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Apple Converting Adds Real-Time Inspection System

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2014, ... improvement.” Manufactured and installed by BST eltomat, the initial Shark 4000 100% inspection system was added to Apple Converting’s wide-web rotogravure printing press. With an emphasis on getting ...

Sung An Machinery Wins Award of Excellence

(Coating/Laminating)

August 04, 2014, ... annual reports, brochures and websites. Communications Concepts sponsors the APEX Awards and advises professionals who write, edit, and manage business communications on best strategies and practices. ...

Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2014 Enhances Focus on Package Printing

(Label/Tape)

August 04, 2014, ...    AccuWeb Introducing its Smallest Web Guide AccuWeb (Booth 837) will introduce the EVO 150 web guide control, a 24 VDC controller featuring 150 watts of power with the ability to control brushed ...

Coating Matters | Steam Remoisturizing Technology for Paper-Based Labels, Pt. 1

(Coating/Laminating)

July 21, 2014, ... buildup, web brittleness, and curl. All of these conditions can negatively affect product quality and production throughput. In the current economy, label producers need to coat efficiently, effectively, ...

Slot Die Coating Technology

(Mark's Coating Matters)

July 16, 2014, ... supply of coating fluid and variations in coat weight are controlled by regulating the pumping rate to line speed ratio. 3. Cross-web distribution control. The slot die’s manifold geometry is designed ...

Converting Headaches? Get Relief at CPP EXPO's PFFC-Sponsored Technical Session

(Trade Shows)

July 13, 2014, ... is author of PFFC's "Web Lines" column and "Tim's Web Lines" blog. Tim is president and web handling consultant for TJWalker+ Associates with 25 years of experience and will present the following six sessions: ...

Graphic Label Solutions Goes All-Digital with EFI Jetrion

(News | New Products)

July 09, 2014, ... the first company in the US to install EFI’s Jetrion 4950LX LED inkjet narrow web press. The newly installed technology has completely transformed GLS, as the label converting company has sold off its ...

Clifton Packaging Installs AVT PrintVision/Argus

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2014, ... (AVT) Ltd. Featuring a flexible design that supports high-performance operation on any sort of web substrate, AVT's PrintVision/Argus employs a unique combination of line scan vision technologies ...

Signature Flexible Packaging Operating New 10-Color Press

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2014, KBA Flexotecnica gearless, sleeved, CI press installed in Los Angeles DALLAS, TX | KBA North America announces that a new Flexotecnica EvoXD ten-color press has gone into production at Signature Flexible ...

Maxcess Announces Fife Operator Interface

(Controls)

July 06, 2014, The Fife OI-TS is said to provide easy control and operator of the SE-46C digital line-guide sensor   OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, supplier of products and services for the web handling industry, ...

Nampak South Africa Adds Titan Slitter Rewinders

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2014, ... general manager at Nampak Flexible in Pinetown, Durban. ‘Good control of web tension is critical in producing the highest quality rewind reels for our customers and the ER610 slitters provide this, as ...

Telstar Engineering Offers Servo Control Systems

(Controls)

June 21, 2014, ...  • Replacing obsolete infeed tension systems to provide the latest servo technology for controlling a web tension zone. • Isolating turret unwind web tension capabilities to provide constant low-tension ...

Coating Matters | Everything You Wanted to Know about Coating But Were Afraid to Ask

(Coating/Laminating)

June 17, 2014, ... is the dynamic rheology of the fluid being coated? What variability is inherent in the fluid and substrates involved? How is the web controlled in the coating head position (tension or speed control)? ...

Henkel Food Safety Program Is Broad

(Coating/Laminating)

June 09, 2014, The Food Safe Packaging Portal includes webinars, videos, forums, and Internet resources designed to cover the entire production process   DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY | Henkel, whose adhesives are found ...

Heidelberg Achieves Full Acquisition of Gallus Holding

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2014, Both companies say move will increase the strategic cooperation they already enjoy and boost Heidelberg's digital presence in the label sector   HEIDELBERG, GERMANY | The management board (Vorstand) ...

Flexcoat Labels Adds Another Gallus Press

(News | New Products)

June 09, 2014, ... unit for relief embossing, a die-cutting unit with cutting depth adjustment (including rewinding), two unwinding units, and two conditioning units with web cleaning system and corona treatment provide ...

Pouch Converting | New Venture Relies on Long-Time Supplier

(Bag Pouch)

June 09, 2014, ... unique features we can run side gusset and quad seal pouches along with stand-up zipper pouches.” The new machine has a 450-mm web width with one web/one film configuration and runs at 225 cycles/min, ...

Coating Matters | Stop Defects Before They Start

(Coating/Laminating)

May 26, 2014, ... component in the roll-to-roll coating process (coating head, fluid delivery system, web control, and roll consistency) provides an area of opportunity for improved coating performance or reduced capability. ...

Faustel Exceeds Pre-Recession Business

(Coating/Laminating)

May 21, 2014, ... The company is a manufacturer of high-tech web converting equipment for the paper, film, and foil converting industry including modular systems, complete lines, and components for a wide range of coated ...

MPS Expands Presence in North America

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2014, ... MPS has joined with other leaders from the narrow web flexible packaging supply chain to share their knowledge and provide content specifically relevant to the narrow web converter during these free seminars. ...

DFE Announces Tension Indicator/Amplifier

(Controls)

May 18, 2014, The UL Listed FireGuard2 is said to work as a complete tension indication for web coating or converting process and to provide safety features   ROCHESTER, NH | Dover Flexo Electronics (DFE) announces ...

Color Ad Packaging Installs DuPont Exposure System

(News | New Products)

May 14, 2014, Cyrel DigiFlow 2000 EC to enhance fast growing flexo printing business WILMINGTON, DE | DuPont Packaging Graphics reports it has installed its newest DuPont Cyrel DigiFlow 2000 EC flexographic exposure ...

Saudi Label Converter Adds Two Nilpeter Presses

(News | New Products)

May 13, 2014, Raqam International adds ten-color FA-4* flexo presses SLAGELSE, DENMARK | Nilpeter A/S reports that Raqam International, a manufacturer of high quality labels based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has added ...

Processing Tips to Prevent Gauge Bands - Part 2

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 12, 2014, ... first two, there is nothing that can be done about them.  Nature is not controllable, and web breaks or other situations that demand an E-Stop, are unpredictable, so they just have to be dealt with.  If ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... owners." The company’s chosen route to adding value with its labels is via web-fed processing, which delivers quality, flexibility, and reliability from start to finish. Exploring the external influences—political, ...

Goss Opens New Packaging Technology Center

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2014, The Center features the Vpak web offset press configured for package printing demonstrations and testing   DURHAM, NH | Goss International announces a new Packaging Technology Center in Durham featuring ...

Freedonia Issues Study on Protective Packaging

(News | New Products)

May 01, 2014, ... and construction segments, which were hit hard during the 2007–2009 recession. According to analyst Esther Palevsky, convenience of mobile access to retailer websites along with an improved outlook for ...

SoftSolutions Offers Real-Time Production Management

(News | New Products)

April 30, 2014, ... any web browser. The fully automated performance measurement solution extends existing ERP planning systems with automated FLEX-Timesheets to provide real-time performance visibility and to create a data-driven ...

EFI Fiery DFEs Power Xerox Presses

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2014, ... and productivity with their seamless integration to EFI MIS and Web-to-Print products as well as leading prepress workflow solutions.” The new DFEs are based on EFI’s award winning Fiery FS100 Pro platform ...

Coating Matters | Designing Equipment for Fluid Flow

(Coating/Laminating)

April 22, 2014, ... and a Juris Doctor from Hamline Univ. Mark is a technical consultant and CEO of Coating Tech Service LLC. He has worked in web coating technologies and chemical manufacturing operations and is a certified ...