.e. very large/long with small products. Product ...

Three Ways Water-Based Primers are Advancing Extrusion Coating Trends in the Flexible Packaging Industry

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... packages are durable, chemically resistant, lightweight and relatively inexpensive. They can help minimize food waste by extending shelf-life and the fact that they are thin and lightweight makes them ...

Rust to Tech: Part 5

(Converting Perspectives)

January 01, 2023, ... and sustainability Energy storage, recovery and efficiency The “internet of things” merge data streams. Examples and expansion of these items follow. But first, a comment from Kevin M. Lee, Director ...

Q&A: Paul Lembo of New Era Converting Machinery

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... require, or are they similar to most other converting applications? One of the great things about our industry is that almost every new project has unique challenges, making the need for a wide range ...

The Versatility of UV Curing

(News | New Products)

December 15, 2022, ... elemental mercury and a specific mix of inert gas are vaporized into a plasma within a sealed quartz tube. Plasma is a high-temperature ionized gas capable of conducting electricity. It is produced inside ...

The “5R” Framework

(Coating/Laminating)

December 11, 2022, ... Forum. To address this issue, major brand owners have joined various regional plastics pacts around the world, including the US Plastics Pact, and made public commitments to, among other things, increase ...

For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now

(Flexpack)

December 04, 2022, ... GmbH, which develops wet-mechanical re- cycling processes for thin-layer composite materials made of plastic, metal and glass. At its site in Dessau in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, the company is building its ...

Pregis Introduces the Performance Flexibles Renew Series Film Solutions

(News | New Products)

November 27, 2022, ... option within resin-based packaging alternatives as the brand continues to expand across product lines. The newest addition to the Pregis Renew Series is designed specifically for critical flexible packaging ...

Happy Birthday, Verner Eisby!

(News | New Products)

November 07, 2022, ... speaks with Frank and Jan Eisby about the man who invented corona treatment NC: Take me back to the very beginning JE: Verner had always had an interest in things electrical.  At school he and his ...

Microhardness Testing Explained: Vickers & Knoop Testing

(Coating/Laminating)

November 06, 2022, ... testing. Microhardness testing is often used for evaluating hardness of very small or thin samples, irregular shaped samples, determining individual phases of a material, and surface properties of coatings ...

New Era Battery Q&A

(Coating/Laminating)

October 20, 2022, ... require, or are they similar to most other converting applications?  Lembo: One of the great things about our industry is that almost every new project has unique challenges, making the need for a wide ...

Get Ready for PACK EXPO International, With More Features Than Ever

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 17, 2022, ... solutions, offer over 100 free educational sessions, and provide attendees everything needed to compete in a changing marketplace. Offering more features than ever before to address unprecedented demands ...

The Pros and Cons of Flexo vs. Gravure Printing

(Print)

October 16, 2022, ... making the technology ideal for everything from film to paperboard. When it comes to ink, flexo printing is the superior choice due to the ease of printing with a wider variety of inks. Flexo is also ...

OMNI Systems moves into Prime Labels with Martin Automatic and Mark Andy Technology

(News | New Products)

October 10, 2022, ... thin tape, over the top or bottom of the splice, or both, holds the splice together, which is required in applications where the thickness of overlapping webs is unacceptable, like film or paper-based ...