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Market Trends | Profile of North American Label Industry

(Label/Tape)

August 12, 2013, ... labeled at the same time, involves high-speed injection or blow-molding using robotics and expensive molds. IML, however, is suited to high-volume container decoration and particularly the thin-walled ...

Show Preview | CPP EXPO and PRINT 13 Share a Stage

(Print)

August 07, 2013, ... a one-sided, thermal thin film, sheetfed laminator equipped with a Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 feed-head, a highly accurate flying knife cross-cutter, and spot UV varnishing machine. Capable of producing ...

Atlas to Present New-Generation Slitters at K 2013

(News | New Products)

August 05, 2013, ... The latest technology features wireless rewind arm positioning, automatic knife positioning, and direct drive web path rollers, reportedly ensuring optimum web tension for films as thin as 6 microns to ...

On Print | Finishing & Digital Printing

(On Print)

August 04, 2013, ... prints, and overcoats both sides all in-line. Fujifilm’s J Press does something similar with its matched ink and coagulating precoat. Overcoating or varnishing the printed substrate is a requirement ...

Show Preview | What’s Behind the Curtain at Labelexpo Europe 2013

(Label/Tape)

July 29, 2013, ... will be integrated onto a rewinder. The K600i is designed to integrate digital variable data 600dpi print within existing sheet, web-fed presses and finishing lines and benefits from the inclusion of Domino' ...

Shurtape Is Certified as Responsible Tape Manufacturer

(Label/Tape News)

July 09, 2013, ... volunteered to certify their manufacturing sites and practices against numerous regulations, laws and best practices to ensure compliance within three categories: Environment: including treatment of ...

Labels | Market Update on IML & Sleeve Technologies

(Label/Tape)

June 03, 2013, ... Verstraete), particularly for high-volume new products (Joerg Hofmann, Innovia Films). Michael Demchinski, Taghleef Industries, suggested that thin-walled containers could go as low as 40-50 micron in ...

PCI BOPET Report Questions if Capacity is Enough for West

(Flexpack News)

May 20, 2013, ... a review of the commodity bi-oriented polyester (BOPET) thin film market. The report says there has been a significant increase in film extrusion capacity in recent years and more planned for the next ...

Nordmeccanica SpA a Laminating Powerhouse

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

May 20, 2013, ... insulation and bullet-proof products. The best place to start is that Nordmeccanica’s philosophy is standardization… something the Italians call “Integration”.  They do not make one-of-a-kind, custom ...

Packaging Awards | AidPod Takes Top Spot as DuPont Celebrates Innovation

(Flexpack)

May 12, 2013, ...  not just small packages that good things come in—it's clever ones, too," US Senator Chris Coons said. "The AidPod is proof that the combination of ingenuity, innovation, and inspiration is powerful enoug ...

Web Lines | Winding Process Fundamentals, Pt. 3

(Web Handling)

May 08, 2013, In Part 3 of this four-part series, web handling expert Tim Walker answers the question: How do dimensional changes within a roll (e.g., compression) change roll strains and stresses? In Part 3 of ...

Eagle Systems' Cold Foil System Chosen by KBA Japan

(Foil)

April 29, 2013, ... almost immediately ran a live job—a job that traditionally would have been outsourced. Within hours of going online, the Eagle System was already making money for Taisei. “The Eagle System’s interface ...

H.B. Fuller Adds Next-Gen Water-Based Laminating Adhesives

(Adhesives)

April 28, 2013, ... line shut-downs for clean-up. Within the line, Flextra PD2167 provides the widest window of performance for its cost with good bond strength on a variety of films. It has good clarity and gravure cylinder ...

Second MPS Flexo Press for Ovelar

(Shrink Sleeves)

April 21, 2013, ... press that Ovelar has purchased within a period of two years. The first MPS press Ovelar installed was an EXL-packaging UV flexo press with a wide-format print size of 660 mm. Ovelar opted to extend ...

ITW Dynatec's Adhesive Applicator Offers Streak-Free Result

(Adhesive Coating)

April 17, 2013, ... to 1,000 mpm or more. Applicator is called ideal for heat sensitive materials such as thin PP and PE films, and unit is said to provide consistent coating on irregular surfaces. Coat weight and coverage ...

Coating Matters | The Fundamentals of Coating

(Coating/Laminating)

April 17, 2013, If you are trying to create, coat, and solidify fluids, coating expert Mark Miller offers some fundamentals that you simply must know. If you'd like to hear from Mark Miller's own lips rather than ...

AIMCAL to Manage Coating Symposium for ISCST

(Coating/Laminating News)

April 05, 2013, ... on application and solidification of thin liquid films. Session topics include coating and drying processes of traditional high-capacity coating operations but increasingly focus on emerging technology ...

Heraeus Clevios PEDOT:PSS Technology Integrated into Printed Organic Solar Cells

(Coating/Laminating News)

March 19, 2013, ... Oxide. Clevios PEDOT:PSS is a highly conductive polymer dispersion that allows the deposition of transparent, thin conductive films with sheet resistances of less than 100 Ohm/sq. DTU was able to show ...

Show Preview | SVC TechCon 2013

(Coating/Laminating)

March 18, 2013, ... Courtyard by Marriott. This year’s conference features two application-specific themes, which are embodied by the symposia on “Coatings and Surface Treatments for Medical Applications” and “Thin Films ...

Microwaveable Package Brings Home the Bacon with Top Product of Year Award

(Metallizing)

March 09, 2013, ... winning appeal. Nothing Fishy about this Carton "Finn at the Beach" has more going for it than just a play on words. Winning the Marketing Award in the Food Packaging Category is a gabletop carton for ...