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Belgian Company Invests for Added Quality, Productivity and Sustainability

(News | New Products)

May 24, 2020, Toray Graphics in the Czech Republic, a manufacturer of waterless offset plate technologies, reported that the Belgian printing company Coldset Printing Partners (CPP) has invested €35 million to update ...

Sappi Casting and Release Announces New Line of Textured Casting Papers for Solvent-Free Systems: Ultracast Viva

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2020, ... limits for PVC, semi-PU and 100 percent PU including aqueous PU chemistry. “Sappi is wholeheartedly committed to sustainability, so the launch of Ultracast Viva is a natural next step as we pursue ways ...

Three Ink Market Trends Helping to Achieve Sustainability Goals

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

April 16, 2020, ... of barrier extends the shelf life of a product in a flexible pouch while also keeping migration to a minimum. Oxygen barrier coatings provide a smooth, homogenous, pin-hole-free layer that can be easily ...

Metallized Packaging Advancements From Terphane

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2020, ... requirements,” explained Marcos Vieira, global R&D director. In contrast, aluminum laminate packaging easily flex-cracks and develops pin holes, while with metallized films this effect is minimized. Metallized ...

Digitalize, Automate and Connect: The Backbone of Packaging Production

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

March 30, 2020, ... sustainability. The entire production chain needs to become more agile and flexible. Across the whole production workflow, more fact based and timely decisions will be required. We are entering a period ...

Packaging Recognized as Essential: Smart Packaging Enhances Food Safety and Security

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2020, ... produce being contaminated during the supply chain is effectively eliminated. Such assurance is not guaranteed when fruits and vegetables are sold loose or housed in packaging with punch holes or perforations.” ...

BOBST Joins CEFLEX

(News | New Products)

March 25, 2020, ... recycling, and finding solutions for these challenges is a major focus for us at the moment. With over 130 members from across the whole value chain all focused on the same goal, CEFLEX represents a very ...

Static Control: Crucial to Fluid Converting Processes

(Static Elimination)

March 15, 2020, ... blocked or damaged and ultimately compromise the quality of the end product. This includes print being out of register, small holes appearing in extruded film, and the final products appearing distorted. ...

Spinnaker Coating Shows Growth with GripTight™ and SureLock™ Adhesives

(News | New Products)

March 02, 2020, ... but then flow into the nooks, crannies, cracks, holes, bumps, grit, and other non-smooth surface attributes. The adhesive must hold onto the texture, surround it, fill it, and not just sit on top, as may ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

(Flexpack)

March 02, 2020, ... need to be produced with the same machine efficiency throughout the whole value chain of packaging. At a recent tradeshow for the plastics and rubber industry (K 2019), BOBST along with several partner ...

At InfoFlex GAMA International Introduces its New Line of Slitter Rewinders

(Upcoming Conference News)

February 18, 2020, ... capable of cutting materials such as bare and/or coupled aluminum, copper, plastic films, non-woven fabric and others. The cutting widths start from 7/8mm up to the whole band. Furthermore, the machine ...

Comexi Consolidates its Presence in Brazil

(News | New Products)

February 03, 2020, ... the print needs of medium runs in the flexible packaging sector of the retail and wholesale channel. This flexographic press shares the patented FLEXOEfficiency concepts of ergonomics and accessibility, ...

drupa cube 2020: Eleven Days Of Vision And Inspiration

(News | New Products)

January 26, 2020, ... what it means to strengthen brands. The British star designer gave the Coca-Cola brand a new image in 2013, raised its design language to a whole new level and gave it the face that it still remembered ...

Flexible Packages Standing Out in 2019

(Flexpack)

December 11, 2019, ... from top panels with finger or hang-holes to straps and/or handles at various positions.  The flexible pouches stand on their own once filled with product, and are recyclable when empty. Avery Dennison ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... product development expertise, processing, equipment and supplies. And if you’re an academic, that’s a whole other layer of meaning ascribed to the world of flexible packaging. Oh, and where in the world ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... mono polymer materials that perform as well as today’s packaging, while also ensuring the same machine efficiency in the whole value chain of packaging. It’s a challenge, but one we are making good progress ...

Patrick Potter of Flexo Wash Awarded “Supplier of the Year” 2019 at TLMI Awards

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2019, ... a whole by helping to promote and foster its growth. Potter and his family are longtime supporters of TLMI and its converter members. Currently he serves on the TLMI Board of Directors and the Marketing ...

Comexi Expands its Presence in the U.S. with the Sale of an F2 MP to New Wave Converting

(Flexography)

November 08, 2019, ... Calf. This Comexi F2 MP 10 colors, especially designed for the American market, is ideal for long runs in the flexible packaging sector of the retail and wholesale channels. “It is a very important operation ...

Substrates Create Challenges & Opportunities

(Converting Perspectives)

November 05, 2019, Whether you are a converter-manufacturer, printer, equipment and supplies company—substrates impact your business every day. By Susan Stansbury, Contributing Writer Whether you are a converter-manufacturer, ...

Innovia and Wildcorn Develop a Fully Recyclable and Sustainable Pack

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... to be ‘recycle ready’, or recyclable in countries which have the infrastructure to recycle polypropylene.” “Our products are wholesome natural organic snacks, providing a heathier alternative to consumers,” ...

The New Generation of Comexi Offset CI8 Introduces New Solutions for Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

October 20, 2019, ... carbon footprint, as well as avoid solvent retention and the risk of explosion. On the whole, the Comexi Offset CI press can be crowned as the best environmental solution for flexible packaging. For ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... between 2018 to 2025, according to research published by Grand View Research Inc. That translates to even faster growth than the food packaging industry as a whole. The popularity of flexible packaging ...

K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 02, 2019, ... in Africa, for example in Nigeria. Because criticism of plastics has also been growing among consumers in many places, a whole series of international brand manufacturers have already committed to the ...

Coating and Laminating Offer Related and Unique Benefits

(Coating/Laminating)

September 11, 2019, ... as “pinhole free.” And the converting process used must optimize results. Choices of barrier materials may also represent other needs such as ability to heat seal or assuring temperatures the final product ...

TLMI printTHINK Summit

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 03, 2019, TLMI will be holding the association’s fourteenth technical summit September 11-13 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. TLMI will be holding the association’s fourteenth technical summit September ...

Flint Group’s New Thermal nyloflex® XAH Digital Plate Increasing Productivity

(News | New Products)

August 18, 2019, ... to finishing. “Even though the market as a whole is rapidly moving toward inherently flat top dot plates, many of our customers are still using a substantial amount of standard digital plates with round ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2019, ... is poised for growth. The MAPI Foundation (Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation) forecast last year that U.S. manufacturing as a whole will grow by an average of 2.8% per year between ...

Sustainable Winding: Reduce, Reuse, Rewind

(Web Handling)

July 21, 2019, ... nature and the paper industry as a whole. About the Author Mike is the executive vice president and chief operating officer at Norkol, Inc. He and his team work hard to find sustainable, creative solutions ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) announced the category winners at its 2019 Awards Ceremony. The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators ...

Multi-Chamber Pouches Debut at Sun Centre USA

(Bag Pouch)

February 19, 2019, ... among others. They can also be fitted with carrying or hanging add-ons ranging from top panels with finger or hang-holes to straps and/or handles at various positions.  The flexible pouches stand on their ...