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New Product Digest, Part 1, PFFC, April 2003

(Magazine)

March 30, 2003, ...  The 48-in. (1,220-mm) Ultracoat slot coating die enables mfrs. that apply hot melt adhesives or water- and solvent-based coatings to achieve the increased speed of curtain coating while retaining many ...

Flint Ink Launches Jetrion

(News | New Products)

February 11, 2003, ... of UV (ultraviolet) and other solvent-based inks are available for DOD applications, co. adds. "Large-scale printers and converters are seeking partners to help them turn the potential of inkjet into ...

Satisfaction Guaranteed

(Disposables)

January 31, 2003, ... awaits the second Astraflex to handle its rapidly growing printing business. The current press runs solvent-based inks and the second press will run water-based inks. LeCalsey adds, “Our strategy was ...

Materials

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, New from: ADM Tronics Unlimited Inc.; Engelhard; Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp.; KNF Flexpak Corp.; MACtac; National Adhesives; Northwest Coatings; Rohm and Haas Co.; and Syfan USA Corp. Substrates, ...

The Right Combination

(Magazine)

November 30, 2002, With Glenroy's flexible packaging expertise and Pen & Inc.'s prepress know-how, the two team up for an award-winning association.With Glenroy's flexible packaging expertise and Pen & Inc.'s prepress know-how, ...

Materials

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... used in masking tapes, solvent-based acrylic, and selected water-based acrylic adhesives. Film Packaging Suited for Tough Products KNF Clean Room Products Corp., Ronkonkoma, NY; 631/777-2532; knfcorporation.com ...

India's Rising Sta

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... Complementing the duplex laminators is Nordmeccanica's solvent-based triplex laminator, hot melt coating equipment, and an extrusion coating line. The company also extrudes polyethylene (PE) in-house ...

Products

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, ... range from -20 to +200 deg C. Supplied with a manual or programmable controller and operates in stand-alone mode. IR/Air Oven for Solvent-Based Coatings Radiant Energy Systems, Hawthorne, NJ; 973/423-5220; ...

1974 - 1976

(News | New Products)

September 19, 2002, ... machinery." Adhesive manufacturers move toward more ecologically and energy-friendly materials. "Trends in the adhesive market are toward the aqueous-based or 100 percent solid types, rather than solvent-based ...

Focus on Crosslinking in Fluid Ink Systems

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... constructed carefully to assure stability. Although used for many years in solvent-based systems, some titanates have found use in water-based acrylic systems. Photoinitiators: Photo-induced UV-curable ...

FFTA Campaigns for Flexo

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... unit. Eckart America, Painesville, OH, introduced Ultrastar FX-1803 and FX-1805, solvent-based metallic inks for flexible packaging and pressure-sensitive labels. The inks are said to deliver optical ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

April 30, 2002, ...  CAMBRIDGE, U.K.—Xaar plc, an ink jet development co., and Hilord Chemical Corp., Hauppaug, NY, a solvent-based electrostatic/piezo ink jet inks OEM, have announced an ink partnership agreement. Under ...

Products

(Magazine)

March 31, 2002, ... Printability Sun Chemical, Northlake, IL; 708/562-0550; sunchemicalink.com UltraPET solvent-based laminating ink reportedly offers excellent printability and high bond strength for use on treated PET ...

Valmet Tech Center to Open for Converters Worldwide

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... of adhesive coatings (solvent-based maximum 4 gsm dry at 35% and solventless lamination at normal or high temperatures at maximum 3.5 gsm). Cold seal coating will be possible in-register on preprinted ...

Dealing with Ink Adhesion on High-Slip Films

(Magazine)

December 31, 2001, ... inks without in-line corona treatment. Conventional solvent-based inks have better substrate wetting characteristics than water-based inks, because some of the solvents can “dissolve” the boundary layer ...

Perhaps It's Time to Redefine Packaging Odor Spec

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... to alleviate problems with the use of qualitative techniques. The key to this idea was the fact that ink, coating, and adhesive formulations were sufficiently similar. That is, they were all solvent-based ...

Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... can hydrolyze with water, reducing their reactivity. This chemistry provides high adhesion to glass surfaces. Use of siloxane crosslinkers in solvent-based systems must be formulated carefully to prevent ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... Eco Junior solventless duplex laminator and a Nordmeccanica solvent-based triplex laminator. Expansion plans are underway, and new purchases include two more Cerutti presses; a Fong Kee extrusion laminator/coater; ...

The Parts and Performance of WEB CONVECTION DRYERS

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... impurities that are unacceptable in some applications. One must also take great care because of the risk of fire or explosion, especially when solvent-based coatings are being processed. Gas-fired heat ...

Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, ...  Many years ago, when the use of lead-based pigments was commonplace, plastic wraps printed with solvent-based flexographic inks could leave a visible amount of ink (via the alcohol-saturated cotton ...