Foil

AIMCAL Judges Pick Coated Product & Sustainable Winners

(Yo's Yarns)

January 17, 2013, ... Inst., Broadview, IL), and myself (president/editorial director, Paper, Film Foil Converter–PFFC). Entrants of this competition can look forward to receiving their awards at the association's upcoming ...

Henkel Laminating Adhesives Help Package Resist Acid

(Adhesives)

January 15, 2013, ...  Company explains that spicy sauces and foods that contain vinegar or other acids can attack flexible packages, including the adhesives with which the packaging films and foils have been laminated. This ...

Masterpress Installs Omet XFlex X6 Press

(News | New Products)

January 15, 2013, ... units. The press, reportedly ready ahead of schedule thanks to the hard work of OMET's R&D and technical teams, has five UV flexo units, cold foil, rotary die-cutting, and Vision-1 automatic register system. ...

Wacker Presents Innovative Binders at European Coatings Show

(Coatings)

January 07, 2013, ... now, acrylate-based binders were predominantly used for heat-sealing coated aluminum foils to non-polar polymers. The new VINNACOAT LL 8100 offers an alternative here and complements WACKER’s broad product ...

Readers Choice: Top 11 New Products of 2012

(Coatings)

January 01, 2013, ... foil stamping. CONTACT COMPANY   Nippon Soarnol NC Series EVOH/Clay Composites Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Osaka, Japan, in an exclusive global licensing agreement with Nanobiomatters, ...

IMDA Reports on 2012 Meeting, 2013 Events

(IML/IMD)

December 31, 2012, ... Also providing assistance were media sponsors Paper, Film and Foil CONVERTER, Package Design magazine, and Plastics Decorating magazine. Immediately following the annual meeting, IMDA presented the Awards ...

WS Packaging Introduces LinerLESS Labels

(Label/Tape News)

December 26, 2012, ... delay in the labeling process. All current commonly used decorating technologies for films can be used with LinerLESS facestocks, including metallic ink and foil stamp applications. And, as with traditional ...

PFFC Wishes Converters & Suppliers Holiday Harmony

(Yo's Yarns)

December 20, 2012, As many facilities shut down for scheduled maintenance upkeep and repair, the staff of Paper, Film & Foil Converter--PFFC wishes all its website visitors and E-Clips subscribers a peaceful and calm holiday ...

TLMI Award Winners Announced

(Label/Tape News)

December 17, 2012, ... Pich 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon pressure-sensitive label. The label also won First Place in the offset-printed, line prime Wine & Spirits category and is a combination-printed web offset, rotary screen, hot-foil ...

Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions Has Full Line of Blades

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2012, Score slitter and perforator blades covert rolls to sheets   SOUTHBRIDGE, MA | Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions offers a full line of blades designed to cut and finish rolls of paper, film and foil, ...

ICE 2013 Will Feature Experts

(News | New Products)

December 10, 2012, ... holds several patents, and is a contributing editor to Paper, Film & Foil Converter. • Dr. Dave Roisum – Web Handling & Converting: Dr. Roisum, a well-known web handling and converting authority, has ...

PCI Says Polyester Prices in US Back to Normal

(Flexpack News)

December 09, 2012, ... film, 48-ga BOPET film, 60-ga BOPA film, 28-ga aluminium foil, and 60-gsm coated papers. Trends over the past year to eighteen months have also been influenced by buyers at both the converter and packer ...

Martin Automatic Joins Two Overseas Events

(News | New Products)

December 05, 2012, ... with hot and cold foil stamping and the benefits of foil saving; and Gidue, introducing the latest advance in combined analog and digital printing methods for the label printer seeking to add multi-substrate ...

AZCO Sheeter Suited for Many Materials

(Carton Box)

December 03, 2012, ... for film, foil, paper, nonwovens, corrugated, rubber, or other flexible materials. Company says installation and setup are easy and use of this low-speed unit can reduce material and labor costs. Material ...

Web Handling | To Break or Not To Break--What is the Tension?

(Web Handling)

December 02, 2012, ... slope of stress and strain plot defines the web's Young's modulus. If all this is true, you say, why can aluminum foil easily break but a box of cling wrap entails a wrestling match to tear it? The difference ...

Verstraete IML Labels Have Metallic Look

(Label/Tape)

December 01, 2012, ... Company produces the labels with metallized cold foil and also prints them with metallic UV ink (Metallic IMLINK). The metallic effect is no longer achieved through the foil but through the use of silver ...

IADD·FSEA Odyssey Promises Top Line-up

(Carton Box)

November 30, 2012, ... print finishing, folding carton, corrugated, and specialty markets. The event, with the theme of "Plug In," is sponsored by the International Assn. of Diecutting and Diemaking (IADD) and the Foil & Specialty ...

POP Displays | Opaque Paperboard Solves Bleed-Through Problems

(Carton Box)

November 28, 2012, ... bottom line. Lamitech also offers a broad range of sheet and roll products, including virgin paperboard, cardstock, recycled chipboard, laminated materials, foils, and films for converters in North America. ...

Diamond Packaging a Big Winner at PPC

(Carton Box)

November 26, 2012, ... Secret Clinical Strength series cartons featuring foil stamping, UV gloss spot coating, and DiamondEmboss coating accents • A Gold Award for the company’s three-month corporate calendar, a long-standing ...

Label Printing | Rotakett Opts for Gallus RCS 330 Press

(Label/Tape)

November 26, 2012, ... with flexo printheads of Rotakett’s own design. The two presses are both highly specified, offering full ultraviolet (UV) flexo and screen printing, hot and cold foiling, laminating, and the ability to ...

Another Review of Die Streaks

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

November 25, 2012, ... to discontinuity in foil or metalized layers, to "baggy" areas which can wreak havoc with eye-marks on converting and packaging equipment.  Obviously, the greater the defect or buildup, the worse the die ...

Flexo Printing | Multiprint Installs Gallus RCS 430

(Label/Tape)

November 07, 2012, ... bulk and bottled in the UK. By using only six colors plus foiling, Multiprint was able to offer the same quality and considerable cost savings compared to the labels that were being produced in Australia ...

Rollprint Technology Adds Brand Security

(Bag Pouch)

November 04, 2012, ... sealant technology for heat-seal applications. The coextrusion-coated sealant can be applied to any thermally stable web including polyester, nylon, and polypropylene, or on any of the company’s ClearFoil ...

PFFC’s Kelly Robinson Named Matteucci Winner for ‘Patent’ Paper

(Coating/Laminating)

October 24, 2012, ... SC | Dr. Kelly Robinson, president of Electrostatic Answers and popular contributor to the Paper, Film & Foil Converter—PFFC website with his “Static Beat” monthly column and “Kelly on Static” blog, receives ...

ExxonMobil Chemical Introduces Conformable Film for Labels

(Film)

October 22, 2012, ... even after the container is repeatedly squeezed. The film is compatible with multiple print technologies including metalized inks, hot stamp and cold foil decoration, and displays excellent clarity and ...

Eastman Polymers Offer Durable Transparency for IMD

(Label/Tape)

October 22, 2012, ... electronics, automotive, and medical devices with the addition of a clear plastic substrate molded behind a decorative film or foil. Company says these clear polymers allow backlighting options that ...

Appleton Core Recycler Can Be Customized

(Green)

October 21, 2012, ... leftover roll material. The scrap material, such as paper, film, foil, plastic, or nonwovens can then be recycled and the core reused. In-stock configurations, the unit can handle rolls to 32 in. dia, ...

Web Handling Q&A on Lateral Web Movement

(Web Handling)

October 18, 2012, ... a question from a long time PFFC and “Web Lines” column reader dealing with lateral movement in a web. My response follows. Q: I have been visiting the Paper, Film & Foil Converter website for many years ...

Sustainability | Q&A with Kyla Fisher

(Carton Box)

October 11, 2012, ... set up to handle degradable materials. Brands are also interested in sustainable package coatings and printing. Holobrite, one of our lines, for example, replaces printing directly on foil or holographic ...

Kodak Line Helps Deter Counterfeiters

(News | New Products)

October 09, 2012, ... into existing printing processes and can be used on a wide range of materials including plastics, foils, corrugated, flexible packaging, and labels. Pocket reader enables brand owners to deploy a discrete ...