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- CPP Gets Converters on Track with Conference Program
- (Trends/Management)
- August 16, 2011, ... Large consumer product companies also have taken an active stance, sometimes in the absence of complete information, to produce lists of acceptable and unacceptable ink raw materials for food packaging. ...
- $2 MM Folding Carton Expansion at Menasha Includes Sheeting
- (Carton Box News)
- August 04, 2011, ... that's what we are here to do." With the expansion, Menasha can buy and store raw material, subsequently cutting six weeks of waiting for delivery of ordered materials, and carry out the sheeting process ...
- Package Design: Make an Impact
- (Flexpack)
- July 31, 2011, ... & Gamble partnered with Be Green Packaging to repackage Gillette's Fusion ProGlide razor with a formable pulp tray made of renewable bamboo and bulrush fiber-based material to move away from the clamshell ...
- Static Beat: Why Static Is Worse at High Speeds
- (Static Elimination)
- July 31, 2011, ... materials, surface roughness, contact pressure, and slip. Slip increases as the film speed increases. In Figure 1, the film tension difference across the roller is caused by bearing drag. This tension ...
- Show Preview Narrow Web & Label: Labelexpo Europe Evolves
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... pharmaceutical, or personal care label — will be printed on the same material. In the fourth session, participants will print a label of their choosing. A special Package Printing Zone will introduce ...
- Education Training: School's in Sessio
- (Trends/Management)
- July 31, 2011, ... that seeded Gordon Graydon high school (and others) in the mid-1990s with matching funds, and Belanger gets inks and materials donated by supportive suppliers. But big-ticket items like presses are different. ...
- Eco-One Plastic Additives To Be Used for Food Service Containers
- (Green Converting)
- July 27, 2011, ... with the least amount of environmental impact. It is our company mission to drive continuous improvement with material reduction, energy conservation, and recycling awareness without compromising performance, ...
- Sheet at High Speeds
- (Sheeting)
- June 30, 2011, Sheeter designed for materials such as metallized paper or highly glossed label paper features a cutter, delivery, and stacking systems said to achieve Sheeter designed for materials such as metallized ...
- Europe Faces Plastic Bag Bans
- (Yo's Yarns)
- June 21, 2011, ... a waste product after use, but a valuable raw material. One prerequisite is, however, that it is correctly collected within recycling systems. For this purpose, the EU has developed a packaging directive, ...
- Polykar Installs EREMA Plastics Recycling System
- (Coating/Laminating: Green)
- June 09, 2011, ... ink, binding agents, other additives and incidental contaminating materials. EREMA sources claim that in less efficient systems, traces of these contaminants are more likely to survive, causing bubbles, ...
- Technical Report: Up & Running
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, ... shaft technology allow center wind turrets to be used for a broader variety of material applications. Turrets are ideal for both high-volume, long-running, multiset orders and also short-length runs with ...
- Capacity Needed
- (Slit)
- May 31, 2011, ... packaging materials. The unit features a CCD edge-guide camera for reducing waste and has a running speed of 1,500 fpm (450 mpm) with an option for slit widths as narrow as 1.37 in. (35 mm). Flex-Pack ...
- Post Consumer Resin Gets New Life from Milk Jugs and Water Bottles
- (Flexpack News)
- May 18, 2011, ... a look into using post consumer resin (PCR) as part of its converted packaging materials. Hood Packaging’s Tyler, TX, facility is a leading producer of flexible packaging products, such as: heavy duty ...
- Hands-On Flexo Seminars & Golf Outing for Education Set for 2011
- (Flexography)
- May 12, 2011, ... for quality, offsite training to counter the problems of on-the-job training: wasted production and equipment time, wasted raw materials, and inconsistent skill sets. The institute offers industry-specific ...
- Stone & Interactive Media-Enhanced Labels on Display at Interpack
- (Label/Tape)
- May 10, 2011, Label converter Logotech will display labels made from stone material as well as interactive, media-enhanced labels at Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany, from May 12–16. Logotech is part of The Tadbik ...
- Static Beat: How To Measure Resistivity
- (Static Elimination)
- April 30, 2011, ... Resistivity is simply the inverse of conductivity. A pretty small conductivity is a pretty big resistivity. Resistivity is one of the most important material properties to measure when working to control ...
- Genpak Gets Productivity Boost
- (Flexography)
- April 30, 2011, ... of waste reduction on setups, in both time as well as material.” The 52-in. wide press provides full washup of all color decks in four minutes. Flexotecnica | www.cerutti.it What's happening ...
- Atlas Sells Titan Compact Slitter to Mexico-Based Plemsa
- (Slit News)
- April 19, 2011, ... flexible packaging materials. “We have been very satisfied with the performance of the first Titan ER610 slitter, which we installed at the beginning of last year,” explains Armando Vazquez Castillo, ...
- Mutoh America Inc. Launches Recycling Program
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- April 12, 2011, ... cartridge. The bigger bag size is said easier to recycle and produces less waste. Mutoh recently announced its new MP Ink, which is composed of 60% bio-based materials and contains no hazardous air pollutants ...
- AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition
- (Metallizing)
- March 31, 2011, ... Coated, Laminated, or Metallized Product category. Developed in conjunction with Detection Systems, Bayswater, Australia, the patent-pending material resembles a honeycomb that divides the metallized area ...