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H.B. Fuller to Showcase Consumer Packaging Innovations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

(News | New Products)

August 13, 2023, ... a new caustic washable adhesive solution to bond HDPE or paper label to PET packages Renew materials with bio-based flexible packaging, adhesives that support biodegradable flexible packaging, reinforcement ...

Labelexpo: New wash-off Label Adhesive

(News | New Products)

August 10, 2023, ... all equally good washability. The Cyclos-HTP Institute has already certified the adhesive 72Gpw accordingly in combination with various film and paper label materials. "This gives label users another ...

Apex International Hosts Repro Supplier Meet

(Slit)

August 07, 2023, ... by utilizing the remaining print stations for label and packaging embellishment elements.” He demonstrated the use of matte, gloss, and tactile lacquers to produce raised, paper feel, and 3-D effects ...

At Pack Expo, TekniPlex Healthcare to Give Feature Presentation on Narrowing Sector’s Sustainability Disparity

(News | New Products)

August 03, 2023, ... requirements. A variety of the company’s single- and multi-dose pharma product containers also will be exhibited, as will its coated Tyvek® and reinforced papers for medical device, pharmaceutical and ...

Learning Center: Sustainable Wipes Packaging 101

(News | New Products)

August 02, 2023, ... Acid (PLA) Bioplastic derived from fermented plant starch (corn, cassava, sugarcane or sugar beet pulp) Plant-based PE resins Made using sugarcane or potato starches Paper structures Offering ...

Flint Group Removes Mineral Oil from Sheetfed Process Inks Supporting Sustainability in Offset Printing

(News | New Products)

July 31, 2023, Global print consumables manufacturer Flint Group has solidified its reputation as the sustainable ink supplier of choice after announcing that all its Sheetfed process ink series are now mineral oil free. ...

Unwind and Rewind Web Guides

(Web Guiding)

July 30, 2023, ... in 2017) and ASME (Rudolf Kalman Best Paper Award in 2011). He is President of Roll-2-Roll Technologies, a leading supplier of web guiding solutions for the roll-to-roll processing industry. He can be ...

Flint Group to Exhibit at Labelexpo Europe 2023

(News | New Products)

July 23, 2023, ... paper-based flexible packaging applications and consumer’s concern for the environment. Flint Group’s Narrow Web business is looking forward to discussing its next-generation ink and coating technologies ...

The Importance of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

July 23, 2023, ... manufacturing process. We must ensure that we are truly capturing the time spent on paperwork, material handling, supervision, sales and marketing, and even opportunity loss (what are we turning away or ...

Yazoo Invests in Next Generation Equipment and Software to Improve Speed to Market

(Flexpack)

July 19, 2023, Yazoo Mills, Inc., America’s largest family-owned manufacturers of paper tubes and cores Yazoo Mills, Inc., America’s largest family-owned manufacturers of paper tubes and cores, has announced a ...

Selecting the Proper Web Handling Equipment

(Web Handling)

July 17, 2023, Written by New Era Converting Machinery’s Bob Pasquale -Written by New Era Converting Machinery’s Bob Pasquale A key requirement of every web processing line is the ability to properly handle and ...

Flint Group Innovation Showcased at CorrExpo 2023

(News | New Products)

July 17, 2023, ... industry, is gearing up for an innovation showcase at CorrExpo 2023, which takes place August 28-30  in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Attracting Paper & Board packaging converters from across North America, ...

Cutting-Edge U.S. Installation of New Web Offset Press Helps Pioneer LED UV Curing in Book Printing

(News | New Products)

July 17, 2023, ... process improvements like instantly cured ink, shorter make-readies, and less paper waste, plus environmental and safety benefits, a significant reduction in energy consumption, no VOCs or need to exhaust ...

Label King adds capacity with Vetaphone corona treaters

(Surface Prep)

July 16, 2023, ... treatment is important – but even on paper stocks, it makes a difference, and we have no need to buy expensive pre-coated paper now.” Parker believes there is still growth potential in the Southern California ...

New Release Liner: Sol BCK Helps Reduce Carbon Footprint by More than 50 Percent

(News | New Products)

July 13, 2023, Sappi Europe, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of packaging and speciality papers, aims to support its customers in achieving their own sustainability goals. Sappi Europe, one of the world’s ...

Call for Speakers Issued for TAPPI’s 2024 FlexPack PLACE Conference

(News | New Products)

July 13, 2023, ... Technical Program Committee is seeking technical presentations, panels, tutorials, roundtables, case studies, and papers from the packaging and academic community to be presented at the Division’s Conference, 2024 ...

At AMI Thin Wall Packaging Conference, TekniPlex Consumer Products Highlights Materials-Diverse Approach to Sustainability

(News | New Products)

July 11, 2023, ... and solutions for industries including food & beverage, beauty, personal care, and others where thin-walled packaging designs such as rigid and flexible plastics, rubber, aluminum, molded fiber, and paper-based ...

What’s Special About Films and Synthetics?

(Converting Perspectives)

July 09, 2023, ... Bay, WI, print films, nonwovens and paper. Knowing how to cut and print everything from thin films and stretchy substrates, to lofty nonwovens requires experience. Understanding the ways all these myriad ...

Call for Speakers Issued for TAPPI’s 2024 FlexPack PLACE Conference

(News | New Products)

July 05, 2023, ... Technical Program Committee is actively seeking technical presentations, panels, tutorials, roundtables, case studies, and papers from the packaging and academic community to be presented at the Division’s ...

2023 ARC Annual Business Summit “A Resounding Success”

(News | New Products)

June 28, 2023, ... all facets of web converting — flexible packaging, labeling, pressure-sensitive tapes, specialty papers, batteries, printed and flexible electronics and more — and their machinery, raw-material and consumables ...

AICC 2023 Annual Meeting

(News | New Products)

June 26, 2023, ... nationwide. The company was sold in 1964 but is now back in family hands and making a comeback. Stephanie will also present a two-day breakout session. Tim Bergwall, Group President, Paper Packaging ...

Increase Profits and Productivity with TAKK Static Control Solutions

(News | New Products)

June 25, 2023, ... toward ensuring optimal productivity and high-quality produced goods. By applying the appropriate static control technologies, businesses involved in printing, paper & film converting can prevent production ...

A Collaborative PFFC Q&A: The Evolution of Static Control Technologies

(Surface Prep)

June 25, 2023, ...  Powered static neutralizers have been available at least since 1904 when William Chapman patented a “Method of Removing Static Electricity from Papers, Yarn, & c” (US Patent 777,598, 12/13/1904). ...

HERMA Moving Toward Net Zero Emissions by 2040

(News | New Products)

June 19, 2023, ... Gablowski. During the 2030s, the gas required for drying the paper webs is to be phased out. It has yet to be established whether the alternative energy source will be green hydrogen, special heat pumps ...

TekniPlex Healthcare to Open New Production Facility in Madison, WI

(News | New Products)

June 19, 2023, ... the company’s lamination capacity for a broad range of materials including PET, nylon, paper, foil, PE, EAA and ionomer, in both peelable and non-peelable structures. This will help drive shorter lead-times ...

Corona Treatment for Extrusion Coating and Laminating Production Lines

(Surface Prep)

June 18, 2023, Plastic and paper processing companies — especially those converting web materials — are confronted every day with the problems of improving adhesion By Dr. Frank Förster, Leader of Process Development ...

PSSMA Announces 2022 Safety Award Winners

(News | New Products)

June 15, 2023, The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has announced the winners of its annual Safety Awards Program The Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturers’ Association (PSSMA) has announced the ...

Label Equipment Considerations for Converters

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

June 11, 2023, ... has been an eventful few years in the label industry. Last year’s shortages of paper, liners and adhesives were compounded by severe disruptions in the logistics that got them to label and packaging converters. ...

PPC’s Folding Carton Boot Camp Enlightens Attendees on the Art of Carton Manufacturing

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2023, The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC)  welcomed a group of nearly 70 industry professionals to its headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts, May 23-24  The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) welcomed ...

How to Keep Defects In House

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

June 04, 2023, ... the years. These methods include inserting a slip of paper into the winding roll, hand applying a pressure sensitive label to the moving web, or possibly using a felt pen. These methods require an operator ...