Face Stocks

FPA Partners with PACK EXPO East

(News | New Products)

February 09, 2020, ... a regional event, allowing attendees and exhibitors to easily pinpoint solutions and to spend quality time understanding each other’s operations and the challenges both sides of the table face. For more ...

4 Steps to Resolving Coating Defects

(News | New Products)

February 02, 2020, Every coating process engineer and equipment operator wants to know where to start when a coating problem surfaces with their product, so let’s start with the surface of the problem. By Mark Miller, ...

Narrow Web Twists and Turns

(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... or meet other desired requirements. Products may be surface printed in which case a varnish or laminate overlay is necessary or items may be reverse printed, sometimes referred to as sub surface printing ...

The Back Page: The American Paper Converter April 1946

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, ...  Strength Improved The sheet had a hard, glazed surface similar to that of celluloid. Although it could be bent without cracking, the sheet had vastly improved strength properties and could support ...

NASCAR Hall of Fame Hosts AIMCAL Executive Leadership Conference

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, AIMCAL will celebrate its 50th anniversary at its 2020 Executive Leadership Conference, March 24-25, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. AIMCAL will celebrate its 50th anniversary at its 2020 ...

drupa cube 2020: Eleven Days Of Vision And Inspiration

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, ... what it means to strengthen brands. The British star designer gave the Coca-Cola brand a new image in 2013, raised its design language to a whole new level and gave it the face that it still remembered ...

Hey Buddy Can You Spare a Dyne?

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... with inks and coatings. Corona treaters are designed to ionize air in a gap between an electrode and ground roll. Films passing through this air gap are exposed to the corona which increases surface energy ...

Leaders in Rotary Converting Machine Solutions

(News | New Products)

January 19, 2020, ... Whether you are faced with new specifications that require tighter tolerances, or your old machine can no longer cut as precisely as it used to, Delta ModTech has a solution with our precision die cutting ...

Prepack Thailand Chooses Vetaphone Corona

(News | New Products)

January 14, 2020, ... of the existing surface treatment unit on one of its extruders with Vetaphone VE2B station, and after twelve months of satisfactory performance, the replacement of the treater on the other extruder with ...

Uteco Group and ESI Announce the Release of the DIAMOND HP CI FLEXO PRESS Now Configured with ESI’s Flexobeam for Printing Gelflex-EB Inks

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

January 11, 2020, ... the development of this technology, which is presented as a great solution for food-safe packaging applications providing different surface print options, promoting less plastic material and higher recyclability ...

Zolemba Improves Production Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 08, 2020, Zolemba BV has installed a Martin Automatic MBS unwind splicer to improve productivity at its plant in Haaksbergen. Netherlands based label converter, Zolemba BV, has reportedly installed a Martin ...

Leading Manufacturer of Converting Machinery

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2020, ... surface winders, surface winders and turrets all offer quality and performance that guarantee success.  All Catbridge slitter rewinders safely and effectively increase throughput, improve finished roll ...

Leading the Way Towards Sustainability AND Clean Rolls

(News | New Products)

January 05, 2020, ... of early generation lasers, and saw them damage roll surfaces over and over again.  One of the roll manufacturing companies I visited said they were starting to receive in more client rolls for resurfacing ...

Corona Treating System

(Corona, Flame, Plasma)

January 02, 2020, Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension.  Plastic films are non-porous and typically have low surface tension.  Inks, coatings, and adhesives do not readily wet out or adhere.  ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... from the PET surface later. This new adhesive is to be made available initially with a wet-strength and alkali-proof paper and a PP film: For the label materials HERMAcoat greaseproof (grade 228) and HERMA ...

EFI Announces Connect 2020 Keynotes

(News | New Products)

December 19, 2019, ...  side of the table and looking forward to sharing new reflections on the industry and its future opportunities. Print service providers continue to face challenges and opportunities, and their ability t ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... has excellent moisture and oxygen barrier that can go through the store drop-off PE recycle stream. The film can be surface printed or used as a component in a lamination, according to PMMI’s winner profiles. ...

UV Inkjet Material Available From Polykote

(News | New Products)

December 08, 2019, ... ready to slit and ship. This new semi-stock offering is produced with a permanent acrylic adhesive that complies with FDA CFR 175.105 for indirect food contact.  The high gloss white facestock provides ...

Digital Printing Driving Innovation in Textile Printing

(Digital)

December 05, 2019, ... and has been serving the needs of creative and hobbyist markets for many years. The company has created a community of patter designers that are linked to customers on the company’s multi-faceted platform. ...

Printing Industry's Trends, Best Practices and Performance Improvement in 2019

(Print)

December 02, 2019, ... views and elevation views.  • In case you are editing a work shared file and face challenges when printing it, request users who need printing to detach the local copies and edit locally. This works to ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... has a “soft touch” surface that appeals as a special value to consumers who pick up packages, want a quieter package and respond to the high quality of reverse printed graphics. High density and low-density ...

TIDI Relies on Enercon for Custom & Standard Corona Treating Solutions

(News | New Products)

December 01, 2019, ... the company get off to a fast start with the system. Additional resources such as free on-line training webinars and surface treating handbooks also contributed to a successful start-up. “From start ...

Avery Dennison Performance Tapes Launches Lamination Adhesives Portfolio

(News | New Products)

November 25, 2019, ... as graphics and NVH (noise, vibration and harshness); and 720 DL W PET for buried graphic label applications, where the inside of the label’s facestock is printed with the adhesive laminated to the face— ...

Squid Ink Introduces new Copilot® Max 360DPI Printer with Active Ink System

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2019, ... characters on porous surfaces. With up to 2.8” of print height per printhead and the ability to run up to two printheads from one controller, the CoPilot Max offers a versatile, yet cost-effective solution ...

AIMCAL Activities

(AIMCAL)

November 11, 2019, ... Düsseldorf, Germany, in conjunction with the triennial Interpack (May 7-13, Messe Düsseldorf).    Judges for the AIMCAL Awards competition consider many facets of each entry including features, immediate a ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... means mono polymer,” says Pavone, “As soon as you mix you have problems. But mono polymers traditionally don’t perform to the level of multi polymer materials. The big challenge we face is that today’s ...

AICC Members Learn Corrugator Best Practices

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2019, ... on singlefacers. After a review of the technology, he discussed a maintenance checklist and the four items that make the bond- PEST: pressure, energy, starch and time. Nerney covered the solutions to common ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, ... to combat loss of tension control, reduce defects and slippage. Substrate surface treatments improve adhesion of inks, coatings and adhesives says Enercon. Static control and web cleaning systems are ...

United Soft Plastics Opens New TPE Manufacturing Plant in Houston

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2019, ... NSF. The range of products also includes new acrylic-based TPEs which offer an ultra-transparent profile and a smooth dry surface with improved oil and chemical resistance. The company’s TPE materials ...

PPC Announces Winners of 2019 Paperboard Packaging Competition

(News | New Products)

October 27, 2019, ... on the front of the box evoke the tattoos on Kat Von D’s face. The design also features a unique roll-away opening that eliminates the need for a lock or magnet. This edgy carton not only sells the product, ...