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News | New Products
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Xeikon to Show Digital Print Lineup
The company will showcase Automated Digital Print Manufacturing at Labelexpo Europe, including the 3300 press and the X-800 digital front-end
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Pamarco Announces Anilox Roll Cleaner
CARE Wash Green is said to raise print quality and consistency
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SPGPrints Screen Makes Packaging Glitter
RotaMesh Glitter Screen allows user to incorporate reflective inks for premium labels and packaging as well as security uses
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Maxcess to Announce New Sensors
The SE-26B Line Guide Sensor and new DSE Digital Sensors will be launched at Labelexpo Europe
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PCMC Acquires Graphbury Machines
The transaction brings to PCMC machinery and engineering solutions for the flexible packaging industry
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PC Industries to Show Lineup at Labelexpo
Among the offerings will be web inspection systems for both in-line and off-line use and both wide and narrow webs
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Demirag Announces Folder/Gluer
The DEMAK folder/gluer handles several materials and widths
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First Glance
- Published: Thursday, 27 April 2006 19:00, Written by PFFC staff
Products
'Can-Do' Cartons
Canned coffee is so popular in Japan, Kirin Beverage Corp. had to find a way to differentiate its product. To that end, Rengo Riverwood Packaging (Graphic Packaging Intl.’s joint venture in Japan) provided two different fully enclosed carton styles. The Fridge Vendor, marketed as a retail unit pack, features cans in a 2x5 configuration to maximize refrigerator space. For individual cans, Rengo supplied a Tower Pack display/dispenser with a 3x5 configuration. This pack provides an easy-to-use dispenser that allows customers to select individual cans. Vertically oriented graphics provide an eye-catching “billboard” for shelf appeal and eliminate the need to face up individual cans on the shelf.
3-D Graphics Are Smokin’
A recent investment in a new laser studio facility is enabling Light Impressions Intl. to provide both security and brand image enhancement for tobacco products. Particularly in China and other developing areas, the company says, tobacco producers are looking for a value-added process to transform a simple paperboard stock into a creative package to stand apart from competitors. The holograms are “classical,” the company adds, using a split laser beam onto an object or model to produce what is said to be true 3-D imagery.
SUPPLIER INFO:
Light Impressions Intl.—lightimpressions.com
Graffiti Busters
Attention municipalities and advertisers! Integument Technologies, Tonawanda, NY, reports FluoroGrip fluoropolymer peel-and-stick clear films protect signs, steel and concrete structures, equipment, glass, and other surfaces in public places against paint, acid, dirt, and grime. The Teflon films are the result of a process that creates a permanent, chemical covalent bond between the film and adhesive while retaining the full transparency of the film. The bond is said to withstand a wide variety of stresses, including extreme temperature cycling, UV rays, and a broad range of aggressive chemicals.