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(Web Handling)

January 29, 2020, ... laminate adhesive so they must be compatible. Inks must be carefully balanced with controlled amounts of slip additives to ensure optimum bond. Top coating may be up for consideration to improve ink adhesion ...

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 ...

The New Generation of Comexi Offset CI8 Introduces New Solutions for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... packaging is properly collected, it must be recycled. The reality is that most of today’s flexible packaging is not. Consequently, recyclability is quickly emerging as the cornerstone of packaging design, ...

Emerging Technologies Turn Converters’ Heads

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2019, ... the difference between standard “best practices” and Emerging Technologies: Spectra HE Ultra Installed “Technologies evolve over time. A good example is industrial high bay lighting. At one time ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Award The winner was a 90 percent post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) barrier film from Flex Films (USA) Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY), a subsidiary of Uflex Limited’s ...

FTA and Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica Partner for “We Have the Cure” Seminar

(News | New Products)

February 06, 2019, FTA and Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica recently announced they will hold a half-day seminar on the benefits and challenges of implementing e-beam curing or UV-LED into the flexo printing process. FTA ...

Will it Process?

(Extrusion Coating)

December 11, 2018, ... that is going to be heat-sealed or for a packaging product that is going to be filled with a hot solid or liquid. Good housekeeping, that is cleaning cylinders and laminator after each run and routinely ...

SUN Automation Partners with Suba Solutions

(News | New Products)

November 04, 2018, ... focus to machine trading in early 2005. Today, Suba Solutions has over 900 machines installed throughout India, Sri Lanka, the Middle East and Africa. Suba’s territory in India for SUN Automation Group ...

Advertise in Print and Online 2024

(Uncategorized)

October 22, 2018, ... unbiased perspective on the business trends and technical innovations shaping the converting industry. In 2018, PFFC became a property of RDG Media, Inc., which is led by publishing veteran Randy Green. ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2018

(News | New Products)

September 02, 2018, ... packaging opportunities. Highlights include CEO-led panel sessions on the first two days discussing long-term competitiveness, connecting the supply chain, and the package printing market. Attendees ...

SGIA Announces 2018 Product of the Year Winners

(News | New Products)

August 26, 2018, All 255 entries will be displayed in the Golden Image Gallery/Product of the Year Gallery at the 2018 SGIA Expo. : FAIRFAX, VA | After evaluating a record-setting field of 255 submissions, judges of ...

Fujifilm Releases Wide-Format Press

(News | New Products)

May 07, 2018, The Acuity LED 1600R is a dedicated roll-to-roll press that handles heat-sensitive media and offers options to seven colors HANOVER PARK, IL | Fujifilm reports that the new Acuity LED 1600R is the ...

Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology for Hot Melt Adhesives, Part 1

(Coating/Laminating)

April 24, 2018, What differentiates extrusion, hot melt, and liquid coatings?   If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column, titled "Coating Matters | Advances in Slot Die Technology ...

BW Papersystems Launches RFID Tag Unit

(Label/Tape)

April 23, 2018, ... TagLiner, a solution to produce RFID inlay. By providing what is said to be unrivaled production speed, high output, and a so-far-unreached bonding strength, the TagLiner gives manufacturers a reduction ...

Show Preview | RadTech UV+EB 2018

(Print)

April 19, 2018, ... a detailed description of each short course, visit HERE.  Monday, May 7  Conference sessions: 8 A.M.–5:30 P.M.—Over 44 sessions will be offered on three tracks with an Exhibit Theater as well as ...

AIMCAL Calls for R2R Papers

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) has issued a call for papers for the 2018 Roll to Roll (R2R) Conference, scheduled for October 28–31 in Phoenix, AZ. The event is co-located with FlexPackCon, sponsored ...

Uflex Announces Glitter Gravure Cylinder

(News | New Products)

March 11, 2018, ... a Light Emitting Diode (LED) curing system and installed it on our proofing/printing machines. The high solid content of the glitter ink on the printing surface imparts superior tactile effect along with ...

Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating System

(Coating/Laminating)

January 18, 2018, ...  If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than read his column, titled "Coating Matters | The 6 C's of Roll-to-Roll Coating Systems," click on his podcast below: the-6-Cs-of-roll-to-roll-coating-systems ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ...  With LEDs in use as vehicle rear lights and brake lights, HOEs are being used to enhance the emitted light while they also have an important role in vehicle instrumentation and improving the image ...

Contact Originators Uses Esko Plate System

(Carton Box)

December 16, 2017, ... Innovation & Product Development Manager, & Nick Mitchell, General Manager The new and award-winning Esko XPS Crystal digital screening solution is a digitally controlled UV LED exposure device that ...