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- Packed PRINT
- (Print)
- July 31, 2009, ... event that encompasses every segment of package printing and converting for industry buyers and sellers from around the globe.” Market segments will feature the following categories: Flexible packaging ...
- Next Generation Films Meets Increased Film Demand
- (News Eclips)
- July 20, 2009, ... acquisition is expected to strengthen Next’s status as a leading innovator in its field and will contribute to lowering the company’s carbon footprint. As the result of patent-pending nanotechnology, Next ...
- Sleeve Open-Platform Web Offset Presses
- (News Eclips)
- July 20, 2009, ... technology provides a solution that accepts the plate and blanket sleeves in an offset insert, reportedly allowing any size of print format to be changed quickly and inexpensively. Can accept offset inserts ...
- Flexo Press Has Linear Drives & Motors
- (News Eclips)
- July 07, 2009, ... speed from company’s closed chamber design. Easylock is said to simplify sleeve changeover for job changes in less than two minutes. No moving print deck parts on the operator’s side allows print cylinder, ...
- Spartanics Tag Teams with EFI's Jetrion at Open Hous
- (News | New Products)
- July 05, 2009, ... busting some myths. Label quantities considered ideal for either printing or die-cutting technologies have always been on the low range - in fact, as few as one. But on the high side, the quantity easil ...
- Double-Duty Packages
- (Substrates)
- June 30, 2009, ... structure. Low weight and volume permit larger shipment quantities/truckload. Polybag Efficiency Invisible Case Polyouters from Procter & Gamble (Belgium and Turkey) were distinguished for resource ...
- WHAT'S NEW PRODUCTS: July 200
- (New Products)
- June 30, 2009, Flexible Die-Cutting at Lower Cost The Eagle 360 flexible plate rotary die-cutting system provides cost reductions to 50% compared to solid dies. Replacement Flexible Die-Cutting at Lower Cost The Eagle ...
- Golf Balls by the Dozen
- (News Eclips)
- June 23, 2009, ... construction to a one-piece design, allowing for cost reduction of up to 50% in the package and corrugated cases. The redesign permitted the elimination of multiple SKUs for warehousing, shipping and manufacturing, ...
- Web Exclusive: Flat Die Technologies Emerge as Keys to Innovation in Solar Electric Systems
- (Archive)
- May 13, 2009, ... the US government (http://pffc-online.com/news/paper_edi_awarded_us/index.html), for example, a process has been developed to produce lower-cost electrolyte and cathode films for batteries that power portable ...
- Plasma Power
- (Archive)
- April 30, 2009, ... lower breakdown voltage of process gases, gas corona treating systems can operate at an electrical voltage much less than 10 kV. While these systems provide an improvement over air corona, they fall ...
- Stop Tribocharging Your Products
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2009, ... and the film is different from the rollers. With each roller contact, the film gains some charge, and the roller gains an equal amount of opposite charge. If the roller is conductive, its charge flows ...
- Web Exclusive: Matching Laser Cutters to Labels
- (Archive)
- April 01, 2009, ... a matter of the higher cost laser cutting machines being the best ones? A: Not really. Nearly four times as many label converters—but not all—will be well-served by lower cost systems if they have the ...
- FTA Environmental Excellence Awards Recognize Four Companies
- (News | New Products)
- March 29, 2009, ... recycled, than alternative packaging as they weigh less than half of the traditional multi-wall paper bags. SuperTubes have a lower carbon footprint than alternative packaging. AllpakTrojan of Renton, ...
- Achieving Bubble-Free Labels
- (News Eclips)
- March 03, 2009, ... blowers, and tillers. Thinner-gauge, flexible, white vinyl labels developed an unsightly appearance by bubbling. Even an alternative polycarbonate film didn’t yield an appealing appearance nor were they ...
- Prevent Vibrations Stripes on CI Flexo Presses
- (News Eclips)
- March 03, 2009, ... in the print and ink unit. CFRP is said to exhibit high strength and stiffness to permit extreme loads with very low deflection; low tendency to material fatigue and low specific weight. Available with ...
- Crowning Benefits
- (Web Handling: Main)
- February 28, 2009, ... more precisely at a grinding shop. Results from testing confirm the following items: The need for a crown (on uncrowned rolls); Crown accuracy (for crowned rolls); Roll alignment quality; Actual ...
- How To Find Green Projects
- (Process Management)
- January 31, 2009, ... on greenwashing, visit www.terrachoice.com. The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) allows consumer product companies to rely on a third party to ensure sustainable printing claims are monitored ...
- Green Is Global
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... for roll-fed lamination or conversion mean less roll changes, less downtime, less handling. The cost of logistics and transportation also can be lower if the weight of the packaged products to be ...
- Conserve Energy
- (Archive)
- January 31, 2009, ... electrical), calculates system efficiency losses for all components, and arrives at an energy balance. For the purposes of this article, we will compare component energy consumption using kilowatts (i.e., ...
- How To Become a Green Printer
- (Print)
- December 31, 2008, ... some carbon footprint calculators available online reveals huge variation (three times — low to high), so more practical approaches are required with accepted performance metrics, preferably those already ...