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Green Converting: Is IML Sustainable?

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2011, ... containers, many choices are available, including the following methods: wet glue applied heat transfer pressure-sensitive (p-s) shrink sleeve in-mold labeling (IML) Each of these labeling methods ...

Flexible Packaging: Eco Innovation

(Flexpack)

February 28, 2011, ...  CL&D Graphics, Oconomowoc, WI, earns a gold award for shrink sleeves on the Australian Gold Tanning Set product line. Dynamic and eye-catching, the labels feature rich colors created using flexographic ...

Reporter

(Magazine)

January 31, 2011, ... CEO Robert G. Burton Sr. says, “The acquisition…expands our specialty packaging into the growing shrink sleeve market. Gilbreth's product line complements Cenveo's existing offerings and will create immediate ...

Whipped Cream Buzz

(Label/Tape)

December 31, 2010, The RB Dwyer Group, Anaheim, CA, is printing full sleeve PVC shrink labels for Maple Grove Products' alcohol-infused whipped cream aerosol cans, which curve at the top The RB Dwyer Group, Anaheim, CA, ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Magazine)

November 30, 2010, ... sustainability issues associated with single-serve food packaging. Overnight Labels, Deer Park, NY, now offers cold foil printing on shrink sleeves. UK-based Edale launches a website compatible ...

Interactive Tools Aid Packaging Design

(Label/Tape)

September 30, 2010, The Studio 10 range of interactive 3D packaging design tools now includes the new Studio Toolkit for Shrink Sleeves, a Studio Toolkit for Labels, and The Studio 10 range of interactive 3D packaging design ...

Green Converting: Leading the Pack

(Flexography)

August 31, 2010, ... 35.5-in., nine-color variable sleeve offset presses (VSOP) from Muller Martini. With shrink sleeve and roll-fed label production being a hot market for the company, the two VSOP presses generate 20% of ...

Two 'Green' Companies Honore

(Green Converting)

August 31, 2010, ... up to a 203-mm layflat for shrink sleeves, cold foil, and additional laminated structures and flexible packaging capabilities. Mark Andy, Chesterfield, MO, reports the installation of a Rotoflex ...

'Patiently' Awaiting Labelexp

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2010, ... by AWA Alexander Watson Assoc. on June 3 at the Hyatt Hotel in Rosemont, IL, I learned, however, that the pressure-sensitive adhesive industry may find more competition from shrink, stretch, and roll-on-shrink-on ...

Protect Holograms

(Print)

June 30, 2010, ... applications with tesa 62939, which measures 118 mils, the thickest double-sided tape in the closed-cell PE foam tape assortment. Gilbreth, Croydon, PA, offers a free white paper, “Shrink Sleeve ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

April 30, 2010, ... labels, flexible packaging, shrink sleeves, and folding cartons. The Roll Materials Div. of Avery Dennison Corp., Mentor, OH, is sponsoring the wines, champagnes, and spirits category of the 2010 ...

Gravure Printing: Print Comes To Life

(Label/Tape)

March 31, 2010, ... but the results were good. The vignettes are smooth and well executed, and the clarity of the red logo is good.” Sleeves/Tubes-Heat Shrinkable-More than 13% The Soft Scrub-Total Kitchen sleeve is ...

Prime Graphics Sold to Kollman Label & Packaging Group

(News | New Products)

March 04, 2010, ... and shrink sleeves to consumer product companies. Many of its customers are Fortune 500 companies, regional manufacturers, and contract packagers within the food, beverage, personal care, household, medical, ...

FIRST GLANCE

(Magazine)

February 28, 2010, ... WA, introduced its French Vanilla and Hazelnut flavored creamers, it chose a new contoured bottle with easy-to-pour cap, combined with shrink sleeve labels from Printpack, Atlanta, GA. Gravure printed ...

Rich, Creamy Color

(First Glance)

February 28, 2010, Printpack Shrink Leeve Labels Decorate Darigold Creamer Bottles When Darigold, Seattle, WA, introduced its French Vanilla and Hazelnut flavored creamers, it chose a new contoured bottle with easy-to-pour ...

Flint Group Announces Narrow Web Print Awards

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2009, ... also won in the UV shrink category. Other top winners included: Collotype in Australia in the category of UV Offset, Skanem in Poland in the category of Combination Print (UV Flexo & UV Screen White), ...

Package Chicken Without Crow's Fee

(First Glance)

November 30, 2009, ... the film's low shrink initiation temperature, which helps create a skintight fit with no crow's feet or dog-ears. Said to have excellent stretch recovery to maintain a tight, protective package throughout ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... (see Figure 1). Among the various types of label technologies, heat shrink sleeves have seen the fastest growth. In 2008, heat shrink sleeve labels grew 4% (see Figure 2). Key trends affecting the ...

Films 101: Back to Basics

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... for fleet graphics, drum labeling, and point-of-purchase displays. Often more costly to produce, PVC films can stretch or shrink if not handled properly. Plasticizer migration also can take place when ...

Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

November 30, 2009, ... Dakota). Overnight Labels, Deer Park, NY, wins the 2009 Peak Grand Award from Print Solutions magazine for its Magic Coat shrink sleeve entry in the Prime Labels & Tags category. Xeikon, Itasca, ...