Bar Coding

FLEXcon Expands Eco-Friendly Packaging Product Line

(News | New Products)

August 22, 2021, ... In undecorated form, both products meet or exceed the Association of Plastic Recycler’s HDPE-CG-01, Critical Guidance Protocol for HDPE colored or natural bottles with resin additives, barriers, layers, ...

Empire Highlights Graphics Solutions for the Food and Beverage Industry

(News | New Products)

August 11, 2021, ... digital artwork incorporating required revisions to meet government regulations and incorporate barcodes. The finished products are faithful reproductions of the original look and feel, updated for use ...

Roundtable Q&A: Static Control

(Static Elimination)

August 08, 2021, ... static control technologies, with emphasis on Reactive Intelligence, Smart Static Control Ionizer Bar technologies such as our NEOS Reactive Intelligence Ionizers that reliably reduce static charges to ...

Best Practices: Corona Treating Pretreated Films Prior to Converting

(Flexpack)

August 01, 2021, ... are needed in the film’s ultimate use, such as flexible packaging applications. In either case, these additives will ultimately migrate to the film’s surface and create a barrier to successful adhesion. ...

Mondi and Unilever Serve Up Aluminium-Free Paper-Based Packaging for Colman’s Meal Makers

(News | New Products)

July 20, 2021, Unilever, together with Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, have developed a new high barrier paper-based packaging material Unilever, together with Mondi, a global leader in packaging and ...

Hudson-Sharp welcomes Jason Beauleau as new Regional Sales Executive

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2021, Bag-converting equipment manufacturer Hudson-Sharp—part of Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) and Barry-Wehmiller’s converting equipment platform —is pleased to announce that Jason Beauleau has ...

Plasma Replaces Propane Torch to Improve Print Adhesion on PE Pipes

(News | New Products)

July 08, 2021, ... An Enercon Blown-Ion™ plasma treater was recommended. The system generates a concentrated plasma that bombards surfaces with a high-speed discharge of ions. Surfaces are micro-etched to remove organic ...

New SIMOTICS SD200 Frame Size 440 Low-Voltage, Severe-Duty AC Motors Now with 75-800 hp Output

(News | New Products)

June 23, 2021, ... for long life and easy identification in the field.  A unique offset rotor bar provides improved efficiency, while larger bars and end rings reduce resistance. Each die-cast aluminum rotor assembly is ...

PCMC’s Fusion C Now Equipped to Run Gelflex-EB Inks at 400 Meters Per Minute

(News | New Products)

June 16, 2021, Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a global supplier of high-performance flexographic printing equipment Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division ...

Polysack and Flessofab Launch Novel Recyclable Packaging Available In British Market

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2021, ... properties: mechanical, optical, gas transmission (barrier) and thermal resistance, all while maintaining a particularly low film thickness of less than 25 microns. Already commercialized for dried fruits, ...

The IQ Power to Control Static

(News | New Products)

June 13, 2021, ... and waste and to meet their profitability and safety goals. In designing the new IQ Easy LP (low profile) static bar, Simco-Ion understood that today’s converting market requires a compact (3/4-inch ...

Go Coreless - Supply55 and NEPATA Release the New UA770 30-Inch Coreless Rewinder/Trimmer

(News | New Products)

June 08, 2021, ... including bar codes for professional inventory control, reduction in shipping errors and elimination of f length errors; Metric and Imperial system data supported concurrently; and Types of material ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable, Coated Lidding Film Ahead of the Proposed UK Plastic Packaging Tax

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2021, ... good oxygen and moisture vapour transmission rate barriers to increase product shelf-life. Moreover, the Starlid GPE-CL seals to all types of food packaging trays, including PP, paperboard and all PET ...

Value-Added Processes: Coating, Laminating and Metallizing

(Coating)

June 06, 2021, ... coating machinery is built for versatility for adding different polymers to the primary web as a moisture barrier, vapor barrier, or has a strengthening agent. Davis-Standard’s coating platforms are known ...

COVER: Testing, Inspection & Quality Control

(Flexpack)

May 23, 2021, ... lists and barcodes. Increased expectations in terms of traceability and digitalization are fueling an increase in complexity. In food and beverage alone, code length is likely to double from 30 to 60 characters. ...

PCMC to Unveil Paragon Tissue Rewinder

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2021, Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a global supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division ...

Web Considerations for Today’s Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

May 16, 2021, ...  Technical advancements in flexible packaging materials have enabled thinner webs to be processed with the same or greater strength and barrier properties. Physics states that the resistance of webs to ...

Mondi Packages Potatoes in Award-Winning Paper Bag with Sustainex Bio-Based Coating

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2021, ... kraft paper to ensure strength in handling while providing barrier properties to keep the produce fresh. The bag has multiple sustainability features: a corn starch-based netting for a small cut-out ...

Leapin’ Lizards Labels Expands Printing Capabilities with Third Epson SurePress Digital Label Press Installation

(News | New Products)

May 04, 2021, ... to print readable small, thin fonts, text and barcodes. The SurePress L-4533AW digital label press produces high-quality, photographic print quality labels and adds greater flexibility and efficiency to ...

Yellowstone Plastics Completes Installation of PCMC’s Fusion C Flexographic Press

(News | New Products)

April 29, 2021, Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced the installation of a new Fusion C printing press at flexible packaging supplier Yellowstone Plastics Paper Converting ...

The Value of Specialised Experience

(News | New Products)

April 26, 2021, ... that will do the same job.  These are easier and less costly to recycle, and I’m closely monitoring a Dutch company that has embarked on some serious research in this area, with some promising results ...

Achieving Durable Codes in the Toughest of Conditions

(Coating/Laminating)

April 21, 2021, ... available. Some industries, such as food and pharmaceuticals, are also particularly challenging. For example, oils inherent to nuts, chips and popcorn production can form a barrier between the package ...

S-OneLP Launches Cannabis Resource Guide

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2021, ... there came questions about the legal cannabis market as our customers struggled to find information on child resistance packaging requirements, changing regulations, and film barrier properties that keep ...

Comexi Will Exhibit Its Innovative Solutions For the Flexible Packaging Printing and Converting Industry at Drupa

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2021, ... format agility; Comexi Digiflex: an in-line digital bar, which can be installed on analog presses, laminators, and slitters, is a configurable machine and allows for the printing of variable data, including ...

PCMC Adds Virus-Killing Wet Wipes Machines Rx200 and Mako Clipper to Nonwovens Lineup

(News | New Products)

April 14, 2021, Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division of Barry-Wehmiller and a global supplier of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), a division ...

Teknos and Brightplus Cooperate to Develop Bio-Based and Biodegradable Solutions for Food Packaging

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2021, ... the amount of waste. The new barrier coating developed by Teknos and Brightplus is bio-based and biodegradable and can be used to replace the traditional fossil-based plastic film.  “By replacing the ...

H.B. Fuller Launches Game-Changing Compostable Adhesives for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2021, ... sound dampening and excellent adhesion, to a variety of biodegradable film substrates from bar wrap to snack packaging and much more. Flextra Evolution WB1200CP/XR2200CP, a water-based two-part system ...

Next Generation ArtPro+ Evolves to Boost Excellence in Packaging and Label Prepress

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2021, ... from a customer file to a print ready file in just a few clicks and without leaving the application. Images, text and barcodes can be made variable in size, layout and color by reading a record from a ...

Kongsberg Digital Finishing Transforms Into Standalone Business

(News | New Products)

April 05, 2021, ... in Norway in 1965, Kongsberg was purchased by Esko (then Barco) in 1998. In December 2020, Esko agreed the sale of Kongsberg to private equity firm OpenGate Capital. The acquisition includes the original ...

MAX International Converters, Inc. & MAXStick Products introduces MAXStick PlusD Colors

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2021, MAXStick® Products Ltd., industry leading global suppliers of direct thermal, liner-free, removable adhesive labels, announced the release of its newest product line MAXStick® Products Ltd., industry ...